RS vs. NUE, STLD, CRS, X, ATI, CMC, CLF, WOR, RDUS, and ZEUS
Should you be buying Reliance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Reliance include Nucor (NUE), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Carpenter Technology (CRS), United States Steel (X), ATI (ATI), Commercial Metals (CMC), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Radius Recycling (RDUS), and Olympic Steel (ZEUS). These companies are all part of the "steel" industry.
Reliance vs. Its Competitors
Nucor (NYSE:NUE) and Reliance (NYSE:RS) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, Reliance had 7 more articles in the media than Nucor. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Reliance and 32 mentions for Nucor. Nucor's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Reliance's score of 0.51 indicating that Nucor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Nucor has higher revenue and earnings than Reliance. Nucor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reliance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Nucor has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reliance has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Nucor has a net margin of 6.60% compared to Reliance's net margin of 6.33%. Reliance's return on equity of 11.87% beat Nucor's return on equity.
Nucor currently has a consensus price target of $157.22, indicating a potential upside of 32.73%. Reliance has a consensus price target of $319.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.86%. Given Nucor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nucor is more favorable than Reliance.
Nucor pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Reliance pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Nucor pays out 39.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Reliance pays out 34.4% 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. Nucor has raised its dividend for 52 consecutive years and Reliance has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Nucor is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
76.5% of Nucor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.3% of Reliance shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Nucor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Reliance shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Nucor received 217 more outperform votes than Reliance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.82% of users gave Reliance an outperform vote while only 64.21% of users gave Nucor an outperform vote.
Summary
Nucor beats Reliance on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:RS) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
