secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NUCOR CORP (NUE)
CIK:        0000073309
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-01-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-22-019362
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.90
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000119312522019362/0001193125-22-019362-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000119312522019362/d299286d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-019362

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