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 $296.92 – an increase of 2.05% over the previous week. Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum employs 15,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $14.2 billion.
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| Latest market close | $296.92 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $233.70 - $339.63 |
| 50-day moving average | $282.19 |
| 200-day moving average | $296.52 |
| Wall St. target price | $320.68 |
| PE ratio | 14.8226 |
| Dividend yield | $4.2 (1.5%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $19.62 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $296.92 from 2024-10-18
| 1 week (2024-10-14) | 1.11% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-09-20) | 5.64% |
| 3 months (2024-07-19) | -2.37% |
| 6 months (2024-04-19) | -7.06% |
| 1 year (2023-10-20) | 20.84% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-10-20) | 64.72% |
| 3 years (2021-10-21) | 100.13% |
| 5 years (2019-10-21) | 213.25% |
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 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 "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 (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.7 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.
| Revenue TTM | $14.2 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 9.65% |
| Gross profit TTM | $5.3 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 8.73% |
| Return on equity TTM | 14.96% |
| Profit margin | 7.99% |
| Book value | $137.04 |
| Market Capitalization | $16 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 48.35
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's overall score of 48.35 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty weak – landing it in it in the 95th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 24.77/100
Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's environmental score of 24.77 puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 17.67/100
Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's social score of 17.67 puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 14.91/100
Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's governance score puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 48.35 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 94.64 |
| Environmental score | 24.77 |
| Environmental score percentile | 7 |
| Social score | 17.67 |
| Social score percentile | 7 |
| Governance score | 14.91 |
| Governance score percentile | 7 |
Dividend payout ratio: 21.86% of net profits
Recently Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum has paid out, on average, around 21.86% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.5% 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 1.5% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's case, that would currently equate to about $4.2 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 29 August 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 15 August 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
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.
Over the last 12 months, Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's shares have ranged in value from as little as $233.6969 up to $339.6318. 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 0.848. This would suggest that Reliance Steel-and-Aluminum's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
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.
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