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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk & volatility, NUE or RS?

Nucor has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reliance has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 11.87% 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%	11.87%	8.63%

Which has better valuation and earnings, 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	0.83	$2.03B	$8.41	13.14
Reliance	$13.84B	1.06	$1.34B	$15.44	17.93

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NUE or RS?

Nucor received 214 more outperform votes than Reliance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.82% of users gave Reliance an outperform vote while only 64.23% of users gave Nucor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nucor	Outperform Votes 695 64.23%	Underperform Votes 387 35.77%
Reliance	Outperform Votes 481 64.82%	Underperform Votes 261 35.18%

Do analysts rate NUE or RS?

Nucor presently has a consensus price target of $162.11, suggesting a potential upside of 46.65%. Reliance has a consensus price target of $319.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.22%. Given Nucor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
Reliance	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

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

Is NUE or RS a better dividend stock?

Nucor pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Reliance pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Nucor pays out 26.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Reliance pays out 31.1% 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 15 consecutive years. Nucor is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media favor NUE or RS?

In the previous week, Reliance had 8 more articles in the media than Nucor. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Reliance and 20 mentions for Nucor. Nucor's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Reliance's score of 0.96 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Reliance	15 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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