A share price of Nucor Corp [NUE] is currently trading at $118.77, up 1.89%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The NUE shares have gain 8.35% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -2.61%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Nucor Corp [NYSE: NUE] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 24, 2025, when UBS upgraded its rating to a Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $160 for it. Previously, UBS downgraded its rating to Neutral on December 12, 2024, and dropped its price target to $156. On December 02, 2024, Goldman initiated with a Buy rating and assigned a price target of $190 on the stock. JP Morgan upgraded its rating to a Overweight and increased its price target to $174 on September 09, 2024. Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to a Overweight and reduced its price target to $176 on August 15, 2024. Jefferies started tracking with a Hold rating for this stock on May 20, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $190. In a note dated March 13, 2024, Citigroup upgraded an Buy rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $180 to $240.
Nucor Corp experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $97.59 and $176.60. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $159.67 within the next 12 months. Nucor Corp [NYSE: NUE] shares were valued at $118.77 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 34.44% based on the average NUE price forecast.
Analyzing the NUE fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Nucor Corp [NYSE:NUE] were 30.43B which represents -3.77% decline. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.1% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.06%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.06%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.04%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.04, Equity is 0.07 and Total Capital is 0.06. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.39.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 114.79 points at the first support level, and at 110.82 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 120.94, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 123.12.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Nucor Corp [NYSE:NUE] is 2.52. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.48, while the Cash Ratio is 0.62. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.90, the price to book ratio is 1.36 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 21.15.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Behr Allen C, Executive Vice President, that happened on Nov 11 ’24 when 4968.0 shares were sold. Officer, Behr Allen C completed a deal on Nov 11 ’24 to buy 4968.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chair, President and CEO Topalian Leon J sold 11000.0 shares on Nov 06 ’24.
