Zacks Research Comments on Reliance’s Q4 Earnings (NYSE:RS)

Reliance, Inc. (NYSE:RS) – Zacks Research dropped their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for Reliance in a report released on Wednesday, January 22nd. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the industrial products company will earn $4.34 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $4.37. The consensus estimate for Reliance’s current full-year earnings is $16.36 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Reliance’s Q4 2026 earnings at $4.31 EPS.

Other analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Wolfe Research raised Reliance from an “underperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 8th. KeyCorp dropped their price target on Reliance from $325.00 to $321.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday. The Goldman Sachs Group started coverage on Reliance in a report on Monday, December 2nd. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $341.00 price objective for the company. Finally, BMO Capital Markets dropped their target price on shares of Reliance from $340.00 to $330.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, October 25th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $328.17.

Reliance Price Performance

Shares of NYSE RS opened at $290.79 on Friday. Reliance has a 1 year low of $256.98 and a 1 year high of $342.20. The stock has a market capitalization of $15.74 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.97 and a beta of 0.91. The company’s 50-day moving average is $290.30 and its 200 day moving average is $290.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a current ratio of 3.31 and a quick ratio of 1.58.

Reliance (NYSE:RS) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, October 24th. The industrial products company reported $3.64 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.66 by ($0.02). The business had revenue of $3.42 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.38 billion. Reliance had a net margin of 7.42% and a return on equity of 13.68%. Reliance’s revenue was down 5.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $5.00 EPS.

Insider Activity at Reliance

In related news, CFO Arthur Ajemyan sold 6,332 shares of Reliance stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $318.18, for a total value of $2,014,715.76. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 9,245 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,941,574.10. This trade represents a 40.65 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Karla R. Lewis sold 3,892 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $323.90, for a total transaction of $1,260,618.80. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 85,117 shares in the company, valued at approximately $27,569,396.30. This trade represents a 4.37 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 21,724 shares of company stock valued at $6,856,500 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 0.69% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of RS. Pacer Advisors Inc. increased its position in shares of Reliance by 6,311.2% during the 4th quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 816,465 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $219,841,000 after purchasing an additional 803,730 shares during the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC grew its position in Reliance by 27,269.0% during the third quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 112,213 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $32,453,000 after buying an additional 111,803 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its holdings in Reliance by 19.7% during the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 472,730 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $136,718,000 after buying an additional 77,937 shares during the last quarter. KBC Group NV raised its position in Reliance by 68.8% in the third quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 139,660 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $40,391,000 after acquiring an additional 56,933 shares during the period. Finally, Weiss Asset Management LP purchased a new position in shares of Reliance during the 3rd quarter worth $12,389,000. Institutional investors own 79.26% of the company’s stock.

Reliance Company Profile

Reliance, Inc operates as a diversified metal solutions provider and the metals service center company in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company distributes a line of approximately 100,000 metal products, including alloy, aluminum, brass, copper, carbon steel, stainless steel, titanium, and specialty steel products; and provides metals processing services to general manufacturing, non-residential construction, transportation, aerospace, energy, electronics and semiconductor fabrication, and heavy industries.