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

Our common stock is listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “NUE.” As of January 31, 2026, there were approximately 10,000 stockholders of record of our common stock.

Our share repurchase program activity for each of the three months and the quarter ended December 31, 2025 was as follows (in millions, except per share amounts):

(1)

Includes commissions of $0.11 per share.

(2)

On May 11, 2023, the Company announced that its Board of Directors had approved a share repurchase program under which the Company was authorized to repurchase up to $4.00 billion of the Company’s common stock and terminated all previously authorized share repurchase programs. The share repurchase authorization was discretionary and had no expiration date. On February 20, 2026, the Company announced that its Board of Directors terminated this share repurchase program and approved a new share repurchase program under which it is authorized to repurchase up to $4.00 billion of Company’s common stock. The new share repurchase authorization is discretionary and has no expiration date.

Nucor has increased its base cash dividend every year since the Company began paying dividends in 1973. Nucor paid a total dividend of $2.20 per share in 2025 compared with $2.16 per share in 2024. In December 2025, the Board of Directors increased the base quarterly cash dividend on Nucor’s common stock to $0.56 per share from $0.55 per share. In February 2026, the Board of Directors declared Nucor’s 212th consecutive quarterly cash dividend of $0.56 per share payable on May 11, 2026 to stockholders of record on March 31, 2026.

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.

The stock performance graph required by Item 201(e) of Regulation S-K is incorporated into this report by reference from the Company's annual report to stockholders for the year ended December 31, 2025, which will be posted to the Company's website and furnished to the SEC subsequent to the date of this report. The stock performance graph shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, nor shall it be deemed to be "soliciting material" subject to Regulation 14A or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.