Nucor Corp’s recently made public that its Chair, President and CEO Topalian Leon J unloaded Company’s shares for reported $4.27 million on Jul 31 ’25. In the deal valued at $143.27 per share,29,830 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Topalian Leon J now holds 139,913 shares worth roughly $19.17 million.
Then, Behr Allen C sold 8,021 shares, generating $1,150,051 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $143.38, the Executive Vice President now owns 82,703 shares.
Before that, Topalian Leon J bought 29,830 shares. Nucor Corp shares valued at $4,273,643 were divested by the Officer at a price of $143.27 per share.
Jefferies upgraded its Nucor Corp [NUE] rating to a Buy from a a Hold in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including BMO Capital Markets’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in early June from “a Market perform” to “an Outperform”. UBS also remained covering NUE and has increased its forecast on March 24, 2025 with a “Buy” recommendation from previously “Neutral” rating. UBS revised its rating on December 12, 2024. It rated NUE as “a Neutral” which previously was an “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of NUE
On Monday, Nucor Corp [NYSE:NUE] saw its stock fall -1.22% to $136.98. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -5.22%. Nucor Corp shares have fallen nearly -15.93% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 17.37% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Nucor Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Nucor Corp stocks on 2025-07-15, dropping by -1.63 million shares to a total of 5.17 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-06-13 was 6.8 million shares. There was a decline of -31.47%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
