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Nucor Cash Flow Statement

Operating, investing, and financing cash movements

Nucor generated $3.8B in operating cash flow over the trailing twelve months. After $3.2B in capital expenditures, free cash flow was -$495.0M. Free cash flow decreased 1.3% year-over-year. Based on the Q1 2026 filing.

Net Cash From Operating (TTM)$3.8BNet Cash From Investing (TTM)-$2.5BNet Cash From Financing (TTM)-$2.2BCapital Expenditures (TTM)$3.2BNet Change In Cash (TTM)-$2.7B
Latest FilingQ1 2026
Report Date2026-05-13
Market Cap$59.4B
P/E Ratio25.49
ROE11.23%

Investing

MetricQ4 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25Q3 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired$86M$1M————
Capital expenditures$879M$859M$954M$807M$802M$661M
Payment for (Proceeds from) Other Investing Activity$22M-$2M$0-$2M$5M-$18M
Proceeds from Maturities, Prepayments and Calls of Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale$277M$127M$590M$221M$202M$326M
Proceeds from disposals of property, plant and equipment$5M$3M$36M$3M$3M$14M
Net cash from investing activities-$964M-$1.2B-$543M-$786M-$717M-$446M
Purchases of investments$259M$452M$214M$206M$113M$141M

Operating

MetricQ4 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25Q3 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26
Change in accounts payable-$114M$378M———$226M
Change in accounts receivable-$272M$291M$415M——$463M
Change in income taxes payable/receivable$80M$72M$63M$42M—$78M
Change in inventories-$22M$150M$202M—$71M$183M
Other working capital changes$164M-$60M——$77M-$132M
Deferred income taxes-$24M-$31M$14M$19M$159M-$34M
Net cash from operating activities$733M$364M$732M$1.3B$799M$886M
Net income$345M$226M$706M$683M$423M$870M
Amortization$73M$65M$63M$63M$63M$63M
Asset write-downs—$12M$8M——$15M
Depreciation$285M$303M$303M$304M$316M$321M
Distributions From Affiliates$17M$6M——$40M$6M
Equity in earnings (losses) of equity method investees$6M$4M$10M$10M$11M$7M
Accrued compensation and employee benefits-$71M-$308M—$155M—-$168M
Losses And Impairments Of Assets Cash Flow$34.3M$11.8M$11.8M$11.8M$11.8M—
Stock-based compensation$18M$26M$52M$24M$31M$30M

Financing

MetricQ4 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25Q3 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26
Proceeds from issuance of debt—$997M——$220M—
Repayments of debt$5M$4M$1B$5M$3M$4M
Distributions to noncontrolling interests$19M$172M$42M$17M$18M$220M
Dividends paid$128M$129M$129M$127M$127M$129M
Proceeds From Government Incentives—$75M$2M———
Other, net-$1M$21M———-$7M
Proceeds from (Repayments of) Short-Term Debt$10M-$65M-$3M-$21M-$13M$12M
Net cash from financing activities-$461M$414M-$1.4B-$273M-$46M-$472M
Payment of debt issuance costs—$9M————
Proceeds from issuance of common stock$1M———$4M$4M
Repurchases of common stock$316M$300M$200M$100M$100M$125M
Taxes paid for net share settlement$3M——$1M—$3M

Free Cash Flow

MetricQ4 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25Q3 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26
Free cash flow—-$495M-$222M—-$3M$225M

Other

MetricQ4 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25Q3 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash-$13M———$3M-$2M
Net increase (decrease) in cash-$705M-$402M-$1.2B——-$34M