Seaport Global analyst Martin Englert maintained a Buy rating on Nucor (NUE – Research Report) today and set a price target of $200.00. The company’s shares closed yesterday at $184.82.
According to TipRanks, Englert is an analyst with an average return of -3.5% and a 56.41% success rate. Englert covers the Basic Materials sector, focusing on stocks such as Schnitzer Steel Industries, Ferroglobe, and Nucor.
Currently, the analyst consensus on Nucor is a Moderate Buy with an average price target of $189.25.
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The company has a one-year high of $195.00 and a one-year low of $128.56. Currently, Nucor has an average volume of 1.51M.
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 75 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of NUE in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in December 2023, David Sumoski, the COO of NUE sold 28,768.00 shares for a total of $5,034,400.00.
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Nucor (NUE) Company Description:
Nucor Corp. engages in the manufacturing of steel and steel products. It operates through the following segments: Steel Mills, Steel Products, and Raw Materials. The Steel Mills segment comprises carbon and alloy steel in sheet, bars, structural and plate; steel trading businesses; rebar distribution businesses; and Nucor’s equity method investments. The Steel Products segment includes steel joists and joist girders, steel deck, fabricated concrete reinforcing steel, cold finished steel, steel fasteners, metal building systems, steel grating, tubular products businesses, piling products business, and wire and wire mesh. The Raw Materials segment consists direct reduced iron, and ferrous and nonferrous metals. The company was founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1905 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.
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