---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-166550"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NUE"
cik: "0000073309"
company_name: "NUCOR CORP"
filed_at: "2025-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T00:37:59.027246+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nucor Q2 EPS $2.60, net sales $8.46B; sees Q3 earnings nominally lower

## Summary
- Net earnings $603M ($2.60/diluted) vs $645M ($2.68) in Q2 2024; sequential improvement from Q1 2025.
- Net sales $8.46B, up 5% YoY; steel mill shipments increased 10% YoY to 6.82M tons.
- Segment pretax earnings: Steel mills $843M, Steel products $392M, Raw materials $57M.
- Q3 2025 outlook: earnings nominally lower, with margin compression in steel mills.
- Board declared $0.55/sh dividend (209th consecutive); repurchased 1.8M shares at avg $111.89.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-166550
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NUE
- cik: 0000073309
- company_name: NUCOR CORP
- filed_at: 2025-07-28T23:59:59+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/73309/000119312525166550/0001193125-25-166550-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000119312525166550/d82440d8k.htm

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