Growth Metrics

Nucor (NUE) Interest Coverage Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Nucor's Interest Coverage Ratio history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 16.5 for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Interest Coverage Ratio rose 126.6% year-over-year to 16.5; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 15.64, up 19.72%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 3.17, 75.73% down from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio for Q4 2025 was 16.5 at Nucor, down from 23.37 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Interest Coverage Ratio topped out at 74.45 in Q4 2021 and bottomed at 6.35 in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Interest Coverage Ratio is 26.53 (2024), against an average of 32.25.
  • The largest annual shift saw Interest Coverage Ratio skyrocketed 812.19% in 2021 before it plummeted 76.81% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Interest Coverage Ratio shows it stood at 74.45 in 2021, then plummeted by 60.43% to 29.46 in 2022, then plummeted by 40.55% to 17.51 in 2023, then crashed by 58.43% to 7.28 in 2024, then surged by 126.6% to 16.5 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NUE's Interest Coverage Ratio are 16.5 (Q4 2025), 23.37 (Q4 2025), and 18.76 (Q3 2025).