Growth Metrics

Nucor (NUE) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2025)

Nucor (NUE) has disclosed Operating Expenses for 17 consecutive years, with $334.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 39.17% to $334.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $1.2 billion through Dec 2025, up 8.55% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $1.2 billion for FY2025, 8.55% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses hit $334.0 million in Q4 2025 for Nucor, up from $300.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $563.2 million in Q3 2022 to a low of $240.0 million in Q4 2024.
  • Historically, Operating Expenses has averaged $381.5 million across 5 years, with a median of $370.9 million in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Expenses: soared 225.77% in 2021 and later crashed 36.75% in 2024.
  • Year by year, Operating Expenses stood at $502.1 million in 2021, then fell by 15.82% to $422.6 million in 2022, then decreased by 15.78% to $355.9 million in 2023, then crashed by 32.57% to $240.0 million in 2024, then soared by 39.17% to $334.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Expenses for NUE at $334.0 million in Q4 2025, $300.0 million in Q4 2025, and $304.0 million in Q3 2025.