Growth Metrics

Nucor (NUE) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

Nucor's FCF Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.04% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Margin rose 202.0% year-over-year to 0.04%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.58%, down 320.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.58%, 320.0% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q4 2025 was 0.04% at Nucor, down from 6.24% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 23.11% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 6.32% in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 9.44% (2023), against an average of 9.5%.
  • The largest annual shift saw FCF Margin surged 1877bps in 2021 before it crashed -1665bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 21.18% in 2021, then rose by 9bps to 23.11% in 2022, then plummeted by -55bps to 10.42% in 2023, then crashed by -120bps to 2.06% in 2024, then soared by 98bps to 0.04% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NUE's FCF Margin are 0.04% (Q4 2025), 6.24% (Q4 2025), and 2.63% (Q3 2025).