How to buy Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum stock (RS)

Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum is a steel business based in the US. Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum shares (RS) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $269.02 – a decrease of 7.92% over the previous week. Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum employs 15,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $14 billion.

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Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum stock price (NYSE: RS)

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Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$269.02
52-week range	$264.07 - $338.45
50-day moving average more info button	$302.85
200-day moving average more info button	$298.63
Wall St. target price	$323.47
PE ratio more info button	14.6865
Dividend yield more info button	$4.3 (1.64%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$18.28

Is it a good time to buy Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum stock?

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Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $264.2 from 2024-12-19

1 week (2024-12-13)	-9.57%
1 month (2024-11-21)	-16.51%
3 months (2024-09-20)	-6.01%
6 months (2024-06-21)	-6.28%

1 year (2023-12-21)	-5.31%
2 years (2022-12-21)	32.65%
3 years (2021-12-21)	78.34%
5 years (2019-12-20)	138.12%

Is Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's P/E ratio

Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 15x. In other words, Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum shares trade at around 15x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's PEG ratio

Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.2. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's EBITDA

Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.6 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum financials

Revenue TTM	$14 billion
Operating margin TTM	7.99%
Gross profit TTM	$5.3 billion
Return on assets TTM	8.11%
Return on equity TTM	13.85%
Profit margin	7.42%
Book value	$135.82
Market Capitalization more info button	$14.5 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 24.02% of net profits

Recently Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's case, that would currently equate to about $4.3 per share.

While Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum is investing more in its future growth.

Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's most recent dividend payout was on 5 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 21 November 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's shares ever split?

Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 19 July 2006 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum shares which in turn could have impacted Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's share price.

Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's shares have ranged in value from as little as $264.0688 up to $338.4511. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's is 0.843. This would suggest that Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum overview

Reliance, Inc. operates as a diversified metal solutions provider and the metals service center company in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company distributes a line of approximately 100,000 metal products, including alloy, aluminum, brass, copper, carbon steel, stainless steel, titanium, and specialty steel products; and provides metals processing services to general manufacturing, non-residential construction, transportation, aerospace, energy, electronics and semiconductor fabrication, 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.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.582% of Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum shares are held by insiders and 83.116% by institutions. How many people work for Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum?
Latest data suggests 15,000 work at Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum. When does the fiscal year end for Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum?
Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum based?
Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's address is: 16100 N. 71st Street, Scottsdale, AZ, United States, 85254 What is Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's ISIN number?
Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's international securities identification number is: US7595091023 What is Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's CUSIP number?
Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 759509102