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Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co(RS)

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QUALITY SIGNAL
3-STAR RATING
PASS
LAST CLOSE
$390.15
09/18/2026
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Upturn Advisory & Investor View for RS

09/18/2026: RS (3-star) is currently NOT-A-BUY. Pass it for now.

How to Read the Upturn Advisory

The Upturn Star Rating and the current BUY, SELL, or PASS advisory are generated by Upturn’s AI advisory engine based on proprietary signal analysis, price behavior, advisory history, and historical signal performance.

Company fundamentals, valuation, risks, and news provide supporting context about the business.

Price Behavior

Strong Uptrend
PRICE PATH

Strong Uptrend

The stock has maintained a strong upward price trend across the last three quarters.

Smooth
PRICE STABILITY

Smooth

The stock has moved along a generally orderly path with only modest fluctuations.

Analysis of Past Performance

Type Stock
Historic Profit 14.89%
Avg. Invested days 47
Today’s Advisory PASS
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Stock Returns Performance Upturn Returns Performance icon 2.0
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Upturn Scorecard

Upturn Star Rating

RS receives a 3-star rating, supported by solid quantitative characteristics. The rating is constrained by soft unit economics, weak price momentum, and limited analyst upside.

Company Fundamentals

RS has moderate overall fundamentals (3 stars), with moderate financial health, soft growth momentum, and solid ownership. In FY2025 versus FY2024, growth and ownership metrics are mixed: negative earnings growth (-15.5%), soft cash generation (FCF margin 3.5%), moderate revenue growth (+3.3%).

Financial Health Rating

RS's financial health is supported by solid cash strength, including free-cash-flow generation (3.5% of revenue). Profitability is soft (2 stars), which helps explain the 3-star overall score.

Growth Momentum Score

Revenue growth is RS's strongest growth driver at +3.3% FY2025 versus FY2024 (moderate, 3 stars). By comparison, while earnings growth (-15.5%, negative) and free-cash-flow growth (-49.7%, negative) hold the profile back, so recent growth is not broad-based across the business.

Ownership

Institutional ownership is 84.6% and approximately 99.5% of outstanding shares are publicly tradable, supporting liquidity and institutional participation. Insider ownership is only 0.46%, which materially reduces the ownership score.

Top 5 Institutional Investors

BlackRock Inc 11.43%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC 6.62%
State Street Corp 5.54%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC 4.56%
Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc 4.30%

Unit Economics (Per $1K Revenue)

RS generates approximately $268 of gross profit, $72 of operating income, and $35 of free cash flow for every $1,000 of revenue. Based on FY2025 results. Strong cash conversion and healthy margins support the rating, although capital efficiency remains below the highest tier.

Economic Dimensions

Effective Tax Rate: 23.48%

Quantitative Style Profile

RS has a large-cap, liquid profile. Weak momentum is the primary drawback.

Style Classification

Quality Focused

Value-OrientedLarge / Mega Cap StabilityHighly Liquid / Institution-Friendly

Key Highlights

Company Size Large-Cap Stock
Market Capitalization 19.92B USD
Price to earnings Ratio 22.67
1Y Target Price 408.88
Price to earnings Ratio 22.67
1Y Target Price 408.88
Volume (30-day avg) 335.4K shares
Beta 0.95
52 Weeks Range 256.46 - 432.62
Updated Date 09/20/2026
52 Weeks Range 256.46 - 432.62
Updated Date 09/20/2026
Dividends yield (FY) 1.22%
Basic EPS (TTM) 17.21

Analyzing Revenue: Products, Geography and Growth

Revenue by Products

Product revenue - Year on Year

Revenue by Geography

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Valuation

Trailing PE 22.67
Forward PE 16.69
Enterprise Value 21.68B
Price to Sales(TTM) 1.26
Enterprise Value 21.68B
Price to Sales(TTM) 1.26
Enterprise Value to Revenue 1.37
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 13.27
Shares Outstanding 51.05M
Shares Floating 50.80M
Shares Outstanding 51.05M
Shares Floating 50.80M
Percent Insiders 0.46
Percent Institutions 84.58

Financial Metrics

🧭 Investment Snapshot

Total Revenue (Scale)

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Net Income (Profit)

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Free Cash Flow (Cash Strength)

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📈 Growth & Strength

Operating Income (Core Profit)

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EBITDA (Cash Earnings)

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Gross Profit (Unit Profitability)

Information icon Revenue minus cost of revenue, showing profit after direct production costs. It is needed to evaluate core business profitability before overhead expenses.

🛡️ Financial Safety

Cash (Liquidity Buffer)

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Total Debt (Leverage Risk)

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Net Working Capital (Short-Term Health)

Information icon Current assets minus current liabilities, indicating short-term liquidity strength. It is needed to assess whether the company can meet its short-term obligations.

🧱 Balance Sheet Strength

Stockholder Equity (Net Worth)

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Total Assets (Asset Base)

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Income Before Tax (Pre-Tax Earnings)

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⚙️ Cost & Drag Factors

Cost of Revenue (Production Cost)

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Total Operating Expenses (Operating Cost)

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Income Tax Expense (Tax Drag)

Information icon Amount of taxes paid or payable to the government. It is needed to evaluate the impact of taxation on overall profitability.

About Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co

Exchange NYSE
Headquarters Phoenix, AZ, United States
IPO Launch date 1994-09-15
President, CEO & Director Ms. Karla R. Lewis CPA
Sector Basic Materials
Industry Steel
Full time employees 15700
Full time employees 15700

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.