Q4 Earnings Estimate for Reliance Issued By Zacks Research

Reliance, Inc. (NYSE:RS) – Zacks Research cut their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Reliance in a research report issued on Wednesday, January 22nd. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $4.34 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.

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

A number of other research firms have also weighed in on RS. BMO Capital Markets reduced their target price on Reliance from $340.00 to $330.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Wolfe Research raised shares of Reliance from an “underperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. KeyCorp lowered their price objective on shares of Reliance from $325.00 to $321.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group began coverage on shares of Reliance in a research report on Monday, December 2nd. They set a “neutral” rating and a $341.00 target price on the stock. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $328.17.

Reliance Trading Up 0.2 %

Shares of NYSE RS opened at $287.98 on Friday. Reliance has a fifty-two week low of $256.98 and a fifty-two week high of $342.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a quick ratio of 1.58 and a current ratio of 3.31. The company has a market cap of $15.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.81 and a beta of 0.91. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $290.69 and its 200-day moving average price is $290.13.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Reliance

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Trust Point Inc. grew its holdings in Reliance by 3.6% during the third quarter. Trust Point Inc. now owns 972 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $281,000 after acquiring an additional 34 shares during the period. Fulton Bank N.A. grew its stake in shares of Reliance by 3.1% during the 3rd quarter. Fulton Bank N.A. now owns 1,570 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $454,000 after purchasing an additional 47 shares during the period. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Reliance by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 7,715 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $2,077,000 after purchasing an additional 49 shares in the last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. lifted its stake in shares of Reliance by 27.0% in the 3rd quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 249 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $72,000 after purchasing an additional 53 shares during the period. Finally, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC grew its position in Reliance by 0.3% during the third quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 19,578 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $5,662,000 after buying an additional 58 shares during the period. 79.26% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Reliance

In related news, CEO Karla R. Lewis sold 3,892 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 2nd. The stock was 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 directly owns 85,117 shares in the company, valued at $27,569,396.30. The trade was a 4.37 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, SVP William A. Smith II sold 6,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $321.71, for a total transaction of $2,091,115.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 16,849 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,420,491.79. This trade represents a 27.84 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 21,724 shares of company stock valued at $6,856,500 over the last quarter. 0.69% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.