Reliance (RS) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 13.5% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is RS or CALM 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
Reliance	5.39%	10.48%	7.37%
Cal-Maine Foods	28.63%	54.81%	44.18%

Which has more risk & volatility, RS or CALM?

Reliance has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cal-Maine Foods has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	20.79
Cal-Maine Foods	$4.26B	1.19	$1.22B	$24.95	4.15

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 $13.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.5%. Reliance pays out 35.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cal-Maine Foods pays out 56.0% 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. Reliance has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Cal-Maine Foods has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Does the media favor RS or CALM?

In the previous week, Reliance had 21 more articles in the media than Cal-Maine Foods. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Reliance and 15 mentions for Cal-Maine Foods. Cal-Maine Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Reliance's score of 0.17 indicating that Cal-Maine Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Reliance	9 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	9 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cal-Maine Foods	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend RS or CALM?

Reliance presently has a consensus price target of $332.67, indicating a potential upside of 16.77%. Cal-Maine Foods has a consensus price target of $110.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.17%. Given Reliance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Cal-Maine Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

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