---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-182332"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NUE"
cik: "0000073309"
company_name: "NUCOR CORP"
filed_at: "2026-04-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T04:07:14.056382+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nucor Q1 net earnings $743M ($3.23 EPS) vs Q1 2025 $179M ($0.77); sees higher Q2 earnings

## Summary
- Net sales $9.50B; EBITDA $1.51B. Steel mills segment earnings surged to $1,128M from $516M in Q4.
- Q1 EPS $3.23 vs Q4 2025 adjusted $1.73 and Q1 2025 adjusted $0.77.
- Cash $2.48B; $2.25B revolver undrawn; new $4B buyback authorized, $3.97B remaining.
- Q2 outlook: expects higher earnings across all three segments on improved pricing and volumes.
- Dividend $0.56 payable May 11 to holders of record Mar 31, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-182332
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NUE
- cik: 0000073309
- company_name: NUCOR CORP
- filed_at: 2026-04-27T23:59:59+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/73309/000119312526182332/0001193125-26-182332-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000119312526182332/d150975d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-182332.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  NUCOR CORP reported the first quarter of 2026 results: revenue $9.50 billion, net income $743 million, EPS $3.23 per diluted share.
  - Period: the first quarter of 2026
  - Revenue: $9.50 billion
  - Net income: $743 million
  - EPS: $3.23 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: for the First Quarter of 2026 First Quarter of 2026 Highlights • Net earnings attributable to Nucor stockholders of $743 million, or $3.23 per diluted share • Net sales of $9.50 billion • Net earnings before noncontrolling interests of $870 million; EBITDA of $1.51 billion CHARLOTTE, N.C. – April 27, 2026 - Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) today announced
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000119312526182332/0001193125-26-182332-index.htm

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