Insider trade

CEO sold ~$5M of NUE shares in the open market

Traded May 15, 2026 · Filed May 19, 2026

NucorNUE

~$5M
Reported value · 22K sh @ $227.579: 158K
Holds after · shares reported: +4.0%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +3.4%, $227.02 → $235.98 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The boss of Nucor sold $5M 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: May 15, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: May 19, 2026

CEO$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$4,996,269

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

18 days after results of Apr 27, 2026, 73 days before 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 $227.02 on May 15, 2026, within 4% of its 52-week high, after a 32% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $108.49 (May 23, 2025) to $234.22 (May 6, 2026), 94% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $172.46 on Apr 2, 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	+9.2%	+1.2%	+8.0%
30 days	+8.5%	+0.4%	+8.1%
90 days	+17.1%	+3.5%	+13.5%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000073309-26-000067
Filed / recorded: May 19, 2026, 8:19 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: Leon J Topalian
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Chair and CEO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: May 15, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 21,954
Price per share: $227.579
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 157,648.47
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $227.190 to $228.150, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the issuer, any security holder of the issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.

Around the same time

4mo ago

5,522Shares · @ $130.71

Derivative exercise or conversion — not an open-market buy.

Why it stands out Official record

Officer sold4mo ago

~$1.43MReported value · 5,522 sh @ $258.5701

Nucor's Executive Vice President sold $1.43M of Nucor shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Why it stands out Official record

4mo ago

5,038Shares · @ $133.03

Derivative exercise or conversion — not an open-market buy.

Why it stands out Official record