Valuation
26% of the score
53median 53
Nucor is valued at 24x its operating profit, including debt: a rich multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
24x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
NUENucor
$258.13+96% 1Y
$258.13
$130.8952 weeks$274.60
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 67 out of 100, Above average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Above average. Nucor scores higher than 70% of the 2,231 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by return on capital and capital allocation, held back by return on new capital.
Basic Materials median 57 · all companies 55
Return on capital
18% of the score
88median 24
Over 7 years the business earned 19% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
19%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 7.6%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
0median 33
Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 8 cents for every dollar earned. New capital earned -18%, and 43% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
-7.8%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
89median 63
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 5.3% a year over 5 years: buybacks
1005%
-3%
-5.3%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 12% a year, sales 10%
7312%
-2%
1.7%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
100median 63
Today's operating margin of 7.3% is 0.47x its normal 15%: near a trough. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
0.5x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 7.3%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
92median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA1.1x a year of EBITDA
844.5x
0.5x
1.1x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 16x
1001.5x
12x
15.5x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
84median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.73x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
1.7x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 4.3% of assets
828%
0%
-8%
-4.3%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.43
71-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.43
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-07-04, latest annual report FY2025.
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