Nucor (NUE) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)

Nucor's (NUE) quarterly FCF Margin came in at 2.37% in Q2 2026, up 869.0% year-on-year from 0.24% in Q2 2025, and up 6171.24% quarter-over-quarter from 0.04% in Q4 2025.

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

Nucor has disclosed FCF Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 2.37% for Q2 2026.

  • FCF Margin for Q2 2026 came in at 2.37%, up 869.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 1.56% (down 15.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.58%, down 320.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin came in at 2.37% for Q2 2026 at Nucor, up from 0.04% 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.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 7.75% (2023), against an average of 8.54%.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Margin soared 1620 bps in 2022 and plunged 1665 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Nucor's 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 surged by 98 bps to 0.04% in 2025, then surged by 6171 bps to 2.37% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 2.37% (Q2 2026), 0.04% (Q4 2025), and 6.24% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Ternium 94.27 Bn 84.31 Bn 686.87 Mn 15.84%
2 Nucor 58.23 Bn 56.84 Bn 1.50 Bn 2.37%
3 ArcelorMittal 51.15 Bn 48.81 Bn - -0.06%
4 Steel Dynamics 38.88 Bn 38.02 Bn 763.22 Mn 0.20%
5 Reliance 20.36 Bn 20.12 Bn 1.17 Bn 2.17%
6 Cleveland-Cliffs 7.71 Bn 7.86 Bn -82.00 Mn -9.69%
7 Algoma Steel 2.77 Bn 2.77 Bn -92.32 -6.87%
8 National Steel 2.24 Bn -552.84 Mn 479.33 Mn -7.32%
9 Worthington Steel 2.07 Bn 2.07 Bn 76.10 Mn 4.33%
10 NWPX Infrastructure 1.13 Bn 1.11 Bn 26.67 Mn 20.23%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 4, 2026 2.37%
Dec 31, 2025 -0.04%
Oct 4, 2025 6.24%
Jul 5, 2025 -2.63%
Apr 5, 2025 -6.32%
Dec 31, 2024 -2.06%
Sep 28, 2024 6.42%
Jun 29, 2024 8.47%
Mar 30, 2024 -2.58%
Dec 31, 2023 10.42%
Sep 30, 2023 23.07%
Jul 1, 2023 14.65%
Apr 1, 2023 7.75%
Dec 31, 2022 23.10%
Oct 1, 2022 22.32%
Jul 2, 2022 14.76%
Apr 2, 2022 19.29%
Dec 31, 2021 21.18%
Oct 2, 2021 11.95%
Jul 3, 2021 10.97%