Nucor Corporation (NUE) Total Return CAGR:122.39%(TTM)
Over the latest trailing 12-month period, Nucor Corporation (NUE)'s total return cagr is +122.39%. The comparable SPY value is +22.75%. Year-to-date total return is +57.75%. Total return includes price appreciation and reinvested dividends.
Over longer horizons, Nucor Corporation's Total Return CAGR averages 22.49% over 3 years and 21.03% over 5 years. Total return includes dividends reinvested. The total return CAGR includes both price appreciation and dividends reinvested. This gives a more complete picture of Nucor Corporation's investment performance.
NUE Total Return CAGR Chart
Nucor Corporation (NUE)
NUE Quarterly Total Return (YoY)
Total Return Index growth vs the same quarter one year earlier, last 20 quarters.
NUE Total Return CAGR History
| Year | Start Total Return | End Total Return | Change | % Change | CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2566.16 | 4048.17 | +1482.01 | +57.75% | +57.75% |
| 2025 | 1806.52 | 2566.16 | +759.64 | +42.05% | +42.05% |
| 2024 | 2655.35 | 1806.52 | -848.83 | -31.97% | -31.97% |
| 2023 | 1985.49 | 2655.35 | +669.86 | +33.74% | +33.74% |
| 2022 | 1691.19 | 1985.49 | +294.30 | +17.40% | +17.40% |
| 2021 | 774.19 | 1691.19 | +917.00 | +118.45% | +118.45% |
| 2020 | 788.76 | 774.19 | -14.56 | -1.85% | -1.85% |
| 2019 | 705.04 | 788.76 | +83.72 | +11.87% | +11.87% |
| 2018 | 842.91 | 705.04 | -137.87 | -16.36% | -16.36% |
| 2017 | 769.27 | 842.91 | +73.64 | +9.57% | +9.57% |
| 2016 | 505.72 | 769.27 | +263.54 | +52.11% | +52.11% |
| 2015 | 594.22 | 505.72 | -88.50 | -14.89% | -14.89% |
| 2014 | 628.22 | 594.22 | -34.01 | -5.41% | -5.41% |
| 2013 | 492.66 | 628.22 | +135.56 | +27.52% | +27.52% |
| 2012 | 435.52 | 492.66 | +57.15 | +13.12% | +13.12% |
| 2011 | 464.63 | 435.52 | -29.11 | -6.27% | -6.27% |
| 2010 | 477.95 | 464.63 | -13.33 | -2.79% | -2.79% |
| 2009 | 458.68 | 477.95 | +19.27 | +4.20% | +4.20% |
| 2008 | 568.43 | 458.68 | -109.75 | -19.31% | -19.31% |
| 2007 | 504.09 | 568.43 | +64.34 | +12.76% | +12.76% |
| 2006 | 295.93 | 504.09 | +208.15 | +70.34% | +70.34% |
| 2005 | 226.16 | 295.93 | +69.77 | +30.85% | +30.85% |
| 2004 | 119.62 | 226.16 | +106.55 | +89.07% | +89.07% |
| 2003 | 86.77 | 119.62 | +32.85 | +37.86% | +37.86% |
| 2002 | 109.52 | 86.77 | -22.75 | -20.77% | -20.77% |
| 2001 | 80.79 | 109.52 | +28.72 | +35.55% | +35.55% |
| 2000 | 109.77 | 80.79 | -28.97 | -26.40% | -26.40% |
| 1999 | 85.68 | 109.77 | +24.09 | +28.11% | +28.11% |
| 1998 | 94.75 | 85.68 | -9.07 | -9.58% | -9.58% |
| 1997 | 99.23 | 94.75 | -4.47 | -4.51% | -4.51% |
Quarterly Total Return: QoQ & YoY
| Quarter | Value | QoQ | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 4,048 | +57.5% | +106.6% |
| Q1 2026 | 2,570 | +0.1% | +28.2% |
| Q4 2025 | 2,566 | +21.5% | +40.4% |
| Q3 2025 | 2,112 | +7.8% | -7.6% |
| Q2 2025 | 1,959 | -2.3% | -15.5% |
| Q1 2025 | 2,004 | +9.7% | -32.4% |
| Q4 2024 | 1,828 | -20.0% | -32.4% |
| Q3 2024 | 2,285 | -1.4% | -3.9% |
| Q2 2024 | 2,317 | -21.9% | -6.4% |
| Q1 2024 | 2,967 | +9.7% | +32.9% |
| Q4 2023 | 2,705 | +13.8% | +31.7% |
| Q3 2023 | 2,378 | -4.0% | +46.3% |
| Q2 2023 | 2,476 | +10.9% | +54.5% |
| Q1 2023 | 2,233 | +8.7% | +1.1% |
| Q4 2022 | 2,054 | +26.4% | +21.2% |
| Q3 2022 | 1,626 | +1.4% | +7.5% |
QoQ = change vs the prior quarter; YoY = change vs the same quarter a year earlier.
About Nucor Corporation
Nucor Corporation is a prominent producer and distributor of steel and diverse steel-related products. Within its Steel Mills division, the company manufactures a comprehensive range of steel goods. These include various sheet steel types like hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and galvanized, alongside plate steel. It also produces structural components such as wide-flange beams, beam blanks, H-piling, and sheet piling. Furthermore, this segment supplies bar steel products, encompassing blooms, billets, concrete reinforcing bars, merchant bars, and specialized bar quality items. Beyond manufacturing, Nucor's steel mills are involved in steel trading and the distribution of rebar. Its clientele primarily consists of steel service centers, fabricators, and manufacturers across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The Steel Products segment provides an array of manufactured steel goods, such as hollow structural section tubing, electrical conduits, steel racking, joists and girders, steel decks, and fabricated concrete reinforcing steel. It also supplies cold finished steel, fasteners, complete metal building systems, insulated metal panels, steel grating, expanded metal, and various wire and wire mesh products. These offerings are largely directed towards nonresidential construction projects. Additionally, this segment manages a piling distribution operation. Nucor's Raw Materials division is responsible for producing direct reduced iron (DRI). It also acts as a broker for ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron, hot briquetted iron (HBI), and direct reduced iron (DRI). This segment supplies ferro-alloys, processes both ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals, and undertakes natural gas drilling activities. Its ferrous scrap is supplied to electric arc furnace steel mills and foundries for their manufacturing processes. Meanwhile, nonferrous scrap metal is sold to aluminum can manufacturers, secondary aluminum smelters, steel mills, various other processors, and direct consumers of diverse nonferrous metals. The corporation caters to a wide range of industries including agriculture, automotive, construction, energy and transmission, oil and gas, heavy equipment, infrastructure, and transportation. Sales are conducted via an in-house sales team and through the company's internal distribution and trading enterprises. Established in 1958, Nucor Corporation has its headquarters situated in Charlotte, North Carolina.
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Steel
- CEO
- Leon J. Topalian