Nucor Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 9 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Nucor stock have an average target of 176.78, with a low estimate of 145 and a high estimate of 200. The average target predicts an increase of 2.06% from the current stock price of 173.22.

Analyst Consensus: Strong Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$145	$176.78	$180	$200
Change	-16.29%	+2.06%	+3.91%	+15.46%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Nucor stock from 9 stock analysts is "Strong Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform very well in the near future and significantly outperform the market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26
Strong Buy	5	5	5	5	5	5
Buy	3	4	4	3	3	3
Hold	1	0	0	1	1	1
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	9	9	9	9	9	9

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Timna Tanners Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Buy Maintains $184 → $194	Buy	Maintains	$184 → $194	+12.00%	Mar 2, 2026
Timna Tanners Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Buy Maintains $176 → $184	Buy	Maintains	$176 → $184	+6.22%	Jan 28, 2026
Carlos De Alba Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Buy → Hold Downgrades $165 → $180	Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$165 → $180	+3.91%	Jan 9, 2026
Timna Tanners Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Buy Maintains $178 → $176	Buy	Maintains	$178 → $176	+1.60%	Dec 18, 2025
Timna Tanners Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Buy Maintains $167 → $178	Buy	Maintains	$167 → $178	+2.76%	Dec 15, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

36.09B

from 32.49B

11.06%

from 32.49B

Revenue Next Year

37.80B

from 36.09B

4.73%

from 36.09B

EPS This Year

12.09

from 7.52

60.80%

from 7.52

EPS Next Year

13.54

from 12.09

11.95%

from 12.09

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	36.48B	41.51B	34.71B	30.73B	32.49B	36.09B	37.80B
Revenue Growth	81.16%	13.78%	-16.38%	-11.47%	5.73%	11.06%	4.73%
EPS	23.16	28.79	18.00	8.46	7.52	12.09	13.54
EPS Growth	879.50%	24.29%	-37.47%	-53.00%	-11.11%	60.80%	11.95%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	14.32	12.80
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	18	16

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	38.5B	40.8B
Avg	36.1B	37.8B
Low	34.1B	35.6B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	18.5%	13.0%
Avg	11.1%	4.7%
Low	4.9%	-1.4%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	13.49	15.05
Avg	12.09	13.54
Low	11.33	12.04

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	79.4%	24.4%
Avg	60.8%	11.9%
Low	50.6%	-0.4%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.