Nucor Corp (NUE)

NYSE · Basic Materials · Steel · USA

Nucor Corp is a large cap company (market value between $10 billion and $200 billion) in the Steel industry.

Nucor manufactures steel and steel products primarily from scrap steel using electric arc furnaces. The company operates three segments: steel mills producing sheet, structural, bar and plate steel; steel products making joists, deck and tubing; and raw materials. Nucor serves North American customers in construction, automotive, infrastructure and manufacturing through direct sales and international trading operations.

From its FY2025 annual report (Form 10-K)

Intrinsic value, DCF valuation, financial health and value investing analysis for the Nucor Corp stock.

Our verdict on NUE

Overvalued: intrinsic value $133.42 per share, market price $260.73, margin of safety -95.4% (as of 2026-10-19).

Discounting its cash flows at 12.2% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $133.42; the price of $260.73 is 95% above that value, and 66% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score: 34/100 on 11 of 12 signals (On Watch).

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Is NUE undervalued or overvalued?

NUE is overvalued (as of the 2026-10-19 close). Discounting its cash flows at 12.2% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $133.42; the price of $260.73 is 95% above that value, and 66% of that value comes from beyond year five.

What is the intrinsic value of NUE?

$133.42 per share (as of the 2026-10-19 close), against a market price of $260.73. That is a margin of safety of -95.4%. The value is the average of the valuation methods that apply to this company, recomputed every night after the US close.

What growth is priced into NUE stock?

The price needs faster growth than we project for any company. It is betting on an exception. Yearly sales growth the price needs: 27.1%. Yearly sales growth it has sustained: 5.7%.

What is Nucor Corp's Leak Score?

34 out of 100, which we rate "On Watch", on 11 of 12 value investing signals.