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Nucor Corporation
1W: -1.3% 1M: +4.3% 3M: -2.9% YTD: +53.2% 1Y: +88.0% 3Y: +86.7% 5Y: +169.9%
$270.79
+13.44 (+5.22%)
After Hours: $270.65 (-0.14, -0.05%)
Weekly Expected Move ±3.9%
$238 $248 $258 $268 $278
NYSE · Basic Materials · Steel · Tech Score Buy · Power 70 · $58.4B mcap · 223M float · 0.641% daily turnover · Short 62% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 79% of companies Debt: 10.8% of company value Bonds: $45.5M held by 151 funds, 64 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $2.36 (down 99.1%), Nucor Corporation would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $7.10B against a stock market value of $58.39B.
Distance to default 9.36 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $3.90B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 31.4%; Altman Z 5.42. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$3.2B -18.7% ▼
5Y CAGR: +3.7%
Capital Expenditures
$3.4B -7.8% ▼
5Y CAGR: +17.3%
Free Cash Flow
-$188M -123.3% ▼
Dividends Paid
$512M +1.9% ▲
Buybacks
$700M +68.4% ▲
Net Change in Cash
-$1.3B +54.1% ▲

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Operating Activities —
Net Income$7.1B$8.1B$4.9B$2.3B$2.0B
Depreciation & Amort.$865M$1.1B$1.2B$1.4B$1.5B
Stock-Based Comp.$136M$137M$130M$132M$133M
Change in Working Capital-$1.9B$693M$858M$156M-$636M
Other Non-Cash Items-$41M$148M$21M$132M$58M
Operating Cash Flow$6.2B$10.1B$7.1B$4.0B$3.2B
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$1.6B-$1.9B-$2.2B-$3.2B-$3.4B
Acquisitions (Net)-$1.4B-$3.5B-$106M-$757M-$2M
Investment Purchases-$494M-$914M-$1.5B-$1.3B-$985M
Investment Sales$649M$590M$1.3B$1.5B$1.1B
Other Investing$20M$22M-$21M$5M$43M
Investing Cash Flow-$2.9B-$5.7B-$2.5B-$3.7B-$3.2B
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance$247M$922M-$35M$95M$91M
Stock Repurchased-$3.3B-$2.8B-$1.6B-$2.2B-$700M
Dividends Paid-$483M-$534M-$515M-$522M-$512M
Other Financing-$90M-$136M-$489M-$414M-$199M
Financing Cash Flow-$3.6B-$2.5B-$2.6B-$3.1B-$1.3B
Net Change in Cash-$246M$1.9B$2.0B-$2.8B-$1.3B
Cash End of Period$2.5B$4.4B$6.4B$3.6B$2.3B
Free Cash Flow$4.6B$8.1B$4.9B$806M-$188M

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