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

Nucor's Return on Invested Capital history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.05% for Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Return on Invested Capital changed N/A year-over-year to 0.05%; the TTM value through Jul 2025 reached 0.05%, changed N/A, while the annual FY2024 figure was 0.11%, 565.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q3 2025 was 0.05% at Nucor, up from 0.03% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.54% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.03% in Q2 2025.
  • The 4-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.29% (2021), against an average of 0.29%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Invested Capital skyrocketed 37bps in 2021 before it fell -19bps in 2023.
  • A 4-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.49% in 2021, then grew by 9bps to 0.54% in 2022, then crashed by -50bps to 0.27% in 2023, then crashed by -82bps to 0.05% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NUE's Return on Invested Capital are 0.05% (Q3 2025), 0.03% (Q2 2025), and 0.27% (Q3 2023).