Nucor
NUENucor has retired 34.3% of its shares since 1999, from 345,443,944 to 226,875,676.
34.3%retired since 1999
20.6%last 5 years
0.9%last 12 months
227Mshares today
Nucor has retired 34.3% of its shares since 1999, from 345,443,944 to 226,875,676.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2000-02-29 | 345,443,944 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2000 | 2001-02-28 | 310,342,032 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2002-02-28 | 311,871,976 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2002-06-28 | 312,731,352 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2004-02-29 | 315,098,824 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2005-02-28 | 319,537,784 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-02-28 | 310,822,860 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-02-21 | 301,131,123 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-02-21 | 288,047,067 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-02-19 | 314,029,607 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2010-02-19 | 314,915,594 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2011-02-18 | 315,900,930 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-02-17 | 316,887,937 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-22 | 317,678,664 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-21 | 318,366,149 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-20 | 319,046,902 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-18 | 317,941,228 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-21 | 318,848,316 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-23 | 317,936,751 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-22 | 305,381,583 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-21 | 301,000,375 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-19 | 298,045,858 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-18 | 269,124,863 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-21 | 251,929,269 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-21 | 240,745,037 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-20 | 230,535,835 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-18 | 227,774,615 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Nucor on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. Nucor has 0.9% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 226,875,676 as of July 4, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 20.6%.
Net of every new share it issued, Nucor has 118.6 million fewer shares than at its 1999 peak. That is 34.3% of the company.
226,875,676 shares, as of July 4, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 1999 peak it had 345,443,944.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Nucor stock in 1999 owns 1.5 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Nucor ranks No. 149 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Caterpillar (35.0%), KLA (34.6%), Reliance (34.2%), EMCOR (34.1%).
Every answer is computed from Nucor's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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