Nucor (NUE) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Nucor (NUE) posted Interest Coverage Ratio of 5.79 for Q2 2026, down 64.92% sequentially from 16.5 in Q4 2025, and up 260.9% YoY from 1.6 in Q2 2025.

Nucor (NUE) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Nucor has reported Interest Coverage Ratio for 18 years, with the latest figure at 5.79 in Q2 2026.

Quarterly Interest Coverage Ratio rose 260.9% year-over-year to 5.79 in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 17.82 (up 69.44% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 9.46, down 18.68% from the prior year.
Interest Coverage Ratio slipped to 5.79 in Q2 2026 per NUE's latest filing, from 16.5 in the prior quarter.
Over five years, Interest Coverage Ratio peaked at 24.69 in Q4 2022 and troughed at 1.6 in Q2 2025.
A 5-year average of 9.43 and a median of 6.82 in 2023 frame the typical range for Interest Coverage Ratio.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2025 and 2026: Interest Coverage Ratio plunged 69.79% in 2025, then jumped 260.9% in 2026.
Over 5 years, Interest Coverage Ratio stood at 24.69 in 2022, then slumped by 40.22% to 14.76 in 2023, then sank by 67.22% to 4.84 in 2024, then jumped by 241.09% to 16.5 in 2025, then plunged by 64.92% to 5.79 in 2026.
According to Business Quant data, Interest Coverage Ratio over the past three periods registered 5.79, 16.5, and 4.48 for Q2 2026, Q4 2025, and Q4 2025 respectively.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	Interest Cover (Qtr)
1	Ternium	108.73 Bn	98.84 Bn	941.02 Mn	-27.14
2	Nucor	55.35 Bn	52.66 Bn	2.03 Bn	45.25
3	ArcelorMittal	54.95 Bn	50.10 Bn	-	-
4	Steel Dynamics	32.65 Bn	32.07 Bn	958.97 Mn	17.91
5	Reliance	19.67 Bn	19.44 Bn	1.30 Bn	24.26
6	Cleveland-Cliffs	6.41 Bn	6.34 Bn	132.00 Mn	-
7	Gerdau	5.42 Bn	4.28 Bn	558.98 Mn	-6.97
8	GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V	4.53 Bn	2.97 Bn	-	-
9	Posco Holdings	4.33 Bn	1.83 Bn	1.04 Bn	-0.13
10	Worthington Steel	1.73 Bn	1.64 Bn	118.80 Mn	-3.60

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