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Nucor (NUE) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Nucor's Return on Capital Employed history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.09% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 2.0% year-over-year to 0.09%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.09%, down 2.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.02%, 8.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.09% at Nucor, up from 0.08% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.5% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 0.07% in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.22% (2023), against an average of 0.25%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Capital Employed skyrocketed 37bps in 2021 before it decreased -23bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.46% in 2021, then decreased by -18bps to 0.38% in 2022, then crashed by -45bps to 0.21% in 2023, then plummeted by -50bps to 0.1% in 2024, then fell by -16bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NUE's Return on Capital Employed are 0.09% (Q4 2025), 0.08% (Q4 2025), and 0.07% (Q3 2025).