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Company snapshot — Nucor Corp

NUE in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Nucor makes steel and steel-based building products across three segments: Steel Mills produces sheet, plate, bar and structural steel; Steel Products covers joists, decking, towers, racking and fabricated items built from that steel; Raw Materials supplies scrap, iron and gas inputs the mills consume. It sells to service centres, fabricators and manufacturers across North America. It is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Where it sits in the stack
Nucor carries no Rubin seat, so it sits in our Basic Materials universe under the Steel sleeve, alongside other primary metal producers that supply construction, energy and manufacturing.
Who it is priced against
The diary has no assigned peer group for Nucor; the comparison the market draws most often is with Steel Dynamics.
Why Closelook tracks it
Nucor is an S&P 500 constituent; it carries no Closelook score yet and appears in none of the diary's editions or quote logs.
What the diary watches
Whether construction and infrastructure demand, which drives orders across its mill and products segments, strengthens or softens against the broader industrial cycle.

Nucor Corp (NUE) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for NUE, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Wells Fargo, 2026-09-18

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for NUE from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Wells Fargo — target 280 from 285 Target cut to $280 from $285 (+5.6% to spot) 2026-09-18

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Steel · United States · 3 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Steel · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against NUE on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.90%, quarterly · last 0.56 USD on 2026-06-30

Dividends and capital return

What NUE pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.23 USD per share · a 0.90% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +1.8% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.19 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.56 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-30
  • By calendar year 2023: 1.05 USD (partial) · 2024: 2.17 USD · 2025: 2.21 USD · 2026: 1.12 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-09-28

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Nucor Corp (NUE)?

Nucor Corp trades as NUE on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is NUE in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Nucor Corp is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does NUE trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -2.3% vs the 50-day and +18.1% vs the 200-day average, 11.3% below the 52-week high and +90.4% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Nucor Corp do?

Nucor makes steel and steel-based building products across three segments: Steel Mills produces sheet, plate, bar and structural steel; Steel Products covers joists, decking, towers, racking and fabricated items built from that steel; Raw Materials supplies scrap, iron and gas inputs the mills consume. It sells to service centres, fabricators and manufacturers across North America. It is based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The diary has no assigned peer group for Nucor; the comparison the market draws most often is with Steel Dynamics.

Where does Nucor Corp sit in the AI build-out?

Nucor carries no Rubin seat, so it sits in our Basic Materials universe under the Steel sleeve, alongside other primary metal producers that supply construction, energy and manufacturing. Nucor is an S&P 500 constituent; it carries no Closelook score yet and appears in none of the diary's editions or quote logs.

Does Nucor Corp pay a dividend?

Nucor Corp has paid 2.23 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.90% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.56 USD on 2026-06-30. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Nucor Corp recently?

The most recent analyst action on Nucor Corp on the Closelook wire is a price target by Wells Fargo on 2026-09-18 (target 280 from 285). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for NUE, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Steel, then Basic Materials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.