TTM
1.6%
YoY change
−3.20pp
Trough year (1992)
-10.7%
Peak year (2022)
19.6%
Latest annual
-0.6%
FCF Margin history chart for Nucor (NUE) from 1989 to 2025
Latest: -0.6%
FCF Margin change chart for Nucor (NUE) from 1989 to 2025
Latest: −3.20pp
FCF Margin history table for Nucor (NUE) from 1989 to 2025
| 2025 | -0.6% | -3.20pp | ||
| 2024 | 2.6% | -11.49pp | ||
| 2023 | 14.1% | -5.46pp | ||
| 2022 | 19.6% | +6.94pp | ||
| 2021 | 12.6% | +6.90pp | ||
| 2020 | 5.7% | -0.17pp | ||
| 2019 | 5.9% | +0.27pp | ||
| 2018 | 5.6% | +2.63pp | ||
| 2017 | 3.0% | -4.07pp | ||
| 2016 | 7.1% | -3.85pp | ||
| 2015 | 10.9% | +7.72pp | ||
| 2014 | 3.2% | +3.82pp | ||
| 2013 | -0.6% | -1.93pp | ||
| 2012 | 1.3% | -1.66pp | ||
| 2011 | 3.0% | -0.38pp | ||
| 2010 | 3.3% | -3.66pp | ||
| 2009 | 7.0% | +0.74pp | ||
| 2008 | 6.3% | -2.27pp | ||
| 2007 | 8.5% | -4.44pp | ||
| 2006 | 13.0% | -1.25pp | ||
| 2005 | 14.2% | +7.72pp | ||
| 2004 | 6.5% | +2.04pp | ||
| 2003 | 4.5% | -0.83pp | ||
| 2002 | 5.3% | -0.12pp | ||
| 2001 | 5.4% | -3.12pp | ||
| 2000 | 8.5% | +2.78pp | ||
| 1999 | 5.7% | +2.39pp | ||
| 1998 | 3.3% | -3.12pp | ||
| 1997 | 6.5% | +8.85pp | ||
| 1996 | -2.4% | -7.69pp | ||
| 1995 | 5.3% | -2.74pp | ||
| 1994 | 8.1% | +12.15pp | ||
| 1993 | -4.1% | +6.63pp | ||
| 1992 | -10.7% | -7.70pp | ||
| 1991 | -3.0% | -13.65pp | ||
| 1990 | 10.6% | +13.17pp | ||
| 1989 | -2.5% | — |
- 2025-0.6%-3.20pp
- 20242.6%-11.49pp
- 202314.1%-5.46pp
- 202219.6%+6.94pp
- 202112.6%+6.90pp
- 20205.7%-0.17pp
- 20195.9%+0.27pp
- 20185.6%+2.63pp
- 20173.0%-4.07pp
- 20167.1%-3.85pp
- 201510.9%+7.72pp
- 20143.2%+3.82pp
- 2013-0.6%-1.93pp
- 20121.3%-1.66pp
- 20113.0%-0.38pp
- 20103.3%-3.66pp
- 20097.0%+0.74pp
- 20086.3%-2.27pp
- 20078.5%-4.44pp
- 200613.0%-1.25pp
- 200514.2%+7.72pp
- 20046.5%+2.04pp
- 20034.5%-0.83pp
- 20025.3%-0.12pp
- 20015.4%-3.12pp
- 20008.5%+2.78pp
- 19995.7%+2.39pp
- 19983.3%-3.12pp
- 19976.5%+8.85pp
- 1996-2.4%-7.69pp
- 19955.3%-2.74pp
- 19948.1%+12.15pp
- 1993-4.1%+6.63pp
- 1992-10.7%-7.70pp
- 1991-3.0%-13.65pp
- 199010.6%+13.17pp
- 1989-2.5%—
FCF Margin values are taken from Nucor's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About FCF Margin at Nucor (NUE)
According to Nucor's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 1.6%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
Nucor (NUE) most recent annual free cash flow margin stands at -0.58% (2025) – contracted 3.2 percentage points year-over-year.
The highest annual free cash flow margin of 19.57% was reported in 2022. The lowest in the available history was -10.73% in 1992.
Nucor FCF Margin by Year
Nucor FCF Margin 2025: -0.6%
Nucor posted free cash flow margin of -0.58% in 2025, contracted 3.2 percentage points from 2024.
Nucor FCF Margin 2024: 2.6%
In 2024, Nucor reported free cash flow margin of 2.62%, contracted 11.5 percentage points from 2023.
Nucor FCF Margin 2023: 14.1%
Nucor free cash flow margin in 2023 was 14.11%, contracted 5.5 percentage points from 2022.
Nucor FCF Margin 2022: 19.6%
2022's free cash flow margin for Nucor came in at 19.57%, expanded 6.9 percentage points from 2021. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Nucor FCF Margin 2021: 12.6%
Nucor free cash flow margin in 2021 was 12.63%.
See more financial history for Nucor (NUE).
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