Zacks Research Has Positive Outlook for Reliance Q2 Earnings

Reliance, Inc. (NYSE:RS) – Zacks Research upped their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for Reliance in a report released on Tuesday, May 6th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $4.63 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $3.91. The consensus estimate for Reliance’s current full-year earnings is $16.98 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Reliance’s Q4 2025 earnings at $3.21 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $15.28 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $4.78 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $4.74 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $4.70 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $18.23 EPS.

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

Separately, KeyCorp raised their price target on shares of Reliance from $321.00 to $327.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, February 24th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $319.00.

Reliance Trading Up 0.2 %

Shares of NYSE:RS opened at $296.36 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.58, a current ratio of 3.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10. Reliance has a 52-week low of $250.07 and a 52-week high of $326.87. The stock has a market cap of $15.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.19 and a beta of 0.91. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $283.05 and a 200-day moving average price of $289.63.

Reliance Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 6th. Investors of record on Friday, May 23rd will be paid a $1.20 dividend. This represents a $4.80 annualized dividend and a dividend 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

In other Reliance news, CEO Karla R. Lewis sold 31,136 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $300.52, for a total value of $9,356,990.72. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 90,230 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $27,115,919.60. This trade represents a 25.65 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 0.35% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Reliance

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in RS. TCTC Holdings LLC lifted its holdings in Reliance by 138.9% during the first quarter. TCTC Holdings LLC now owns 86 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC acquired a new position in shares of Reliance during the 1st quarter worth about $29,000. Wayfinding Financial LLC purchased a new position in Reliance in the 1st quarter valued at about $30,000. Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC boosted its holdings in Reliance by 224.6% in the 4th quarter. Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC now owns 185 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $49,000 after buying an additional 128 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Transce3nd LLC purchased a new stake in Reliance during the 4th quarter worth approximately $58,000. 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.