AA vs NUE
Alcoa Corp. and Nucor Corporation, side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.
At a glance
Most recent reported year
| Metric | AA | NUE |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $12.8B | $32.5B |
| Net income | $1.2B | $1.7B |
| Gross margin | — | 11.9% |
| Net margin | 9.0% | 5.4% |
| Return on equity | 22.4% | 8.5% |
| Diluted EPS | $4.37 | $7.52 |
| Dividend / share | $0.10 | $2.21 |
| Payout ratio | 9.0% | 29.4% |
| Free cash flow | $567.0M | $-188.0M |
| Equity | $5.2B | $20.9B |
| Net debt / equity | 0.27× | 0.23× |
| Current ratio | 1.44× | 2.94× |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | 6.7% | 10.0% |
| Profit CAGR 5y | — | 19.3% |
NUE bills 2.5× the revenue of AA, and AA keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (9.0% against 5.4%).
The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner.
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Revenue by year
10 years side by side
| Fiscal year | AA | NUE |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $12.8B | $32.5B |
| FY2024 | $11.9B | $30.7B |
| FY2023 | $10.6B | $34.7B |
| FY2022 | $12.5B | $41.5B |
| FY2021 | $12.2B | $36.5B |
| FY2020 | $9.3B | $20.1B |
| FY2019 | $10.4B | $22.6B |
| FY2018 | $13.4B | $25.1B |
| FY2017 | $11.7B | $20.3B |
| FY2016 | $9.3B | $16.2B |
Net income by year
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | AA | NUE |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $1.2B | $1.7B |
| FY2024 | $60.0M | $2.0B |
| FY2023 | $-651.0M | $4.5B |
| FY2022 | $-123.0M | $7.6B |
| FY2021 | $429.0M | $6.8B |
| FY2020 | $-170.0M | $721.5M |
| FY2019 | $-1.1B | $1.3B |
| FY2018 | $250.0M | $2.4B |
| FY2017 | $279.0M | $1.3B |
| FY2016 | $-400.0M | $796.3M |
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