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NYSE:RS

Reliance Steel & Aluminum - RS Competitors

$252.70
+0.23 (+0.09%)
(As of 03/30/2023 12:50 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$252.01
$255.61
50-Day Range
$211.88
$263.48
52-Week Range
$160.29
$264.42
Volume
155,405 shs
Average Volume
551,448 shs
Market Capitalization
$14.90 billion
P/E Ratio
8.48
Dividend Yield
1.58%
Price Target
$261.20

RS vs. ZBRA, AVY, AXON, AMCR, TS, HUBB, BALL, IEX, PKG, and NDSN

Should you be buying Reliance Steel & Aluminum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Reliance Steel & Aluminum include Zebra Technologies (ZBRA), Avery Dennison (AVY), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Amcor (AMCR), Tenaris (TS), Hubbell (HUBB), Ball (BALL), IDEX (IEX), Packaging Co. of America (PKG), and Nordson (NDSN). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.

Reliance Steel & Aluminum vs.

Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ:ZBRA) and Reliance Steel & Aluminum (NYSE:RS) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Zebra Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $373.88, indicating a potential upside of 22.49%. Reliance Steel & Aluminum has a consensus target price of $261.20, indicating a potential upside of 3.04%. Given Zebra Technologies' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Zebra Technologies is more favorable than Reliance Steel & Aluminum.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Zebra Technologies
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Reliance Steel & Aluminum
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Reliance Steel & Aluminum has a net margin of 10.81% compared to Zebra Technologies' net margin of 8.01%. Zebra Technologies' return on equity of 31.19% beat Reliance Steel & Aluminum's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Zebra Technologies 8.01% 31.19% 11.84%
Reliance Steel & Aluminum 10.81% 27.01% 18.00%

Zebra Technologies received 12 more outperform votes than Reliance Steel & Aluminum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.98% of users gave Zebra Technologies an outperform vote while only 64.94% of users gave Reliance Steel & Aluminum an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Zebra TechnologiesOutperform Votes
477
65.98%
Underperform Votes
246
34.02%
Reliance Steel & AluminumOutperform Votes
465
64.94%
Underperform Votes
251
35.06%

Reliance Steel & Aluminum has higher revenue and earnings than Zebra Technologies. Reliance Steel & Aluminum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zebra Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Zebra Technologies$5.78 billion2.71$463 million$12.5324.36
Reliance Steel & Aluminum$17.03 billion0.88$1.84 billion$29.818.50

Zebra Technologies has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reliance Steel & Aluminum has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Zebra Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than Reliance Steel & Aluminum. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Zebra Technologies and 6 mentions for Reliance Steel & Aluminum. Zebra Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Reliance Steel & Aluminum's score of 0.45 indicating that Zebra Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Zebra Technologies
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Reliance Steel & Aluminum
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

85.2% of Zebra Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of Reliance Steel & Aluminum shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Zebra Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Reliance Steel & Aluminum shares are owned 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.

Summary

Zebra Technologies beats Reliance Steel & Aluminum on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding RS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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RS vs. The Competition

MetricReliance Steel & AluminumMetals service centers & offices IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$14.95B$9.46B$7.27B$14.51B
Dividend Yield1.56%1.96%2.05%3.88%
P/E Ratio8.504.2115.4319.36
Price / Sales0.880.484.1511.69
Price / Cash7.204.2668.2924.48
Price / Book2.101.193.456.81
Net Income$1.84B$2.06B$366.46M$866.28M
7 Day Performance1.36%1.25%2.59%3.78%
1 Month Performance2.28%-2.26%-5.17%-4.51%
1 Year Performance37.26%10.04%-6.32%-13.20%

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZBRA
Zebra Technologies
2.4794 of 5 stars
$296.12
+2.1%
$373.71
+26.2%
-32.4%$15.22B$5.78B23.6310,500Analyst Report
Positive News
AVY
Avery Dennison
2.7735 of 5 stars
$173.18
+0.4%
$207.10
+19.6%
-3.2%$14.05B$9.04B18.8036,000Short Interest ↓
AXON
Axon Enterprise
2.3039 of 5 stars
$216.83
+0.6%
$221.64
+2.2%
+56.0%$15.80B$1.19B106.293,734Insider Selling
Short Interest ↑
AMCR
Amcor
1.881 of 5 stars
$11.11
+0.7%
$11.70
+5.3%
-4.0%$16.51B$14.97B15.4344,000
TS
Tenaris
2.2473 of 5 stars
$28.61
-0.7%
$40.35
+41.0%
-5.4%$16.89B$11.76B6.6123,000Short Interest ↑
HUBB
Hubbell
2.1031 of 5 stars
$240.01
+1.5%
$230.00
-4.2%
+25.1%$12.86B$4.95B23.0616,300Short Interest ↓
BALL
Ball
1.6254 of 5 stars
$53.90
+1.1%
$58.31
+8.2%
N/A$16.95B$15.35B24.1721,000
IEX
IDEX
2.3805 of 5 stars
$226.07
+1.4%
$239.91
+6.1%
+13.9%$17.07B$3.18B29.328,868
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
1.8234 of 5 stars
$136.67
+1.6%
$131.88
-3.5%
-12.6%$12.28B$8.48B12.4115,100Short Interest ↑
NDSN
Nordson
2.5564 of 5 stars
$217.02
+1.4%
$250.20
+15.3%
-6.7%$12.25B$2.59B25.297,331
This page (NYSE:RS) was last updated on 3/30/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff