In the latest trading session,, 0.81 million Nucor Corp (NYSE:NUE) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.70. With the company’s most recent per share price at $118.53 changed hands at -$6.15 or -4.93% at last look, the market valuation stands at $27.35B. NUE’s current price is a discount, trading about -43.86% off its 52-week high of $170.52. The share price had its 52-week low at $97.59, which suggests the last value was 17.67% up since then.
Analysts gave the Nucor Corp (NUE) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, calculated at a mean rating of 1.69. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 11 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 7 recommended NUE as a Hold, 4 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight.
Nucor Corp (NYSE:NUE) trade information
Instantly NUE was in red as seen in intraday trades today. With action -2.73%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date upside of 1.56%, with the 5-day performance at -2.73% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, Nucor Corp (NYSE:NUE) is -1.32% down.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 160, meaning bulls need an upside of 25.92% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, NUE’s forecast low is 155 with 164 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -38.36% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -30.77% for it to hit the projected low.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 15.38%. The 2025 estimates are for Nucor Corp earnings to decrease by -4.78%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 14.76% per year.
NUE Dividends
Nucor Corp is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in July. The 1.84% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 2.18. It is important to note, however, that the 1.84% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision.
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 10.3064% or 24.69 million shares worth $3.9 billion as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Mar 31, 2025 were VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund . With 7.28 shares estimated at $858.54 million under it, the former controlled 3.15% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund held about 2.83% of the shares, roughly 6.52 shares worth around $769.39 million.
