Shares of Industrials sector company Nucor moved 1.5% today, and are now trading at a price of $164.58. The large-cap stock's daily volume was 1,089,074 compared to its average volume of 1,432,898. The S&P 500 index returned a 0.0% performance.
Nucor Corporation engages in manufacture and sale of steel and steel products. The company is based in Charlotte and has 31,400 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $40,460,185,600. Nucor currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 1.3% per year.
8 analysts are following Nucor and have set target prices ranging from $39.0 to $190.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, NUE is trading 3.67% away from its average analyst target price of $158.75 per share.
Over the last year, NUE's share price has increased by 9.5%, which represents a difference of -5.9% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $182.68 per share whereas its 52 week low is $129.47. With average free cash flows of $3.79 Billion that have been growing at an average rate of 39.0% over the last 6 years, Nucor is in a position to continue its strong stock performance trend.
| Date Reported | Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) | Capital expenditures ($ k) | Free Cash Flow ($ k) | YoY Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8,125,142 | 2,014,020 | 6,111,122 | -24.78 |
| 2022 | 10,072,054 | 1,947,897 | 8,124,157 | 76.28 |
| 2021 | 6,230,776 | 1,621,989 | 4,608,787 | 299.49 |
| 2020 | 2,696,877 | 1,543,219 | 1,153,658 | -13.4 |
| 2019 | 2,809,413 | 1,477,293 | 1,332,120 | -5.62 |
| 2018 | 2,393,952 | 982,531 | 1,411,421 |
