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

Nucor (NUE) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 17 consecutive years, with 1.09% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital fell 119.0% to 1.09% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 1.09% through Dec 2025, down 119.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.22% for FY2025, 33.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital hit 1.09% in Q4 2025 for Nucor, down from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 1.16% in Q2 2023 to a low of 37.21% in Q4 2022.
  • Historically, Return on Invested Capital has averaged 1.61% across 5 years, with a median of 0.21% in 2024.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: plummeted -3770bps in 2022 and later skyrocketed 3743bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.49% in 2021, then tumbled by -7669bps to 37.21% in 2022, then surged by 101bps to 0.22% in 2023, then tumbled by -53bps to 0.1% in 2024, then plummeted by -1149bps to 1.09% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Invested Capital for NUE at 1.09% in Q4 2025, 0.09% in Q4 2025, and 0.07% in Q3 2025.