COMPARE · Data as of August 21, 2026
FSM vs NUE
Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. FSM scored 70.2, NUE scored 42.5 — FSM leads.
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Different reporting periods. NUE's fundamentals are as of July 2026, but FSM's are as of December 2025 — a 6-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
FSM
Fortuna Mining Corp.
70.2
$12.07 · $3.6B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
27.7
FSM leads
NUE
Nucor Corporation
42.5
$243.63 · $55.3B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
- CheapestFSM10.1x
- Fastest growthFSM+39.8%
- Strongest balance sheetFSM0.13
- Highest qualityFSM82 / 100
- Largest discount to fair valueFSM-55%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
FSM
stronger →← stronger
NUE
82
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
63
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
84
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
24
FSM is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
FSM
NUE
$613mC+
FCF
$1.6bC+
+39.8%A
Rev
+17.2%B+
0.13A-
D/E
0.31B
10.1xA
P/E
19.5xB
0.44A
PEG
5.21D
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
FSM
NUE
55% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
312% above
~-7%/yr
Growth the price implies10-yr FCF · lower = less priced in
~42%/yr
+75%
1-yr DCF upside
-75%
+121%
5-yr DCF upside
-76%
+201%
10-yr DCF upside
-76%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
FSM
Why this score
- Cyclical growth
NUE
Why this score
- Cyclical growth
The companies
FSMFortuna Mining Corp.
Why now
Gold · market cap $3.6b. 13% off the 52-week high of $13.85. Revenue growing +40% — in hypergrowth territory. PEG 0.44 — paying under fair value for the growth rate.
Moat
Net margin 33% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 18% sits above Buffett's preferred 15% threshold — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 197% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash, a sign that working capital and capex are well-disciplined.
Risk
Beta 2.12 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. Production-cost sensitivity — top-quartile cost producers generate cash through the cycle while marginal producers burn it; watch the cost-per-unit trend, not just headline revenue.
NUENucor Corporation
Why now
Steel · market cap $55.3b. 13% off the 52-week high of $280.11. Revenue growing +17%, comfortably above the S&P median. 16 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $282.81 (implying +16% upside).
Moat
ROE 13% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. $55.3b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Beta 1.89 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where FSM and NUE diverge
On the headline score the gap is 27.7 points in favor of FSM. The widest single difference is Value, where FSM leads by 59.6 points.
- ValueFSM 83.9 · NUE 24.3FSM +59.6
- QualityFSM 82.5 · NUE 63.2FSM +19.3
- GrowthFSM 50.0 · NUE 50.0level
Pillars run 0–100 against sector peers, so a score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.