NUENucor
Is the business good?
The checks split: 6 of 9 health tests passed and returns not propped up by debt.
Mixed fundamental signals. Nine pass/fail tests of year-over-year health from the filings.
A balanced mix of margins, efficiency, and leverage. ROE 10% = margin × turnover × leverage.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.
How good a business is NUE?
Nucor keeps 8.0% of every revenue dollar as profit after everything, against 2.0% for the median Steel name.
Net margin · Steel median 2.0% · 12 months to Q2 2026
- Share count, year on year
- −1.0%
Share count, year on year · flat: no meaningful dilution
- Gross margin
- 15%
Gross margin
Details›
- Gross margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 15%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 8.0%
- Free cash flow margin
- 4.4%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $36.1B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $1.58B
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $2.88B
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.
Steel
The closest names by size in the same industry