---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-105065"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NUE"
cik: "0000073309"
company_name: "NUCOR CORP"
filed_at: "2024-04-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T14:50:59.040070+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nucor Q1 2024 EPS $3.46, net sales $8.14B; Q2 guidance calls for lower earnings

## Summary
- Net earnings $844.8M ($3.46/diluted sh) vs Q4 2023 $785.4M ($3.16) and Q1 2023 $1.14B ($4.45).
- Steel mills segment earnings $1.102B, up from $838M in Q1 2023; steel products segment $511.6M, down from $970.8M.
- Total shipments 6.22M tons, up 5% QoQ; average sales price up 1% QoQ but down 3% YoY.
- Q2 2024 earnings expected to decrease from Q1, led by lower steel mill average selling prices.
- Repurchased 5.5M shares at avg $180.79; $2.32B remaining; $0.54 dividend payable May 10.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-105065
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NUE
- cik: 0000073309
- company_name: NUCOR CORP
- filed_at: 2024-04-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000119312524105065/0001193125-24-105065-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000119312524105065/d817744d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-105065.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  NUCOR CORP reported first quarter of 2024 results: revenue $8.14 billion, net income $844.8 million, EPS $3.46 per diluted share. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: first quarter of 2024
  - Revenue: $8.14 billion
  - Net income: $844.8 million
  - EPS: $3.46 per diluted share
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Nucor’s consolidated net sales were $8.14 billion in the first quarter of 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000119312524105065/0001193125-24-105065-index.htm

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