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NUCOR CORP against its own record and its peers
Revenue, on the yearPeer median 5.7%5.7%Equity of assetsPeer median 54.9%59.6%Return on equityPeer median 8.3%9.7%Payout of profit25.1%Gold tick: the median of 11–11 peers with $50M+ revenue in steel works, blast furnaces & rolling mills (coke ovens)
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Handed back now, or kept to compound
Of each dollar of profit25.1% paid out74.9% keptHanded back per share$2.21up 16 years runningGrowth its own profit can fund7.3%retained x return on equityRevenue growth it managed5.7%last year, for comparison

Gold is paid out to shareholders; navy is kept in the business. Retained profit times return on equity is the pace a company can fund from itself. Facts from the filings, not a recommendation.

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