Nucor Corp

Industrials
Steel/Iron Ore
www.nucor.com

Earnings Score
Moat Score
Safety Score

Market Cap $27.83B
PE 14
Debt $6.73B
Cash $3.56B
EV $31.00B
FCF $806.00M

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings	$2.02B
EBIT	$2.90B
ROE	9%
ROA	9%
FCF	$806.00M
Equity	$21.42B
Growth Stability	32%
PE	13.79
PEG	0.33
PB	1.3
P/FCF	34.53
P/S	0.91
Price/Cash	0.13
Debt/Equity	0.31
Debt/FCF	8.34
Net Margins	7%
Gross Margins	13%
Op. Margins	9%
Earnings CAGR	27%
Sales Growth YoY	-8%
Sales Growth QoQ	-5%
Sales CAGR	11%
FCF CAGR	26%
Equity CAGR	13%
Earnings Stability	0.46
Earnings Growth YoY	-63%
Earnings Growth QoQ	15%
Earnings CAGR 5Y	41%

Sales CAGR 5Y	12%
FCF CAGR 5Y	23%
Equity CAGR 5Y	20%
Earnings CAGR 3Y	-12%
Sales CAGR 3Y	-12%
FCF CAGR 3Y	-48%
Equity CAGR 3Y	10%
Market Cap	$27.83B
Revenue	$30.73B
Dividend Yield	2%
Payout Ratio	26%
Assets	$33.94B
Total Debt	$6.73B
Cash	$3.56B
Shares Outstanding	238.25M
EV	31B
Earnings Score	68%
Moat Score	87%
Safety Score	51%
Final Score	69%
Working Capital	7.5B
Current Ratio	2.51
Gross Profit	$4.10B
Shares Growth 3y	-4%
Equity Growth QoQ	-1%
Equity Growth YoY	-3%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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Nucor Corp manufactures steel and steel products. The company also produces direct reduced iron for use in its steel mills. The operations include international trading and sales companies that buy and sell steel and steel products manufactured by the company and others. The operating business segments are: steel mills, steel products and raw materials, the steel mills segment derives maximum revenue.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Nucor Corp (NUE) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

2024
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 28
- 10-Q Jun 29
- 10-Q Mar 30
2023
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jul 01
- 10-Q Apr 01
2022
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Oct 01
- 10-Q Jul 02
- 10-Q Apr 02

Sector Comparison

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Peter Lynch's Chart

This chart shows the current pricing of Nucor Corp compared to its past. The addition of the earnings trend line provides further insights into the company's earnings power.

CAGR 27%

Stability 46%

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Nucor Corp Discounted Cash Flow

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Years

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= $48B

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TV
fcf	$806M	$1B	$1.3B	$1.6B	$2B	$2.5B	$3.2B	$4B	$5B	$6.2B	$7.8B	$78B
DCF		$920M	$1B	$1.2B	$1.4B	$1.6B	$1.8B	$2B	$2.3B	$2.6B	$3B	$30B
Value	$48B

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Net Margins	2%	5%	6%	9%	6%	4%	19%	18%	13%	7%	7%
ROA	-	9%	11%	18%	10%	4%	36%	32%	18%	9%	9%
ROE	-	10%	14%	23%	12%	6%	47%	39%	20%	9%	9%

Bad Net Margins (6.57%)

Net Margins are too low to guarantee profitability in case of higher costs or higher interest rates. Furthermore lower margins cause higher earnings’ volatility.

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Debt over FCF	-	4.33	6.17	3.04	3.27	4.62	1.21	0.82	1.38	8.34	8.34
Debt over Equity	0.57	0.6	0.41	0.42	0.4	0.47	0.38	0.34	0.31	0.31	0.31
Growth Stability	-	-	-	100%	85%	44%	100%	100%	90%	32%	32%

Bad Debt/FCF ratio (8.34)

Net Margins are too low to guarantee profitability in case of higher costs or higher interest rates. Furthermore lower margins cause higher earnings’ volatility.

Good Debt/Equity ratio (0.31)

The company is not overleveraged and has a good balance between equity and debt.

Bad Graham’s Stability (32%)

The company has a bad stability in its earnings, which is a sign of a bad competitive advantage.

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth	-	-1%	25%	24%	-10%	-11%	81%	14%	-16%	-11%	12%
Earnings YoY growth	-	123%	66%	79%	-46%	-43%	848%	11%	-40%	-55%	41%
Equity YoY growth	-	6%	10%	12%	6%	4%	30%	34%	13%	-3%	20%
FCF YoY growth	-	-36%	-47%	133%	-6%	-13%	299%	76%	-40%	-84%	23%