Nucor (NUE) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Nucor (NUE) posted FCF Payout Ratio of 0.57 for Q2 2026, up 100.61% sequentially from 93.67 in Q4 2025, and up 320.0% YoY from 0.14 in Q2 2025.

Nucor (NUE) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Nucor has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.57 in Q2 2026.

Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 320.0% year-over-year to 0.57 in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 0.96 (up 29.9% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 2.72, down 520.51% from the prior year.
FCF Payout Ratio improved to 0.57 in Q2 2026 per NUE's latest filing, from 93.67 in the prior quarter.
Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 0.57 in Q2 2026 and troughed at 93.67 in Q4 2025.
A 5-year average of 5.57 and a median of 0.03 in 2025 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: FCF Payout Ratio jumped 635.91% in 2023, then tumbled 26089.19% in 2025.
Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.04 in 2022, then surged by 542.04% to 0.16 in 2023, then plunged by 654.06% to 0.88 in 2024, then slumped by 10583.85% to 93.67 in 2025, then jumped by 100.61% to 0.57 in 2026.
According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.57, 93.67, and 0.03 for Q2 2026, Q4 2025, and Q4 2025 respectively.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	FCF Cover (Qtr)
1	Ternium	106.22 Bn	96.33 Bn	941.02 Mn	-0.37
2	Nucor	55.03 Bn	52.34 Bn	2.03 Bn	0.07
3	ArcelorMittal	54.04 Bn	49.19 Bn	-	-0.06
4	Steel Dynamics	31.61 Bn	31.03 Bn	958.97 Mn	0.25
5	Reliance	19.53 Bn	19.29 Bn	1.30 Bn	0.93
6	Cleveland-Cliffs	6.15 Bn	6.08 Bn	132.00 Mn	-
7	Gerdau	5.42 Bn	4.28 Bn	558.98 Mn	-0.05
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	0.00
10	Worthington Steel	1.70 Bn	1.61 Bn	118.80 Mn	1.03

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