NYSE$NUE

Nucor Corp · Q4 2024 earnings

Q4 2024 earnings · · After market close · Investor relations

Briefing

Nucor reported decreased earnings and sales for Q4 2024 compared to Q4 2023, but achieved its safest year in history.

Nucor's Q4 2024 earnings were $1.22 per diluted share, with net sales of $7.08 billion. The company's performance softened due to decreased average selling prices and volumes in the steel mills and steel products segments, though the raw materials segment showed increased earnings. Despite softened steel demand throughout 2024, Nucor anticipates market conditions to improve in 2025.

  • Q4 2024 diluted EPS was $1.22, and full year 2024 diluted EPS was $8.46.
  • Q4 2024 net sales reached $7.08 billion, while full year 2024 net sales amounted to $30.73 billion.
  • Q4 2024 net earnings before noncontrolling interests totaled $345 million, and full year 2024 net earnings before noncontrolling interests were $2.32 billion.
  • Approximately 6,058,000 tons were shipped to outside customers in Q4 2024, a 2% increase from Q4 2023.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$7.08B

Previous: $7.71B-8.2%
EPS (adj)

$1.22

Previous: $3.16-61.4%
Avg. Sales Price per Ton

$1.17K

No prior period
Total External Shipments

6.1M

Previous: 5.9M+2.1%
Steel Mill Utilization

74.0%

No prior period
Pre-Op & Start-Up Costs

$164M

No prior period
Capital Expenditures

-$879M

Previous: -$718M-22.5%
Net Income

$345M

Previous: $785M-56.1%
Operating Income

$390M

Previous: $1.08B-63.8%
Gross Profit

$627M

Previous: $1.39B-55.0%

Revenue & EPS history

Nucor · Revenue · Quarterly

$7.08B

Q4 2024-8.2%vs Q4 2023
Beat estimate in 10 of 15 quarters(67%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Nucor · $1.76B total across 3 segments · Q3 2023

  • Steel Mills
    $883M
  • Steel Products
    $807M
  • Raw Materials
    $71.4M

Forward guidance

Nucor anticipates stable earnings in the steel mills and steel products segments for Q1 2025 compared to Q4 2024, with a projected decrease in the raw materials segment. Higher corporate, administrative, and tax impacts are expected to lower overall net earnings.

Tailwinds

  • Earnings in the steel mills segment are expected to be similar in the first quarter of 2025 as compared to the fourth quarter of 2024.
  • Earnings in the steel products segments to be similar in the first quarter of 2025 as compared to the fourth quarter of 2024.

Headwinds

  • Earnings in the raw materials segment are expected to decrease in the first quarter of 2025 relative to the fourth quarter of 2024.
  • Higher corporate, administrative and tax impacts in the first quarter of 2025 than realized in the fourth quarter of 2024 which may result in lower net earnings overall.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q4 2024

Historical avgQ4 2024

+0.6%

Avg return

Earnings day

+1.6%

Avg return

5 days after

+3.5%

Avg return

30 days after

56%

41 / 73 earnings

Positive

+11.2%

Q3 2022

Best reaction

-8.7%

Q1 2024

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+0.6%+0.3%+11.0%
Q4 2025+0.8%+5.1%+14.5%
Q3 2025+5.4%+4.1%+10.4%
Q2 2025-1.7%+2.5%-8.6%
Q1 2025+1.9%+5.5%-6.5%
Q4 2024+3.8%+5.3%+10.5%
Q3 2024-7.7%-10.6%-6.4%
Q2 2024-0.6%-1.0%-9.9%
Q1 2024-8.7%-8.3%-10.6%
Q4 2023+7.9%+4.7%+9.8%
Q3 2023+4.1%+4.8%+11.3%
Q2 2023+5.5%+3.1%+1.9%
Q1 2023+4.0%+0.2%-6.1%
Q4 2022+6.5%+7.9%+3.7%
Q3 2022+11.2%+12.0%+16.5%
Q2 2022+1.8%+4.7%+17.3%
Q1 2022-4.8%-7.2%-29.1%
Q4 2021+7.3%+15.5%+39.8%
Q3 2021-2.7%+6.0%+7.3%
Q2 2021+1.5%+5.9%+25.3%
Q1 2021-2.9%+0.6%+27.4%
Q4 2020-5.1%-1.7%+16.5%
Q3 2020+3.6%-0.5%+8.5%
Q2 2020+1.4%+1.0%+5.8%
Q1 2020+4.9%+1.2%+5.1%
Q4 2019-2.3%-3.4%-15.0%
Q3 2019+2.3%+3.9%+4.7%
Q2 2019+3.7%+3.4%-10.9%
Q1 2019+2.4%-1.0%-9.8%
Q4 2018+3.1%+5.1%+3.5%
Q3 2018-1.2%-0.8%+7.0%
Q2 2018+1.0%+3.4%-4.9%
Q1 2018-2.9%-4.8%+0.2%
Q4 2017-3.0%-7.0%-2.2%
Q3 2017+4.7%+4.4%-4.3%
Q2 2017-0.7%+0.4%-10.8%
Q1 2017+4.1%+5.8%-1.7%
Q4 2016-5.3%-4.6%+4.2%
Q3 2016-0.3%-2.1%+22.5%
Q2 2016-2.5%-0.7%-7.5%
Q1 2016-1.5%
Q4 2015+9.4%
Q3 2015+7.9%
Q2 2015+1.1%
Q1 2015+2.8%
Q4 2014-0.7%
Q3 2014+2.1%
Q2 2014+0.6%
Q1 2014-2.7%
Q4 2013+0.0%
Q3 2013+2.5%
Q2 2013+0.8%
Q1 2013-0.4%
Q4 2012-1.9%
Q3 2012+0.3%
Q2 2012-1.9%
Q1 2012-6.0%
Q4 2011-1.4%
Q3 2011-3.0%
Q2 2011+0.2%
Q1 2011+1.5%
Q4 2010-0.7%
Q3 2010+1.8%
Q2 2010-2.9%
Q1 2009+0.4%
Q1 2010+3.4%
Q4 2009-1.6%
Q4 2007-1.6%
Q3 2008+0.2%
Q3 2009+0.2%
Q4 2008-1.0%
Q2 2009-1.0%
Q2 2008-1.0%

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