Nucor — Jan 26, 2026 release

Commitment to Returning Capital to Stockholders During the fourth quarter of 2025, Nucor repurchased approximately 0.7 million shares of its common stock at an average price of $145.23 per share (approximately 5.4 million shares during the full year 2025 at an average price of $128.66 per share). As of December 31, 2025, Nucor had approximately $406 million remaining authorized and available for repurchases under its share repurchase program. This share repurchase authorization is discretionary and has no scheduled expiration date. On December 1, 2025, Nucor’s Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.56 per share. This cash dividend is payable on February 11, 2026, to stockholders of record as of December 31, 2025 and is Nucor’s 211 th consecutive quarterly cash dividend. Nucor has increased its regular, or base, dividend for 53 consecutive years – every year since it first began paying dividends in 1973. For the full year of 2025, Nucor returned approximately $1.2 billion to stockholders in the form of share repurchases and dividend payments. First Quarter of 2026 Outlook Compared to the Fourth Quarter of 2025 We expect earnings to increase in the first quarter of 2026. Earnings in the first quarter of 2026 are expected to increase across all three of our operating segments, with the largest increase in the steel mills segment. In the steel mills segment, the expected increase is due to higher volumes and higher realized prices across all major product categories. In the steel products segment, we expect improved earnings in the first quarter due to increased volumes