Nucor Valuation

Is NUE undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of NUE when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: NUE (ARS10025) is trading below our estimate of fair value (ARS13047.02)

Significantly Below Fair Value: NUE is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for NUE?

Key metric: As NUE is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for NUE. This is calculated by dividing NUE's market cap by their current earnings.
What is NUE's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio13.5x
EarningsUS$2.51b
Market CapUS$34.58b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does NUE's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for NUE vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average9.8x
FMG Fortescue
6.3x-27.1%AU$54.6b
VALE3 Vale
5.1x-6.8%R$245.7b
STLD Steel Dynamics
12.2x0.3%US$21.4b
600019 Baoshan Iron & Steel
15.6x18.1%CN¥145.6b
NUE Nucor
13.5x10.1%AR$34.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: NUE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.5x) compared to the peer average (9.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does NUE's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the South American Metals and Mining Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
NUE 13.5xIndustry Avg. 8.4xNo. of Companies5PE0612182430+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: NUE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.5x) compared to the South American Metals and Mining industry average (8.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is NUE's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

NUE PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio13.5x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate NUE's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.


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