Nucor Corp (NYSE: NUE) is -16.93% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $133.42 and a high of $203.00 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The NUE stock was last observed hovering at around $142.57 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.01%.
Currently trading at $144.58, the stock is -3.96% and -3.91% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.55 million and changing 1.41% at the moment leaves the stock -11.05% off its SMA200. NUE registered -11.42% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -8.09%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $150.5768 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $162.7766.
The stock witnessed a -10.29% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 3.56%, and is -7.54% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.29% over the week and 2.66% over the month.
Nucor Corp (NUE) has around 32000 employees, a market worth around $33.25B and $31.36B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 13.97 and Fwd P/E is 15.54. Profit margin for the company is 8.02%. Distance from 52-week low is 8.36% and -28.78% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (9.61%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -52.70% this year.
Nucor Corp (NUE) Top Institutional Holders
1616.0 institutions hold shares in Nucor Corp (NUE), with institutional investors hold 79.92% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 234.81M, and float is at 233.31M with Short Float at 2.49%. Institutions hold 79.51% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 28.6 million shares valued at $4.52 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.7644% of the NUE Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO with 24.69 million shares valued at $3.9 billion to account for 10.1573 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 20.45 million shares representing 8.4107% and valued at over $3.23 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.5668 of the shares totaling 11.1 million with a market value of $1.76 billion.
Nucor Corp (NUE) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Behr Allen C, the company’s Executive Vice President. SEC filings show that Behr Allen C sold 4,968 shares of the company’s common stock on Nov 11 ’24 at a price of $159.72 per share for a total of $0.79 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 85376.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 06 ’24, Topalian Leon J (Chair, President and CEO) disposed off 11,000 shares at an average price of $169.11 for $1.86 million. The insider now directly holds 172,136 shares of Nucor Corp (NUE).
