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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Nucor (NUE)

Nucor Q2 net earnings $603 million, $2.60 per share; sales up 8% from first quarter

Mixed Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Nucor reported second-quarter 2025 net earnings attributable to stockholders of $603 million, or $2.60 per diluted share, up from $156 million ($0.67) in the first quarter but down from $645 million ($2.68) a year earlier. Net sales rose 8% sequentially to $8.46 billion, and the company expects third-quarter earnings to be nominally lower than the second quarter, with margin compression in its steel mills segment.

Key points

  • Q2 2025 net earnings attributable to Nucor stockholders of $603 million, or $2.60 per diluted share, versus $645 million, or $2.68 per diluted share, in Q2 2024
  • Net sales of $8.46 billion, up 8% from Q1 2025 and up 5% from Q2 2024
  • Outlook: Q3 2025 earnings expected to be nominally lower than Q2, with margin compression in the steel mills segment
  • Q2 share repurchases of about 1.8 million shares for $200 million; quarterly dividend of $0.55 per share payable August 11, 2025

The filing

CompanyNucor (NUE)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJul 28, 2025, 5:08 PM ET
Accession number0001193125-25-166550

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:42 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on July 28, 2025.

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