NUE Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Nucor | NYSE:NUE)

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.

What symbol and exchange does Nucor shares trade?

Nucor trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol NUE.

What is Nucor stock price doing today?

As of January 21, 2026, NUE stock price climbed to $180.23 with 1,642,077 million shares trading.

What is Nucor's Beta?

NUE has a beta of 1.20, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. NUE has a correlation of 0.36 to the broad based SPY ETF.

How much is Nucor worth?

NUE has a market cap of $41.55 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

How much money does Nucor make?

Last quarter Nucor reported $9 billion in Revenue and $2.63 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $364 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.47.

What is the highest and lowest price Nucor traded in the last 3 year period?

In the last 3 years, NUE traded as high as $203.00 and as low as $97.59.

What are the top ETFs holding Nucor?

The top ETF exchange traded funds that NUE belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VOO, VO, IVV, SPY.

Is Nucor (NUE) a good investment?

NUE has outperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +45.9% while the SPY ETF gained +14.9%. NUE has also outperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning +28.7% and +9.4%, respectively, while the SPY returned +2.4% and -0.6%, respectively.

What are the support and resistance levels for Nucor (NUE)?

NUE support price is $171.51 and resistance is $177.47 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that NUE shares will trade within this expected range on the day.