Nucor Corp Dividend yield

Nucor Corp is part of Industrial Metals and Mining business, which is part of Basic Materials industry. Nucor Corp is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Nucor Corp stock dividend

Nucor Corp paid a total dividend of 517 million USD last year, for a market value of 43,369 millions (Market Cap 43,250 millions). Nucor Corp dividend per share is 2.05 USD, and his stock market price 172.10 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Nucor Corp has a dividend yield of 1.19%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Basic Materials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Nucor Corp stocks dividend with other Industrial Metals and Mining companies or other of the highest USA dividend stocks list.

Nucor Corp Dividend Payout

About the ability of Nucor Corp to maintain his current dividend of USD 2.05 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.19%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Nucor Corp payout on ernings is currently 6.67%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Basic Materials industry, which are 39.34% and 38.07% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Nucor Corpcan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Nucor Corp is USD 40.02 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 2.05, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Nucor Corp, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Basic Materials industry and Industrial Metals and Mining sector companies.

Nucor Corp Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Nucor Corp's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	1.19%	2.05	6.67%	252
2022	1.55%	2.04	7.58%	257
2021	1.75%	2.00	71.43%	286
2020	3.05%	1.62	36.24%	301
2019	2.86%	1.61	20.02%	305
2018	2.97%	1.54	39.19%	314
2017	2.39%	1.52	55.88%	319
2016	2.41%	1.50	110.29%	317
2015	3.59%	1.49	60.08%	317

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Nucor Corp dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Industrial Metals and Mining stocks.

Nucor Corp Stock performance

Finally, last moth Nucor Corp showed a return of 0.00% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.66% of Basic Materials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 29.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Industrial Metals and Mining firms.