Growth Metrics

Nucor (NUE) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

Nucor (NUE) has disclosed FCF Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 0.04% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin rose 202.0% to 0.04% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.58% through Dec 2025, down 320.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.58% for FY2025, 320.0% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin hit 0.04% in Q4 2025 for Nucor, down from 6.24% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 23.1% in Q4 2022 to a low of 6.32% in Q2 2025.
  • Historically, FCF Margin has averaged 9.5% across 5 years, with a median of 9.44% in 2024.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Margin: soared 1877bps in 2021 and later plummeted -1665bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, FCF Margin stood at 21.18% in 2021, then increased by 9bps to 23.1% in 2022, then tumbled by -55bps to 10.42% in 2023, then tumbled by -120bps to 2.06% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 98bps to 0.04% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Margin for NUE at 0.04% in Q4 2025, 6.24% in Q4 2025, and 2.63% in Q3 2025.