Reliance (RS) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, RS or CALM?

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

Do analysts prefer RS or CALM?

Reliance currently has a consensus target price of $327.80, indicating a potential upside of 17.74%. Cal-Maine Foods has a consensus target price of $101.75, indicating a potential upside of 11.51%. Given Reliance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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 $9.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Reliance pays out 35.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cal-Maine Foods pays out 36.2% 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.

Does the media favor RS or CALM?

In the previous week, Reliance had 29 more articles in the media than Cal-Maine Foods. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Reliance and 7 mentions for Cal-Maine Foods. Cal-Maine Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Reliance's score of 0.69 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	16 Very Positive mention(s)	14 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cal-Maine Foods	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has higher valuation and 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	1.06	$875.20M	$13.70	20.32
Cal-Maine Foods	$4.26B	1.04	$1.22B	$26.01	3.51

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%

Summary

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