Nucor (NUE) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)

Nucor (NUE) posted FCF Margin of 2.37% for Q2 2026, up 6171.24% sequentially from 0.04% in Q4 2025, and up 869.0% YoY from 0.24% in Q2 2025.

Nucor (NUE) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Nucor has reported FCF Margin for 18 years, with the latest figure at 2.37% in Q2 2026.

Quarterly FCF Margin rose 869.0% year-over-year to 2.37% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 1.56% (down 15.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.58%, down 320.0% from the prior year.
FCF Margin climbed to 2.37% in Q2 2026 per NUE's latest filing, from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 23.1% in Q4 2022 and troughed at 6.32% in Q2 2025.
A 5-year average of 8.54% and a median of 7.75% in 2023 frame the typical range for FCF Margin.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: FCF Margin surged 1620 bps in 2022, then plunged 1665 bps in 2024.
Over 5 years, FCF Margin stood at 23.1% in 2022, then sank by 55 bps to 10.42% in 2023, then slumped by 120 bps to 2.06% in 2024, then jumped by 98 bps to 0.04% in 2025, then jumped by 6171 bps to 2.37% in 2026.
According to Business Quant data, FCF Margin over the past three periods registered 2.37%, 0.04%, and 6.24% for Q2 2026, Q4 2025, and Q4 2025 respectively.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	FCF Margin (Qtr)
1	Ternium	106.22 Bn	96.33 Bn	941.02 Mn	15.83%
2	Nucor	55.03 Bn	52.34 Bn	2.03 Bn	7.97%
3	ArcelorMittal	54.04 Bn	49.19 Bn	-	12.31%
4	Steel Dynamics	31.61 Bn	31.03 Bn	958.97 Mn	4.99%
5	Reliance	19.53 Bn	19.29 Bn	1.30 Bn	1.49%
6	Cleveland-Cliffs	6.15 Bn	6.08 Bn	132.00 Mn	4.32%
7	Gerdau	5.42 Bn	4.28 Bn	558.98 Mn	14.54%
8	GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V	4.56 Bn	3.00 Bn	-	-
9	Posco Holdings	4.34 Bn	1.84 Bn	1.04 Bn	0.26%
10	Worthington Steel	1.70 Bn	1.61 Bn	118.80 Mn	0.84%

Download Data