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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-303726"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NUE"
cik: "0000073309"
company_name: "NUCOR CORP"
filed_at: "2021-10-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T19:23:41.550859+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nucor posts record Q3 net earnings of $2.13B; EPS $7.28, beats prior record by 44%

## Summary
- Record net earnings $2.13B, diluted EPS $7.28; Q3 2020 EPS was $0.63.
- Net sales $10.31B, up 109% YoY; steel mills segment earnings before tax $3.12B.
- Expect Q4 2021 net earnings to potentially exceed Q3 record; demand robust into 2022.
- Repurchased 8.2M shares at avg $104.60 in Q3; $1.9B remaining under buyback program.
- Dividend of $0.405 per share declared, payable Nov 10, 2021; 194th consecutive quarterly dividend.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-303726
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NUE
- cik: 0000073309
- company_name: NUCOR CORP
- filed_at: 2021-10-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000119312521303726/0001193125-21-303726-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000119312521303726/d247887d8k.htm

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