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Nucor (NUE) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2025)

Nucor (NUE) has disclosed Retained Earnings for 17 consecutive years, with -$194.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Retained Earnings fell 100.64% to -$194.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was -$194.0 million through Dec 2025, down 100.64% year-over-year, with the annual reading at -$194.0 million for FY2025, 100.64% down from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings hit -$194.0 million in Q4 2025 for Nucor, down from -$189.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $30.3 billion in Q4 2024 to a low of -$198.0 million in Q2 2025.
  • Historically, Retained Earnings has averaged $1.4 billion across 5 years, with a median of -$142.9 million in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Retained Earnings: tumbled 271.56% in 2023 and later soared 18785.8% in 2024.
  • Year by year, Retained Earnings stood at -$115.3 million in 2021, then fell by 18.84% to -$137.0 million in 2022, then dropped by 18.25% to -$162.0 million in 2023, then skyrocketed by 18785.8% to $30.3 billion in 2024, then tumbled by 100.64% to -$194.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Retained Earnings for NUE at -$194.0 million in Q4 2025, -$189.0 million in Q4 2025, and -$167.0 million in Q3 2025.