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COMMERCIAL METALS vs Nucor: revenue, profit, margins and growth compared

COMMERCIAL METALS brought in $7.8B of revenue in fiscal 2025, Nucor $32.5B in fiscal 2025. Revenue changed by -1.6% at COMMERCIAL METALS and +5.7% at Nucor on the year before, so Nucor grew faster. COMMERCIAL METALS kept 1.1% of its revenue as net profit, Nucor 5.4%. Free cash flow was $312.2M at COMMERCIAL METALS and -$188M at Nucor.

Side by side, latest fiscal year

CMCNUE
Fiscal year endedFY2025 (August 31, 2025)FY2025 (December 31, 2025)
Revenue$7.8B$32.5B
Revenue growth-1.6%+5.7%
Net income$84.7M$1.7B
Net margin1.1%5.4%
Free cash flow$312.2M-$188M
Free cash flow margin4.0%-0.6%
Earnings per share (diluted)$0.74$7.52
Cash$1B$2.3B
Debt$1.2B$66M
Price to earnings88.832.9
Market value$7.3B$56.1B
Dividend yield1.10%0.89%
Rank by revenue in sector#84 of 451 · Industrials#20 of 451 · Industrials

Over the years

Revenue
CMC FY2018: $4.6BCMC FY2019: $5.8BCMC FY2020: $5.5BCMC FY2021: $6.7BCMC FY2022: $8.9BCMC FY2023: $8.8BCMC FY2024: $7.9BCMC FY2025: $7.8BNUE FY2018: $25.1BNUE FY2019: $22.6BNUE FY2020: $20.1BNUE FY2021: $36.5BNUE FY2022: $41.5BNUE FY2023: $34.7BNUE FY2024: $30.7BNUE FY2025: $32.5BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
CMC $7.8BNUE $32.5B
Net income
CMC FY2018: $138.5MCMC FY2019: $198.1MCMC FY2020: $279.5MCMC FY2021: $412.9MCMC FY2022: $1.2BCMC FY2023: $859.8MCMC FY2024: $485.5MCMC FY2025: $84.7MNUE FY2018: $2.4BNUE FY2019: $1.3BNUE FY2020: $721.5MNUE FY2021: $6.8BNUE FY2022: $7.6BNUE FY2023: $4.5BNUE FY2024: $2BNUE FY2025: $1.7BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
CMC $84.7MNUE $1.7B
Net margin
CMC FY2018: 3.0%CMC FY2019: 3.4%CMC FY2020: 5.1%CMC FY2021: 6.1%CMC FY2022: 13.7%CMC FY2023: 9.8%CMC FY2024: 6.1%CMC FY2025: 1.1%NUE FY2018: 9.4%NUE FY2019: 5.6%NUE FY2020: 3.6%NUE FY2021: 18.7%NUE FY2022: 18.3%NUE FY2023: 13.0%NUE FY2024: 6.6%NUE FY2025: 5.4%FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
CMC 1.1%NUE 5.4%
Revenue growth
CMC FY2019: +25.5%CMC FY2020: -6.0%CMC FY2021: +22.9%CMC FY2022: +32.4%CMC FY2023: -1.3%CMC FY2024: -9.9%CMC FY2025: -1.6%NUE FY2019: -9.9%NUE FY2020: -10.8%NUE FY2021: +81.2%NUE FY2022: +13.8%NUE FY2023: -16.4%NUE FY2024: -11.5%NUE FY2025: +5.7%FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
CMC -1.6%NUE +5.7%
Free cash flow
CMC FY2018: -$608.6MCMC FY2019: -$101.8MCMC FY2020: $603.6MCMC FY2021: $44.3MCMC FY2022: $250.3MCMC FY2023: $737.4MCMC FY2024: $575.4MCMC FY2025: $312.2MNUE FY2018: $1.4BNUE FY2019: $1.3BNUE FY2020: $1.2BNUE FY2021: $4.6BNUE FY2022: $8.1BNUE FY2023: $4.9BNUE FY2024: $806MNUE FY2025: -$188MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
CMC $312.2MNUE -$188M

Fiscal years as each company reports them; the two may end in different months.

Questions about COMMERCIAL METALS and Nucor

Which is bigger by revenue, COMMERCIAL METALS or Nucor?

Nucor is bigger by revenue: $32.5B in fiscal 2025, against $7.8B for COMMERCIAL METALS in fiscal 2025.

Which keeps more of its revenue as profit, COMMERCIAL METALS or Nucor?

COMMERCIAL METALS had a net margin of 1.1% in fiscal 2025; Nucor had 5.4% in fiscal 2025.

Which grew revenue faster, COMMERCIAL METALS or Nucor?

In their latest fiscal years revenue changed by -1.6% at COMMERCIAL METALS and +5.7% at Nucor.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the annual reports each company files with the SEC (10-K, or 20-F and 40-F for foreign companies), read from their XBRL data. Margins and growth are simple arithmetic on those figures. Nothing here is a recommendation.

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