Reliance (RS) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, CALM or RS?

Cal-Maine Foods has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reliance has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CALM or RS a better dividend stock?

Cal-Maine Foods pays an annual dividend of $9.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Reliance pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Cal-Maine Foods pays out 37.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Reliance pays out 35.0% 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. Cal-Maine Foods has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Reliance has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CALM or RS?

Cal-Maine Foods has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Cal-Maine Foods	$4.26B	1.27	$1.22B	$24.95	4.43
Reliance	$13.84B	1.10	$875.20M	$13.70	21.21

Do analysts rate CALM or RS?

Cal-Maine Foods presently has a consensus price target of $110.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.58%. Reliance has a consensus price target of $328.80, indicating a potential upside of 13.14%. Given Reliance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Reliance is more favorable than Cal-Maine Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cal-Maine Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Reliance	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Does the media prefer CALM or RS?

In the previous week, Reliance had 5 more articles in the media than Cal-Maine Foods. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Reliance and 17 mentions for Cal-Maine Foods. Cal-Maine Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Reliance's score of 0.64 indicating that Cal-Maine Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cal-Maine Foods	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Reliance	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CALM or RS?

84.7% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.3% of Reliance shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Cal-Maine Foods 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CALM or RS more profitable?

Cal-Maine Foods has a net margin of 28.63% compared to Reliance's net margin of 5.39%. Cal-Maine Foods' return on equity of 54.81% beat Reliance's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cal-Maine Foods	28.63%	54.81%	44.18%
Reliance	5.39%	10.48%	7.37%

Summary

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