Reliance (RS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Reliance, Inc. (NYSE: RS) is a diversified metals service center company that supplies processed metal products and related services to industrial manufacturers, fabricators, and other commercial customers. Its product offerings include carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum, copper, brass, and other specialty metals.

The company provides value-added processing services such as cutting, slitting, leveling, blanking, machining, forming, and precision sawing. These services allow customers to purchase metals in customized sizes and specifications, helping reduce their need for in-house processing and inventory management.

Founded in 1939, Reliance serves a broad range of industries, including nonresidential construction, transportation, aerospace and defense, energy, electronics, machinery, and general manufacturing. The company operates through a network of metals service centers primarily across the United States, with additional operations in Canada. Reliance is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Karla R. Lewis.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $414.00 to $423.13
• 50-Day Range: $381.95 to $427.86
• 52-Week Range: $260.31 to $433.02
• Volume: 477,148 shs
• Average Volume: 254,773 shs
• Market Capitalization: $21.41 billion
• P/E Ratio: 24.38
• Dividend Yield: 1.19%
• Price Target: $387.43
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Reliance Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Reliance scored higher than 66% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 408th out of 650 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Reliance has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.30, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 2 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Downside Risk

Reliance has a consensus price target of $387.43, representing about 7.6% downside from its current price of $419.26.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Reliance has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -0.04%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Reliance are expected to decrease by -0.04% in the coming year, from $23.70 to $23.69 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Reliance is 24.38, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 36.54.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Reliance is 24.38, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 24.66.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Reliance has a PEG Ratio of 0.96. PEG Ratios around 1 indicate that a company is correctly valued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Reliance has a P/B Ratio of 3.05. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.49% of the float of Reliance has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Reliance has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.23.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Reliance has recently increased by 8.04%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Reliance pays a meaningful dividend of 1.20%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Reliance has been increasing its dividend for 15 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Reliance is 29.07%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Reliance will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.11% next year. This indicates that Reliance will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.37

News Sentiment

Reliance has a news sentiment score of 0.37. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.48 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 29 news articles for Reliance this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for RS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added Reliance to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Reliance insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,876,878.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.40% of the stock of Reliance is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

79.26% of the stock of Reliance is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 8/28 Dividend: 8/14/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/28 Dividend: 8/14/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/28/2026
• Last Earnings: 10/21/2026
• Today: 10/22/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Trading Companies & Distributors
• Sub-Industry: Trading Companies & Distributors
• Current Symbol: NYSE:RS
• CIK: 861884
• Web: www.reliance.com
• Phone: (213) 687-7700
• Fax: 213-687-8792
• Employees: 15,700
• Year Founded: 1939

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Reliance: $387.43
• High Price Target: $421.00
• Low Price Target: $300.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -7.6%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.30
• Research Coverage: 10 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $17.20
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 24.38
• Forward P/E Ratio: 17.69
• P/E Growth: 0.96
• Net Income: $739.40 million
• Net Margins: 5.65%
• Pretax Margin: 7.48%
• Return on Equity: 12.51%
• Return on Assets: 8.47%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.22
• Current Ratio: 4.30
• Quick Ratio: 2.27

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $14.29 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.50
• Cash Flow: $19.83 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 21.14
• Book Value: $137.31 per share
• Price / Book: 3.05

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 51,060,000
• Free Float: 50,851,000
• Market Cap: $21.41 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.95