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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-037529"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NUE"
cik: "0000073309"
company_name: "NUCOR CORP"
filed_at: "2021-07-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T03:29:38.638566+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nucor posts record Q2 2021 EPS of $5.04; expects Q3 to set new record

## Summary
- Record quarterly net earnings $1.51B, EPS $5.04, vs $3.10 in Q1 2021 and $0.36 in Q2 2020.
- Net sales $8.79B (+25% QoQ, +103% YoY); total shipments 7.48M tons (+4% QoQ, +37% YoY).
- Steel mills and steel products segments both set record quarterly earnings before tax.
- Raw materials segment earnings declined due to higher input costs and $42M non-cash impairment.
- Expects Q3 2021 to be highest quarterly earnings ever, driven by improved pricing and margins in steel mills.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-037529
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NUE
- cik: 0000073309
- company_name: NUCOR CORP
- filed_at: 2021-07-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000156459021037529/0001564590-21-037529-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000156459021037529/nue-8k_20210722.htm

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