---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-107856"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NUE"
cik: "0000073309"
company_name: "NUCOR CORP"
filed_at: "2023-04-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T23:03:07.010367+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nucor Q1 2023 EPS $4.45, sales $8.71B; guides Q2 earnings up

## Summary
- Net earnings attributable to Nucor stockholders $1.14B ($4.45/diluted share); net sales $8.71B.
- Steel mills segment earnings $838M (down from $2.58B YoY); steel products $971M (up from $685M).
- Expects Q2 2023 earnings to increase vs Q1, driven by sheet mill margin expansion.
- Repurchased 2.7M shares at avg $156.35; declared $0.51 dividend payable May 11.
- Cash & equivalents $4.7B; $1.75B credit facility undrawn.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-107856
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NUE
- cik: 0000073309
- company_name: NUCOR CORP
- filed_at: 2023-04-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000119312523107856/0001193125-23-107856-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000119312523107856/d487596d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  NUCOR CORP reported first quarter of 2023 results: revenue $8.71 billion, net income $1.14 billion, or $4.45 per diluted share, EPS $4.45 per diluted share. Guidance raised.
  - Period: first quarter of 2023
  - Revenue: $8.71 billion
  - Net income: $1.14 billion, or $4.45 per diluted share
  - EPS: $4.45 per diluted share
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: for the First Quarter of 2023 First Quarter of 2023 Highlights • Net earnings attributable to Nucor stockholders of $1.14 billion, or $4.45 per diluted share • Net sales of $8.71 billion • Net earnings before noncontrolling interests of $1.23 billion; EBITDA of $1.89 billion • Earnings expected to increase in the second quarter of 2023 on stronger steel mills
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000119312523107856/0001193125-23-107856-index.htm

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