Nucor (NUE) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)

Nucor's (NUE) quarterly Retained Earnings came in at -$206.0 million in Q2 2026, down 4.04% year-on-year from -$214.7 million in Q2 2025, and down 100.65% quarter-over-quarter from $31.5 billion in Q4 2025.

Nucor (NUE) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Nucor has disclosed Retained Earnings across 18 years of filings, most recently posting -$206.0 million for Q2 2026.

  • Retained Earnings for Q2 2026 came in at -$206.0 million, down 4.04% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was -$206.0 million (down 4.04% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $31.5 billion, up 15246.15% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings came in at -$206.0 million for Q2 2026 at Nucor, down from $31.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $31.5 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of -$208.0 million in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is -$165.4 million (2023), against an average of $1.7 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Retained Earnings slumped 271.56% in 2023 and jumped 15246.15% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Nucor's Retained Earnings stood at -$137.0 million in 2022, then declined by 18.25% to -$162.0 million in 2023, then declined by 28.4% to -$208.0 million in 2024, then surged by 15246.15% to $31.5 billion in 2025, then plunged by 100.65% to -$206.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Retained Earnings figures came in at -$206.0 million (Q2 2026), $31.5 billion (Q4 2025), and -$189.0 million (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Ternium 94.27 Bn 84.31 Bn 686.87 Mn -
2 Nucor 58.23 Bn 56.84 Bn 1.50 Bn -206.00 Mn
3 ArcelorMittal 51.15 Bn 48.81 Bn - -
4 Steel Dynamics 38.88 Bn 38.02 Bn 763.22 Mn -858,000.00
5 Reliance 20.36 Bn 20.12 Bn 1.17 Bn -95.70 Mn
6 Cleveland-Cliffs 7.71 Bn 7.86 Bn -82.00 Mn 1.43 Bn
7 Algoma Steel 2.77 Bn 2.77 Bn -92.32 -
8 National Steel 2.24 Bn -552.84 Mn 479.33 Mn -
9 Worthington Steel 2.07 Bn 2.07 Bn 76.10 Mn 2.10 Mn
10 NWPX Infrastructure 1.13 Bn 1.11 Bn 26.67 Mn 41,000.00

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 4, 2026 -206.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 31.50 Bn
Oct 4, 2025 -189.00 Mn
Jul 5, 2025 -167.00 Mn
Apr 5, 2025 -198.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -208.00 Mn
Sep 28, 2024 -168.00 Mn
Jun 29, 2024 -178.00 Mn
Mar 30, 2024 -177.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -162.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -148.83 Mn
Jul 1, 2023 -128.97 Mn
Apr 1, 2023 -165.36 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -137.00 Mn
Oct 1, 2022 -103.55 Mn
Jul 2, 2022 -70.81 Mn
Apr 2, 2022 -44.50 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -115.28 Mn
Oct 2, 2021 -85.90 Mn
Jul 3, 2021 -73.73 Mn