RS Stock Analysis: Reliance Steel & Aluminum | NYSE
Steel | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 19.560m USD | 12M Return: 36.9% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 132M
EPS Trend: -78.6%
Qual. Beats: 2
Rev. Trend: 6.8%
Qual. Beats: 2
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Reliance, Inc. (NYSE: RS) is a diversified metal solutions provider and one of the largest metals service center companies in North America, operating primarily in the United States and Canada. Founded in 1939 and headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, the company distributes a broad range of metal products-including alloy, aluminum, brass, copper, carbon steel, stainless steel, titanium, and other specialty steels-and offers metals processing services to a diverse set of end markets such as aerospace, transportation, energy, electronics and semiconductor fabrication, non-residential construction, and heavy industry.
The company sells primarily directly to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), with a customer base largely composed of small machine shops and fabricators. Notably, the company was renamed from Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. to Reliance, Inc. in February 2024, reflecting its evolution beyond traditional steel and aluminum distribution into a broader metal solutions provider. As a metals service center, Reliance occupies a critical intermediate position in the metals supply chain, purchasing mill products in bulk and reselling them in smaller, processed quantities to manufacturers, which provides value-added processing services (such as cutting, forming, and machining) rather than competing on raw material production.
- Carbon steel pricing trends drive gross margin recovery
- Non-residential construction backlog lifts shipment volumes
- Aerospace and energy demand boosts higher-margin specialty metal mix
| Net Income: 895.2m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.05 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -3.66 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 23.90% < 20% (prev 21.51%; Δ 2.39% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.08 > 3% & CFO 918.3m > Net Income 895.2m |
| Net Debt (2.10b) to EBITDA (1.52b): 1.38 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 4.30 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (51.7m) vs 12m ago -2.80% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 26.89% > 18% (prev 27.29%; Δ -0.40% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 146.0% > 50% (prev 130.5%; Δ 15.46% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 19.56 > 6 (EBIT TTM 1.24b / Interest Expense TTM 63.5m) |
| A: 0.34 (Total Current Assets 4.92b - Total Current Liabilities 1.15b) / Total Assets 11.2b |
| B: 0.67 (Retained Earnings 7.48b / Total Assets 11.2b) |
| C: 0.11 (EBIT TTM 1.24b / Avg Total Assets 10.8b) |
| D: 1.97 (Book Value of Equity 7.40b / Total Liabilities 3.75b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 7.24 = AAA |
| DSRI: 1.15 (Receivables 2.21b/1.67b, Revenue 15.8b/13.7b) |
| GMI: 1.01 (GM 27.29% / 26.89%) |
| AQI: 0.93 (AQ_t 0.29 / AQ_t-1 0.31) |
| SGI: 1.15 (Revenue 15.8b / 13.7b) |
| TATA: -0.00 (NI 895.2m - CFO 918.3m) / TA 11.2b) |
| Beneish M = -2.82 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of July 28, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 404.35 with a total of 273,141 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +5.53%, over one month by +7.99%, over three months by +12.44% and over the past year by +36.93%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 390.10 (which is 3.5% or 1.2 ATR below the current price).
Reliance Steel & Aluminum has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.63. Therefore, it is recommended to hold RS.
- StrongBuy: 2
- Buy: 1
- Hold: 5
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 386.3 | -4.5% |
P/E Trailing = 22.426
P/E Forward = 21.097
P/S = 1.3289
P/B = 2.7479
P/EG = 2.2909
Revenue TTM = 15.8b USD
EBIT TTM = 1.24b USD
EBITDA TTM = 1.52b USD
Long Term Debt = 1.42b USD (from longTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Short Term Debt = 67.3m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 2.33b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 335.5m
Net Debt = 2.10b USD (calculated: Debt 2.33b - CCE 235.4m)
Enterprise Value = 21.7b USD (19.6b + Debt 2.33b - CCE 235.4m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 19.56 (Ebit TTM 1.24b / Interest Expense TTM 63.5m)
EV/FCF = 35.38x (Enterprise Value 21.7b / FCF TTM 612.1m)
FCF Yield = 2.83% (FCF TTM 612.1m / Enterprise Value 21.7b)
FCF Margin = 3.87% (FCF TTM 612.1m / Revenue TTM 15.8b)
Net Margin = 5.66% (Net Income TTM 895.2m / Revenue TTM 15.8b)
Gross Margin = 26.89% ((Revenue TTM 15.8b - Cost of Revenue TTM 11.6b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 26.59% (prev 27.39%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.94 (Enterprise Value 21.7b / Total Assets 11.2b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 2.72% (Interest Expense 63.5m / Debt 2.33b)
Taxrate = 24.17% (285.7m / 1.18b)
NOPAT = 941.7m (EBIT 1.24b * (1 - 24.17%))
Current Ratio = 4.30 (Total Current Assets 4.92b / Total Current Liabilities 1.15b)
Debt / Equity = 0.31 (Debt 2.33b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 7.40b)
Debt / EBITDA = 1.38 (Net Debt 2.10b / EBITDA 1.52b)
Debt / FCF = 3.42 (Net Debt 2.10b / FCF TTM 612.1m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 7.25b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 8.27% (Net Income 895.2m / Total Assets 11.2b)
RoE = 12.35% (Net Income TTM 895.2m / Total Stockholder Equity 7.25b)
RoCE = 14.32% (EBIT 1.24b / Capital Employed (Equity 7.25b + L.T.Debt 1.42b))
RoIC = 9.56% (NOPAT 941.7m / Invested Capital 9.85b)
WACC = 8.15% (E(19.6b)/V(21.9b) * Re(8.88%) + D(2.33b)/V(21.9b) * Rd(2.72%) * (1-Tc(0.24)))
Discount Rate = 8.88% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -95.23 | Cagr: -4.92%
[DCF] Terminal Value 73.10% ; FCFF base≈750.9m ; Y1≈658.5m ; Y5≈532.1m
[DCF] Fair Price = 126.3 (EV 8.54b - Net Debt 2.10b = Equity 6.44b / Shares 51.0m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow -15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: -78.60 | EPS CAGR: -15.63% | SUE: 2.84 | # QB: 2
Revenue Correlation: 6.85 | Revenue CAGR: 0.33% | SUE: 4.0 | # QB: 2
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=5.25 | Chg30d=+1.76% | Revisions=+57% | Analysts=7
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=20.11 | Chg30d=+1.05% | Revisions=+57% | GrowthEPS=+41.0% | GrowthRev=+13.5%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=21.27 | Chg30d=+0.72% | Revisions=+29% | GrowthEPS=+5.8% | GrowthRev=+0.7%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +67% (up=11, down=1)