NUE Investors, You Need to Know These Facts Today.

By Harris Dyer • Friday, December 19 10:19 • Permanent Link

Nucor logged a -0.6% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $156.94 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. NUE's trading volume is 798,180 compared to the stock's average volume of 1,522,676.

Nucor trades -11.56% away from its average analyst target price of $177.46 per share. The 13 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $162.0 to $200.0, and on average have given Nucor a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying NUE should be aware of the facts below:

Nucor's current price is 23.3% above its Graham number of $127.27, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Nucor has moved 35.4% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 14.2%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 7.12, Nucor has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 22.0 while the S&P 500 average is None
NUE has a forward P/E ratio of 13.6 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $11.56 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 1.73 compared to its sector average of None
Nucor Corporation engages in the manufacture and sale of steel and steel products.
Based in Charlotte, the company has 32,700 full time employees and a market cap of $35.92 Billion. Nucor currently returns an annual dividend yield of 1.4%.

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