-- Nucor (NUE) reported fiscal Q1 earnings late Monday of $3.23 per diluted share, up from $0.67 a year earlier.
Analysts polled by FactSet expected $2.82.
Revenue for the 13 weeks ended April 4 was $9.5 billion, up from $7.83 billion a year earlier.
Analyst surveyed by FactSet expected $8.88 billion.
For Q2, the company said it expects higher consolidated earnings compared with its Q1.