Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Nucor Corp shares valued at $258,174 were purchased by Utermark D. Chad on Aug 12 ’25. At $141.31 per share, Utermark D. Chad acquired 1,827 shares.
Also, Topalian Leon J sold 29,830 shares, netting a total of over 4,273,643 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $143.27 each, the insider now holds 139,913 shares.
Before that, Behr Allen C had sold 8,021 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $1,150,051, the Executive Vice President traded Nucor Corp shares for $143.38 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 8,021 shares, worth approximately $11.94 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Wells Fargo on August 14, 2025, Nucor Corp [NUE] has been an Equal weight and the price target has been revised to $145. Analysts at Jefferies upgraded the stock from ‘”a Hold”‘ to ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late July. As of June 02, 2025, BMO Capital Markets has increased its “Market perform” rating to a “an Outperform” for NUE. Earlier on March 24, 2025, UBS upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for NUE stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.
Analyzing NUE Stock Performance
On last trading session, Nucor Corp [NYSE: NUE] plunged -1.02% to $144.35. The stock’s lowest price that day was $141.61, but it reached a high of $144.56 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 4.76%. Over the course of the year, Nucor Corp shares have jumped approximately 2.12%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $147.15 on 07/28/25 and a 52-week low of $97.59 on 04/07/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Nucor Corp (NUE)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 142.45, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 140.56. In the upper region, resistance lies at 145.40. The next price resistance is at 146.46. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 58.99 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Nucor Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Nucor Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-31 jumping by 0.44 million shares to 6.12 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-30 was 5.67 million shares. A jump of 7.25% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.23 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.23.
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In terms of Nucor Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 160 in the next 12 months, up nearly 9.71% from the previous closing price of $145.84. Analysts anticipate Nucor Corp stock to reach 164 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 155. In spite of this, 11 analysts ranked Nucor Corp stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On December 12, 2024, UBS assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $156.
