---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-265817"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NUE"
cik: "0000073309"
company_name: "NUCOR CORP"
filed_at: "2022-10-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T02:28:05.880361+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nucor Q3 EPS $6.50 vs $9.67 Q2; guides Q4 lower on steel mill weakness

## Summary
- Q3 net earnings $1.69B ($6.50 diluted EPS) versus Q2 $2.56B ($9.67) and Q3 2021 $2.13B ($7.28).
- Revenue $10.50B, down 11% QoQ; steel mill shipments fell 9% QoQ; operating rate 77%.
- Steel mills segment earnings $1.29B, down 59% from Q3 2021; metal margin contraction cited.
- Q4 outlook: earnings expected to decrease QoQ, with steel mills profitability considerably lower, especially sheet mills.
- Repurchased 5.3M shares at avg $122.24 in Q3; $1.49B remaining under buyback authorization.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-265817
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NUE
- cik: 0000073309
- company_name: NUCOR CORP
- filed_at: 2022-10-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000119312522265817/0001193125-22-265817-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000119312522265817/d411100d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-265817
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-265817.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-265817.txt

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.