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 businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Which has better earnings and 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	1.10	$875.20M	$13.70	21.20
Cal-Maine Foods	$4.26B	1.19	$1.22B	$24.95	4.13

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 9.1%. Reliance pays out 35.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cal-Maine Foods pays out 37.8% 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.

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 and volatility, RS or CALM?

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

Does the media prefer RS or CALM?

In the previous week, Reliance had 5 more articles in the media than Cal-Maine Foods. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Reliance and 16 mentions for Cal-Maine Foods. Cal-Maine Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.70 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	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cal-Maine Foods	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts prefer RS or CALM?

Reliance currently has a consensus price target of $328.80, indicating a potential upside of 13.20%. Cal-Maine Foods has a consensus price target of $110.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.79%. Given Reliance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Cal-Maine Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of RS or CALM?

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

Summary

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