---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-182285"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NUE"
cik: "0000073309"
company_name: "NUCOR CORP"
filed_at: "2024-07-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T18:44:17.655898+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nucor Q2 2024 EPS $2.68, down 54% YoY; guides Q3 lower on weak pricing

## Summary
- Net earnings attributable to stockholders of $645.2M ($2.68/diluted share), down from $1.46B ($5.81) in Q2 2023.
- Net sales of $8.08B, down 15% YoY; total tons shipped 6.289M, down 5% YoY.
- Steel mills segment earnings $645M, down 54% from Q2 2023; steel products segment earnings $441M, down 56% from Q2 2023.
- Operating rate 75% in Q2 vs 84% a year ago; pre-operating costs $137M for growth projects.
- Expects Q3 earnings to decrease from Q2 due to lower selling prices in steel mills and steel products segments.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-182285
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NUE
- cik: 0000073309
- company_name: NUCOR CORP
- filed_at: 2024-07-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/73309/000119312524182285/0001193125-24-182285-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000119312524182285/d860082d8k.htm

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