Nucor (NUE) Price to Earnings (2009 - 2026)
Nucor's (NUE) Price to Earnings came in at 17.37 for Q2 2026, down 28.9% from 24.42 a year earlier but up 3.1% from the prior quarter.
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Nucor (NUE) Price to Earnings (2009 - 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%).
- Quarterly Price to Earnings has run from a low of 3.06 in Q2 2022 to a high of 24.42 in Q2 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Price to Earnings increased in six of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 46.1%.
- 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 Q3 2021, with a decline of 82.6%.
- According to Business Quant data, Price to Earnings for the three prior quarters was 16.85 (Q1 2026), 21.30 (Q4 2025) and 19.11 (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio Tinto | 193.68 Bn | 159.81 Bn | - |
| 2 | Southern Copper | 171.36 Bn | 150.22 Bn | 2.90 Bn |
| 3 | Newmont | 121.76 Bn | 89.94 Bn | 4.03 Bn |
| 4 | Ternium | 113.51 Bn | 78.56 Bn | 941.02 Mn |
| 5 | Freeport-Mcmoran | 103.45 Bn | 99.60 Bn | 2.19 Bn |
| 6 | Agnico Eagle Mines | 91.92 Bn | 91.92 Bn | 2.43 Bn |
| 7 | Barrick Mining | 67.42 Bn | 52.16 Bn | 2.90 Bn |
| 8 | Nucor | 54.54 Bn | 45.08 Bn | 2.03 Bn |
| 9 | ArcelorMittal | 49.09 Bn | 30.12 Bn | - |
| 10 | AngloGold Ashanti | 47.94 Bn | 37.61 Bn | 1.70 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2026 | 17.37 |
| Apr 4, 2026 | 16.85 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 21.30 |
| Oct 4, 2025 | 19.11 |
| Jul 5, 2025 | 24.42 |
| Apr 5, 2025 | 17.80 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 13.27 |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 13.96 |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 10.98 |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 11.21 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 9.26 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 7.69 |
| Jul 1, 2023 | 7.35 |
| Apr 1, 2023 | 5.84 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.37 |
| Oct 1, 2022 | 3.19 |
| Jul 2, 2022 | 3.06 |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 4.98 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 4.50 |
| Oct 2, 2021 | 5.61 |
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();