Nucor (NUE) Net Margin (2009 - 2026)

Nucor's (NUE) quarterly Net Margin came in at 9.16% in Q2 2026, up 628.0% year-on-year from 1.26% in Q2 2025, and up 32.88% quarter-over-quarter from 6.89% in Q4 2025.

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

Nucor has disclosed Net Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 9.16% for Q2 2026.

  • Net Margin for Q2 2026 came in at 9.16%, up 628.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 8.16% (up 295.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 6.6%, down 94.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin came in at 9.16% for Q2 2026 at Nucor, up from 6.89% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Net Margin ranged from a high of 23.12% in Q3 2022 to a low of 69.2% in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 9.16% (2026), against an average of 6.83%.
  • Across the five-year window, Net Margin slumped 8349 bps in 2023 and surged 7407 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Nucor's Net Margin stood at 14.29% in 2022, then slumped by 584 bps to 69.2% in 2023, then surged by 107 bps to 4.88% in 2024, then jumped by 41 bps to 6.89% in 2025, then soared by 33 bps to 9.16% in 2026.
  • The last three Net Margin figures came in at 9.16% (Q2 2026), 6.89% (Q4 2025), and 8.02% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Ternium 94.27 Bn 84.31 Bn 686.87 Mn 5.41%
2 Nucor 58.23 Bn 56.84 Bn 1.50 Bn 9.16%
3 ArcelorMittal 51.15 Bn 48.81 Bn - 3.72%
4 Steel Dynamics 38.88 Bn 38.02 Bn 763.22 Mn 7.69%
5 Reliance 20.36 Bn 20.12 Bn 1.17 Bn 6.58%
6 Cleveland-Cliffs 7.71 Bn 7.86 Bn -82.00 Mn -4.82%
7 Algoma Steel 2.77 Bn 2.77 Bn -92.32 53.69%
8 National Steel 2.24 Bn -552.84 Mn 479.33 Mn -10.87%
9 Worthington Steel 2.07 Bn 2.07 Bn 76.10 Mn 1.40%
10 NWPX Infrastructure 1.13 Bn 1.11 Bn 26.67 Mn 7.62%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 4, 2026 9.16%
Dec 31, 2025 6.89%
Oct 4, 2025 8.02%
Jul 5, 2025 8.35%
Apr 5, 2025 2.89%
Dec 31, 2024 4.88%
Sep 28, 2024 4.07%
Jun 29, 2024 8.82%
Mar 30, 2024 11.79%
Dec 31, 2023 -69.20%
Sep 30, 2023 13.92%
Jul 1, 2023 16.67%
Apr 1, 2023 14.14%
Dec 31, 2022 14.29%
Oct 1, 2022 17.13%
Jul 2, 2022 23.12%
Apr 2, 2022 21.22%
Dec 31, 2021 21.38%
Oct 2, 2021 21.56%
Jul 3, 2021 17.88%