Nucor
About: Nucor Corp manufactures steel and steel products. The company's reportable segments are steel mills, steel products, and raw materials. A majority of its revenue is derived from the steel mills segment, which is engaged in producing sheet steel (hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and galvanized), plate steel, structural steel (wide-flange beams, beam blanks, H-piling, and sheet piling), and bar steel products. Nucor manufactures steel principally from scrap steel and scrap steel substitutes using electric arc furnaces (EAFs) along with continuous casting and automated rolling mills. The steel mills segment sells its products mainly to steel service centers, fabricators, and manufacturers located in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Employees: 32,700
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
70% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $806M | Put options by funds: $475M
1.0% more ownership
Funds ownership: 75.2% [Q3] → 76.2% (+1.0%) [Q4]
3% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 154 | Existing positions closed: 158
2% less funds holding
Funds holding: 1,178 [Q3] → 1,150 (-28) [Q4]
21% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $26.8B [Q3] → $21.3B (-$5.52B) [Q4]
29% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 336 | Existing positions reduced: 471
44% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 9 [Q3] → 5 (-4) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
5 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
5 analyst ratings
JP Morgan Bill Peterson 42% 1-year accuracy 16 / 38 met price target | 23%upside $140 | Overweight Maintained | 16 Apr 2025 |
Goldman Sachs Mike Harris 20% 1-year accuracy 1 / 5 met price target | 48%upside $169 | Buy Maintained | 7 Apr 2025 |
UBS Curt Woodworth 20% 1-year accuracy 2 / 10 met price target | 40%upside $160 | Buy Upgraded | 24 Mar 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Carlos De Alba 26% 1-year accuracy 6 / 23 met price target | 46%upside $167 | Overweight Maintained | 7 Mar 2025 |
Jefferies Christopher LeFemina 50% 1-year accuracy 3 / 6 met price target | 18%upside $135 | Hold Maintained | 29 Jan 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 16 articles about NUE published over the past 30 days









