NUE

Analyzing Market Sentiment Impact on NUE's Price Surge

Nucor stock is trading -15.3% below its average target price of $169.52 after marking a 2.1% during today's afternoon session. Analysts are giving the Large-Cap Steel company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $39.0 to $240.0 per share.

The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 2.5%, and a short ratio of 3.32. The company's insiders own 0.51% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that an average number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 79.8% of Nucor's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Nucor

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2024-06-30 Vanguard Group Inc 12% 28,599,035 $4,106,535,330
2024-06-30 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co 10% 24,692,111 $3,545,540,128
2024-06-30 Blackrock Inc. 9% 20,446,345 $2,935,890,603
2024-06-30 State Street Corporation 5% 11,101,718 $1,594,095,646
2024-06-30 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 5,787,376 $831,009,298
2024-06-30 FMR, LLC 2% 5,583,249 $801,698,703
2024-06-30 Dimensional Fund Advisors LP 2% 3,909,388 $561,349,008
2024-06-30 Morgan Stanley 2% 3,824,043 $549,094,320
2024-06-30 Capital World Investors 2% 3,767,602 $540,989,957
2024-06-30 Northern Trust Corporation 2% 3,641,970 $522,950,458

Besides an analyst consensus of some upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on Nucor.

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