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NUE Nucor Corporation

$244.49-1.11%
Live score · Sep 29, 2026 · 06:41 UTC
Conviction
52 / 100
Neutral
Market regime: Neutral
DCF fair value$76.2469% above fair valuemodel estimate
Quality58
ROIC vs WACC · FCF yield · margins · moat · balance sheet
Setup54
trend · relative strength · RSI · accumulation · momentum
Convex3.0
demand signals · capacity · catalysts · asymmetric upside
Macro Regime3.0
liquidity · credit · breadth · volatility · sentiment
Price vs. fundamentals · 1Y
Bars = the fundamental (held per quarter); the line is price.

AlphaGrade rates Nucor Corporation Neutral, with a conviction of 52/100. Fundamental quality looks mixed and the technical setup looks mixed, with notable asymmetric upside — blended with the current market regime.

The work behind the score
Quality58
ROIC vs WACC48
Moat Strength40
FCF Yield29
Financial Health95
Debt Health96
Growth & Orders67
Execution & Delivery95
Analyst Price Target67
Setup54
Relative Strength63
Trend Health60
RSI Momentum73
Estimate Revisions15
Post-Earnings Reaction8
Valuation Blend71
Catalyst Proximity54
Insider Activity100
Analyst Sentiment59
Estimate Dispersion Velocity—
Institutional Flow (13F)85
Short-Volume Velocity51
Sector Momentum0
Convex3.0
DCF Upside20
Orders & Demand67
Capacity Constraints100
Catalyst Window42
Short Interest56
Capex Trend Acceleration62
Political Trade Flow50
Macro3.0
LiquidityCreditBreadthVolatilitySentimentLeadership
Recomputed from live fundamentals & price data — AlphaGrade blends 34 individual tests across four dimensions with the current market regime. Not a static rating.

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Nucor Corporation (NUE) has an AlphaGrade conviction of 52/100 — Neutral — as of Sep 29, 2026 · 06:41 UTC, in the current Neutral market regime. AlphaGrade rates Nucor Corporation Neutral, with a conviction of 52/100. Fundamental quality looks mixed and the technical setup looks mixed, with notable asymmetric upside — blended with the current market regime. This is a transparent, rules-based research opinion, not financial advice.

What is NUE's AlphaGrade?

NUE's conviction is 52/100 (Neutral), built from Quality 58/100, Setup 54/100, and Convex 3.0/5, then adjusted for the market regime.

How is the NUE grade calculated?

AlphaGrade blends 34 individual tests across four dimensions — Quality (business fundamentals), Setup (technical timing), Convex (asymmetric upside), and the macro regime — recomputed from live data. The same transparent method is applied to every stock and crypto.

AlphaGrade is for research/education, not financial advice. · alphagrade.io