Growth Metrics

Nucor (NUE) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Nucor (NUE) has disclosed Gross Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 11.21% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin rose 235.0% to 11.21% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 11.93% through Dec 2025, down 141.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 11.93% for FY2025, 141.0% down from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin hit 11.21% in Q4 2025 for Nucor, down from 13.94% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 34.8% in Q3 2022 to a low of 7.73% in Q2 2025.
  • Historically, Gross Margin has averaged 21.31% across 5 years, with a median of 22.42% in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Gross Margin: skyrocketed 2284bps in 2021 and later plummeted -1171bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Gross Margin stood at 33.99% in 2021, then dropped by -29bps to 24.04% in 2022, then fell by -25bps to 18.09% in 2023, then tumbled by -51bps to 8.86% in 2024, then increased by 27bps to 11.21% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Gross Margin for NUE at 11.21% in Q4 2025, 13.94% in Q4 2025, and 14.46% in Q3 2025.