Shares of Industrials sector company Nucor moved 0.4% today, and are now trading at a price of $127.16. The Large-Cap stock's daily volume was 169,172 compared to its average volume of 2,834,301. 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 32,700 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $29,313,804,288. Nucor currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 1.7% per year.
12 analysts are following Nucor and have set target prices ranging from $135.0 to $177.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, NUE is trading -18.29% away from its average analyst target price of $155.62 per share.
Over the last year, NUE shares have gone down by -30.7%, which represents a difference of -39.2% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $203.0 per share and its 52 week low is $112.25. With average free cash flows of $3.59 Billion that have been growing at an average rate of 29.0% over the last 5 years, Nucor declining stock performance may not be reflective of the quality of its underlying business.
| Date Reported | Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) | Capital expenditures ($ k) | Free Cash Flow ($ k) | YoY Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7,111,931 | 2,214,157 | 4,897,774 | -39.71 |
| 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 |
