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$294.41 +1.19 (+0.41%)
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RS vs. NUE, STLD, CRS, X, ATI, CMC, CLF, WOR, RDUS, and ZEUS

Should you be buying Reliance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Reliance include Nucor (NUE), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Carpenter Technology (CRS), United States Steel (X), ATI (ATI), Commercial Metals (CMC), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Radius Recycling (RDUS), and Olympic Steel (ZEUS). These companies are all part of the "steel" industry.

Reliance vs.

Reliance (NYSE:RS) and Nucor (NYSE:NUE) 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 dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

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
Reliance6.33% 11.87% 8.63%
Nucor 6.60%9.85%6.25%

In the previous week, Nucor had 2 more articles in the media than Reliance. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Nucor and 33 mentions for Reliance. Nucor's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Reliance's score of 0.56 indicating that Nucor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Reliance
17 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Nucor
19 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Reliance presently has a consensus target price of $329.17, suggesting a potential upside of 11.80%. Nucor has a consensus target price of $164.78, suggesting a potential upside of 29.56%. Given Nucor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nucor is more favorable than Reliance.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Reliance
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Nucor
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89

Reliance pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Nucor pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Reliance pays out 31.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nucor pays out 26.2% 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. Reliance has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Nucor has increased its dividend for 52 consecutive years. Nucor is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Reliance has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nucor has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Nucor received 213 more outperform votes than Reliance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.82% of users gave Reliance an outperform vote while only 64.32% of users gave Nucor an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
RelianceOutperform Votes
481
64.82%
Underperform Votes
261
35.18%
NucorOutperform Votes
694
64.32%
Underperform Votes
385
35.68%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Reliance$13.84B1.13$1.34B$15.4419.07
Nucor$30.73B0.95$2.03B$8.4115.12

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

Summary

Nucor beats Reliance on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RS vs. The Competition

MetricRelianceMetals service centers & offices IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$15.60B$18.51B$3.11B$19.65B
Dividend Yield1.71%2.94%5.14%3.75%
P/E Ratio19.0711.4082.9433.84
Price / Sales1.130.4425,633,028,482,546,200.0028.00
Price / Cash14.078.1724.3417.54
Price / Book2.201.095.124.60
Net Income$1.34B$2.02B$153.74M$1.02B
7 Day Performance4.49%-2.20%0.10%-0.05%
1 Month Performance-0.21%-1.90%5.91%-1.94%
1 Year Performance-12.61%-29.88%27.52%5.06%

Reliance Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RS
Reliance
4.1549 of 5 stars
$294.41
+0.4%
$329.17
+11.8%
-11.2%$15.60B$13.84B19.0714,500
NUE
Nucor
4.8648 of 5 stars
$127.54
+4.5%
$164.78
+29.2%
-34.5%$29.40B$30.73B15.1628,800Analyst Upgrade
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STLD
Steel Dynamics
4.9631 of 5 stars
$126.66
+3.3%
$148.56
+17.3%
-11.4%$18.99B$17.54B12.9210,600Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
Positive News
CRS
Carpenter Technology
3.5964 of 5 stars
$195.68
+6.5%
$167.17
-14.6%
+176.7%$9.77B$2.88B36.924,100Positive News
X
United States Steel
3.9175 of 5 stars
$41.06
+0.4%
$41.32
+0.6%
+5.7%$9.25B$15.64B27.5622,053
ATI
ATI
4.6228 of 5 stars
$54.25
+4.2%
$75.00
+38.3%
+7.6%$7.71B$4.36B21.277,300
CMC
Commercial Metals
4.5733 of 5 stars
$48.89
+4.9%
$60.33
+23.4%
-14.8%$5.56B$7.74B44.0413,178Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
CLF
Cleveland-Cliffs
3.0755 of 5 stars
$9.28
-1.5%
$16.43
+77.0%
-57.6%$4.59B$19.19B-9.5726,000Analyst Revision
WOR
Worthington Enterprises
3.5175 of 5 stars
$41.03
+3.1%
$46.00
+12.1%
-14.6%$2.05B$1.17B49.433,800Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Gap Up
RDUS
Radius Recycling
2.5192 of 5 stars
$29.00
-0.2%
$22.00
-24.1%
+50.6%$816.50M$223.36M-2.893,011Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
ZEUS
Olympic Steel
4.3266 of 5 stars
$32.65
+2.5%
$43.00
+31.7%
-52.1%$363.59M$1.94B16.571,670Short Interest ↑
Positive News
Gap Up
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This page (NYSE:RS) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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