Nucor vs Reliance
Nucor reported revenue of $32.5 billion in fiscal 2025, 2.3 times Reliance's $14.3 billion in fiscal 2025. Nucor's revenue grew 5.7% in its latest year, and Reliance's grew 3.3%. Free cash flow was −$188 million at Nucor and $502 million at Reliance.
Side by side
| Nucor | Reliance | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 |
| Revenue | $32.5B | $14.3B |
| Revenue growth | 5.7% | 3.3% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | 10.0% | 10.2% |
| Gross margin | 11.9% | — |
| Operating margin | — | 7.1% |
| Net margin | 5.4% | 5.2% |
| Free cash flow | −$188M | $502M |
| Free cash flow margin | −0.6% | 3.5% |
| Return on capital | 8.6% | 9.4% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 1.0x | 0.9x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $1.2B | $594M |
| Change in diluted share count | −3.1% | −6.0% |
| Last close | $257.35 | $421.87 |
| P/E at the last close | 20.5× | 27.5× |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | sold $57.0 million | sold $16.0 million |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 of 9 | 6 of 8 |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
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