Nucor Financial Ratios
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Nucor ratio analysis
Nucor earned a net margin of 5.4% in FY 2025, down from 6.6% a year earlier. Gross margin was 11.9% compared with a median of 13.3% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 8.3%, meaning Nucor generated 0.08 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.34 versus 0.34 the year before, and the current ratio was 2.94. At the end of FY 2025, NUE traded at 22.5 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 4.6 to 24.0, with a median of 13.4. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Nucor financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 22.53 | 13.65 | 9.67 | 4.58 | 4.93 | 22.54 | 13.14 | 7.25 | 15.51 | 24.00 |
| Price / sales | 1.20 | 0.90 | 1.25 | 0.83 | 0.92 | 0.80 | 0.73 | 0.68 | 1.00 | 1.17 |
| Price / book | 1.87 | 1.36 | 2.08 | 1.88 | 2.38 | 1.49 | 1.60 | 1.74 | 2.33 | 2.41 |
| Gross margin | 11.9% | 13.3% | 22.5% | 30.1% | 30.2% | 11.1% | 11.9% | 17.1% | 12.7% | 12.5% |
| Net margin | 5.4% | 6.6% | 13.0% | 18.3% | 18.7% | 3.6% | 5.6% | 9.4% | 6.5% | 4.9% |
| Free cash flow margin | -0.6% | 2.6% | 14.1% | 19.6% | 12.6% | 5.7% | 5.9% | 5.6% | 3.0% | 7.1% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 8.3% | 10.0% | 21.6% | 41.3% | 48.7% | 6.7% | 12.3% | 24.1% | 15.1% | 10.1% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 5.0% | 6.0% | 12.8% | 23.4% | 26.4% | 3.6% | 6.9% | 13.2% | 8.3% | 5.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.33 | 0.36 | 0.40 | 0.50 | 0.42 | 0.44 | 0.43 | 0.55 |
| Current ratio | 2.94 | 2.51 | 3.57 | 3.39 | 2.48 | 3.61 | 3.34 | 3.08 | 2.42 | 2.72 |
| Revenue growth | 5.7% | -11.5% | -16.4% | 13.8% | 81.2% | -10.8% | -9.9% | 23.8% | 25.0% | -1.4% |
| EPS growth | -11.1% | -53.0% | -37.5% | 24.3% | 881.4% | -43.0% | -44.2% | 81.0% | 65.3% | 892.0% |