Reliance (RS) Competitors

Nucor (NYSE:NUE) and Reliance (NYSE:RS) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NUE or RS?

Nucor received 211 more outperform votes than Reliance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.78% of users gave Reliance an outperform vote while only 64.28% of users gave Nucor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nucor	Outperform Votes 691 64.28%	Underperform Votes 384 35.72%
Reliance	Outperform Votes 480 64.78%	Underperform Votes 261 35.22%

Which has more volatility & risk, NUE or RS?

Nucor has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reliance has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, NUE or RS?

Nucor has higher revenue and earnings than Reliance. Nucor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reliance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nucor	$30.73B	1.03	$2.03B	$8.41	16.07
Reliance	$13.84B	1.18	$1.34B	$15.44	19.50

Do analysts recommend NUE or RS?

Nucor currently has a consensus target price of $163.13, indicating a potential upside of 20.67%. Reliance has a consensus target price of $328.17, indicating a potential upside of 9.00%. Given Nucor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nucor is more favorable than Reliance.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nucor	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
Reliance	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is NUE or RS a better dividend stock?

Nucor pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Reliance pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Nucor pays out 26.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Reliance pays out 28.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Nucor has increased its dividend for 52 consecutive years and Reliance has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Nucor is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NUE or RS?

76.5% of Nucor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.3% of Reliance shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Nucor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Reliance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NUE or RS more profitable?

Nucor has a net margin of 6.60% compared to Reliance's net margin of 6.33%. Reliance's return on equity of 11.71% beat Nucor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nucor	6.60%	9.85%	6.25%
Reliance	6.33%	11.71%	8.54%

Does the media favor NUE or RS?

In the previous week, Reliance had 24 more articles in the media than Nucor. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Reliance and 24 mentions for Nucor. Nucor's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Reliance's score of 0.38 indicating that Nucor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nucor	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Reliance	17 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Nucor beats Reliance on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.