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

Nucor (NUE) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 17 consecutive years, with -$3.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow rose 97.95% to -$3.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was -$188.0 million through Dec 2025, down 123.33% year-over-year, with the annual reading at -$188.0 million for FY2025, 123.33% down from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow hit -$3.0 million in Q4 2025 for Nucor, down from $532.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $2.3 billion in Q4 2022 to a low of -$495.0 million in Q2 2025.
  • Historically, Free Cash Flow has averaged $912.4 million across 5 years, with a median of $743.3 million in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: surged 1626.74% in 2021 and later plummeted 135.71% in 2025.
  • Year by year, Free Cash Flow stood at $2.2 billion in 2021, then fell by 8.19% to $2.0 billion in 2022, then tumbled by 60.18% to $802.6 million in 2023, then tumbled by 118.19% to -$146.0 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 97.95% to -$3.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Free Cash Flow for NUE at -$3.0 million in Q4 2025, $532.0 million in Q4 2025, and -$222.0 million in Q3 2025.