All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-06-20.
From the record
Nucor Corporation's filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: a material cybersecurity incident (8-K item 1.05, 2 times, the latest 2025-06-20) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+6.1% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 9 of 9.
From the record
Nucor Corporation's 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $20 billion in fiscal 2017 to $32 billion in fiscal 2025, up 6.1% a year; it rose in 4 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 26% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 9 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count shrank 4.3% a year. 42% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 45 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Nucor Corporation's diluted share count shrank about 4.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 42% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 45 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-04 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 8%: 8¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 37%: owes 37¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Nucor Corporation earned about 8 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 11 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 37 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.1% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 44% of 12 in its family; net margin 5.4%.
From the record
Nucor Corporation's standing among 12 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $32 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 15% by size; a net margin of 5.4% ranks in the top 37%; revenue growth of -7.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 21% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
bottom 45% of 7 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2020.
From the record
Nucor Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Topalian, Leon J (Chair and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2020-02-19, 6.7 years (top 36% of its family); the 21 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.2 years (bottom 21%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 21 people in charge now (top 50%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 44% of 12 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Nucor Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $2.3 billion against debt of $6.9 billion leaves -13.2% of its assets as net cash, top 46% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -0.6% of revenue (bottom 38%); a gross margin of 11.9% (bottom 41%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 49% of 12 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Nucor Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -7.8% a year over the last three filed years against 6.1% over all 9, slowing (bottom 21% of its family); the newest year grew 5.7% (top 29%); capital spending grew 20.7% a year (top 39%) (its annual reports). Nucor Corporation reported 10 product lines in fiscal 2025: Sheet at $9.2 billion (28%), Bar at $5.7 billion (18%), Other Steel Products at $3.5 billion (11%), and 7 more; 7 of 10 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 46% of 12 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Nucor Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $32 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 22.9% above the $26 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 12% of its family); net income of $1.7 billion against a prior three-year average of $4.7 billion (top 46%); a net margin of 5.4% against 12.7% before (bottom 21%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made