Growth Metrics

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

Historic Return on Invested Capital for Nucor (NUE) over the last 17 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 0.09%.

  • Nucor's Return on Invested Capital fell 400.0% to 0.09% in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Oct 2025 it was 0.09%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 400.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.1% for FY2024, which is 1300.0% down from last year.
  • Nucor's Return on Invested Capital amounted to 0.09% in Q4 2025, which was down 400.0% from 0.07% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • Nucor's Return on Invested Capital's 5-year high stood at 0.54% during Q3 2022, with a 5-year trough of 0.07% in Q2 2025.
  • Its 5-year average for Return on Invested Capital is 0.28%, with a median of 0.26% in 2023.
  • As far as peak fluctuations go, Nucor's Return on Invested Capital surged by 3400bps in 2021, and later tumbled by -2500bps in 2023.
  • Over the past 5 years, Nucor's Return on Invested Capital (Quarter) stood at 0.48% in 2021, then decreased by -12bps to 0.43% in 2022, then plummeted by -48bps to 0.22% in 2023, then tumbled by -55bps to 0.1% in 2024, then fell by -14bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • Its Return on Invested Capital was 0.09% in Q4 2025, compared to 0.07% in Q3 2025 and 0.07% in Q2 2025.