Insider trade

Officer sold ~$1.02M of NUE shares in the open market

Traded Jul 30, 2026 · Filed Aug 3, 2026

NucorNUE

~$1.02M
Reported value · 3,968 sh @ $256.96: 78K
Holds after · shares reported: -8.2%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +3.0%, $257.04 → $235.98 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Nucor's President and COO sold $1.02M of Nucor shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Jul 30, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 3, 2026

Officer$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$1,019,617

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

3 days after results of Jul 27, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $257.04 on Jul 30, 2026, within 4% of its 52-week high, little changed over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $131.78 (Oct 17, 2025) to $266.35 (Jun 12, 2026), 93% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $259.08 on Jun 16, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	-0.8%	-0.1%	-0.7%
30 days	-4.2%	+0.2%	-4.5%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000073309-26-000124
Filed / recorded: Aug 3, 2026, 6:23 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: NUCOR CORP
Issuer CIK: 73309
Ticker: NUE
Reporting person: Stephen D Laxton
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: President and COO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Jul 30, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 3,968
Price per share: $256.96
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 77,866.9
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

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