Nucor Corporation

NUE stock score: 63/100

$264.54 · +1.16% · Scored Oct 21, 2026

Technical
71
Fundamental
55
News
60

The reading

Nucor (NUE) scores 63 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 80% of Basic Materials stocks and 83% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 71, fundamentals 55.

Among the fundamentals, Current Ratio at 95 and Revenue Quality (Quarterly) at 95 score highest, while Fair Value at 0 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 71 and contrarian oscillators 32 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is positive at 60; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 24, 2026 the composite has ranged from 57 to 72, and it is down 7 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward NUE’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

55

Pulling it up

  • Current Ratio95

    Current ratio measures ability to pay short-term liabilities with current assets.

  • Revenue Quality (Quarterly)95

    Revenue Quality (Quarterly) evaluates recent revenue performance using trailing 12-month data from quarterly reports.

  • Debt to Equity93

    Debt-to-Equity ratio measures financial leverage by comparing total debt to shareholder equity.

Holding it back

  • Fair Value0

    Fair value score synthesizes multiple valuation methods (DCF, P/E, P/B, P/S) to estimate intrinsic worth.

  • PEG Ratio2

    PEG ratio divides the P/E ratio by earnings growth rate.

  • Earnings Quality (Yearly)15

    Annual earnings quality examines the durability and cash-backed nature of yearly profits.

41 weighted scorers.

Technical · daily

67

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • VWAP100

    Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) shows the average price weighted by volume.

  • 52-Week Change100

    The price change over the last 52 weeks.

Holding it back

  • Bollinger Bands (20)5

    Bollinger Bands (20-period) plot standard deviations above and below a moving average.

  • Williams %R (14)10

    Williams %R (14-period) measures where the current price sits within the recent high-low range.

  • Williams %R (28)15

    Williams %R (28-period) places the close within the last 28 periods' high-low range.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Social Sentiment (3D)
62
Social Sentiment (1W)
61
Global News
58

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly581
Daily673
Weekly692
Monthly772
Quarterly792

Composite score, last 90 days

05010063Jul 24, 2026Oct 21, 2026Jul 24, 2026: 70Jul 25, 2026: 70Jul 26, 2026: 70Jul 27, 2026: 69Jul 28, 2026: 69Jul 29, 2026: 70Jul 30, 2026: 72Jul 31, 2026: 72Aug 2, 2026: 62Aug 3, 2026: 63Aug 4, 2026: 64Aug 5, 2026: 62Aug 6, 2026: 62Aug 7, 2026: 65Aug 8, 2026: 65Aug 9, 2026: 65Aug 10, 2026: 65Aug 11, 2026: 64Aug 12, 2026: 64Aug 13, 2026: 64Aug 14, 2026: 63Aug 15, 2026: 63Aug 16, 2026: 63Aug 17, 2026: 65Aug 18, 2026: 62Aug 19, 2026: 62Aug 20, 2026: 61Aug 22, 2026: 59Aug 23, 2026: 59Aug 24, 2026: 60Aug 25, 2026: 60Aug 26, 2026: 61Aug 27, 2026: 61Aug 28, 2026: 62Aug 29, 2026: 62Aug 30, 2026: 61Aug 31, 2026: 61Sep 1, 2026: 62Sep 2, 2026: 63Sep 3, 2026: 63Sep 4, 2026: 63Sep 5, 2026: 63Sep 6, 2026: 63Sep 7, 2026: 63Sep 8, 2026: 63Sep 9, 2026: 62Sep 10, 2026: 61Sep 11, 2026: 62Sep 12, 2026: 62Sep 13, 2026: 62Sep 14, 2026: 61Sep 15, 2026: 62Sep 16, 2026: 63Sep 17, 2026: 62Sep 18, 2026: 59Sep 19, 2026: 59Sep 20, 2026: 59Sep 21, 2026: 58Sep 22, 2026: 59Sep 23, 2026: 61Sep 24, 2026: 61Sep 25, 2026: 59Sep 26, 2026: 60Sep 27, 2026: 60Sep 28, 2026: 58Sep 29, 2026: 57Sep 30, 2026: 57Oct 1, 2026: 58Oct 2, 2026: 59Oct 3, 2026: 59Oct 4, 2026: 59Oct 5, 2026: 62Oct 6, 2026: 62Oct 7, 2026: 60Oct 8, 2026: 60Oct 9, 2026: 61Oct 10, 2026: 60Oct 11, 2026: 60Oct 12, 2026: 62Oct 13, 2026: 62Oct 14, 2026: 62Oct 15, 2026: 62Oct 16, 2026: 63Oct 17, 2026: 62Oct 18, 2026: 62Oct 19, 2026: 62Oct 20, 2026: 62Oct 21, 2026: 63
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Key facts

Market cap
$60.0B
Sector
Basic Materials
Industry
Steel
Beta
1.85
Risk grade (1–10)
8
Next earnings
Oct 26, 2026

Steel peers

CompanyMarket capScore
MT ArcelorMittal$47.7B59
STLD Steel Dynamics$35.5B65
RS Reliance$21.5B63
PKX POSCO$16.9B43
GGB Gerdau$10.3B63
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs$8.0B53

Questions

What is NUE's stock score today?

NUE scores 63/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 21, 2026: technical 71, fundamental 55, and news sentiment 60, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is NUE a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 63 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the NUE score calculated?

103 weighted scorers feed it today: 41 fundamental, scored against Basic Materials ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.