Nucor (NUE) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)

Nucor (NUE) posted Gross Margin of 15.81% for Q2 2026, up 40.96% sequentially from 11.21% in Q4 2025, and up 808.0% YoY from 1.74% in Q2 2025.

Nucor (NUE) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Nucor has reported Gross Margin for 18 years, with the latest figure at 15.81% in Q2 2026.

Quarterly Gross Margin rose 808.0% year-over-year to 15.81% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 13.98% (up 351.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 11.93%, down 141.0% from the prior year.
Gross Margin improved to 15.81% in Q2 2026 per NUE's latest filing, from 11.21% in the prior quarter.
Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 34.8% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 7.73% in Q2 2025.
A 5-year average of 19.04% and a median of 18.09% in 2023 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Gross Margin soared 983 bps in 2022, then slumped 1171 bps in 2024.
Over 5 years, Gross Margin stood at 24.04% in 2022, then slipped by 25 bps to 18.09% in 2023, then slumped by 51 bps to 8.86% in 2024, then advanced by 27 bps to 11.21% in 2025, then soared by 41 bps to 15.81% in 2026.
According to Business Quant data, Gross Margin over the past three periods registered 15.81%, 11.21%, and 13.94% for Q2 2026, Q4 2025, and Q4 2025 respectively.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	Gross Margin (Qtr)
1	Ternium	106.22 Bn	96.33 Bn	941.02 Mn	21.68%
2	Nucor	55.03 Bn	52.34 Bn	2.03 Bn	19.56%
3	ArcelorMittal	54.04 Bn	49.19 Bn	-	-
4	Steel Dynamics	31.61 Bn	31.03 Bn	958.97 Mn	15.74%
5	Reliance	19.53 Bn	19.29 Bn	1.30 Bn	28.09%
6	Cleveland-Cliffs	6.15 Bn	6.08 Bn	132.00 Mn	2.53%
7	Gerdau	5.42 Bn	4.28 Bn	558.98 Mn	15.83%
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	16.96%
10	Worthington Steel	1.70 Bn	1.61 Bn	118.80 Mn	12.79%

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