Stocks · Basic Materials · Steel
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. RS
$400.31 +1.85% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $20.44B
Strong trendLow risk
Next earnings report: Oct 21, 2026
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Three things to know
- The shares trade at 23.3× trailing earnings, higher than 90% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 130 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $17.19, up 25.6% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth67Positive
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 25%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 35%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 36%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 29%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 14%
Quality51Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 32%
- Gross marginTop 48%
- Operating marginBottom 47%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 16%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 13%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 42%
- Interest coverTop 16%
Value44Weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 35%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 42%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 48%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 37%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 16%
Momentum95Exceptional
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 24%
- 6-month returnTop 12%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 16%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 5%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 4%
Revisions15Very weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 46%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 32%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 15%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 6%
Stability90Exceptional
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 10%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 1%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 38%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 42%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 8.5% | 15.4% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 9.8% | 25.6% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 27.3% | 26.9% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 7.4% | 7.9% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 6.1% | 3.4% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 15.4% | 8.5% | ↑ | Top 25% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 25.6% | 9.8% | ↑ | Top 35% |
| Gross margin | 26.9% | 27.3% | ↓ | Top 48% |
| Operating margin | 7.9% | 7.4% | ↑ | Bottom 47% |
| Net margin | 5.7% | 5.4% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.4% | 6.1% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 9.4% | — | Top 32% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -5.7% | — | Bottom 29% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.95×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 0.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +16.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.16×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 19.6×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.26%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 2.45%
- Shareholder yield
- 3.71%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -2.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -4.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +2.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $382.50
- Target vs current price
- -4.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 27
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 33%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | +14.6% | +0.7% | +8.1% | +9.9% | — |
| Apr 22, 2026 | +11.4% | +4.4% | +7.9% | +6.4% | +17.8% |
| Feb 18, 2026 | -15.2% | -1.1% | -6.8% | -12.1% | +8.4% |
| Oct 22, 2025 | -1.1% | -1.5% | +0.5% | -4.6% | +16.3% |
| Jul 23, 2025 | -5.3% | +1.0% | -11.9% | -15.6% | -19.8% |
| Apr 23, 2025 | +3.6% | +1.1% | +2.8% | +8.5% | +20.0% |
| Feb 19, 2025 | -19.0% | -1.9% | -1.1% | -6.2% | +0.3% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | -0.5% | +4.0% | +2.5% | +10.9% | +1.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | $6.27 | $5.47 | +14.6% | $4.63B |
| Apr 22, 2026 | $5.16 | $4.63 | +11.4% | $4.03B |
| Feb 18, 2026 | $2.40 | $2.83 | -15.2% | $3.50B |
| Oct 22, 2025 | $3.64 | $3.68 | -1.1% | $3.65B |
| Jul 23, 2025 | $4.43 | $4.68 | -5.3% | $3.66B |
| Apr 23, 2025 | $3.77 | $3.64 | +3.6% | $3.48B |
| Feb 19, 2025 | $2.22 | $2.74 | -19.0% | $3.13B |
| Oct 24, 2024 | $3.64 | $3.66 | -0.5% | $3.42B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 23.3× | 13.6× | 90th | Top 35% |
| P/E (forward) | 17.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.6× | — | — | Bottom 48% |
| EV / Sales | 1.40× | — | — | Top 37% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.64% | — | — | Bottom 42% |
| Earnings yield | 4.29% | — | — | Top 35% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 6.1× – 24.1× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +41.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +25.6%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +11.8%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 1
- Days above the 200-day average
- 130
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +0.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +12.1%
- RSI (14)
- 56.1
- Relative volume
- 0.98×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 26.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 49th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.87
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.49
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -6.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -22.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -22.9% | 252 days | 71 days (Jul 22, 2025) |
| May 4, 2022 | Jun 23, 2022 | -22.7% | 34 days | 106 days (Nov 22, 2022) |
| Jul 23, 2025 | Nov 18, 2025 | -22.6% | 83 days | 52 days (Feb 4, 2026) |
| May 7, 2021 | Sep 21, 2021 | -20.9% | 94 days | 109 days (Feb 25, 2022) |
| Feb 11, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 | -19.4% | 26 days | 25 days (Apr 27, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $20.44B
- P/E (TTM)
- 23.3
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $17.19
- Revenue (TTM)
- $15.81B
- Dividend yield
- 1.24%
- 52-week range
- $260.31 – $433.02
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $14.09B | $17.02B | $14.81B | $13.84B | $14.29B |
| Gross profit | $4.26B | $5.01B | $4.30B | $3.84B | $3.83B |
| Operating income | $1.95B | $2.51B | $1.74B | $1.18B | $1.02B |
| Net income | $1.41B | $1.84B | $1.34B | $875.2M | $739.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $21.97 | $29.92 | $22.64 | $15.56 | $13.98 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.42B | $3.13B | $3.48B | $3.66B | $3.65B | $3.50B | $4.03B | $4.63B |
| Net income | $199.2M | $105.3M | $199.7M | $233.7M | $189.5M | $116.5M | $266.3M | $322.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.61 | $1.93 | $3.74 | $4.41 | $3.59 | $2.22 | $5.10 | $6.28 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $799.4M | $2.12B | $1.67B | $1.43B | $831.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$236.6M | -$341.8M | -$468.8M | -$430.6M | -$328.9M |
| Free cash flow | $562.8M | $1.78B | $1.20B | $999.2M | $502.5M |
| Dividends paid | -$177.0M | -$217.1M | -$238.1M | -$249.7M | -$254.7M |
| Net share buybacks | -$323.5M | -$630.3M | -$479.5M | -$1.09B | -$594.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $235.4M
- Total assets
- $11.17B
- Total liabilities
- $3.75B
- Total debt
- $2.00B
- Net debt
- $1.76B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $7.40B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | $1.25 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| May 22, 2026 | $1.25 | Jun 5, 2026 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | $1.25 | Mar 20, 2026 |
| Nov 21, 2025 | $1.20 | Dec 5, 2025 |
| Aug 15, 2025 | $1.20 | Aug 29, 2025 |
| May 23, 2025 | $1.20 | Jun 6, 2025 |
| Mar 7, 2025 | $1.20 | Mar 21, 2025 |
| Nov 22, 2024 | $1.10 | Dec 6, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,169,690
- Days to cover
- 4.32
- Change vs previous report
- +10.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 20, 2006
- 2-for-1
- Sep 27, 1999
- 3-for-2
- Jun 30, 1997
- 3-for-2