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Nucor cash flow statement 1989–2026

Nucor's free cash flow over the last twelve months was 2.66B USD: operating cash flow of 5.32B USD less 2.66B USD of capital spending. That is 6.8% of its revenue and 11.63 a share.

Operating cash flow Free cash flow

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Fiscal year
TTM
30 Sept 2026
FY2025
31 Dec 2025
FY2024
31 Dec 2024
FY2023
31 Dec 2023
FY2022
30 Dec 2022
FY2021
31 Dec 2021
FY2020
31 Dec 2020
FY2019
31 Dec 2019
FY2018
31 Dec 2018
FY2017
31 Dec 2017
FY2016
31 Dec 2016
Net income
3.77B2.04B2.32B4.91B8.08B7.12B836.03M1.37B2.48B1.38B900.42M
Depreciation and amortization
1.47B1.48B1.36B1.17B1.06B864.56M785.47M734.65M719.64M727.06M687.05M
Stock-based compensation
—133.00M132.00M130.00M137.00M135.78M73.85M90.36M73.42M64.18M56.51M
Change in working capital
-578.00M-636.00M156.00M858.00M693.00M-1.86B204.00M413.27M-983.16M-902.93M32.72M
Change in receivables
-1.02B-428.00M319.00M664.00M501.00M-1.39B-129.29M361.34M-485.43M-329.50M-217.74M
Change in inventory
—-366.00M518.00M-75.00M962.00M-2.31B284.08M712.65M-1.09B-900.95M-132.64M
Change in payables
269.00M80.00M-321.00M361.00M-496.00M383.43M250.56M-253.46M235.57M314.82M236.79M
Change in other working capital
801.00M78.00M-360.00M-92.00M-274.00M1.45B-201.35M-407.26M358.80M12.70M146.31M
Other non-cash items
463.00M58.00M132.00M21.00M148.00M-40.71M634.69M101.06M99.96M7.63M1.85M
Operating cash flow
5.32B3.23B3.98B7.11B10.07B6.23B2.70B2.81B2.39B1.06B1.75B
Operating cash flow growth
+67.94%-18.72%-44.05%-29.39%+61.65%+131.04%-4.01%+17.35%+126.84%-39.70%-19.31%
Capital expenditure
-2.66B-3.42B-3.17B-2.21B-1.95B-1.62B-1.54B-1.48B-982.53M-448.56M-604.84M
Acquisitions
—-2.00M-757.00M-106.00M-3.45B-1.43B-132.50M-61.35M-154.48M-603.04M-402.96M
Purchases of investments
—-985.00M-1.30B-1.47B-914.00M-493.89M-488.52M-367.74M0.00-50.00M-650.00M
Sales and maturities of investments
—1.14B1.49B1.32B590.00M648.89M392.18M67.70M50.00M150.00M600.00M
Other investing
90.00M43.00M5.00M-21.00M22.29M19.80M7.76M44.49M56.94M32.70M32.68M
Investing cash flow
-2.25B-3.23B-3.73B-2.50B-5.70B-2.87B-1.76B-1.79B-1.03B-918.89M-1.03B
Debt issued (repaid)
176.00M91.00M95.00M-35.00M922.00M246.81M949.31M4.57M500.75M-565.13M-33.36M
Shares issued
—5.00M0.000.000.00145.26M11.85M16.15M24.10M7.07M15.67M
Share buybacks
-1.08B-700.00M-2.22B-1.55B-2.76B-3.28B-39.50M-298.54M-854.00M-90.30M-5.17M
Dividends paid
-513.00M-512.00M-522.00M-515.00M-534.00M-483.47M-491.66M-492.06M-485.38M-485.32M-481.08M
Other financing
-420.00M-199.00M-414.00M-489.00M-136.00M-235.38M-144.15M-110.53M-93.65M-108.62M-122.49M
Financing cash flow
-1.82B-1.32B-3.06B-2.59B-2.51B-3.60B285.85M-880.41M-908.18M-1.24B-626.43M
Net change in cash
1.25B-1.30B-2.83B2.03B1.85B-246.27M1.22B135.72M449.78M-1.10B106.49M
Free cash flow
2.66B-188.00M806.00M4.90B8.12B4.61B1.15B1.33B1.41B606.78M1.15B
Free cash flow growth
—-123.33%-83.54%-39.71%+76.27%+299.49%-13.40%-5.62%+132.61%-47.01%-36.19%
Free cash flow margin
6.85%-0.58%2.62%14.11%19.57%12.63%5.73%5.90%5.63%3.00%7.07%
Free cash flow per share
11.63-0.813.3819.5630.8715.713.804.364.461.893.58
Free cash flow per share growth
—-124.09%-82.72%-36.64%+96.51%+313.68%-12.91%-2.15%+135.57%-47.17%-36.02%
Income taxes paid
—0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00

Figures in USD. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure. Quarterly growth is on the same quarter a year before; TTM is the last four quarters.

Common questions about Nucor's cash flow

Source: Financial Modeling Prep

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