Growth Metrics

Nucor (NUE) Net Margin (2016 - 2025)

Nucor's Net Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 26.19% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Net Margin fell 3160.0% year-over-year to 26.19%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.56%, down 1035.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.17%, 732.0% down from the prior year.
  • Net Margin for Q4 2025 was 26.19% at Nucor, down from 10.25% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 29.59% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 26.19% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 14.54% (2023), against an average of 13.2%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Net Margin soared 1704bps in 2021 before it plummeted -3160bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 22.69% in 2021, then fell by -17bps to 18.89% in 2022, then fell by -27bps to 13.87% in 2023, then plummeted by -61bps to 5.41% in 2024, then crashed by -584bps to 26.19% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NUE's Net Margin are 26.19% (Q4 2025), 10.25% (Q4 2025), and 8.36% (Q3 2025).