Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (RS) is a publicly traded company in the Basic Materials — Steel industry listed on NYSE. This overview shows the latest price, key valuation ratios, profitability metrics and financial-health indicators used by fundamental investors.
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (RS) operates as a premier diversified metal solutions provider and a leading metal service center, serving clients across the United States, Canada, and globally. The company provides an extensive inventory of approximately 100,000 metal products, including alloys, aluminum, brass, copper, carbon steel, stainless steel, titanium, and various specialty steels.
Is Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. stock overvalued or undervalued in 2026?
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (RS) trades at 20.4× earnings (P/E), against a median of 18.8× across the 156 materials companies above $2bn in Kaplio's universe. No valuation verdict: it is a cyclical and today's P/E (20.4) does not tell whether it is cheap.
Kaplio overview: Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
Market cap $22B · 52 weeks $266 – $440 (0 % below the high) · P/E 20.4× · 2027 expected P/E 17.1× · Dividend 1.1 % · 11 years rising · Next earnings February 17, 2027 · expected EPS $6.12 · Closing price, Oct 30 · accounts published Oct 21.
- Valuation: P/E 20.4× (no verdict).
- Business: ROIC 11 % (fair).
- Balance sheet: Net debt/EBITDA 1.4× (solid).
- Earnings: 4 of 8 (uneven).
What would it be worth at its usual multiples?
No valuation verdict: it is a cyclical and today's P/E (20.4) does not tell whether it is cheap.
In cyclicals the P/E misleads; on its average earnings over 10 years it trades at 30.5 times.
What matters in materials: 4 of 8 pass
- FCF yield 2.5 %, fails.
- Gross margin 26.8 %, fails.
- P/B across cycles 2.9×, fails.
- Cycle-adjusted EV/EBITDA 13.4×, fails.
- Net debt / EBITDA (trough) 1.4×, passes.
- Dividend coverage 2.0×, passes.
- Capex / D&A 1.2×, passes.
- Altman Z-Score 5.9, passes.
Against its peers (reference peers) — Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.: P/E 20.4×; EV/EBITDA 13.4×; ROIC 11.2 %; $22.3B. Carpenter Technology Corporation (P/E 25.0×; EV/EBITDA 16.3×; ROIC 18.4 %; $14.0B), Worthington Steel, Inc. (P/E —; EV/EBITDA 20.0×; ROIC 2.5 %; $2.1B), ATI Inc. (P/E 48.6×; EV/EBITDA 27.5×; ROIC 12.6 %; $22.5B).
Expensive or cheap against its last ten years?
P/E at each close: today 20.4× · median 11.1× · minimum 7.1× · maximum 22.5× · cheap below 9.7× · expensive above 17.7×. It has been cheaper than today 98% of the time over its last ten years.
Dividend
solid · Yield 1.1 % ($4.85 per share in 2025) · Years raising it ≥ 11 · 5-year growth +14 % a year · Free cash flow coverage 3.6× · With $1,000 invested today you'd collect $11.20 a year ($0.93 a month).
Profitability
| Return on Equity | 15.07% |
| Return on Invested Capital | 11.22% |
| Return on Assets | 9.54% |
| Gross Margin | 26.91% |
| Operating Margin | 8.85% |
| Net Margin | 6.38% |
Financial Health
| Debt / Equity | 0.25 |
| Current Ratio | 4.12 |
| Piotroski F-Score | 6 |
| Altman Z-Score | 5.92 |
Price Performance
| 1 month | +11.87% |
| 3 months | +8.28% |
| Year-to-date | +52.22% |
| 1 year | +55.69% |
| 3 years | +67.80% |
| 5 years | +194.67% |
| 10 years | +557.56% |
Dividend History
Paid in the last 12 months: $4.9500 per share in 4 payments.
| Date | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2026-11-20 | $1.2500 |
| 2026-08-14 | $1.2500 |
| 2026-05-22 | $1.2500 |
| 2026-03-06 | $1.2500 |
| 2025-11-21 | $1.2000 |
| 2025-08-15 | $1.2000 |
| 2025-05-23 | $1.2000 |
| 2025-03-07 | $1.2000 |
| 2024-11-22 | $1.1000 |
| 2024-08-16 | $1.1000 |
Amounts adjusted for stock splits.
Related companies: ATI · CRS · MLI · WOR · WS · DPC
Explore sector: Basic Materials · Steel
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