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Analyst
Phil Gibbs
Period: Reporting periods mapped to calendar 2025 Q2 – 2025 Q4 (3 quarters).
- Questions
- 14on tracked calls
- Challenge rate
- 0%none of 14 questions
- Companies
- 2questioned at least once
- Reporting periods
- 3with questions
These figures cover the whole profile: every tracked question, all reporting periods.
How to read these numbers
Challenge rate is the share of questions that pushed back, pressed for specifics or questioned management’s assumptions. It describes how questions were asked on the calls tracked here; it does not measure whether any view turned out to be right.
Rounding. Rates are rounded to whole percentages, so a small share can show as 0% even when some questions were challenging. The count beside each rate is exact; “none of N questions” means no question was challenging.
No questions recorded. “—” means there is nothing to calculate: no questions were recorded for that period on the calls tracked here. It does not mean there was no activity.
Fewer than 3 questions. A company-level rate is withheld when fewer than 3 questions were recorded for that company; the questions are still counted everywhere else.
Small samples. Profiles with fewer than 10 questions are marked Limited sample.
Reporting periods. Questions are grouped by the calendar quarter each company’s fiscal reporting period maps to, not by the date of the call. Periods without a calendar mapping are listed separately under their fiscal label.
Questions asked
Grouped by company, most questions first. Open a company to read its questions, newest reporting period first.
Showing 14 of 14 questions from 2 companies
NUENucor7 questions · 3 reporting periods · 0 of 7 challenging
Calendar 2025 Q4
can you just update all of us on some of the new products and end market capabilities that, that mill may give you relative to the current fleet of assets
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Noah Hanners detailed 1/3 of production targeting automotive including exposed automotive grades, an area where EAF production hasn't broadly played in the U.S. Also highlighted consumer durables/appliances and 1M tons of galvanizing capacity.
Do you have any carryover CapEx from these major projects like West Virginia into 2027, Steve?
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Steve confirmed small carryover is normal, with more detail to come toward end of 2026.
Do you guys have an idea what mill utilizations were for Nucor in general in 2025?
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Leon provided 82-84% utilization across major product groups for 2025.
Calendar 2025 Q3
where you are in the spending and your expected start-up time frame?
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Noah confirmed 75% build completion and similar capital spend progress, with remaining 25% mostly labor. Team combines talented people from across Nucor with world's best equipment in an underserved region.
On the tax side, is there a distinct difference between your cash tax rate and your book tax rate for '25 and '26
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Steve noted the One Big Beautiful Bill had relatively modest impact since most spend was already started, with R&D credit acceleration providing some NPV benefit.
Calendar 2025 Q2
the slab piece, you buy -- I think you buy foreign slab for CSI in that business on the West Coast
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Noah Hanners confirmed slab tariff impact already in effect but team has ability to self-supply from internal mills. Steve noted energy costs slightly above $40/ton, expected relatively flat.
are there any direct tax benefits to you all in the back half of the year for 2026?
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Steve noted relatively limited near-term tax benefit since the bill is forward-facing and most Nucor projects are already underway, with R&D credit acceleration providing the most pronounced NPV benefit.
STLDSteel Dynamics7 questions · 3 reporting periods · 0 of 7 challenging
Calendar 2025 Q4
curious if you're prohibited from buying back stock for any reason given there's now a potential deal that's been publicly disclosed
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Theresa confirmed no regulatory or other restrictions on share repurchases despite the public BlueScope proposal.
how you're thinking about your energy cost basket heading into the early stages of the year here
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Barry described unique energy contracts across locations with smart buying, pre-positioning for cold weather, and futures positions. No meaningful electricity increases observed. Mark added energy is approximately 10% of production costs (gas and electricity combined), so fluctuations are not material.
What's given you the added confidence to, I guess, say that this morning
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Mark explained prior conservatism was influenced by Sinton experience. Aluminum's batch process with multiple redundant units (four melt cast houses, multiple rolling units) is more forgiving than continuous steel casting. Theresa noted the system redundancy. Current team performance and equipment quality give high confidence.
Calendar 2025 Q3
just an update maybe on how the downstream lines are running and how much yield improvement you have left there
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Theresa noted excellent yields and prime products from coating lines including difficult Galvalume. Customer approvals and OEM trials ongoing. Believes Sinton will have full product breadth as markets return. Import overhang expected behind them in months. Provided shipment detail: hot band 1,097,000, cold rolled 120,000, coated 1,486,000 tons.
Sounds like based on your comments that Rail is pretty strong. Any context just broadly you can give on that market
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Barry explained rail remains within a consistent percentage from Columbia City. Resolving 2026 contracts with anticipated growth. Working on improved products based on trials. Long products market broadly described as incredibly strong and robust with good nonresidential outlook.
Calendar 2025 Q2
Can you explain the benefit of biocarbon and the potential ability to replace other materials
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Theresa explained biocarbon replaces carbon inputs for steelmaking, reducing Scope 1 GHG by up to 35%. Also produces hydrogen. Long-term thesis includes potential domestic pig iron production. Mark added European automakers driving demand for low-carbon steel, VW sustainability award reflects market differentiation.
in terms of expectations for Sinton in the third quarter, is there expected to be sequential profit improvement
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Theresa cited higher volume, higher value-added mix, no oxygen curtailment, and no April maintenance outage as Q3 drivers. Barry added coating line yields improving significantly, reducing quality loss costs.
Challenge rate by company
Every company this analyst questioned, most questions first. A company-level rate is shown from 3 questions; below that it is withheld.
| Company | Questions | Challenge rate |
|---|---|---|
| NUE Nucor | 7 | 0%none of 7 questions |
| STLD Steel Dynamics | 7 | 0%none of 7 questions |
Activity by reporting period
Questions recorded for each calendar quarter that companies’ reporting periods map to (not the call date), with the challenge rate for that period. Periods inside the range with no questions are shown as “No questions recorded”.
| Calendar period | Questions | Challenge rate | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q2 | 4 | 0%none of 4 questions | 2 |
| 2025 Q3 | 4 | 0%none of 4 questions | 2 |
| 2025 Q4 | 6 | 0%none of 6 questions | 2 |
- 2025 Q24 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 4 questions) · 2 companies
- 2025 Q34 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 4 questions) · 2 companies
- 2025 Q46 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 6 questions) · 2 companies
Topics
Topics tagged on this analyst’s questions.
- Product Launch4
- Competitive Dynamics2
- Capex Investment2
- Demand2
- Cost Pressure2
- Regulation Policy2
- Margin2
- Supply Chain2
- Geographic Expansion1
- Capital Allocation1
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- Innovation & R&D1