Nucor price to free cash flow NUE

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 37.0×
10-year median: 12.8×
Against its 10-year history: 90th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 3.9× to 117×
Peer median: 38.9×

Nucor's price to free cash flow is 37.0× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 12.8×, higher than on 90% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 3.9× in Sep 2022 to 117× in Aug 2026.

The median for 3 steel stocks of a similar size is 38.9×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 12.8×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	37.0×	34.5×	117×
2025	61.5×	15.5×	64.5×
2024	15.7×	6.7×	21.3×
2023	7.0×	4.4×	7.2×
2022	4.1×	3.9×	14.6×
2021	12.8×	12.0×	25.5×
2020	13.1×	6.9×	18.1×
2019	13.5×	8.0×	13.8×
2018	11.6×	11.6×	52.6×
2017	16.7×	15.8×	17.9×
2016	16.4×	6.3×	18.1×
2015	7.2×	7.0×	61.6×
2014	61.7×	61.7×	68.5×
2013	314×	19.2×	314×
2012	18.0×	14.4×	23.7×
2011	13.8×	9.4×	120×
2010	108×	13.9×	110×

Against its peers

Companies in Steel nearest Nucor's size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
NUENucor	37.0×
STLDSteel Dynamics	36.2×
RSReliance Steel & Aluminum	39.3×
CRSCarpenter Technology	38.9×
Peer median	38.9×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

More on Nucor

Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.