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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-112567"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NUE"
cik: "0000073309"
company_name: "NUCOR CORP"
filed_at: "2022-04-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T05:55:50.231880+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nucor reports Q1 2022 net earnings $2.10B ($7.67/diluted), record Q1; expects Q2 to be record quarter

## Summary
- Net sales $10.49B, up 50% YoY from $7.02B; tons shipped 6.39M, down 11% YoY.
- Steel mills segment earnings $2.58B pre-tax; steel products $684.9M; raw materials $95.9M.
- Cash and equivalents $4.26B; $1.75B credit facility undrawn; repurchased 7.0M shares at $128.45.
- Q2 2022 guidance: expects most profitable quarter in history, driven by steel products and sheet/plate mills.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-112567
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NUE
- cik: 0000073309
- company_name: NUCOR CORP
- filed_at: 2022-04-21T23:59:59+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/73309/000119312522112567/0001193125-22-112567-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000119312522112567/d327281d8k.htm

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