Nucor reports Q2 EPS $2.68, consensus $2.35

Reports Q2 revenue $8.08B, consensus $7.69B. “While market conditions have softened compared to recent record-setting years, Nucor remains focused on its long-term growth strategy and has returned more than $1.7 billion to investors through June,” said Leon Topalian, Nucor’s Chair, President and CEO. “Nucor’s strategy to grow our core steelmaking operations and expand into steel-adjacent downstream markets positions the company to create attractive shareholder value and improve the company’s through-cycle earnings profile. I am incredibly proud of the 32,000 men and women of Nucor who are executing this growth plan while achieving the safest start to any year in Nucor’s history.”