---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-022733"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NUE"
cik: "0000073309"
company_name: "NUCOR CORP"
filed_at: "2026-01-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T08:12:48.994128+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nucor Q4 2025 EPS $1.64 ($1.73 adj); net sales $7.69B; guides Q1 2026 earnings higher.

## Summary
- Net earnings attributable to Nucor stockholders: $378M ($1.64 diluted); adjusted $400M ($1.73 diluted). Q4 2024 was $287M ($1.22).
- Net sales $7.69B; EBITDA $918M. Steel mills segment earnings $516M, down from $793M in Q3 2025.
- Q1 2026 outlook: earnings expected to increase across all three segments, led by steel mills on higher volumes and prices.
- Cash and equivalents $2.70B; $2.25B revolver undrawn. Repurchased ~0.7M shares in Q4 at avg $145.23.
- Declared $0.56 dividend (211th consecutive quarterly). Increased base dividend for 53 consecutive years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-022733
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NUE
- cik: 0000073309
- company_name: NUCOR CORP
- filed_at: 2026-01-26T23:59:59+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/73309/000119312526022733/0001193125-26-022733-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000119312526022733/d20933d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-022733.txt

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