Nucor Corporation (NUE) earnings on July 27, 2026
More Nucor Corporation earnings
Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Accurate
Nucor jumped sharply after reporting earnings, climbing as much as 8.3% before closing up 7.2%. The stock recovered after falling 2.2% earlier in the day.
NUE price around the earnings
265.62
Change: +7.2%
2026-07-28, 20:00 UTC
Start of the measured window
End of the measured window
235.76
246.43
257.09
267.76
247.86
July 27, 2026
July 28, 2026
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Accurate
- Thesis published
- Results released
Pre-release: Analysts are optimistic with positive growth expectations, following a strong pre-earnings rally.
Context analyzed before publication
- Trend
- Consistent optimistic run-up into earnings, indicating after a strong recent rise conditions and potential for profit-taking.
Analysts
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 1.53
- Analysts covering the stock
- 16
- Average price target
- 267.13
- Lowest price target
- 224
- Highest price target
- 285
- Upside to price target
- 8%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- 376.3%
- Revenue growth
- 21.3%
- Forward EPS
- 17.38
- Trailing EPS
- 10.08
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 7
- Strong buy: 3
- Buy: 11
- Hold: 3
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 0
- Strong buy
- 3
- Buy
- 11
- Hold
- 3
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 0
- July 16, 2026 · Barclays: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- July 9, 2026 · B of A Securities: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- June 24, 2026 · Keybanc: Upgrades rating (Sector Weight → Overweight)
- June 22, 2026 · Morgan Stanley: Maintains rating (Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight)
- June 18, 2026 · Wells Fargo: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- June 10, 2026 · JP Morgan: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- June 4, 2026 · Wells Fargo: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
News and sentiment
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (8)
- Stock Market Today: S&P 500, Dow Jones, Nasdaq 100 Futures Rise as US-Iran Halt Retaliatory Strikes—Microchip Technology, AMD, Nucor in Focus (UPDATED) (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Nucor, Celestica And 3 Stocks To Watch Heading Into Monday (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Nucor Gears Up For Q2 Print; Here Are The Recent Forecast Changes From Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- How To Earn $500 A Month From Nucor Stock Ahead Of Q2 Earnings (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- If You Invested $1000 In Nucor Stock 5 Years Ago, You Would Have This Much Today (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Barclays Maintains Overweight on Nucor, Raises Price Target to $272 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- B of A Securities Maintains Buy on Nucor, Lowers Price Target to $280 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- $1000 Invested In Nucor 10 Years Ago Would Be Worth This Much Today (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
Technicals
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 2.6%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -6.9%
- 14-day change (14d)
- +8.9%
- 30-day change (30d)
- +2.9%
- 30-day relative strength
- +2.2%
- SPY change (30d)
- +0.8%
- Nearest support
- 247.56
- Nearest resistance
- 249.92
- Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
- 0.8
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +8.0%
- April 27, 2026: actual EPS 3.23 vs estimate 2.82 (surprise +14.7%)
- January 26, 2026: actual EPS 1.73 vs estimate 1.81 (surprise -4.4%)
- October 27, 2025: actual EPS 2.63 vs estimate 2.17 (surprise +21.3%)
- July 28, 2025: actual EPS 2.65 vs estimate 2.64 (surprise +0.3%)
Expected move
- Implied move
- +2.2%
- Source
- Options chain
Reactions over its last 20 earnings
- Median move
- 4%
- 75th percentile move
- 5.8%
- 90th percentile move
- 8.5%
- Up / down moves
- 14 / 6
- Average up move
- +4.7%
- Average down move
- -4.0%
Monitoring and close
What Nucor Corporation reported
- Status
- Finished
| Actual EPS | 4.84 |
|---|---|
| EPS estimate | 4.53 |
| EPS surprise | +6.9% |
Nucor beat Q2 estimates with record earnings. Shares rose 6% after strong results and optimistic Q3 outlook, driven by higher prices and record steel shipments.
Sources (15)
- UBS Maintains Neutral on Nucor, Raises Price Target to $256 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Nucor Q2 Earnings Call Highlights (opens in a new tab) — MarketBeat
- Steel Tariffs Are Working Even as Imports Rise, Nucor CEO Says (opens in a new tab) — The Wall Street Journal
- Nucor Corporation (NUE) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript (opens in a new tab) — SeekingAlpha
- Nucor Corporation Q2 2026 Earnings Call Summary (opens in a new tab) — Moby
- Nucor's Q2 Earnings and Revenues Surpass Estimates on Higher Prices (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
- Nucor posts record steel shipments on higher pricing, strong demand (opens in a new tab) — Manufacturing Dive
- Nucor Corporation 2026 Q2 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation (opens in a new tab) — SeekingAlpha
- Nucor (NUE) Could Be 4% Undervalued On Q2 Results And Dividend Affirmation (opens in a new tab) — Simply Wall St.
- Compared to Estimates, Nucor (NUE) Q2 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
- Nucor (NUE) Tops Q2 Earnings and Revenue Estimates (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
- Nucor Shares Flat Despite Q2 Earnings Beat: Details (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Nucor Q2 Adj. EPS $4.84 Beats $4.38 Estimate, Sales $10.397B Beat $10.140B Estimate (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Nucor Reports Results for the Second Quarter of 2026 (opens in a new tab) — Yahoo
- Earnings per share: $4.84 vs $4.53 expected — above expectations. — Yahoo Finance
Pre-market second reading after the results
There is no second reading available for this event.
How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Accurate
- Consolidated
- +7.2%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 8.3%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 2.2%