---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-015947"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NUE"
cik: "0000073309"
company_name: "NUCOR CORP"
filed_at: "2023-01-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T08:46:12.664600+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nucor reports record annual EPS $28.79 for 2022; Q4 EPS $4.89, sales down 16% YoY

## Summary
- Full year 2022 EPS $28.79, net earnings $7.61B, both records; prior record 2021 EPS $23.16.
- Q4 2022 EPS $4.89 vs Q4 2021 $7.97 and Q3 2022 $6.50; net sales $8.72B, down 16% YoY.
- Steel mills Q4 earnings $516.7M, down 83% YoY; steel products $1.08B, up 139% YoY; raw materials loss $141.8M includes $96M write-off.
- Returned $3.3B to shareholders in 2022; regular dividend increased for 50th consecutive year.
- Q1 2023: steel mills profitability expected to increase; consolidated net earnings expected to decrease due to eliminations and tax benefits.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-015947
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NUE
- cik: 0000073309
- company_name: NUCOR CORP
- filed_at: 2023-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000119312523015947/0001193125-23-015947-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000119312523015947/d431867d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  NUCOR CORP reported the full year 2022 results: revenue $41.51 billion, net income $7.61 billion, EPS $28.79 per diluted share.
  - Period: the full year 2022
  - Revenue: $41.51 billion
  - Net income: $7.61 billion
  - EPS: $28.79 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: quarter of 2022 decreased 9% from the third quarter of 2022 and increased 2% compared to the fourth quarter of 2021. For the full year 2022, Nucor’s consolidated net sales of $41.51 billion increased 14% compared with consolidated net sales of $36.48 billion reported in the full year 2021. Total tons shipped to outside customers in 2022 were approximately 25,524,000
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000119312523015947/0001193125-23-015947-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  NUCOR CORP reported the fourth quarter of 2022 results: revenue $8.72 billion, net income $1.26 billion, EPS $4.89 per diluted share.
  - Period: the fourth quarter of 2022
  - Revenue: $8.72 billion
  - Net income: $1.26 billion
  - EPS: $4.89 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: 77,106 (617,364 ) (1,544,171 ) (2,375,568 ) $ 1,533,405 $ 3,007,757 $ 10,244,844 $ 9,200,858 Financial Review Nucor’s consolidated net sales decreased 17% to $8.72 billion in the fourth quarter of 2022 compared with $10.50 billion in the third quarter of 2022 and decreased 16% compared with $10.36 billion in the fourth quarter of 2021. Average
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000119312523015947/0001193125-23-015947-index.htm

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