NUE's Quality Score rose 1 point on Tue, Nov 10, to 10. Its week-by-week trend turned up (2 chart checks started).
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Down 8% from Nov 2 to Nov 10.
Up 77% over the year to Nov 9 while the S&P 500 rose 12%; down 8% since Nov 2.
6 reasons, from its filings, with the timeline and its peers, for Pro members.
| The company | Profit up 122% to $2.9B |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Oct 26 |
After its last 4 reports it closed +3.7% on average, higher 3 of 4 times.
Averagefor quality, not price, 3 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
Well below its recent run. NUE scores 10 today, against a median of 15.5 over its last 20 recorded sessions.
NUE is #3 of 13 by Quality Score.
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Net income over four quarters: NUE $2.88B, STLD $1.96B, CRS $570M, CLF -$473M.
Expected to report Mon Jan 25, after the close (in 76 days).
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Sales of $11.2B, 32% more than a year ago; a profit of $5.80 a share, from $2.63.
“The increase in the steel mills segment was due to higher average selling prices and increased volumes, partially offset by higher costs of products sold.”
NUE's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
No outlook figures read from this release.
“We expect earnings in the fourth quarter of 2026 to be generally in-line with or modestly higher than the third quarter.”
From its results filing (SEC filing · Oct 26)
Sales grew 10% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $2.24 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | +3.0% | +5.2% | +7.9% |
| Jul 27, 2026 | +2.5% | +7.2% | +5.4% |
| Apr 27, 2026 | +2.4% | +4.7% | +5.0% |
Sales grew in three of the last seven years, to $32B in 2025. It made a profit in each of the eight years.
RSI 48.4, MACD below signal, above both averages. Not scored.
9 insiders sold $37.6M across 23 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
4 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: NUE is 0.2% of VIG, 0.2% of VYM, and 0.1% of DGRO, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by their holdings as filed for Jul 31, 2026.
Nucor Corp manufactures steel and steel products. The company's reportable segments are steel mills, steel products, and raw materials. The majority of its revenue is derived from the steel mills segment, which is engaged in producing sheet steel (hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and galvanized), plate steel, structural steel (wide-flange beams, beam blanks, H-piling, and sheet piling), and bar steel products. Nucor manufactures steel principally from scrap steel and scrap steel substitutes using electric arc furnaces (EAFs), along with continuous casting and automated rolling mills. The steel mills segment sells its products mainly to steel service centers, fabricators, and manufacturers located in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
“We compete in a variety of steel and metal markets, including markets for finished steel products, unfinished steel products and raw materials.”
NUE scores 10 today, which Breakaway calls Average. It is #3 of 13 in Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling Mills (Coke Ovens) by Quality Score, with 3 of 14 chart checks firing. Down 8% from Nov 2 to Nov 10. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
NUE scores 10 today, which Breakaway calls Average (6 to 10). That is #3 of 13 in Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling Mills (Coke Ovens) by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind NUE's 10.
9 insiders sold $37.6M across 23 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is Stephen D. Laxton, President and COO, who sold $1.5M on Nov 3. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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