Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, steel giant Nucor
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Nucor's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Nucor facts
| Headquarters (founded) | Charlotte, N.C. (1940) |
| Market Cap | $12.1 billion |
| Industry | Steel |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $20.3 billion |
| Management | CEO Daniel DiMicco (since 2000) CFO James Frias (since 2010) |
| Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 5.2% |
| Cash/Debt | $2.4 billion / $4.3 billion |
| Dividend Yield | 3.8% |
| Competitors |
ArcelorMittal Steel Dynamics United States Steel |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 2,231 members who have rated Nucor believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last month, one of those bulls, TMFTypeoh, highlighted several of Nucor's positives:
Solid operator, superior culture, great management. Good to [great] case study. 4% [dividend yield]. Infrastructure is a solid long term thesis (long term, not short term, this one is cyclical). I'm a believer at this price.
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