Reliance (RS) Competitors

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

Is CALM or RS a better dividend stock?

Cal-Maine Foods pays an annual dividend of $13.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.7%. Reliance pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Cal-Maine Foods pays out 69.1% 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. Cal-Maine Foods has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Reliance has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.

Do analysts recommend CALM or RS?

Cal-Maine Foods currently has a consensus price target of $83.00, suggesting a potential downside of 18.61%. Reliance has a consensus price target of $315.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.02%. 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
Cal-Maine Foods	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
Reliance	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CALM or RS?

84.7% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.3% of Reliance shares are held by institutional investors. 13.5% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Reliance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to CALM or RS?

In the previous week, Reliance had 23 more articles in the media than Cal-Maine Foods. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Reliance and 11 mentions for Cal-Maine Foods. Cal-Maine Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Reliance's score of 0.55 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Reliance	11 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CALM or RS more profitable?

Cal-Maine Foods has a net margin of 26.08% compared to Reliance's net margin of 5.65%. Cal-Maine Foods' return on equity of 48.72% beat Reliance's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cal-Maine Foods	26.08%	48.72%	39.06%
Reliance	5.65%	10.77%	7.68%

Which has more volatility and risk, CALM or RS?

Cal-Maine Foods has a beta of 0.17, suggesting that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reliance has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CALM or RS?

Reliance has higher revenue and earnings than Cal-Maine Foods. 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	$2.33B	2.15	$277.89M	$20.23	5.04
Reliance	$13.84B	1.25	$875.20M	$13.95	23.53

Summary

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