Nucor (NUE) Net Margin (2009 - 2026)

Nucor (NUE) posted Net Margin of 9.16% for Q2 2026, up 32.88% sequentially from 6.89% in Q4 2025, and up 628.0% YoY from 1.26% in Q2 2025.

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

Nucor has reported Net Margin for 18 years, with the latest figure at 9.16% in Q2 2026.

Quarterly Net Margin rose 628.0% year-over-year to 9.16% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 8.16% (up 333.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 6.6%, down 57.0% from the prior year.
Net Margin grew to 9.16% in Q2 2026 per NUE's latest filing, from 6.89% in the prior quarter.
Over five years, Net Margin peaked at 23.12% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 2.89% in Q2 2025.
A 5-year average of 11.49% and a median of 11.33% in 2023 frame the typical range for Net Margin.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Net Margin surged 7966 bps in 2022, then sank 985 bps in 2024.
Over 5 years, Net Margin stood at 14.66% in 2022, then dropped by 23 bps to 11.33% in 2023, then plunged by 71 bps to 3.24% in 2024, then jumped by 113 bps to 6.89% in 2025, then surged by 33 bps to 9.16% in 2026.
According to Business Quant data, Net Margin over the past three periods registered 9.16%, 6.89%, and 8.02% for Q2 2026, Q4 2025, and Q4 2025 respectively.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	Net Margin (Qtr)
1	Ternium	106.22 Bn	96.33 Bn	941.02 Mn	7.92%
2	Nucor	55.03 Bn	52.34 Bn	2.03 Bn	12.31%
3	ArcelorMittal	54.04 Bn	49.19 Bn	-	4.07%
4	Steel Dynamics	31.61 Bn	31.03 Bn	958.97 Mn	8.71%
5	Reliance	19.53 Bn	19.29 Bn	1.30 Bn	6.97%
6	Cleveland-Cliffs	6.15 Bn	6.08 Bn	132.00 Mn	-2.77%
7	Gerdau	5.42 Bn	4.28 Bn	558.98 Mn	8.14%
8	GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V	4.56 Bn	3.00 Bn	-	-
9	Posco Holdings	4.34 Bn	1.84 Bn	1.04 Bn	15.70%
10	Worthington Steel	1.70 Bn	1.61 Bn	118.80 Mn	-5.81%

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