Reliance (RS) Competitors

Reliance (NYSE:RS) and Cal-Maine Foods (NASDAQ:CALM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in RS or CALM?

79.3% of Reliance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Reliance shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is RS or CALM more profitable?

Cal-Maine Foods has a net margin of 28.86% compared to Reliance's net margin of 5.39%. Cal-Maine Foods' return on equity of 52.31% beat Reliance's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Reliance	5.39%	10.48%	7.37%
Cal-Maine Foods	28.86%	52.31%	42.84%

Which has more volatility & risk, RS or CALM?

Reliance has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cal-Maine Foods has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend RS or CALM?

Reliance currently has a consensus price target of $328.80, suggesting a potential upside of 16.24%. Cal-Maine Foods has a consensus price target of $101.75, suggesting a potential upside of 8.89%. Given Reliance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Reliance is more favorable than Cal-Maine Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Reliance	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
Cal-Maine Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is RS or CALM a better dividend stock?

Reliance pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Cal-Maine Foods pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Reliance pays out 35.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cal-Maine Foods pays out 21.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Reliance has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Cal-Maine Foods has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Cal-Maine Foods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, RS or CALM?

Cal-Maine Foods has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Reliance. Cal-Maine Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reliance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Reliance	$13.84B	1.08	$875.20M	$13.70	20.65
Cal-Maine Foods	$4.40B	1.04	$1.22B	$26.01	3.59

Does the media prefer RS or CALM?

In the previous week, Cal-Maine Foods had 21 more articles in the media than Reliance. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Cal-Maine Foods and 20 mentions for Reliance. Reliance's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Cal-Maine Foods' score of 0.02 indicating that Reliance is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Reliance	10 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cal-Maine Foods	9 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	10 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Cal-Maine Foods beats Reliance on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.