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NUE Nucor Corporation

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277.65 +3.78 +1.38% Close 11/2
Since 2024-12-02 +80.3%
Open
277.15
High
287.70
Low
276.11
Prev close
273.87
Volume
1.8M
Amplitude
4.23%
P/E
32.6
P/B
2.7
Revenue YoY (TTM)
-9.9%
52W 140.93 287.70

Is Nucor Corporation a buy? Fundamentals and valuation first

As of 2026-10-30

Momentum: Strong, Risk / liquidity: Good; Valuation: Pricey.

Valuation Pricey Free-cash-flow yield is Good, but TTM P/E is Pricey.
TTM P/E 32.56 71th percentile Pricey
Price / book 2.73 69th percentile Pricey
Free-cash-flow yield (%) 1.29 52th percentile Good
US Stock Backtest in Python: Price-to-Book Ratio StrategyQuality Factor Investing: A US Quality Value Backtest
Quality Neutral ROE, TTM is Good, but FCF margin, TTM is Average.
ROE, TTM (%) 8.89 62th percentile Good
Operating margin, TTM (%) 9.69 55th percentile Good
FCF margin, TTM (%) 2.62 45th percentile Average
Quality Factor Investing: A US Quality Value Backtest
Growth Neutral All 2 indicators are Average.
Revenue growth, TTM YoY (%) -9.89 21th percentile Average
Diluted EPS growth, TTM YoY (%) -44.28 37th percentile Average
Momentum Strong 240-day return is Top; 60-day return is Good.
60-day return (%) 0.93 71th percentile Good
240-day return (%) 87.49 95th percentile Top
Momentum Trading Strategy: A 12-1 Momentum Backtest
Risk / liquidity Good 20-day dollar volume is Top; 60-day annualized volatility is Good.
20-day dollar volume 335,155,124 95th percentile Top
60-day annualized volatility (%) 32.42 37th percentile Good
Factor Investing Explained: 10 Classic Factors in US Stocks

Nucor Corporation (NUE) today

1 quant signals active · As of 2026-10-30

Win rate and excess are historical post-trigger stats vs the market. Click a signal for its full definition and samples; history does not predict future results.

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Nucor Corporation (NUE) quant signal backtests

Signals active now

Each active condition is tested against this stock’s own history and benchmarked versus the S&P 500.

52-week adjusted-price high

Active

Adjusted close first reaches a 252-trading-day high; repeated hits within 20 days count once.

19 historical occurrences (since 2017-12-20)

Average forward return after 52-week adjusted-price high

20-day: Win 55.6%, Sample 18, Median +0.28%, Excess -0.14%, Beat mkt rate 50%

60-day: Win 50%, Sample 18, Median -0.21%, Excess +0.78%, Beat mkt rate 38.9%

120-day: Win 50%, Sample 16, Median +2.91%, Excess +9.37%, Beat mkt rate 50%

120 days after: historical avg +16.82%

20-day +0.59%
60-day +2.76%
120-day +16.82%
20-day
60-day
120-day
Win
55.6%
50%
50%
Sample
18
18
16
Median
+0.28%
-0.21%
+2.91%
Excess
-0.14%
+0.78%
+9.37%
Beat mkt rate
50%
38.9%
50%

Over 16 occurrences, 120-day forward avg gained 16.82%, beat the market by 9.37 pts; win rate 50%.

Valuation regime and forward returns

Daily TTM P/E is converted into an expanding own-history percentile, then grouped into five valuation regimes. Forward returns use adjusted prices over the next 240 trading days.

PE percentile bandSample days240-day avg returnMedianWin rateAvg excess (vs index)
0-20 0Insufficient data
20-40 150-3.6% -5.4% 29.3% -17%
40-60 233+63.1% +70.7% 94% +44.8%
60-80 You are here7Insufficient data
80-100 753+12% +14% 70.7% +2.8%

Quarterly EPS is aligned by SEC filing date before it is forward-filled to daily prices. The expanding percentile uses only information available up to each day.

Current TTM P/E is about 32.56, placing it in the 79.5 own-history percentile, inside the 60-80 bucket.

More history: Valuation × momentum analogs, Market-wide momentum baseline, Signals not active now

Valuation × momentum analogs

Each historical day is grouped by own-history P/E tercile and 60-day momentum direction, then tested for the next 120-trading-day adjusted return.

Valuation
Momentum
Cheap (own-history bottom third)
Middle
Expensive (own-history top third)
60-day momentum up
Insufficient data
(2d)
+28.9%
Win rate 89% Excess +20.7%
219d
Now
+5.7%
Win rate 64.4% Excess +1.5%
559d
60-day momentum down
-13.7%
Win rate 1.8% Excess -20.4%
114d
+19.3%
Win rate 90.3% Excess +10.1%
155d
+17.7%
Win rate 91.6% Excess +12.7%
214d

Currently in “Expensive (own-history top third) × 60-day momentum up”: across 559 historical days, 120-day forward avg gained 5.7%, win rate 64.4%, beat the market by 1.5%.

Days = trading days in this bucket; returns use adjusted prices, ex-costs. 60-day momentum: direction of this stock's price over the past 60 trading days.

Market-wide momentum baseline

Across 99,493 liquid US common-stock samples, top-quintile 6-month momentum was followed by an average 60-trading-day return of +6.42%, a 58.4% positive-return rate, and +3.08 percentage points of average excess return versus the S&P 500.

Baseline: weekly samples since 2016 where a liquid US common stock ranked in the top quintile by 126-trading-day momentum. Forward return is 60 trading days; excess return is versus S&P 500 (^GSPC).

Signals not active now

Inactive signals still show the stock-specific historical forward-return distribution for context.

Top-quintile 6-month momentum

Pending

The stock ranks in the top 20% of the liquid US common-stock universe by 126-day adjusted return.

Momentum Trading Strategy: A 12-1 Momentum Backtest

21 times historically; 60-day forward avg +9.04%, win rate 71.4%, beating the market by +6.04 pts on average.

Filed revenue acceleration

Pending

TTM revenue growth is at least 10% and improved versus the prior filed quarter; event date is the SEC filing date.

EPS surprise beat

Pending

Reported EPS beat consensus estimate by at least 5%; event date is the earnings-surprise timestamp.

PEAD: Post-Earnings Announcement Drift Backtest

28 times historically; 60-day forward avg +5.47%, win rate 54.2%, beating the market by +2.34 pts on average.

Method and limits

  • Returns use us_price:adj_close, adjusted for splits and dividends where available.
  • Excess returns use world_index:^GSPC as the S&P 500 benchmark proxy.
  • Quarterly fundamentals are aligned to SEC filing dates before daily valuation studies.
  • The promoted universe starts from active NYSE/NASDAQ common stocks, then applies price and dollar-volume gates.
  • Snapshot-only tables such as analyst consensus, DCF, us_ratios, and us_key_metrics are intentionally excluded from historical evidence.
  • Overlapping event windows are descriptive distributions, not independent samples.

This page is for historical data analysis and education only. It is not investment advice. Backtests and historical return distributions do not predict future performance; evaluate risk independently before trading.