Growth Metrics

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

Nucor's Return on Equity history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.01% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Equity fell 15.0% year-over-year to 0.01%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.01%, down 15.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.0%, 11.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity for Q4 2025 was 0.01% at Nucor, down from 0.1% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 0.61% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 0.01% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Equity is 0.26% (2021), against an average of 0.3%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Equity surged 40bps in 2021 before it dropped -28bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.5% in 2021, then rose by 1bps to 0.5% in 2022, then tumbled by -51bps to 0.25% in 2023, then plummeted by -42bps to 0.14% in 2024, then tumbled by -106bps to 0.01% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NUE's Return on Equity are 0.01% (Q4 2025), 0.1% (Q4 2025), and 0.09% (Q3 2025).