Nucor NUE Peer Comparison

NYSE NUE
$257.87 +1.47 (+0.57%)
As of: Sep 9, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT
Peer Comparison

120 Comparable Companies

Industry Steel

Nucor Corp (NUE) is the 6th largest of 120 Steel companies by market capitalisation, at 58.75 Bn, behind Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. at 65.90 Bn. It trades on a P/E of 18.10, 20% below the peer median of 22.57. The table below compares all 120 on 8 financial metrics.

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# Ticker Company match industry_code industry_group industry_group_code Market Capitalization P/E P/S Enterprise Value
1 TX Ternium S.A. primary M-08 Metals and Mining MG-02 114.02 Bn 278.99 7.12 104.12 Bn
2 NUE Nucor Corp primary M-08 Metals and Mining MG-02 58.75 Bn 18.10 1.63 56.06 Bn
3 STLD Steel Dynamics Inc primary M-08 Metals and Mining MG-02 34.64 Bn 21.77 1.69 34.06 Bn
4 GGB Gerdau S.A. primary M-08 Metals and Mining MG-02 10.07 Bn 23.15 0.77 9.00 Bn
5 CMC COMMERCIAL METALS Co primary M-08 Metals and Mining MG-02 7.63 Bn 12.82 0.86 7.07 Bn
6 PKX Posco Holdings Inc. primary M-08 Metals and Mining MG-02 4.73 Bn 5.21 0.13 -4.95 Bn
7 SIM GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V. primary M-08 Metals and Mining MG-02 4.41 Bn 49.98 2.67 2.86 Bn
8 SID National Steel Co primary M-08 Metals and Mining MG-02 1.76 Bn -1.89 0.10 -1.07 Bn
9 SXC SunCoke Energy, Inc. primary M-08 Metals and Mining MG-02 0.87 Bn -17.67 0.46 0.83 Bn
10 MTUS Metallus Inc. primary M-08 Metals and Mining MG-02 0.82 Bn 83.24 0.67 0.71 Bn
11 ASTL Algoma Steel Group Inc. primary M-08 Metals and Mining MG-02 0.47 Bn -0.62 0.32 0.43 Bn
12 GWAV Greenwave Technology Solutions, Inc. primary M-08 Metals and Mining MG-02 0.00 Bn -0.22 0.06 0.00 Bn
13 LIN Linde Plc secondary M-06 Chemicals MG-01 215.95 Bn 29.74 6.09 211.05 Bn
14 HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. secondary I-01 Aerospace and Defense IG-01 93.36 Bn 49.93 10.24 92.80 Bn
15 ITW Illinois Tool Works Inc secondary I-04 Machinery IG-02 75.67 Bn 23.69 4.59 74.83 Bn
16 APD Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. secondary M-06 Chemicals MG-01 65.90 Bn 16,474.39 5.23 64.92 Bn
17 FAST Fastenal Co secondary I-31 Distribution and Rental IG-07 56.00 Bn 41.42 6.40 55.79 Bn
18 TNRSF Tenaris Sa secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 30.37 Bn 15.64 2.52 21.60 Bn
19 ATI Ati Inc secondary M-02 Chemicals MG-01 28.28 Bn 57.85 6.00 27.50 Bn
20 RS Reliance, Inc. secondary I-31 Distribution and Rental IG-07 20.18 Bn 22.57 1.28 19.94 Bn
21 APG APi Group Corp secondary I-27 Business Services IG-06 16.40 Bn -66.14 1.94 15.55 Bn
22 MLI Mueller Industries Inc secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 13.87 Bn 16.43 2.98 12.46 Bn
23 SWK Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. secondary I-08 Machinery IG-02 13.78 Bn 22.21 0.90 13.19 Bn
24 IESC IES Holdings, Inc. secondary I-16 Construction Services IG-04 12.95 Bn 29.31 3.25 12.56 Bn
25 SANM Sanmina Corp secondary T-14 Computer Hardware TG-02 11.12 Bn 34.03 0.87 9.28 Bn
26 VMI Valmont Industries Inc secondary I-07 Machinery IG-02 9.30 Bn 20.63 2.20 9.17 Bn
27 TKR Timken Co secondary I-04 Machinery IG-02 8.27 Bn 29.21 1.74 7.88 Bn
28 SSD Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. secondary I-13 Construction Products IG-03 7.22 Bn 19.06 2.98 6.77 Bn
29 ACA Arcosa, Inc. secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 7.15 Bn 14.54 2.60 6.71 Bn
30 HXL Hexcel Corp /De/ secondary M-02 Chemicals MG-01 6.84 Bn 44.58 3.46 6.78 Bn
31 AGX Argan Inc secondary I-15 Construction Services IG-04 5.64 Bn 32.46 4.75 5.10 Bn
32 BCPC Balchem Corp secondary M-02 Chemicals MG-01 5.37 Bn 32.63 4.94 5.30 Bn
33 MTRN MATERION Corp secondary M-16 Metals and Mining MG-02 5.30 Bn 58.78 2.52 5.28 Bn
34 PRM Perimeter Solutions, Inc. secondary I-04 Machinery IG-02 5.11 Bn -15.06 6.76 5.03 Bn
35 AZZ Azz Inc secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 4.14 Bn 20.89 2.47 4.14 Bn
36 USAR USA Rare Earth, Inc. secondary M-12 Metals and Mining MG-02 3.94 Bn -20.49 740.19 3.94 Bn
37 GPGI GPGI, Inc. secondary I-04 Machinery IG-02 3.90 Bn -21.29 5.68 3.89 Bn
38 OTTR Otter Tail Corp secondary U-04 Regulated Utilities UG-02 3.76 Bn 19.28 2.86 3.41 Bn
39 CSTM Constellium Se secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 3.69 Bn 6.77 0.39 3.53 Bn
40 SXI Standex International Corp/De/ secondary I-04 Machinery IG-02 3.24 Bn 25.22 3.64 3.06 Bn
41 ATKR Atkore Inc. secondary I-07 Machinery IG-02 3.18 Bn -19.55 1.08 2.84 Bn
42 DNOW DNOW Inc. secondary I-31 Distribution and Rental IG-07 2.93 Bn -14.22 0.72 2.82 Bn
43 BHE Benchmark Electronics Inc secondary T-14 Computer Hardware TG-02 2.66 Bn 25.32 0.94 2.34 Bn
44 LCII Lci Industries secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 2.33 Bn 11.05 0.58 2.12 Bn
45 ROG Rogers Corp secondary M-02 Chemicals MG-01 2.32 Bn 74.12 2.78 2.11 Bn
46 KMT Kennametal Inc secondary I-08 Machinery IG-02 2.26 Bn 6.45 0.96 2.16 Bn
47 ICHR Ichor Holdings, Ltd. secondary I-10 Machinery IG-02 2.05 Bn -51.00 2.03 1.80 Bn
48 CTRI Centuri Holdings, Inc. secondary I-16 Construction Services IG-04 2.04 Bn 70.12 0.60 2.00 Bn
49 PLPC Preformed Line Products Co secondary I-07 Machinery IG-02 1.97 Bn 45.71 2.66 1.89 Bn
50 PRLB Proto Labs Inc secondary I-12 Machinery IG-02 1.93 Bn 63.34 3.44 1.79 Bn
51 TGLS Tecnoglass Holdings Inc. secondary I-13 Construction Products IG-03 1.76 Bn 13.60 1.67 1.67 Bn
52 VSTS Vestis Corp secondary I-27 Business Services IG-06 1.73 Bn -326.40 0.64 1.67 Bn
53 WS Worthington Steel, Inc. secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 1.72 Bn 117.68 0.50 1.63 Bn
54 TRS Trimas Corp secondary I-01 Aerospace and Defense IG-01 1.38 Bn 1.56 2.07 0.13 Bn
55 ROCK Gibraltar Industries, Inc. secondary I-13 Construction Products IG-03 1.36 Bn -6.61 0.94 1.35 Bn
56 RYZ Ryerson Holding Corp secondary I-31 Distribution and Rental IG-07 1.33 Bn -25.67 0.23 1.28 Bn
57 LEG Leggett & Platt Inc secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 1.26 Bn 4.71 0.32 0.71 Bn
58 LNN Lindsay Corp secondary I-06 Machinery IG-02 1.25 Bn 23.21 1.98 1.09 Bn
59 NPKI NPK International Inc. secondary I-32 Distribution and Rental IG-07 1.14 Bn 27.69 3.78 1.13 Bn
60 NWPX NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. secondary I-38 Environmental Equipment IG-09 1.03 Bn 21.14 1.79 1.01 Bn
61 NX Quanex Building Products CORP secondary I-13 Construction Products IG-03 0.99 Bn 24.48 0.53 0.92 Bn
62 WLKP Westlake Chemical Partners LP secondary M-01 Chemicals MG-01 0.77 Bn 2.30 0.62 0.72 Bn
63 TROX Tronox Holdings plc secondary M-01 Chemicals MG-01 0.74 Bn -1.34 0.24 0.55 Bn
64 PKOH Park Ohio Holdings Corp secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 0.65 Bn 27.77 0.39 0.60 Bn
65 IPX IPERIONX Ltd secondary M-10 Metals and Mining MG-02 0.64 Bn — — 0.64 Bn
66 RGR Sturm Ruger & Co Inc secondary D-15 Leisure Products DG-05 0.61 Bn 49.97 1.05 0.49 Bn
67 VHI Valhi Inc /De/ secondary M-01 Chemicals MG-01 0.53 Bn -9.45 0.24 0.32 Bn
68 CMCO Columbus Mckinnon Corp secondary I-04 Machinery IG-02 0.51 Bn -1.61 0.34 0.41 Bn
69 ASPI ASP Isotopes Inc. secondary M-02 Chemicals MG-01 0.47 Bn -3.16 15.25 0.22 Bn
70 LXFR Luxfer Holdings Plc secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 0.46 Bn 57.77 1.27 0.45 Bn
71 MEC Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 0.45 Bn -25.96 0.77 0.45 Bn
72 CIX Compx International Inc secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 0.43 Bn 20.29 2.67 0.38 Bn
73 NL Nli Holdings, Inc. secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 0.32 Bn — — 0.21 Bn
74 FRD Friedman Industries Inc secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 0.31 Bn 11.36 0.41 0.30 Bn
75 ALTO Alto Ingredients, Inc. secondary M-02 Chemicals MG-01 0.30 Bn 5.96 0.32 0.27 Bn
76 MTRX Matrix Service Co secondary I-15 Construction Services IG-04 0.30 Bn -116.47 0.34 0.08 Bn
77 OPTX Syntec Optics Holdings, Inc. secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 0.30 Bn -123.93 10.23 0.29 Bn
78 TG Tredegar Corp secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 0.27 Bn 8.04 0.34 0.25 Bn
79 OFLX Omega Flex, Inc. secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 0.26 Bn 22.38 2.68 0.21 Bn
80 PPIH Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. secondary I-10 Machinery IG-02 0.24 Bn 9.66 1.12 0.21 Bn
81 AZ A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions Corp. secondary T-31 Vertical Software TG-05 0.22 Bn -6.43 15.41 0.21 Bn
82 CMT Core Molding Technologies Inc secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 0.20 Bn 31.40 0.80 0.19 Bn
83 TAYD Taylor Devices, Inc. secondary I-02 Aerospace and Defense IG-01 0.19 Bn 22.36 4.60 0.15 Bn
84 NNBR Nn Inc secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 0.18 Bn -4.96 0.40 0.17 Bn
85 AREC American Resources Corp secondary E-12 Coal and Uranium EG-05 0.18 Bn 8.53 -575.41 0.18 Bn
86 AP Ampco Pittsburgh Corp secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 0.17 Bn -4.03 0.55 0.17 Bn
87 ESP Espey Mfg & Electronics Corp secondary I-02 Aerospace and Defense IG-01 0.17 Bn 16.56 4.11 0.13 Bn
88 EML Eastern Co secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 0.16 Bn 31.97 0.72 0.14 Bn
89 BOOM DMC Global Inc. secondary I-13 Construction Products IG-03 0.13 Bn -7.21 0.23 0.11 Bn
90 ZJK ZJK Industrial Co., Ltd. secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 0.13 Bn 13.97 2.58 0.12 Bn
91 SIF Sifco Industries Inc secondary I-02 Aerospace and Defense IG-01 0.13 Bn 32.75 1.31 0.13 Bn
92 PHCI Panamera Holdings Corp secondary I-26 Business Services IG-06 0.11 Bn -0.73 602.16 0.11 Bn
93 HLP Hongli Group Inc. secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 0.10 Bn 54.05 5.36 0.10 Bn
94 LUD Luda Technology Group Ltd secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 0.10 Bn 66.93 2.90 0.09 Bn
95 BWEN Broadwind, Inc. secondary I-42 Clean Energy Equipment IG-10 0.10 Bn 21.64 0.68 0.08 Bn
96 VATE INNOVATE Corp. secondary I-15 Construction Services IG-04 0.09 Bn -3.09 0.06 0.00 Bn
97 BSIN Big Sky Industrial Inc. secondary E-02 Oil and Gas Upstream EG-01 0.08 Bn -7.93 12.32 0.08 Bn
98 OPXS Optex Systems Holdings Inc secondary I-02 Aerospace and Defense IG-01 0.07 Bn 21.11 2.36 0.07 Bn
99 TPCS Techprecision Corp secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 0.06 Bn -47.71 1.74 0.06 Bn
100 DSWL Deswell Industries Inc secondary T-14 Computer Hardware TG-02 0.05 Bn 3.32 0.39 0.00 Bn
101 CULP Culp Inc secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 0.04 Bn -5.29 — 0.04 Bn
102 SCIA SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. secondary M-02 Chemicals MG-01 0.04 Bn 14.80 1.33 0.03 Bn
103 APWC Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corp Ltd secondary I-07 Machinery IG-02 0.03 Bn 4.16 0.05 -0.04 Bn
104 LIVE LIVE VENTURES Inc secondary D-36 Retail DG-10 0.03 Bn 5.04 0.06 0.02 Bn
105 KTCC Key Tronic Corp secondary T-14 Computer Hardware TG-02 0.03 Bn -1.49 0.07 0.03 Bn
106 BGMSP Bio Green Med Solution, Inc. secondary I-31 Distribution and Rental IG-07 0.02 Bn -1.18 10.00 0.01 Bn
107 JL J-Long Group Ltd secondary I-31 Distribution and Rental IG-07 0.02 Bn 0.00 0.42 0.02 Bn
108 ONEG OneConstruction Group Ltd secondary I-15 Construction Services IG-04 0.02 Bn -1.25 0.33 0.01 Bn
109 LIQT Liqtech International Inc secondary I-37 Environmental Equipment IG-09 0.01 Bn -1.83 0.96 0.00 Bn
110 HUDI Huadi International Group Co., Ltd. secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 0.01 Bn — — 0.01 Bn
111 CJMB Callan Jmb Inc. secondary I-22 Transportation IG-05 0.01 Bn — — 0.01 Bn
112 CVR Chicago Rivet & Machine Co secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 0.01 Bn -4.24 0.35 0.01 Bn
113 WFF WF Holding Ltd secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 0.01 Bn -2.19 72.61 0.01 Bn
114 SINT Sintx Technologies, Inc. secondary H-06 Medical Devices and Diagnostics HG-02 0.01 Bn -0.43 7.57 0.01 Bn
115 ZKIN ZK International Group Co., Ltd. secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 0.01 Bn — — 0.01 Bn
116 MTEN Mingteng International Corp Inc. secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 0.01 Bn -3.55 0.60 0.00 Bn
117 HCAI Huachen AI Parking Management Technology Holding Co., Ltd secondary I-04 Machinery IG-02 0.00 Bn -0.11 0.73 0.00 Bn
118 HIHO Highway Holdings Ltd secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 0.00 Bn -1.39 0.67 0.00 Bn
119 ELAB PMGC Holdings Inc. secondary H-02 Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology HG-01 0.00 Bn -0.18 0.89 -0.02 Bn
120 LNKS Linkers Industries Ltd secondary I-09 Machinery IG-02 0.00 Bn -0.02 0.02 0.00 Bn