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$285.78 -2.00 (-0.69%)
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RS vs. CALM, STLD, ZEUS, ALB, BLDR, CMC, CRS, NUE, RYI, and ATI

Should you be buying Reliance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Reliance include Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Olympic Steel (ZEUS), Albemarle (ALB), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Commercial Metals (CMC), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Nucor (NUE), Ryerson (RYI), and ATI (ATI).

Reliance vs. Its Competitors

Cal-Maine Foods (NASDAQ:CALM) and Reliance (NYSE:RS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

84.7% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.3% of Reliance shares are held by institutional investors. 13.5% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Reliance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Cal-Maine Foods has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reliance has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Reliance had 21 more articles in the media than Cal-Maine Foods. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Reliance and 11 mentions for Cal-Maine Foods. Cal-Maine Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Reliance's score of 0.04 indicating that Cal-Maine Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cal-Maine Foods
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Reliance
9 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
12 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Cal-Maine Foods currently has a consensus target price of $110.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.31%. Reliance has a consensus target price of $332.67, suggesting a potential upside of 16.40%. Given Reliance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Reliance is more favorable than Cal-Maine Foods.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cal-Maine Foods
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Reliance
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cal-Maine Foods$4.26B1.20$1.22B$24.954.19
Reliance$13.84B1.09$875.20M$13.7020.86

Cal-Maine Foods pays an annual dividend of $9.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Reliance pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Cal-Maine Foods pays out 37.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Reliance pays out 35.0% 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. Cal-Maine Foods has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Reliance has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.

Cal-Maine Foods has a net margin of 28.63% compared to Reliance's net margin of 5.39%. Cal-Maine Foods' return on equity of 54.81% beat Reliance's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cal-Maine Foods28.63% 54.81% 44.18%
Reliance 5.39%10.48%7.37%

Summary

Cal-Maine Foods beats Reliance on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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RS vs. The Competition

MetricRelianceMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$15.14B$6.07B$3.26B$20.65B
Dividend Yield1.67%2.05%5.20%3.66%
P/E Ratio20.8622.08105.8529.27
Price / Sales1.09510.4431,270,591,557,448,600.0062.32
Price / Cash13.3828.4223.8923.31
Price / Book2.078.305.994.37
Net Income$875.20M$278.61M$148.72M$996.36M
7 Day Performance-1.59%6.03%2.40%0.59%
1 Month Performance-11.72%10.37%3.09%0.23%
1 Year Performance1.19%55.40%36.58%16.71%

Reliance Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RS
Reliance
4.3137 of 5 stars
$285.78
-0.7%
$332.67
+16.4%
-0.5%$15.14B$13.84B20.8615,900
CALM
Cal-Maine Foods
3.5262 of 5 stars
$104.36
-0.5%
$110.00
+5.4%
+51.0%$5.12B$4.26B4.183,828Positive News
STLD
Steel Dynamics
4.8995 of 5 stars
$130.23
-0.5%
$149.33
+14.7%
-0.1%$19.33B$17.54B18.9813,000Positive News
ZEUS
Olympic Steel
3.9182 of 5 stars
$32.58
-2.1%
$41.00
+25.8%
-29.9%$363.59M$1.94B22.782,163Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
ALB
Albemarle
4.6163 of 5 stars
$74.82
-10.7%
$91.00
+21.6%
-15.4%$8.80B$5.38B-6.738,300Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
BLDR
Builders FirstSource
4.307 of 5 stars
$135.69
-0.6%
$159.42
+17.5%
-15.9%$15.00B$16.40B17.4029,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CMC
Commercial Metals
4.6462 of 5 stars
$52.68
-1.2%
$57.50
+9.1%
-2.5%$5.90B$7.93B169.9413,178Positive News
CRS
Carpenter Technology
3.8466 of 5 stars
$276.45
+0.0%
$278.33
+0.7%
+84.4%$13.76B$2.92B39.164,600Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
NUE
Nucor
4.983 of 5 stars
$144.52
-0.9%
$152.75
+5.7%
-7.6%$33.35B$30.73B25.7232,700Positive News
Insider Trade
RYI
Ryerson
2.8904 of 5 stars
$22.60
-0.2%
$25.00
+10.6%
+6.1%$727.63M$4.50B-102.734,200
ATI
ATI
4.6037 of 5 stars
$95.47
+0.5%
$87.29
-8.6%
+24.9%$13.47B$4.36B34.597,700Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade

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This page (NYSE:RS) was last updated on 8/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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