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Nucor (NUE) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 12.35% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Nucor Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Nucor's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $49,836 Mil. Nucor's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $6,150 Mil. Nucor's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 12.35%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Nucor's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

NUE' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.37   Med: 8.34   Max: 37
Current: 14.39

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Nucor was 37.00%. The lowest was 2.37%. And the median was 8.34%.

NUE's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
78.16% of 641 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 6.84 vs NUE: 14.39

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Nucor's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 27.10%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Nucor Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nucor's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Nucor Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Nucor Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.74 5.33 26.95 28.74 14.97

Nucor Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 22.03 18.02 17.57 14.97 12.35

Competitive Comparison of Nucor's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Steel subindustry, Nucor's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Nucor's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Nucor's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Nucor Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Nucors Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=6518.711/43517.27308
=14.98 %

Nucor's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $6,150 Mil.



Nucor  (NYSE:NUE) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Nucor (NUE) Business Description

Industry
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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
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co 10 percent owner ONE STATE FARM PLAZA, BLOOMINGTON IL 61710
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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