March 20 (Reuters) - Nucor Corp NUE.N on Thursday forecast first-quarter 2025 profit below estimates as a weak steel pricing environment continues to weigh on its average selling prices, sending the steelmaker's shares down 4% after the bell.
On an adjusted basis, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company expects first-quarter earnings to be in the range of 50 cents to 60 cents per share, compared with analysts' estimate of $1.09 per share, according to data compiled by LSEG.
Nucor, with facilities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, expects the earnings in its larger steel mills segment to be in line with the previous quarter.
However, it forecasts a sequential decline in earnings in its steel products segment due to lower average selling prices.
Peers U.S. Steel X.N and Steel Dynamics STLD.O also forecast lower-than-expected first-quarter earnings earlier this week, amid a prolonged decline in steel prices.
However, the sector awaits improvements in the pricing environment this year, buoyed by U.S. president Donald Trump's implementation of additional tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
(Reporting by Aatreyee Dasgupta in Bengaluru; Editing by Vijay Kishore)
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