Nucor (NUE) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Nucor has disclosed Operating Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 11.83% for Q2 2026.

• Operating Margin for Q2 2026 came in at 11.83%, up 769.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 10.12% (up 314.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 1.66%, down 803.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin came in at 11.83% for Q2 2026 at Nucor, up from 6.87% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 30.02% in Q3 2022 to a low of 4.14% in Q2 2025.
• The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 13.47% (2023), against an average of 14.86%.
• Across the five-year window, Operating Margin soared 898 bps in 2022 and plunged 1059 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
• Nucor's Operating Margin stood at 19.2% in 2022, then fell by 30 bps to 13.47% in 2023, then sank by 59 bps to 5.47% in 2024, then gained by 26 bps to 6.87% in 2025, then surged by 72 bps to 11.83% in 2026.
• The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 11.83% (Q2 2026), 6.87% (Q4 2025), and 10.42% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.