What is Zacks Research’s Estimate for Reliance Q3 Earnings?

Reliance, Inc. (NYSE:RS) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research lowered their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Reliance in a report released on Tuesday, May 6th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $3.66 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $3.96. The consensus estimate for Reliance’s current full-year earnings is $16.98 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Reliance’s Q3 2026 earnings at $4.01 EPS and Q1 2027 earnings at $5.53 EPS.

Separately, KeyCorp upped their price target on Reliance from $321.00 to $327.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, February 24th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $319.00.

Reliance Price Performance

Shares of NYSE RS opened at $296.36 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $15.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.19 and a beta of 0.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10, a current ratio of 3.21 and a quick ratio of 1.58. Reliance has a 1-year low of $250.07 and a 1-year high of $326.87. The business has a 50-day moving average of $283.05 and a 200-day moving average of $289.63.

Reliance (NYSE:RS) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, April 23rd. The industrial products company reported $3.77 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.66 by $0.11. Reliance had a net margin of 6.33% and a return on equity of 11.87%. The business had revenue of $3.48 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.44 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $5.30 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 4.4% compared to the same quarter last year.

Reliance Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 6th. Investors of record on Friday, May 23rd will be issued a $1.20 dividend. This represents a $4.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.62%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 23rd. Reliance’s dividend payout ratio is currently 34.41%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Reliance

In other Reliance news, CEO Karla R. Lewis sold 31,136 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $300.52, for a total transaction of $9,356,990.72. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 90,230 shares in the company, valued at $27,115,919.60. This represents a 25.65 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. 0.35% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Reliance

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Proficio Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in Reliance in the fourth quarter valued at about $7,352,000. Pure Financial Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Reliance by 232.9% in the 4th quarter. Pure Financial Advisors LLC now owns 9,281 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $2,499,000 after acquiring an additional 6,493 shares during the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB raised its position in shares of Reliance by 11.0% during the 4th quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 4,951 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,332,000 after acquiring an additional 489 shares in the last quarter. Occidental Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of Reliance by 5.8% during the 4th quarter. Occidental Asset Management LLC now owns 16,494 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $4,441,000 after acquiring an additional 898 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. lifted its stake 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 worth $136,718,000 after purchasing an additional 77,937 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.