Nucor (NUE) Invested Capital (2009 - 2026)
Nucor's Invested Capital came in at $30.37 billion for Q2 2026, up 7.0% from $28.37 billion a year earlier and up 2.3% from the prior quarter.
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Nucor (NUE) Invested Capital (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Nucor's Invested Capital was $29.25 billion, up 3.1% from FY2024.
- Invested Capital carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of 12.0% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Invested Capital was $28.37 billion in FY2024 (-2.1%), $28.97 billion in FY2023 (+10.3%), $26.26 billion in FY2022 (+29.4%) and $20.29 billion in FY2021 (+22.4%).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Invested Capital in data going back to Q2 2009.
- Year-over-year, Invested Capital has increased for four consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 1.6% over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Invested Capital over five years came in Q2 2022 (growth of 39.3%), and the weakest in Q4 2024 (a decline of 2.1%).
- Business Quant data shows NUE's Invested Capital at $29.67 billion (Q1 2026), $29.25 billion (Q4 2025) and $28.78 billion (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Invested Cap. (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio Tinto | 182.38 Bn | 151.41 Bn | - | 93.52 Bn |
| 2 | Southern Copper | 152.17 Bn | 130.96 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 20.70 Bn |
| 3 | Rio Tinto | 136.50 Bn | 97.00 Bn | - | 89.20 Bn |
| 4 | Newmont | 121.22 Bn | 89.23 Bn | 4.03 Bn | 40.50 Bn |
| 5 | Freeport-Mcmoran | 92.90 Bn | 76.94 Bn | 2.19 Bn | 41.61 Bn |
| 6 | Agnico Eagle Mines | 88.76 Bn | 78.39 Bn | 2.43 Bn | 28.80 Bn |
| 7 | Barrick Mining | 66.12 Bn | 41.32 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 31.99 Bn |
| 8 | Nucor | 58.75 Bn | 48.13 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 30.37 Bn |
| 9 | ArcelorMittal | 45.93 Bn | 24.95 Bn | - | 71.13 Bn |
| 10 | AngloGold Ashanti | 43.38 Bn | 31.27 Bn | 1.70 Bn | 10.53 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2026 | 30.37 Bn |
| Apr 4, 2026 | 29.67 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 29.25 Bn |
| Oct 4, 2025 | 28.78 Bn |
| Jul 5, 2025 | 28.37 Bn |
| Apr 5, 2025 | 29.00 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 28.37 Bn |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 28.50 Bn |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 28.66 Bn |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 28.58 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 28.97 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 28.19 Bn |
| Jul 1, 2023 | 27.62 Bn |
| Apr 1, 2023 | 26.60 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 26.26 Bn |
| Oct 1, 2022 | 25.54 Bn |
| Jul 2, 2022 | 25.20 Bn |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 22.97 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 20.29 Bn |
| Oct 2, 2021 | 19.62 Bn |
API Access
Nucor Invested Capital API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=invested-capital&ticker=NUE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "invested-capital", "ticker": "NUE", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=invested-capital&ticker=NUE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();