NUCOR CORP NUE
NYSE
Misaligned: insiders net sellers over 24 months, price 40% above insider cost
Current directors and officers hold 0.61% of shares outstanding, worth $340.08M at $247.23. The CEO's stake is worth 8.3x their annual cash pay. Over the last 24 months insiders bought $0.00 in the open market and sold $77.92M outside 10b5-1 plans and $0.00 under them. The stock trades 40% above the average price insiders paid in the open market.
Component breakdown
Skin in the game 10 / 20
How much the CEO and the insider group own, measured from their own Form 4 holdings.
| CEO stake as a multiple of cash pay A1 | See the value and its source | 7 / 12 |
|---|---|---|
| Insider group ownership A2 | See the value and its source | 3 / 8 |
Bought, not granted 3 / 15
Whether insiders put their own money in through open-market purchases, or only hold what they were awarded.
| CEO shares bought in the open market B1 | See the value and its source | 0 / 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Insiders who bought in the open market B2 | See the value and its source | 3 / 7 |
Above or below water 15 / 30
Where today's price sits against what insiders paid in the open market, and whether they still hold those shares. A price below insider cost is a better entry than insiders got.
| Price versus insider purchase cost W1 Free preview | 39.99% 30% to 75% above insider cost | 3 / 18 |
|---|---|---|
| Purchased shares still held W2 | See the value and its source | 12 / 12 |
Recent buying trends 2 / 25
Over the last 24 months: are insiders net buyers or sellers, how many bought together, and how recently.
Dilution cost 10 / 10
How much equity compensation costs outside shareholders, from the company's XBRL financial data.
| Stock-based compensation versus market value F1 | See the value and its source | 6 / 6 |
|---|---|---|
| Diluted share count growth F2 | See the value and its source | 4 / 4 |
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Key insiders
| Name | Role | Owned | Multiple | Bought | 24-month activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topalian Leon J | Chair and CEO | $33.7M | 8.3x | 0% | −$31.7M outside a plan |
| Sumoski David A | Executive Vice President | $59.4M | — | 0% | −$7.5M outside a plan |
| Utermark D. Chad | Executive Vice President | $55.4M | — | 0% | No activity |
| Hollatz John J | Executive Vice President | $24.2M | — | 0% | −$3.8M outside a plan |
| Murphy Gregory J | Executive Vice President | $23.7M | — | 0% | −$1.0M outside a plan |
| Needham Daniel R. | Executive Vice President | $21.3M | — | 0% | −$5.6M outside a plan |
| QUERY KENNETH REX | Executive Vice President | $19.3M | — | 0% | −$8.9M outside a plan |
| Laxton Stephen D | President and COO | $19.3M | — | 0% | −$2.1M outside a plan |
| Behr Allen C | Executive Vice President | $14.7M | — | 0% | −$11.4M outside a plan |
| Hanners Noah C | Executive Vice President | $12.2M | — | 0% | −$1.5M outside a plan |
| Ford Bradley | Executive Vice President | $10.5M | — | 0% | −$520K outside a plan |
| Spicer Randy J | Executive Vice President | $5.3M | — | 0% | −$562K outside a plan |
| Pickett Benjamin M | Executive Vice President | $4.1M | — | 0% | No activity |
| Keller Michael D | Vice Pres. and Corp. Contro | $4.1M | — | 0% | −$1.9M outside a plan |
| Batterbee Thomas J. | Executive Vice President | $4.0M | — | 0% | −$1.4M outside a plan |
| Sullivan III John Leo | CFO, Treasurer and EVP | $1.2M | — | 0% | No activity |
| KEARNEY CHRISTOPHER J | Director | $11.6M | — | 0% | No activity |
| KOELLNER LAURETTE T | Director | $5.2M | — | 0% | No activity |
| Dempsey Patrick | Director | $4.5M | — | 0% | No activity |
| West Nadja | Director | $2.6M | — | 0% | No activity |
| CLAYTON NORMA | Director | $1.4M | — | 0% | No activity |
| LAMACH MICHAEL W | Director | $1.1M | — | 0% | No activity |
| Gangestad Nicholas C | Director | $1.1M | — | 23% | No activity |
| All current directors and officers | 0.61% of shares outstanding | $340M | — | — | — |
Directors and officers who filed a Form 4 in the last 24 months. Owned is each person's latest reported non-derivative holdings (direct plus each indirect line, no options) at the price above. Multiple is the CEO's holdings divided by salary, bonus, and non-equity incentive from the latest proxy. Bought is the share of current holdings bought in the open market in the last five years.
Insider activity
Full activity24 months to Oct 08, 2026. Grants and shares withheld for tax are excluded: they are not decisions to buy or sell.
| Date | Insider | Transaction | Shares | Price | Value | Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | Behr Allen C | Sale outside a plan | 2,612 | $274.42 | $717K | — |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Behr Allen C | Sale outside a plan | 5,127 | $274.00 | $1.4M | — |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Behr Allen C | Option exercise | 7,739 | $110.74 | $857K | — |
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What insiders paid
Insider by insider1 insider are sitting on a gain of $97.3K on the shares they bought in the open market (55.1% above what they paid)
Open-market purchases (Form 4 code P) in the five years to Oct 08, 2026, valued at $273.87 on Oct 31, 2026. Grants are excluded: they cost the insider nothing. Shares an insider has since sold are not counted — each person's purchases are capped at what they most recently reported holding, at their own average price paid. The score's "Above or below water" component is computed from these figures at the score's price, where a price below insider cost scores higher.
Score history
Full changelog- Oct 08, 2026 full grade First automated score: 40 (Misaligned).
Peer context
Sources
All sources- Proxy statement DEF 14A filed 2026-03-27 View on EDGAR
- XBRL financial data 10-Q filed 2026-08-12 View on EDGAR
- Latest of 291 Form 4 filings 4 filed 2026-08-19 View on EDGAR