Nucor Misses Where It Counts

Seth Jayson, The Motley Fool
Updated

Nucor (NYS: NUE) reported earnings on July 19. Here are the numbers you need to know.

The 10-second takeaway
 For the quarter ended June 30 (Q2), Nucor met expectations on revenues and missed estimates on earnings per share.

Compared to the prior-year quarter, revenue was unchanged and GAAP earnings per share dropped significantly.


Margins dropped across the board.

Revenue details
 Nucor logged revenue of $5.10 billion. The 14 analysts polled by S&P Capital IQ wanted to see a top line of $5.06 billion on the same basis. GAAP reported sales were 0.1% lower than the prior-year quarter's $5.11 billion.

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Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Dollar amounts in millions. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates.

EPS details
 EPS came in at $0.41. The 18 earnings estimates compiled by S&P Capital IQ forecast $0.47 per share. GAAP EPS of $0.35 for Q2 were 63% lower than the prior-year quarter's $0.94 per share.

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Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates.

Margin details
 For the quarter, gross margin was 7.8%, 520 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter. Operating margin was 5.6%, 460 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter. Net margin was 2.2%, 370 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter.

Looking ahead
 Next quarter's average estimate for revenue is $4.99 billion. On the bottom line, the average EPS estimate is $0.42.

Next year's average estimate for revenue is $20.02 billion. The average EPS estimate is $1.78.

Investor sentiment
 The stock has a five-star rating (out of five) at Motley Fool CAPS, with 2,149 members out of 2,234 rating the stock outperform, and 85 members rating it underperform. Among 514 CAPS All-Star picks (recommendations by the highest-ranked CAPS members), 498 give Nucor a green thumbs-up, and 16 give it a red thumbs-down.

Of Wall Street recommendations tracked by S&P Capital IQ, the average opinion on Nucor is outperform, with an average price target of $45.79.

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