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Nucor (NUE) Debt-to-Equity : 0.33 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Nucor Debt-to-Equity?

Nucor's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $204 Mil. Nucor's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $6,648 Mil. Nucor's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $20,694 Mil. Nucor's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.33.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Nucor's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

NUE' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.33   Med: 0.44   Max: 0.59
Current: 0.33

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Nucor was 0.59. The lowest was 0.33. And the median was 0.44.

NUE's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
58.32% of 559 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 0.41 vs NUE: 0.33

Nucor Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nucor's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Nucor Debt-to-Equity Chart

Nucor Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.42 0.50 0.41 0.36 0.33

Nucor Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.35 0.34 0.33 0.33 0.33

Competitive Comparison of Nucor's Debt-to-Equity

For the Steel subindustry, Nucor's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Nucor's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Nucor's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Nucor's Debt-to-Equity falls into.



Nucor Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Nucor's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Nucor's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Nucor  (NYSE:NUE) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.


Nucor Debt-to-Equity Related Terms

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Nucor (NUE) Business Description

Address
1915 Rexford Road, Charlotte, NC, USA, 28211
Nucor Corp manufactures steel and steel products. The company also produces direct reduced iron for use in its steel mills. The operations include international trading and sales companies that buy and sell steel and steel products manufactured by the company and others. The operating business segments are: steel mills, steel products, and raw materials, the steel mills segment derives maximum revenue. The steel mills segment includes carbon and alloy steel in sheet, bars, structural and plate; steel trading businesses; rebar distribution businesses; and Nucor's equity method investments in NuMit and NJSM.
Executives
Douglas J Jellison officer: Executive Vice President 1915 REXFORD RD, CHARLOTTE NC 28211
Nicholas C Gangestad director 3M CENTER-OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL, ST. PAUL MN 55144-1000
D. Chad Utermark officer: Executive Vice President 1915 REXFORD ROAD, CHARLOTTE NC 28211
Michael D Keller officer: General Mgr. and Corp. Contro 1915 REXFORD ROAD, CHARLOTTE NC 28211
Allen C Behr officer: Executive Vice President 1915 REXFORD ROAD, CHARLOTTE NC 28211
David A Sumoski officer: Executive Vice President 1915 REXFORD ROAD, CHARLOTTE NC 28211
Gregory J Murphy officer: Executive Vice President 1915 REXFORD ROAD, CHARLOTTE NC 28211
Leon J Topalian officer: Executive Vice President 1915 REXFORD ROAD, CHARLOTTE NC 28211
Daniel R. Needham officer: Executive Vice President 1915 REXFORD ROAD, CHARLOTTE NC 28211
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Noah C Hanners officer: Executive Vice President 1915 REXFORD ROAD, CHARLOTTE NC 28211
Kenneth Rex Query officer: Executive Vice President 2100 REXFORD RD, CHARLOTTE NC 28211
John J Hollatz officer: Executive Vice President 1915 REXFORD ROAD, CHARLOTTE NC 28211
Stephen D Laxton officer: CFO, Treasurer and EVP 1915 REXFORD ROAD, CHARLOTTE NC 28211
Bradley Ford officer: Executive Vice President 1915 REXFORD ROAD, CHARLOTTE NC 28211

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