Nucor (NUE) Price to Earnings (2014 - 2026)
Nucor's (NUE) Price to Earnings came in at 15.17 for Q3 2026, down 20.6% from 19.11 a year earlier and down 12.7% from the prior quarter.
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Nucor (NUE) Price to Earnings (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Nucor's Price to Earnings stood at 21.30, up 60.5% from FY2024.
- Annual Price to Earnings has increased for three consecutive years.
- In prior years, Nucor's Price to Earnings was 13.27 in FY2024 (+43.4%), 9.26 in FY2023 (+112.1%), 4.37 in FY2022 (-3.0%) and 4.50 in FY2021 (-79.5%).
- The Q3 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Price to Earnings since Q4 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Price to Earnings has declined in each of the last three quarters, with growth averaging 33.4% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Price to Earnings in the past five years was Q3 2023, with growth of 141.1%; the weakest was Q4 2021, with a decline of 79.5%.
- According to Business Quant data, Price to Earnings for the three prior quarters was 17.37 (Q2 2026), 16.85 (Q1 2026) and 21.30 (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nucor | 172.02 Bn | 161.79 Bn | 2.33 Bn |
| 2 | Rio Tinto | 168.15 Bn | 130.95 Bn | - |
| 3 | Southern Copper | 138.51 Bn | 113.33 Bn | 3.10 Bn |
| 4 | Rio Tinto | 134.73 Bn | 101.79 Bn | - |
| 5 | Newmont | 117.64 Bn | 82.96 Bn | 4.22 Bn |
| 6 | Ternium | 99.96 Bn | 72.72 Bn | 1.04 Bn |
| 7 | Agnico Eagle Mines | 89.22 Bn | 76.17 Bn | 2.15 Bn |
| 8 | Freeport-Mcmoran | 85.03 Bn | 81.69 Bn | 2.55 Bn |
| 9 | Barrick Mining | 63.01 Bn | 47.43 Bn | 2.71 Bn |
| 10 | ArcelorMittal | 47.78 Bn | 31.28 Bn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 45.68 |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 52.10 |
| Apr 4, 2026 | 50.55 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 63.91 |
| Oct 4, 2025 | 57.34 |
| Jul 5, 2025 | 73.25 |
| Apr 5, 2025 | 53.40 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 39.82 |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 41.88 |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 32.94 |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 33.63 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 27.78 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 15.39 |
| Jul 1, 2023 | 14.70 |
| Apr 1, 2023 | 11.67 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 8.73 |
| Oct 1, 2022 | 6.38 |
| Jul 2, 2022 | 6.12 |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 9.95 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 9.00 |
API Access
Nucor Price to Earnings API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=price-to-earnings&ticker=NUE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "price-to-earnings", "ticker": "NUE", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=price-to-earnings&ticker=NUE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();