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CMC vs NUE
Side-by-side comparison of Commercial Metals Company (CMC) and Nucor Corporation (NUE): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both CMC and NUE operate in Steel/Iron Ore (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
- NUE is the larger of the two at $57.94B, about 7.0x CMC ($8.22B).
- Over the past year, CMC is up 46.3% and NUE is up 107.6% - NUE leads by 61.4 points.
- NUE has been more active in the news (29 items in the past 4 weeks vs 5 for CMC).
- Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
- Company
- Commercial Metals Company
- Nucor Corporation
- Price
- $74.14-2.90%
- $254.43-3.00%
- Market cap
- $8.22B
- $57.94B
- 1M return
- +2.58%
- +8.59%
- 1Y return
- +46.28%
- +107.64%
- Industry
- Steel/Iron Ore
- Steel/Iron Ore
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NYSE
- IPO
- News (4w)
- 5
- 29
- Recent ratings
- 25
- 25
Commercial Metals Company
Commercial Metals Company manufactures, recycles, and fabricates steel and metal products, and related materials and services in the United States, Poland, China, Germany, and internationally. The company processes and sells ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals to steel mills and foundries, aluminum sheet and ingot manufacturers, brass and bronze ingot makers, copper refineries and mills, secondary lead smelters, specialty steel mills, high temperature alloy manufacturers, and other consumers. It also manufactures and sells finished long steel products, including rebar, merchant bar, light structural, and other special sections, as well as semi-finished billets for re-rolling and forging applications. In addition, the company provides fabricated steel products used to reinforce concrete primarily in the construction of commercial and non-commercial buildings, hospitals, convention centers, industrial plants, power plants, highways, bridges, arenas, stadiums, and dams; sells and rents construction-related products and equipment to concrete installers and other businesses; and manufactures and sells strength bars for the truck trailer industry, special bar steels for the energy market, and armor plates for military vehicles. Further, it manufactures rebars, merchant bars, and wire rods; and sells fabricated rebars, wire meshes, fabricated meshes, assembled rebar cages, and other fabricated rebar by-products to fabricators, manufacturers, distributors, and construction companies. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.
Nucor Corporation
Nucor Corporation manufactures and sells steel and steel products. It operates through three segments: Steel Mills, Steel Products, and Raw Materials. The Steel Mills segment produces hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and galvanized sheet steel products; plate steel products; wide-flange beams, beam blanks, and H-piling and sheet piling products; bar steel products, such as blooms, billets, concrete reinforcing and merchant bars, and special bar quality products. It also engages in the steel trading and rebar distribution businesses. This segment sells its products to steel service centers, fabricators, and manufacturers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The Steel Products segment offers hollow structural section steel tubing products, electrical conduits, steel joists and joist girders, steel decks, fabricated concrete reinforcing steel products, cold finished steel products, steel fasteners, metal building systems, steel grating and expanded metal products, and wire and wire mesh products primarily for use in nonresidential construction applications. This segment also engages in the piling distribution business. The Raw Materials segment produces direct reduced iron (DRI); brokers ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron, hot briquetted iron, and DRI; supplies ferro-alloys; and processes ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal, as well as engages in the natural gas drilling operations. This segment sells its ferrous scrap to electric arc furnace steel mills and foundries for manufacturing process; and nonferrous scrap metal to aluminum can producers, secondary aluminum smelters, steel mills and other processors, and consumers of various nonferrous metals. The company offers its products through its in-house sales forces; and internal distribution and trading companies. The company was incorporated in 1958 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Latest CMC
- Commercial Metals downgraded by Wells Fargo with a new price target
- CMC to Host 2026 Investor Day on August 5, 2026
- CMC Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2026 Conference Call Webcast Details
- Barclays initiated coverage on Commercial Metals with a new price target
- SEC Form SD filed by Commercial Metals Company
- Commercial Metals upgraded by UBS with a new price target
- SEC Form 4 filed by Arriola Dennis V
- SEC Form 4 filed by Wetherbee Robert S
- SEC Form 4 filed by Mcpherson John R
- SEC Form 4 filed by Hickton Dawne S
Latest NUE
- Executive Vice President Hollatz John J exercised 10,560 shares at a strike of $131.82 and sold $2,729,291 worth of shares (10,560 units at $258.46) (SEC Form 4)
- Executive Vice President Query Kenneth Rex sold $3,400,843 worth of shares (13,529 units at $251.37), decreasing direct ownership by 17% to 64,685 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director West Nadja was granted 755 shares, increasing direct ownership by 8% to 10,703 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Lamach Michael W was granted 755 shares, increasing direct ownership by 20% to 4,555 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Koellner Laurette T was granted 755 shares, increasing direct ownership by 4% to 21,193 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Kearney Christopher J was granted 755 shares, increasing direct ownership by 2% to 46,753 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Gangestad Nicholas C was granted 755 shares, increasing direct ownership by 21% to 4,315 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Dempsey Patrick was granted 755 shares, increasing direct ownership by 4% to 18,325 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Clayton Norma was granted 755 shares, increasing direct ownership by 15% to 5,826 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chair and CEO Topalian Leon J was granted 12,028 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 17,715 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 4% to 138,154 units (SEC Form 4)