Nucor (NUE) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)
Nucor's Retained Earnings came in at $34.34 billion for Q3 2026, up 9.9% from $31.26 billion a year earlier and up 3.6% from the prior quarter.
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Nucor (NUE) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Nucor's Retained Earnings was $31.5 billion, up 4.1% from FY2024.
- Retained Earnings has increased in each of the last ten years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 22.7% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Retained Earnings was $30.27 billion in FY2024 (+5.2%), $28.76 billion in FY2023 (+16.2%), $24.75 billion in FY2022 (+40.1%) and $17.67 billion in FY2021 (+55.8%).
- The Q3 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Retained Earnings in data going back to Q2 2009.
- Year-over-year, Retained Earnings has increased for 24 consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 5.3% over the last eight quarters.
- Across the past five years, year-over-year growth in Retained Earnings ran from 2.6% in Q2 2025 to 62.8% in Q2 2022.
- Business Quant data shows NUE's Retained Earnings at $33.15 billion (Q2 2026), $32.12 billion (Q1 2026) and $31.5 billion (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Retained Earnings (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio Tinto | 166.15 Bn | 128.95 Bn | - | 49.29 Bn |
| 2 | Southern Copper | 145.04 Bn | 119.77 Bn | 3.10 Bn | 3.70 Bn |
| 3 | Rio Tinto | 138.46 Bn | 138.46 Bn | - | 49.29 Bn |
| 4 | Newmont | 126.56 Bn | 91.71 Bn | 4.22 Bn | 6.58 Bn |
| 5 | Ternium | 100.40 Bn | 93.68 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | Agnico Eagle Mines | 97.18 Bn | 92.39 Bn | - | 5.46 Bn |
| 7 | Freeport-Mcmoran | 87.98 Bn | 72.02 Bn | 2.19 Bn | 2.82 Bn |
| 8 | Barrick Mining | 69.22 Bn | 47.71 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 582.00 Mn |
| 9 | Nucor | 59.01 Bn | 48.40 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 33.15 Bn |
| 10 | ArcelorMittal | 50.02 Bn | 28.02 Bn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2026 | 33.15 Bn |
| Apr 4, 2026 | 32.12 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 31.50 Bn |
| Oct 4, 2025 | 31.26 Bn |
| Jul 5, 2025 | 30.78 Bn |
| Apr 5, 2025 | 30.30 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 30.27 Bn |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 30.11 Bn |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 29.99 Bn |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 29.48 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 28.76 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 28.11 Bn |
| Jul 1, 2023 | 27.10 Bn |
| Apr 1, 2023 | 25.76 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 24.75 Bn |
| Oct 1, 2022 | 23.63 Bn |
| Jul 2, 2022 | 22.06 Bn |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 19.64 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 17.67 Bn |
| Oct 2, 2021 | 15.56 Bn |
API Access
Nucor Retained 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=retained-earnings&ticker=NUE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "retained-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=retained-earnings&ticker=NUE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();