Growth Metrics

Nucor (NUE) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Historic Operating Margin for Nucor (NUE) over the last 17 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 10.42%.

  • Nucor's Operating Margin rose 35200.0% to 10.42% in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Oct 2025 it was 7.9%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 36700.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 9.69% for FY2024, which is 82500.0% down from last year.
  • As of Q4 2025, Nucor's Operating Margin stood at 10.42%, which was up 35200.0% from 10.87% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • Over the past 5 years, Nucor's Operating Margin peaked at 30.02% during Q3 2022, and registered a low of 4.14% during Q2 2025.
  • Moreover, its 5-year median value for Operating Margin was 18.47% (2023), whereas its average is 17.57%.
  • In the last 5 years, Nucor's Operating Margin soared by 210900bps in 2021 and then tumbled by -105900bps in 2024.
  • Over the past 5 years, Nucor's Operating Margin (Quarter) stood at 29.15% in 2021, then plummeted by -34bps to 19.2% in 2022, then decreased by -30bps to 13.47% in 2023, then crashed by -59bps to 5.47% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 91bps to 10.42% in 2025.
  • Its Operating Margin was 10.42% in Q4 2025, compared to 10.87% in Q3 2025 and 4.14% in Q2 2025.