Growth Metrics

Nucor (NUE) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Nucor (NUE) has disclosed Return on Equity for 17 consecutive years, with 0.02% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Equity fell 12.0% to 0.02% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.02% through Dec 2025, down 12.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.02% for FY2025, 12.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity hit 0.02% in Q4 2025 for Nucor, down from 0.08% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 0.55% in Q3 2022 to a low of 0.23% in Q3 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Equity has averaged 0.14% across 5 years, with a median of 0.11% in 2024.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Equity: surged 54bps in 2021 and later tumbled -76bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Return on Equity stood at 0.49% in 2021, then crashed by -123bps to 0.11% in 2022, then soared by 295bps to 0.22% in 2023, then plummeted by -54bps to 0.1% in 2024, then tumbled by -122bps to 0.02% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Equity for NUE at 0.02% in Q4 2025, 0.08% in Q4 2025, and 0.07% in Q3 2025.