---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-019362"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NUE"
cik: "0000073309"
company_name: "NUCOR CORP"
filed_at: "2022-01-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T15:10:53.957350+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nucor reports record Q4 net earnings $2.25B ($7.97 EPS); FY net $6.83B ($23.16 EPS) up 848% YoY

## Summary
- Q4 net earnings $2.25B ($7.97 diluted EPS) vs $398.8M ($1.30) a year ago; FY net earnings $6.83B ($23.16) vs $721.5M ($2.36).
- Net sales Q4 $10.36B (+97% YoY); FY $36.48B (+81%); average selling price +99% YoY to record levels.
- Steel mills segment earnings Q4 $3.13B (vs $208M); steel products $452M (vs $188M); raw materials $45M (vs $27M).
- Board authorized new $4B share repurchase program; repurchased 13.5M shares in Q4 at avg $111.63; quarterly dividend $0.50 declared.
- Q1 2022 outlook: earnings expected slightly below Q4 record; steel mills to decline; steel products to improve; raw materials slightly improve.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-019362
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NUE
- cik: 0000073309
- company_name: NUCOR CORP
- filed_at: 2022-01-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000119312522019362/0001193125-22-019362-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000119312522019362/d299286d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-019362.txt

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