Nucor (NUE) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Nucor has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 11.08% for Q2 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q2 2026 came in at 11.08%, up 382.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 11.08% (up 382.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 1.77%, down 828.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 11.08% for Q2 2026 at Nucor, up from 8.6% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 49.92% in Q3 2022 to a low of 7.07% in Q3 2025.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 18.71% (2024), against an average of 22.52%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed soared 3547 bps in 2022 and plunged 2323 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
• Nucor's Return on Capital Employed stood at 37.6% in 2022, then tumbled by 45 bps to 20.62% in 2023, then tumbled by 50 bps to 10.21% in 2024, then dropped by 16 bps to 8.6% in 2025, then climbed by 29 bps to 11.08% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 11.08% (Q2 2026), 8.6% (Q4 2025), and 8.33% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.