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Nucor (NUE) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Nucor's Gross Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 11.21% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Gross Margin rose 235.0% year-over-year to 11.21%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 11.93%, down 141.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 11.93%, 141.0% down from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin for Q4 2025 was 11.21% at Nucor, down from 13.94% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 34.8% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 7.73% in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 22.42% (2023), against an average of 21.31%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Gross Margin soared 2284bps in 2021 before it crashed -1171bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 33.99% in 2021, then decreased by -29bps to 24.04% in 2022, then dropped by -25bps to 18.1% in 2023, then crashed by -51bps to 8.86% in 2024, then grew by 27bps to 11.21% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NUE's Gross Margin are 11.21% (Q4 2025), 13.94% (Q4 2025), and 14.46% (Q3 2025).