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Stock Evaluator: Reliance, Inc. (RS)

Reliance, Inc. RS

$387.89 7.58 1.99%
August 21, 2026 4:00:02 PM EST November 10, 2021 Volume: 683,268
After Hours: $120.37   0.15  |  0.12% November 10, 2021 7:59 PM EST Volume: 72,713
USD NYSE | DELAYED PRICE
SECTOR INDUSTRY
Materials Metals & Mining

A+ Stock Grade Summary:

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COMPANY SUMMARY
Reliance, Inc. operates as a diversified metal solutions provider and metals service center company primarily in the United States and Canada. The company distributes metal products, including alloy, aluminum, brass, copper, carbon steel, stainless steel, titanium, and other specialty steel products; and provides metals processing services to consumer products, general manufacturing, non-residential construction, transportation, aerospace, energy, electronics and semiconductor fabrication, industrial machinery, and heavy industries. It sells its products directly to original equipment manufacturers, which primarily include small machine shops and fabricators. The company was formerly known as Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. and changed its name to Reliance, Inc. in February 2024. Reliance, Inc. was founded in 1939 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona.

Commentary & Analysis

Financial Summary

Share Statistics RS Industry
Median		 Percentile
(All Stocks)
Market Cap (Mil) $19,803.6 $1,779.6 86%
Shares Out (Mil) 51.4 140.4 48%
Institutional Ownership 99.5% 82.7% 89%
Float (Mil) 50.8 142.2 47%
Beta 0.96 1.25 58%
Avg Daily Volume (000s) 372 384 53%
Price Change
(52-week)		 35.6% 73.2% 72%
Growth RS Industry
Median		 Percentile
(All Stocks)
Sales (5yr) 10.2% 10.9% 59%
Net Income (5yr) 14.9% (0.4%) 63%
EPS (5yr) 19.8% 7.5% 68
Dividends (5yr) 13.9% 0.0% 97%
Cash Flow (5yr) (17.5%) (8.7%) 40%
Estimates Qtrly Current
Fiscal
Year		 Next
Fiscal
Year
# of Estimates 8 8 8
Current EPS $6.624 $23.055 $23.080
Month Ago EPS $5.248 $20.107 $21.265
# Rev Up 1 1 1
# Rev Down 0 0 0
Three Months Ago EPS $5.048 $19.582 $20.855
Year/Year Chg 5.3% 64.9% 65.4%
Financials RS Industry
Median		 Percentile
(All Stocks)
Sales (TTM) (Mil) $15,806 $1,641 89%
Net Income (TTM) (Mil) $894 $9 85%
EPS (TTM) $17.253 $0.100 97%
Operating Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) $852 $45 78%
Net Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) ($4) $27 35%
Long-Term Debt (Q1) (Mil) $1,928 $94 74%
Enterprise Value (Q1) (Mil) $22,376 $2,083 85%
Valuation RS Industry
Median		 Percentile
(All Stocks)
P/B 2.68 2.92 60%
P/E 22.6 18.6 57%
Dividend Yield 1.3% 0.0% 70%
PEG (5yr hist) 1.1 0.6 50%
Ratios RS Industry
Median		 Percentile
(All Stocks)
Gross Margin 28.3% 41.5% 33%
Net Margin 5.7% 8.0% 50%
ROA 8.3% 1.0% 83%
ROE 12.2% 3.4% 63%
Liabilities to Assets 33.6% 34.5% 25%
F-Score 6 4 67%

Passing Stock Screens

As of 8/21/2026, from a list of 60 stock screening strategies, RS meetings the criteria of 3 screen:
Stock Screen
FACTOR STRATEGY

Est Rev: Top 30 Up

Factors: Earnings Estimates
Introduction to the use of earnings estimates. 
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Factors: Earnings Estimates
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FACTOR STRATEGY

P/E Relative Screen

Factors: Value, Earnings Estimates
A screen that looks at the relationship of a stock's price-earnings ratio to that of the industry and market. 
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