Nucor (NUE) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Nucor's (NUE) quarterly Free Cash Flow came in at $225.0 million in Q2 2026, up 145.45% year-on-year from $91.7 million in Q2 2025, and up 7600.0% quarter-over-quarter from -$3.0 million in Q4 2025.

Nucor (NUE) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Nucor has disclosed Free Cash Flow across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $225.0 million for Q2 2026.

  • Free Cash Flow for Q2 2026 came in at $225.0 million, up 145.45% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was $532.0 million (up 2.11% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was -$188.0 million, down 123.33% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow came in at $225.0 million for Q2 2026 at Nucor, up from -$3.0 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.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $675.4 million (2023), against an average of $815.6 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Free Cash Flow surged 833.37% in 2022 and plunged 135.71% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Nucor's Free Cash Flow stood at $2.0 billion in 2022, then sank by 60.18% to $802.6 million in 2023, then sank by 118.19% to -$146.0 million in 2024, then surged by 97.95% to -$3.0 million in 2025, then jumped by 7600.0% to $225.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $225.0 million (Q2 2026), -$3.0 million (Q4 2025), and $532.0 million (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Ternium 94.27 Bn 84.31 Bn 686.87 Mn 623.22 Mn
2 Nucor 58.23 Bn 56.84 Bn 1.50 Bn 225.00 Mn
3 ArcelorMittal 51.15 Bn 48.81 Bn - -9.00 Mn
4 Steel Dynamics 38.88 Bn 38.02 Bn 763.22 Mn 10.34 Mn
5 Reliance 20.36 Bn 20.12 Bn 1.17 Bn 87.20 Mn
6 Cleveland-Cliffs 7.71 Bn 7.86 Bn -82.00 Mn -477.00 Mn
7 Algoma Steel 2.77 Bn 2.77 Bn -92.32 -14.88
8 National Steel 2.24 Bn -552.84 Mn 479.33 Mn -147.54 Mn
9 Worthington Steel 2.07 Bn 2.07 Bn 76.10 Mn 33.30 Mn
10 NWPX Infrastructure 1.13 Bn 1.11 Bn 26.67 Mn 27.97 Mn

Historic Data

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Apr 4, 2026 225.00 Mn
Apr 4, 2026 225.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -3.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -3.00 Mn
Oct 4, 2025 532.00 Mn
Oct 4, 2025 532.00 Mn
Jul 5, 2025 -222.00 Mn
Jul 5, 2025 -222.00 Mn
Apr 5, 2025 -495.00 Mn
Apr 5, 2025 -495.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -146.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -146.00 Mn
Sep 28, 2024 478.00 Mn
Sep 28, 2024 478.00 Mn
Jun 29, 2024 684.00 Mn
Jun 29, 2024 684.00 Mn
Mar 30, 2024 -210.00 Mn
Mar 30, 2024 -210.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 802.64 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 802.64 Mn