Nucor Corporation

DB:NUO Stock Report

Market Cap: €26.2b

Nucor Valuation

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

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • 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 NUO when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: NUO (€110.22) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€131.34)

Significantly Below Fair Value: NUO is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for NUO. This is calculated by dividing NUO's market cap by their current earnings.
What is NUO's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio10.9x
EarningsUS$2.51b
Market CapUS$27.37b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for NUO vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average35.8x
BAS BASF
76.4x31.4%€38.0b
HEI Heidelberg Materials
11.5x8.7%€21.3b
EIS Eisen- und Hüttenwerke
19.3xn/a€211.2m
SY1 Symrise
36.2x13.6%€14.2b
NUO Nucor
10.9x6.7%€27.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: NUO is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.9x) compared to the peer average (35.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does NUO's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Metals and Mining Industry?

15 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
NUO 10.9xIndustry Avg. 11.5xNo. of Companies15PE0816243240+
15 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: NUO is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.9x) compared to the European Metals and Mining industry average (11.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is NUO'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.

NUO PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio10.9x
Fair PE Ratio18.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: NUO is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.6x).

Analyst Price Targets

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

The above table shows the analyst NUO forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€110.22
€158.14
+43.5%
8.6%€183.26€139.85n/a12
Dec ’25€144.94
€164.36
+13.4%
13.7%€228.67€142.92n/a11
Nov ’25€131.18
€160.66
+22.5%
14.1%€222.34€138.96n/a11
Oct ’25€133.34
€162.72
+22.0%
12.3%€216.82€144.54n/a10
Sep ’25€134.04
€167.10
+24.7%
10.3%€218.69€154.90n/a11
Aug ’25€149.06
€170.65
+14.5%
10.4%€221.04€156.57n/a11
Jul ’25€145.36
€176.30
+21.3%
9.5%€224.71€159.17n/a11
Jun ’25€152.36
€186.58
+22.5%
9.7%€220.73€165.55n/a11
May ’25€161.94
€189.90
+17.3%
9.5%€223.85€167.89n/a11
Apr ’25€182.80
€180.79
-1.1%
9.5%€221.69€164.60n/a10
Mar ’25€177.90
€173.37
-2.5%
5.4%€194.99€165.46n/a10
Feb ’25€173.05
€168.17
-2.8%
7.4%€193.68€142.03n/a9
Jan ’25€158.10
€159.92
+1.2%
6.5%€172.10€139.49n/a9
Dec ’24€155.70
€158.20
+1.6%
7.9%€173.62€137.98€144.948
Nov ’24€139.60
€160.42
+14.9%
8.5%€174.81€139.85€131.189
Oct ’24€149.10
€160.87
+7.9%
8.7%€178.76€138.51€133.349
Sep ’24€158.95
€152.81
-3.9%
9.7%€173.26€126.99€134.0411
Aug ’24€158.10
€152.81
-3.3%
9.7%€173.26€126.99€149.0611
Jul ’24€148.95
€146.54
-1.6%
9.9%€174.73€120.82€145.3612
Jun ’24€122.85
€146.54
+19.3%
9.9%€174.73€120.82€152.3612
May ’24€132.80
€140.98
+6.2%
11.1%€170.61€117.07€161.9413
Apr ’24€137.94
€144.43
+4.7%
11.3%€176.04€116.74€182.8013
Mar ’24€159.62
€138.93
-13.0%
14.4%€178.20€105.04€177.9012
Feb ’24€155.02
€134.27
-13.4%
12.7%€165.58€103.03€173.0512
Jan ’24€124.08
€128.00
+3.2%
14.0%€168.10€102.73€158.1011
Dec ’23€142.22
€128.37
-9.7%
14.2%€174.37€105.59€155.7011

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 02:10
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/28
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Nucor Corporation is covered by 41 analysts. 12 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
David ColemanArgus Research Company
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
David GaglianoBarclays