TTM
10.0%
YoY change
−1.51pp
Trough year (2009)
-1.7%
Peak year (2021)
25.5%
Latest annual
8.2%
Operating Margin history chart for Nucor (NUE) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 8.2%
Operating Margin change chart for Nucor (NUE) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: −1.51pp
Operating Margin history table for Nucor (NUE) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 8.2% | -1.51pp | ||
| 2024 | 9.7% | -8.25pp | ||
| 2023 | 17.9% | -7.36pp | ||
| 2022 | 25.3% | -0.23pp | ||
| 2021 | 25.5% | +25.54pp | ||
| 2020 | 0.0% | -8.71pp | ||
| 2019 | 8.7% | -4.99pp | ||
| 2018 | 13.7% | +4.41pp | ||
| 2017 | 9.3% | +0.47pp | ||
| 2016 | 8.8% | +4.83pp | ||
| 2015 | 4.0% | -2.31pp | ||
| 2014 | 6.3% | +1.35pp | ||
| 2013 | 4.9% | -0.50pp | ||
| 2012 | 5.4% | -1.75pp | ||
| 2011 | 7.2% | +4.35pp | ||
| 2010 | 2.9% | +4.59pp | ||
| 2009 | -1.7% | -15.68pp | ||
| 2008 | 13.9% | -1.44pp | ||
| 2007 | 15.4% | -4.10pp | ||
| 2006 | 19.5% | +2.69pp | ||
| 2005 | 16.8% | +0.68pp | ||
| 2004 | 16.1% | +14.45pp | ||
| 2003 | 1.7% | -4.46pp | ||
| 2002 | 6.1% | -0.08pp | ||
| 2001 | 6.2% | -7.34pp | ||
| 2000 | 13.5% | +4.21pp | ||
| 1999 | 9.3% | -0.58pp | ||
| 1998 | 9.9% | -1.09pp | ||
| 1997 | 11.0% | +0.38pp | ||
| 1996 | 10.6% | -1.83pp | ||
| 1995 | 12.5% | +0.00pp | ||
| 1994 | 12.4% | +3.56pp | ||
| 1993 | 8.9% | +1.17pp | ||
| 1992 | 7.7% | +1.19pp | ||
| 1991 | 6.5% | -1.43pp | ||
| 1990 | 8.0% | +0.34pp | ||
| 1989 | 7.6% | -2.75pp | ||
| 1988 | 10.4% | +0.70pp | ||
| 1987 | 9.7% | -0.78pp | ||
| 1986 | 10.4% | -2.55pp | ||
| 1985 | 13.0% | — |
- 20258.2%-1.51pp
- 20249.7%-8.25pp
- 202317.9%-7.36pp
- 202225.3%-0.23pp
- 202125.5%+25.54pp
- 20200.0%-8.71pp
- 20198.7%-4.99pp
- 201813.7%+4.41pp
- 20179.3%+0.47pp
- 20168.8%+4.83pp
- 20154.0%-2.31pp
- 20146.3%+1.35pp
- 20134.9%-0.50pp
- 20125.4%-1.75pp
- 20117.2%+4.35pp
- 20102.9%+4.59pp
- 2009-1.7%-15.68pp
- 200813.9%-1.44pp
- 200715.4%-4.10pp
- 200619.5%+2.69pp
- 200516.8%+0.68pp
- 200416.1%+14.45pp
- 20031.7%-4.46pp
- 20026.1%-0.08pp
- 20016.2%-7.34pp
- 200013.5%+4.21pp
- 19999.3%-0.58pp
- 19989.9%-1.09pp
- 199711.0%+0.38pp
- 199610.6%-1.83pp
- 199512.5%+0.00pp
- 199412.4%+3.56pp
- 19938.9%+1.17pp
- 19927.7%+1.19pp
- 19916.5%-1.43pp
- 19908.0%+0.34pp
- 19897.6%-2.75pp
- 198810.4%+0.70pp
- 19879.7%-0.78pp
- 198610.4%-2.55pp
- 198513.0%—
Operating 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 Operating Margin at Nucor (NUE)
According to Nucor's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 10.0%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
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 operating margin stands at 8.18% (2025) – contracted 1.5 percentage points year-over-year.
The record annual operating margin stands at 25.54%, reached in 2021; the historical low of -1.73% was recorded in 2009.
Nucor Operating Margin by Year
Nucor Operating Margin 2025: 8.2%
Nucor posted operating margin of 8.18% in 2025, contracted 1.5 percentage points from 2024.
Nucor Operating Margin 2024: 9.7%
In 2024, Nucor reported operating margin of 9.69%, contracted 8.3 percentage points from 2023.
Nucor Operating Margin 2023: 17.9%
Nucor operating margin in 2023 was 17.95%, contracted 7.4 percentage points from 2022.
Nucor Operating Margin 2022: 25.3%
2022's operating margin for Nucor came in at 25.31%, contracted 0.2 percentage points from 2021.
Nucor Operating Margin 2021: 25.5%
Nucor operating margin in 2021 was 25.54%.
See more financial history for Nucor (NUE).
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