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NUE Short Interest

Nucor Corporation
1W: +3.5% 1M: +10.9% 3M: +6.0% YTD: +61.1% 1Y: +97.4% 3Y: +99.7% 5Y: +181.8%
$270.79
+13.44 (+5.22%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±3.9%
$238 $248 $258 $268 $278
NYSE · Basic Materials · Steel · Tech Score Buy · Power 70 · $61.4B mcap · 223M float · 0.640% daily turnover · Short 62% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 79% of companies Debt: 10.4% 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 $2.38 (down 99.1%), Nucor Corporation would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $7.09B against a stock market value of $61.44B.
Distance to default 9.38 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-09-30, debt counted $3.90B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 31.8%; Altman Z 5.56. 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.

Short Volume Summary

2026-10-26
73.6%
Short Ratio
of total volume
56.8%
20-Day Avg
54.5%
50-Day Avg
▲ Rising
5-Day Trend
0.5M
Short Volume
0.6M
Total Volume

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

2026-10-26
ExchangeShort VolumeTotal VolumeShort %
NASDAQ 433,463 588,436 73.7%
NYSE 15,476 20,411 75.8%
BATS 2,164 4,211 51.4%

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