Nucor CorporationNUE

Basic Materials
Neutral

ASignal's systematic analysis rates NUE as Neutral. Nucor Corporation has a market cap of $58.60B, a P/E of 20.53, a 8.0% net margin, and 23.0% year-over-year revenue growth.

Reflects the latest available analysis · analyzed Aug 1, 2026

The case on NUE

Bull vs bear, surfaced by ASignal's framework agents from public market data. The precise verdict: ASignal Rank, confidence, and price targets - is in the app.

Bull case
  • Strong year-over-year revenue growth (23.0%)
  • High earnings growth (93.8% YoY)
  • Solid operating cash flow ($4.42B)
  • Low debt-to-equity ratio (0.31x)
  • Current ratio of 2.51x indicates strong liquidity
  • Free cash flow positive at $669M
VS
Bear case
  • RSI at 71.07 indicating overbought conditions
  • High PEG ratio of 5.21x suggesting overvaluation relative to growth
  • Gross margin of 15.55% below typical pricing power thresholds
  • No Reddit mentions, indicating lack of retail investor sentiment data
  • Dividend yield reported as 87.00% — likely data anomaly

Key facts

Sector
Basic Materials
Market cap
$58.60B
P/E ratio
20.53
Gross margin
15.6%
Net margin
8.0%
Rev growth YoY
23.0%
Price (Aug 1, 2026)
$257.29

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Nucor Corporation (NUE) Stock Analysis - ASignal rates it Neutral