Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

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Our common stock is listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “NUE.” As of January 31, 2021, there were approximately 14,000 stockholders of record of our common stock.

We did not repurchase any shares under our share repurchase program during the fourth quarter of 2020.

Nucor has increased its base cash dividend every year since the Company began paying dividends in 1973. Nucor paid a total dividend of $1.61 per share in 2020 compared with $1.60 per share in 2019. In December 2020, the Board of Directors increased the base quarterly cash dividend on Nucor’s common stock to $0.405 per share from $0.4025 per share. In February 2021, the Board of Directors declared Nucor’s 192nd consecutive quarterly cash dividend of $0.405 per share payable on May 11, 2021 to stockholders of record on March 31, 2021.

See Note 16 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for a discussion regarding securities authorized for issuance under the Company’s stock-based compensation plans.

Stock Performance

This graphic comparison assumes the investment of $100 in each of Nucor common stock, the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 1500 Steel Group Index, all at year-end 2015. The resulting cumulative total return assumes that cash dividends were reinvested. Nucor common stock comprised 32% of the S&P 1500 Steel Group Index at year-end 2020 (43% at year-end 2015).