secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NUCOR CORP (NUE)
CIK:        0000073309
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-07-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001564590-21-037529
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000156459021037529/0001564590-21-037529-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000156459021037529/nue-8k_20210722.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-037529

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