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Nucor (NUE) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Nucor's Free Cash Flow history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at -$3.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Free Cash Flow rose 97.95% year-over-year to -$3.0 million; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached -$188.0 million, down 123.33%, while the annual FY2025 figure was -$188.0 million, 123.33% down from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q4 2025 was -$3.0 million at Nucor, down from $532.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $2.3 billion in Q4 2022 and bottomed at -$495.0 million in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $743.3 million (2023), against an average of $912.4 million.
  • The largest annual shift saw Free Cash Flow skyrocketed 1626.74% in 2021 before it crashed 135.71% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $2.2 billion in 2021, then decreased by 8.19% to $2.0 billion in 2022, then plummeted by 60.18% to $802.6 million in 2023, then plummeted by 118.19% to -$146.0 million in 2024, then soared by 97.95% to -$3.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NUE's Free Cash Flow are -$3.0 million (Q4 2025), $532.0 million (Q4 2025), and -$222.0 million (Q3 2025).