Is NUCOR CORP (NUE) Halal?
Shariah Screening — 5 Standards
Based on financial data from December 2025
| Standard | Debt Ratio | Cash Ratio | Receivables | Income | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAOIFI | 18.4% / 30% | 7.0% / 30% | 8.0% / 30% | 0.34% / 5% | ✓ HALAL |
| DJIM | 18.4% / 33% | 7.0% / 33% | 8.0% / 33% | 0.34% / 5% | ✓ HALAL |
| MSCI | 20.3% / 33% | 7.7% / 33% | 8.8% / 33% | 0.34% / 5% | ✓ HALAL |
| S&P | 18.4% / 33% | 7.0% / 33% | 8.0% / 33% | 0.34% / 5% | ✓ HALAL |
| FTSE | 20.3% / 33% | 7.7% / 33% | 8.8% / 50% | 0.34% / 5% | ✓ HALAL |
Financial Highlights
Profitability
| Gross Margin | 12.0% | |
| Operating Margin | 6.9% | |
| Net Margin | 5.4% | |
| Return on Equity (ROE) | 9.4% | |
| Return on Assets (ROA) | 4.8% |
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
| Operating Cash Flow | $3.2B |
| Free Cash Flow | -$188M |
| Total Debt | $7.1B |
| Debt-to-Equity | 32.8 |
| Current Ratio | 2.9 |
| Total Assets | $35.1B |
Price & Trading
| Last Close | $166.01 |
| 50-Day MA | $175.73 |
| 200-Day MA | $153.00 |
| Avg Volume | 1.7M |
| Beta | 1.8 |
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52-Week Range
$97.59
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About NUCOR CORP (NUE)
Nucor Corporation engages in the manufacture and sale of steel and steel products. The company operates in three segments: Steel Mills, Steel Products, and Raw Materials. The Steel Mills segment produces hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and galvanized sheet steel products; plate steel products; wide-flange beams, beam blanks, and H-piling and sheet piling structural steel products; and bar steel products, such as blooms, billets, concrete reinforcing and merchant bars, and engineered special bar quality products. This segment sells its products to steel service centers, fabricators, and manufacturers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, as well as engages in the steel trading and rebar distribution businesses. The Steel Products segment offers steel joists and joist girders, steel decks, and galvanized torque tubes for use in solar arrays, hollow structural section steel tubing, electrical conduit, fabricated concrete reinforcing steel, cold finished steel, steel fasteners, steel grating and expanded metal, wire and wire mesh, metal building systems, insulated metal panels, steel racking, overhead doors, and utility towers and structures for communications and energy transmission. This segment is also involved in the piling distribution business. The Raw Materials segment produces direct reduced iron (DRI); brokers ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron, hot briquetted iron, and DRI; supplies ferro-alloys; processes ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal; and engages in the natural gas production and industrial gas business. This segment sells its ferrous scrap to electric arc furnace steel mills and foundries for manufacturing process; and nonferrous scrap metal to aluminum can producers, secondary aluminum smelters, steel mills and other processors, and consumers of various nonferrous metals. Nucor Corporation was founded in 1905 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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As a halal stock with 0.34% impermissible income, you need to purify your dividends.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is NUCOR CORP (NUE) halal to invest in?
Based on our screening using AAOIFI Standard 21 (the strictest methodology), NUCOR CORP is Halal. The company passes all financial ratio thresholds for debt, cash, receivables, and impermissible income. We screen against all 5 major standards: AAOIFI, DJIM, MSCI, S&P, and FTSE.
What is NUCOR CORP's debt ratio?
NUCOR CORP's debt ratio is 18.4% under the AAOIFI standard (which uses market capitalization as the denominator). The AAOIFI threshold is 30%. Under MSCI and FTSE (which use total assets as the denominator), the debt ratio is 20.3%.
Does NUCOR CORP require dividend purification?
Yes, NUCOR CORP has an impermissible income ratio of 0.34%, which means 0.34% of any dividends received should be donated to charity as purification. This is because a small portion of the company's revenue comes from non-Shariah-compliant sources.
What are NUCOR CORP's key financial metrics?
NUCOR CORP has a market capitalization of $37.4B, trailing P/E ratio of 21.7, and revenue of $32.5B. The company maintains a gross margin of 12.0% and a net margin of 5.4%. Return on equity stands at 9.4%.
How often is the screening data updated?
Our screening data is updated regularly using the latest available financial statements and market data. Stock prices and market caps are refreshed frequently, while financial statements are updated quarterly when companies report earnings.
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