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Stoqly stoqly.net Company report · October 28, 2026

Reliance

RS NYSE· Steel

Last close · Oct 27, 2026

$432.79

KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words

  • Reliance had $14.3B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 3.3% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +10.2% a year on average.
  • Its operating margin was 7.1%, down 1.3 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 7 is left after running the business.
  • Reliance made $739M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 14.4% a year.
  • Free cash flow was $503M in fiscal 2025, 3.5% of revenue.
  • Reliance returned $594M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 118% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 6.0%.
  • Reliance owes $1.2B more than it holds in cash, about 0.9 years of operating profit.

Market cap

$22.5B

P/E

28.2x

Revenue

$14.3B

Net income

$739M

Free cash flow

$503M

Operating margin

7.1%

Reliance in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025

So-so

Are sales growing?

+3.3%

Only a little. Sales grew 3.3% last year.

So-so

Does it make a profit?

5.2%

A little. It keeps 5.2% of every sale as profit.

So-so

Does profit turn into cash?

3.5%

Partly. 3.5% of sales ends up as free cash.

Good

Is debt under control?

0.9x

Yes. It could repay its debt with 0.9 years of operating profit.

So-so

How healthy are the accounts?

6 / 8

Mixed. It passes 6 of 8 health tests.

For information

How is the share priced?

28.2x

One share costs 28.2 times its yearly profit per share. Typical for its sector: 20.1x.

What Reliance does

No business description yet.

Fiscal year ends
December 31, 2025
Latest annual report
10-K · Feb 26, 2026
Legal name
RELIANCE, INC.
CIK
0000861884
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Results and finances

The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.

Fiscal yearFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Sales and profit
Revenue $14.1B $17.0B $14.8B $13.8B $14.3B
Revenue growth 59.9% 20.8% −13.0% −6.6% 3.3%
Operating margin 13.8% 14.7% 11.8% 8.4% 7.1%
Net income $1.4B $1.8B $1.3B $875M $739M
Net margin 10.1% 10.8% 9.0% 6.3% 5.2%
Diluted EPS $21.97 $29.92 $22.64 $15.56 $13.98
Cash
Cash from operations $799M $2.1B $1.7B $1.4B $831M
Capital expenditure $237M $342M $469M $431M $329M
Free cash flow $563M $1.8B $1.2B $999M $503M
FCF margin 4.0% 10.4% 8.1% 7.2% 3.5%
Dividends paid $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M
Share buybacks $324M $630M $480M $1.1B $594M
Share count change −1.4% −4.4% −4.0% −4.7% −6.0%
Debt and strength
Cash and short-term investments $301M $1.2B $1.1B $318M $217M
Debt incl. finance leases $1.6B $1.1B $1.1B $1.1B $1.4B
Shareholders' equity $6.1B $7.1B $7.7B $7.2B $7.2B
Net debt / EBITDA 0.6x −0.0x 0.0x 0.6x 0.9x
Current ratio 3.9x 3.6x 5.7x 3.2x 4.9x
Interest coverage 31.1x 40.2x 43.4x 28.8x 18.2x
Returns and quality
Return on capital 21.7% 26.2% 18.0% 11.3% 9.4%
Return on equity 25.3% 28.0% 18.0% 11.7% 10.3%
Piotroski F-score 6 7 6 4 6
Altman Z'' 7.5 8.4 9.0 7.6 7.4

Insiders bought, 12 months

$0.0M

0 insiders

Insiders sold, 12 months

$16.0M

5 insiders

Of sales under plans

0%

$0.0M

How to read these numbers

Revenue:
Total sales reported in the income statement.
Operating margin:
Operating income as a share of revenue.
Net income:
Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
Free cash flow:
Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Net debt / EBITDA:
Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
Return on capital:
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison

Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.

Revenue

Net income

Margins, % of revenue

Gross Operating Net

Cash vs debt (incl. leases)

Cash Debt

Free cash flow

Dividends and buybacks

Dividends Buybacks

Similar companies

Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.

CompanyMarket capGrowthOp. marginFCF marginROICP/EF-score
Reliance RS $22.5B 3.3% 7.1% 3.5% 9.4% 28.2x 6
Steel Dynamics STLD $35.4B 3.6% 8.1% 2.8% 10.0% 18.2x 6
Cleveland-Cliffs CLF $8.0B −3.0% −8.5% −5.5% −8.9% — 2
Commercial Metals CMC $7.1B 20.5% — 5.1% 12.9% — 7
Nucor NUE $61.9B 5.7% — −0.6% 8.6% 21.6x 6

Price compared with profit (P/E)

How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.

Reliance 28.2x
Similar companies 17.8x
Sector 20.1x

KIRA

At $432.79 a share, the company is worth $22.5B: 28.2 times its earnings of the last four quarters.

Reliance grew sales faster than 1 of its 4 similar companies. Its P/E is higher than 2 of 2.

Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000861884). Data updated October 14, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.