Nucor corporation (NUE)
CashFlow / Yearly
Dec'19Dec'18Dec'17Dec'16Dec'15Dec'14Dec'13Dec'12Dec'11Dec'10Dec'09Dec'08Dec'07
Operating activities:
Net earnings

1,370,910

2,481,084

1,380,571

900,416

193,030

778,564

585,529

593,126

860,984

206,323

-237,178

2,144,911

1,765,448

Adjustments:
Depreciation

648,911

630,879

635,833

613,192

625,757

652,000

535,852

534,010

522,571

512,147

494,035

479,484

403,172

Amortization

85,742

88,758

91,228

73,862

74,260

72,423

74,356

73,011

67,829

70,455

72,388

69,423

24,384

Stock-based compensation

90,359

73,422

64,176

56,511

45,794

46,384

47,450

50,733

49,003

43,041

54,665

49,873

44,001

Deferred income taxes

99,157

3,017

-221,173

71,455

-246,836

70,801

56,564

-25,274

58,051

138,262

88,546

-293,476

-81,206

Distributions from affiliates

37,459

30,196

49,295

40,602

15,132

53,738

8,708

-

-

-

-

-

-

Equity in losses (earnings) of unconsolidated affiliates

3,311

40,240

41,661

38,757

5,329

13,505

9,297

-13,323

-10,043

-32,082

-82,341

-36,920

-24,618

Impairment of assets

66,916

110,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

105,183

0

Impairments and losses on assets

-

-

-

-

244,833

25,393

14,000

17,563

-

-

-

-

-

Impairment of non-current assets

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

30,000

13,943

-

-

-

-

Changes in assets and liabilities (exclusive of acquisitions and dispositions):
Accounts receivable

-361,340

485,433

329,501

217,736

-655,489

179,181

103,649

-148,113

274,920

310,188

-141,104

-855,572

174,326

Inventories

-712,645

1,092,101

900,946

132,639

-1,061,202

-11,326

298,074

65,655

433,696

231,913

-1,117,600

364,280

102,490

Accounts payable

-253,457

235,572

314,817

236,788

-438,788

-111,859

39,489

-111,496

62,012

179,807

170,229

-861,334

57,259

Federal income taxes

-180,325

163,743

-107,577

3,555

62,656

-111,687

77,950

-28,022

930

180,821

-422,116

278,663

13,332

Salaries, wages and related accruals

-186,755

204,796

87,700

133,625

-56,267

67,973

7,155

-60,363

129,340

56,641

-419,800

129,927

-42,931

Other operating activities

40,178

9,741

-32,576

-9,127

62,172

19,472

-41,916

-31,316

35,037

10,684

-31,380

128,803

-4,045

Cash provided by operating activities

2,809,413

2,393,952

1,055,338

1,750,001

2,168,761

1,342,898

1,077,949

1,200,385

1,031,053

866,794

1,173,194

2,502,063

1,935,306

Investing activities:
Capital expenditures

1,477,293

982,531

448,555

604,840

374,123

667,982

1,196,952

947,608

438,943

338,684

390,500

1,018,980

520,353

Investment in and advances to affiliates

45,834

121,412

59,000

63,167

80,409

97,841

85,053

180,472

95,950

434,006

63,563

720,713

31,435

Divestiture of affiliates

67,591

-

-

135,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

29,500

Repayment of advances to affiliates

-

-

-

-

-

122,000

54,500

65,446

50,000

83,885

-

-

-

Disposition of plant and equipment

41,618

31,589

25,315

18,571

29,390

36,563

34,097

51,063

25,333

24,944

11,371

17,180

2,787

Acquisitions (net of cash acquired)

83,106

33,063

544,041

474,788

19,089

768,581

-

760,833

3,959

64,788

32,720

1,826,030

1,542,666

Purchase of investments

367,741

-

50,000

650,000

111,927

100,000

19,349

409,403

1,494,782

1,323,264

261,389

289,423

487,395

Proceeds from the sale of investments

67,701

50,000

150,000

600,000

111,452

27,529

92,761

1,667,142

1,285,763

394,640

36,389

499,709

1,687,578

Purchases of restricted investments

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

564,994

-

-

-

-

Proceeds from the sale of restricted investments

-

-

-

-

-

-

148,725

359,295

47,479

-

-

-

-

Changes in restricted cash

-

-

-

-

-

-

-126,438

48,625

-530,165

598,482

-

-

-

Other investing activities

-2,873

-25,348

-7,389

-14,106

-3,010

-10,250

-4,863

-

-

-

-

-

-

Proceeds from currency derivative contracts

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,441,862

517,241

Settlement of currency derivative contracts

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,424,291

511,394

Cash used in investing activities

-1,794,191

-1,030,069

-918,892

-1,025,118

-441,696

-1,438,062

-839,970

-203,995

-659,888

-2,255,755

-700,412

-3,320,686

-856,137

Financing activities:
Net change in short-term debt

4,574

5,037

34,872

-33,360

-155,816

178,308

-671

27,945

-11,450

11,561

-6,908

-149,837

-65,871

Proceeds from long-term debt, net of discount

-

995,710

-

-

-

-

999,100

-

-

1,198,992

-

989,715

1,322,445

Repayment of long-term debt

-

500,000

600,000

-

16,300

5,358

250,000

650,000

-

6,000

180,400

-

0

Bond issuance related costs

-

7,625

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bond issuance costs

-

-

-

-

-

-

7,625

-

-

4,050

-

6,937

9,200

Issuance of common stock

16,145

24,101

7,070

15,670

424

5,614

-

10,515

8,097

4,687

3,716

1,996,690

12,003

Payment of tax withholdings on certain stock-based compensation

25,047

22,123

14,408

12,387

11,718

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation

-

-

-

2,784

2,000

3,400

2,955

4,700

1,000

-700

-3,100

10,600

13,000

Distributions to noncontrolling interests

76,347

56,179

90,974

99,588

71,938

63,705

76,798

74,848

61,720

55,380

190,233

275,075

263,086

Cash dividends

492,062

485,376

485,321

481,083

479,432

475,123

471,028

466,361

461,518

457,282

443,109

658,051

726,139

Acquisition of treasury stock

298,500

854,000

90,300

5,173

66,505

0

0

-

-

-

-

123,960

754,029

Other financing activities

-9,132

-7,725

-3,241

-13,297

-2,184

-2,183

111

1,172

30,569

-

-

-

-

Cash used in financing activities

-880,410

-908,177

-1,242,306

-626,434

-801,469

-359,047

196,044

-1,146,877

-495,022

691,828

-820,034

1,783,145

-470,877

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

907

-5,924

9,003

8,043

-10,271

-4,897

-3,633

2,704

-904

5,558

9,103

-3,335

-

(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

135,719

449,782

-1,096,857

106,492

915,325

-459,108

430,390

-147,783

-124,761

-691,575

-338,149

961,187

608,292

Non-cash investing activity:
Change in accrued plant and equipment purchases and assets recorded under capital lease arrangements

-

-

-

-12,837

9,355

-99,115

33,467

71,726

1,559

6,610

-

-

-