Reliance (RS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (NYSE: RS) is a leading metals service center company that distributes and processes a broad array of metal products. The company offers cut-to-length, shearing, blanking, sawing, bending, machining and value-added services for carbon and alloy steel, stainless steel, aluminum, brass, titanium and specialty metal alloys. Its products serve diverse end markets, including energy, infrastructure, general manufacturing, transportation, aerospace and defense.

Founded in 1939 in Los Angeles, Reliance Steel & Aluminum has grown through a combination of organic expansion and strategic acquisitions. Today it operates approximately 300 service center locations across the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. By maintaining one of the industry’s most extensive inventories, the company can support customer needs for just-in-time delivery and custom metal processing with a high level of consistency and quality.

Under the leadership of President and Chief Executive Officer Gregg Mollins, Reliance emphasizes operational excellence and customer service. The company’s management team focuses on leveraging its decentralized operating model to respond quickly to local market conditions while sharing best practices across its network. Reliance’s board and executive leadership bring decades of experience in industrial distribution, metals processing and capital allocation to guide long-term growth and profitability strategies.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $285.50 to $290.32
• 50-Day Range: $283.00 to $343.20
• 52-Week Range: $250.07 to $347.43
• Volume: 237,413 shs
• Average Volume: 390,992 shs
• Market Capitalization: $15.21 billion
• P/E Ratio: 21.13
• Dividend Yield: 1.66%
• Price Target: $328.80
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Reliance Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Reliance scored higher than 88% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 26th out of 189 stocks in the basic materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Reliance has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.43, and is based on 3 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Reliance has a consensus price target of $328.80, representing about 14.3% upside from its current price of $287.64.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Reliance has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 6.71%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Reliance are expected to grow by 6.71% in the coming year, from $16.98 to $18.12 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Reliance is 21.00, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 281.71.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Reliance is 21.00, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 156.99.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Reliance has a PEG Ratio of 1.38. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Reliance has a P/B Ratio of 2.15. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.91% of the float of Reliance has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Reliance has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Reliance has recently decreased by 1.15%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Reliance pays a meaningful dividend of 1.66%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Reliance has been increasing its dividend for 15 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Reliance is 35.04%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Reliance will have a dividend payout ratio of 26.49% next year. This indicates that Reliance will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Environmental Score: -6.17

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.91% of the float of Reliance has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Reliance has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Reliance has recently decreased by 1.15%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.86

News Sentiment

Reliance has a news sentiment score of 0.86. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.58 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 18 news articles for Reliance this week, compared to 34 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

4 people have searched for RS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Reliance to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Reliance insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.35% of the stock of Reliance is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

79.26% of the stock of Reliance is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

RS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have RS shares performed this year?

Reliance's stock was trading at $269.26 at the start of the year. Since then, RS stock has increased by 6.8% and is now trading at $287.6440.

How were Reliance's earnings last quarter?

Reliance, Inc. (NYSE:RS) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 23rd. The industrial products company reported $4.43 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $4.72 by $0.29. The company's revenue was up .5% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript.

Does Reliance have any subsidiaries?

Reliance subsidiaries include these companies: Rotax Metals Inc., Admiral Metals Servicenter Company Inc., Nu-Tech Precision Metals Inc., Merfish United, Fry Steel, All Metals Holding, KMS Fab, and others.

Who are Reliance's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Reliance include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.70%), State Street Corp (4.62%), Boston Partners (3.35%) and Boston Partners (3.35%). Insiders that own company stock include Karla R Lewis, James Donald Hoffman, Jeffrey Wayne Durham, Sean Michael Mollins, William A Smith II, Arthur Ajemyan, Stephen Paul Koch, Michael R Hynes and Mark V Kaminski.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Reliance?

Shares of RS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Reliance own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Reliance investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Adobe (ADBE), Broadcom (AVGO), Arista Networks (ANET) and Tesla (TSLA).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/23/2025
• Record date for 8/29 Dividend: 8/15/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 8/29 Dividend: 8/15/2025
• Dividend Payable: 8/29/2025
• Today: 9/18/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/22/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: MINING - MISC
• Sub-Industry: Steel
• Current Symbol: NYSE:RS
• CIK: 861884
• Web: www.rsac.com
• Phone: (480) 564-5700
• Fax: 213-687-8792
• Employees: 15,900
• Year Founded: 1939

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Reliance: $328.80
• High Price Target: $350.00
• Low Price Target: $296.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +14.3%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.43
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $13.70
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 21.00
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.94
• P/E Growth: 1.38
• Net Income: $875.20 million
• Net Margins: 5.39%
• Pretax Margin: 7.02%
• Return on Equity: 10.48%
• Return on Assets: 7.37%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.14
• Current Ratio: 3.18
• Quick Ratio: 1.51

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $13.84 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.09
• Cash Flow: $21.45 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 13.41
• Book Value: $133.60 per share
• Price / Book: 2.15

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 52,590,000
• Free Float: 52,410,000
• Market Cap: $15.13 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.89