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Nucor (NUE): analyst forecast and price target
Analyst consensus
Strong Buy9 Buy3 Hold0 Sell
Ratings of 12 analysts in the last 3 months12-month forecast
Based on 12 price targets given in the last 3 months, the average target is $287, the highest $302, the lowest $256. The average is +11.9% from the last price of $256.
Analyst ratings 14
| Analyst | Firm | Price target | Rating | Upside | Action | Date | Move vs SPY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Peterson★★★★★★★★★★#2254 · hits 49% · avg +6.9% | J.P. Morgan | $308 → $296−3.9% | Buy | +15.5% | Reiterated | 09.10.26on TipRanks 10:15 | +1.1%next day +0.7% · 5 days +4.3% | ↗ |
| Nick Cash★★★★★★★★★★#6084 · hits 50% · avg +8.0% | Goldman Sachs | $302 | Buy | +17.8% | Reiterated | 08.10.26on TipRanks Oct 9 08:10 | +0.3%next day +1.1% · 5 days +3.8% | ↗ |
| Samuel McKinney★★★★★★★★★★#3618 · hits 79% · avg +11.6% | KeyBanc | $288 → $286−0.7% | Buy | +11.6% | Reiterated | 05.10.26on TipRanks 05:10 | +3.9%next day −0.7% · 5 days −0.3% | ↗ |
| Carlos De Alba★★★★★★★★★★#697 · hits 57% · avg +16.1% | Morgan Stanley | $270 | Hold | +5.3% | Assigned | 25.09.26on TipRanks 08:35 | −0.8%next day −0.4% · 5 days −2.3% | ↗ |
| AI PerPlexity SteelPerPlexity SonarPro | TipRanks - PerPlexity | $301 → $302+0.3% | Buy | +17.8% | Upgrade | 19.09.26on TipRanks Sep 18 23:05 | — | |
| Vitaly Kononov★★★★★★★★★★#6574 · hits 36% · avg +5.4% | Freedom Capital Markets | $305 → $285−6.6% | Hold | +11.2% | Reiterated | 18.09.26on TipRanks 10:50 | −6.4%next day −4.0% · 5 days −1.7% | ↗ |
| Lawson Winder★★★★★★★★★★#424 · hits 57% · avg +16.2% | Bank of America Securities | $280 | Buy | +9.3% | Reiterated | 18.09.26on TipRanks 06:45 | −6.4%next day −4.0% · 5 days −1.7% | ↗ |
| Richard Garchitorena★★★★★★★★★★#2557 · hits 59% · avg +9.1% | Barclays | $295 | Buy | +15.1% | Reiterated | 18.09.26on TipRanks 05:20 | −6.4%next day −4.0% · 5 days −1.7% | ↗ |
| Katja Jancic★★★★★★★★★★#397 · hits 73% · avg +30.1% | BMO Capital | $295 | Buy | +15.1% | Assigned | 17.09.26on TipRanks Sep 18 07:15 | +0.6%next day −6.4% · 5 days −7.3% | ↗ |
| Timna Tanners★★★★★★★★★★#3057 · hits 55% · avg +4.1% | Wells Fargo | $285 → $280−1.8% | Buy | +9.3% | Reiterated | 17.09.26on TipRanks Sep 18 06:55 | +0.6%next day −6.4% · 5 days −7.3% | ↗ |
| Unknown Analyst | Wolfe Research | $285 → $297+4.2% | Buy | +15.9% | Reiterated | 24.08.26on TipRanks 07:10 | +0.7%next day +0.9% · 5 days +1.6% | ↗ |
| AI Google SteelGemini 3.1Pro | TipRanks - Google | $276 → $290+5.1% | Buy | +13.2% | Upgrade | 31.07.26on TipRanks 10:07 | — | |
| AI xAi SteelxAI Grok-4 | TipRanks - xAI | $285 → $298+4.6% | Buy | +16.3% | Reiterated | 31.07.26on TipRanks 10:07 | — | |
| AI Anthropic SteelAnthropic Opus-4.6 | TipRanks - Anthropic | $257 → $272+5.8% | Hold | +6.1% | Reiterated | 31.07.26on TipRanks 10:07 | — | |
| AI DeepSeek SteelDeepSeek V3.2-Speciale | TipRanks - DeepSeek | $277 → $290+4.7% | Buy | +13.2% | Reiterated | 31.07.26on TipRanks 10:07 | — | |
| AI OpenAI SteelOpenAI 5.2 | TipRanks - OpenAI | $266 → $287+7.9% | Buy | +12.0% | Upgrade | 31.07.26on TipRanks 10:07 | — | |
| Alexander Hacking★★★★★★★★★★#479 · hits 67% · avg +19.1% | Citi | $260 → $300+15.4% | Buy | +17.1% | Reiterated | 29.07.26on TipRanks 06:32 | −2.1%next day −1.3% · 5 days +1.8% | ↗ |
| Andrew Jones CFA★★★★★★★★★★#2603 · hits 65% · avg +7.9% | UBS | $224 → $256+14.3% | Hold | −0.1% | Assigned | 28.07.26on TipRanks 08:22 | +6.9%next day −2.1% · 5 days −0.9% | ↗ |
| Chris LaFemina★★★★★★★★★★#470 · hits 55% · avg +14.9% | Jefferies | $190 → $200+5.3% | Buy | −22.0% | Reiterated | 27.01.26on TipRanks 08:55 | −2.7%next day −0.2% · 5 days +8.3% | ↗ |
| Alexandra Yates★★★★★★★★★★#1237 · hits 85% · avg +33.3% | Argus Research | $160 → $169+5.6% | Buy | −34.1% | Reiterated | 25.11.25on TipRanks Nov 26 16:50 | +0.8%next day +1.2% · 5 days +4.1% | ↗ |
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The latest rating of each analyst in the last 12 months, as TipRanks lists them. Every rating kept, earlier ones included
Best analysts covering Nucor
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How the average price target moved
The average target of all analysts (their ratings of the 3 months before) on each day, the top analysts’ dashed, against the price; the site keeps this record since 1 October 2026. On 01.10.26: target $288 at a price of $234 (+23.2%); now: $287 at $256 (+11.9%).
PriceAverage targetTop analysts’ target
Recommendation trend
Strong BuyBuyHoldSell
| Rating | 05.26 | 06.26 | 07.26 | 08.26 | 09.26 | 10.26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Buy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buy | 18 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 13 |
| Hold | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Sell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Earnings and sales forecast
Next report: 26.10.26 (Q3 2026, date not confirmed)
Earnings per share
Next quarter’s EPS estimate — $5.80 (from $5.20 to $6.45). Last quarter: $4.84.
Sales
Next quarter’s sales estimate — $10.8B (from $10.5B to $11.1B). Last quarter: $10.4B.
Best top-analyst consensus in the sector · Basicmaterials
About Nucor
- CEO: Leon J. Topalian
- Employees: 33,000
- 1915 Rexford Road, Charlotte, NC, 28211, US
- www.nucor.com
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
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