For the quarter ending 2025-10-04, NUE had $275M increase in cash & cash equivalents over the period. $532M in free cash flow.
| Cash Flow | 2025-10-04 | 2025-07-05 | 2025-04-05 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net earnings before noncontrolling interests | 683 | 706 | 226 | 345.07 |
| Depreciation | 304 | 303 | 303 | 285.209 |
| Amortization | 63 | 63 | 65 | 72.854 |
| Impairment of assets | 0 | 8 | 12 | - |
| Stock-based compensation | 24 | 52 | 26 | 17.72 |
| Deferred income taxes | 19 | 14 | -31 | -23.532 |
| Distributions from affiliates | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17.003 |
| Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5.921 |
| Losses and impairments of assets | - | - | - | -0.15 |
| Accounts receivable | -92 | 415 | 291 | -272.177 |
| Inventories | -57 | 202 | 150 | -21.952 |
| Accounts payable | -79 | -3 | 378 | -114.27 |
| Federal income taxes | 42 | 63 | 72 | 80.465 |
| Salaries, wages and related accruals | 155 | 173 | -308 | -71.23 |
| Other operating activities | 11 | 20 | -60 | 163.979 |
| Cash provided by operating activities | 1,339 | 732 | 364 | 733.368 |
| Capital expenditures | 807 | 954 | 859 | 879.141 |
| Sale of business | - | - | - | -0.438 |
| Investment in and advances to affiliates | 0 | 0.921 | - | - |
| Disposition of plant and equipment | 3 | 36 | 3 | 5.166 |
| Acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | - | 0 | 1 | 85.807 |
| Purchases of investments | 206 | 214 | 452 | 259.092 |
| Proceeds from the sale of investments | 221 | 590 | 127 | 277.056 |
| Other investing activities | -2 | 0 | -2 | 21.607 |
| Cash used in investing activities | -786 | -543 | -1,180 | -963.784 |
| Net change in short-term debt | -21 | -3 | -65 | 10.46 |
| Repayment of long-term debt | 5 | 1,003 | 4 | 5 |
| Bond issuance costs | 0 | 0 | 9 | - |
| Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, net of discount | 0 | 0 | 997 | - |
| Proceeds from exercise of stock options | 1 | - | - | 0.643 |
| Payment of tax withholdings on certain stock-based compensation | 1 | 31 | - | 2.787 |
| Distributions to noncontrolling interests | 17 | 42 | 172 | 18.601 |
| Cash dividends | 127 | 129 | 129 | 128.163 |
| Acquisition of treasury stock | 100 | 200 | 300 | 315.426 |
| Proceeds from government incentives | 0 | 2 | 75 | - |
| Other financing activities | -3 | -4 | 21 | -2.276 |
| Cash used in financing activities | -273 | -1,410 | 414 | -461.15 |
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash | -5 | 11 | - | -13.441 |
| Decrease in cash and cash equivalents | 275 | -1,210 | -402 | -705.007 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 1,946 | 3,156 | 3,558 | 4,262.799 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | 2,221 | 1,946 | 3,156 | 3,558 |
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