# Nucor Corporation (NUE) — Stock CV

Nucor Corporation is a $56.9B industrial company. Revenue grew 17.2% over the last year, it keeps 8¢ of every dollar of sales as profit, and its net debt equals ~2.7 years of free cash flow. It trades at 24.4× earnings.

> Nucor Corp manufactures steel and steel products. The company's reportable segments are steel mills, steel products, and raw materials.

## Identity

- **Ticker**: NUE
- **Sector**: Industrials
- **Industry**: Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling Mills (Coke Ovens)
- **Headquarters**: CHARLOTTE, NC
- **Employees**: 33 000
- **Website**: https://www.nucor.com
- **Market cap**: $56.9B
- **Last price**: $250.83
- **Financial profile**: Mixed

## Vitals (TTM)

- **Revenue**: $36.1B
- **Net income**: $2.88B
- **Free cash flow**: $1.58B
- **Net debt**: $4.33B
- **P/E**: 24.4
- **Revenue growth (YoY)**: 17.2%

## Skills (profile scores, 0–100)

| Pillar | Score |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 55 |
| Growth | 50 |
| Profitability | 42 |
| Health | 62 |
| Quality | 75 |
| Moat | 43 |

## Qualifications (beginner checklist) — 9 of 11 passed

- [x] Revenue growing — +17.2% YoY
- [x] Profitable — $2.88B TTM
- [ ] Profit growing — -36.1% YoY
- [x] Generates cash — $1.58B TTM
- [x] Debt under control — ~2.7y of cash flow to repay
- [x] Established company — $56.9B market cap
- [x] Not printing shares — -24.1% shares over ~5y
- [x] Proven track record — 10/10 profitable years
- [ ] Financially stable — health score 50/100
- [x] Pays a dividend — yield 0.90%
- [x] Valuation not extreme — P/E 24.4

## Experience (career milestones)

- **FY2023** — Became debt-free: cash now exceeds total debt
- **FY2022** — Best year on record: $7.61B net income
- **FY2016** — Profitable every year on record: 10 consecutive profitable years in our data
- **FY2016** — Revenue already above $10B: $16.2B in first reported year
- **1989** — Nucor opened a facility in Crawfordsville, Indiana, the first mini mill in the world to produce flat rolled…
- **1968** — Unable to get favorable steel prices from American manufacturers and unhappy with the imported steel…
- **1962** — Nuclear purchased Vulcraft from Chase's widow in 1962 and hired F

## Strengths

- Revenue growing 17.2% year over year
- Interest covered 108.0× by operating earnings

## Watch-outs

- None stand out in the data.

## Track record

| Year | Revenue | Net income | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | $36.5B | $6.83B | $4.61B |
| FY2022 | $41.5B | $7.61B | $8.12B |
| FY2023 | $34.7B | $4.51B | $4.90B |
| FY2024 | $30.7B | $2.03B | $806M |
| FY2025 | $32.5B | $1.74B | -$188M |

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Source: https://stockcv.com/NUE — derived from company filings; may be delayed or incomplete. Information, not investment advice.