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Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co (RS) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

The Closelooknet read

Reliance distributes and processes metals such as aluminium, stainless steel, carbon steel and titanium to manufacturers, fabricators and specialised industries including aerospace and semiconductor fabrication. It buys metal in bulk, cuts and shapes it to order, and sells to original equipment makers and smaller machine shops across the United States and Canada.

Detail below: the desk's view, the earnings record, peers and the company snapshot; daily prices on the price-history tab. Research diary readings, not advice.

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Charts from the desk on RS

The charts this diary drew or picked on Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co, as published — each dated and linked to the piece that explains it.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for RS, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 2 pieces · newest: Weekly Signal, “Treasuries — Stock Market at a Crossroads” (2026-05-17)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where RS appears in the diary — 2 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

101 and glossary

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 46/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-30
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 81th percentile of the window, -13.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-29
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.66 · down 2.24 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-30
How it trades on rate days beta 0.20 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How RS has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.20 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co moved 0.20% on average · correlation 0.08 · higher than 15% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months −0.16 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.36% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +0.30% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Steel · United States · 3 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Steel · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against RS on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co

RS in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Reliance distributes and processes metals such as aluminium, stainless steel, carbon steel and titanium to manufacturers, fabricators and specialised industries including aerospace and semiconductor fabrication. It buys metal in bulk, cuts and shapes it to order, and sells to original equipment makers and smaller machine shops across the United States and Canada. The company, renamed from Reliance Steel & Aluminum in 2024, is based in Phoenix, Arizona.
Where it sits in the stack
Reliance sits in the Basic Materials sector of our universe, in the Steel industry group; it holds no seat in Rubin or Halo, our AI build-out indices, and is tracked as a general industrial name rather than a build-out constraint.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet has not set a peer group for Reliance; the market commonly names Steel Dynamics as a comparable diversified metals processor and distributor.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Reliance is a Russell 1000 constituent and does not yet carry a Closelooknet score. The diary has quoted it twice, once in a Weekly Signal on Treasuries and once in a 101 explainer on sector relative strength, both referencing our Sector RS dashboard.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether demand from manufacturing, construction and transportation customers holds up, since that flow sets the volumes running through Reliance's distribution business.

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co (RS) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by KeyBanc, 2026-10-26

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for RS from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target KeyBanc — target 437 from 421 Target raised to $437 from $421 (+5.1% to spot) 2026-10-26
  • Price target Barclays — target 445 from 420 Target raised to $445 from $420 (+7.1% to spot) 2026-10-26

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.13%, quarterly · last 1.25 USD on 2026-08-14

Dividends and capital return

What RS pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 4.95 USD per share · a 1.13% yield on the 2026-10-30 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-30
  • Change on the year +5.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 4.70 USD per share
  • Last distribution 1.25 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-14
  • By calendar year 2023: 1.00 USD (partial) · 2024: 4.40 USD · 2025: 4.80 USD · 2026: 3.75 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-16

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-31

Quick answers

What is Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co (RS)?

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co trades as RS on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-31.

Is RS in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-31.

Where does RS trade against its moving averages?

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co trades 9.1% above its 50-day and 18.7% above its 200-day moving average (5.4% above its 20-day). As of 2026-10-30 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Steel · United States), Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co (RS) sits 1.4% below its 52-week high, 9.1% above its 50-day average; Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (CLF) is 7.2% below, Nucor Corp (NUE) is 2.2% below, Steel Dynamics Inc (STLD) is 13.1% below, as of 2026-10-30. Put any of them next to RS in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co had a beta of 0.20 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 15% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.36% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-10-30; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co?

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co appears in 2 Closelooknet pieces as of 2026-10-31, most recently Weekly Signal: Treasuries — Stock Market at a Crossroads (2026-05-17); 101: Sector Relative Strength: RRG Without the Jargon. What Closelooknet said most recently: Sources April 2026 CPI release (BLS, 12 May); April 2026 PPI release (BLS, 13 May); CME FedWatch; Closelook Sector RS Dashboard . (Weekly Signal, 2026-05-17). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co do?

Reliance distributes and processes metals such as aluminium, stainless steel, carbon steel and titanium to manufacturers, fabricators and specialised industries including aerospace and semiconductor fabrication. It buys metal in bulk, cuts and shapes it to order, and sells to original equipment makers and smaller machine shops across the United States and Canada. The company, renamed from Reliance Steel & Aluminum in 2024, is based in Phoenix, Arizona. Closelooknet has not set a peer group for Reliance; the market commonly names Steel Dynamics as a comparable diversified metals processor and distributor. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Where does Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co sit in the AI build-out?

Reliance sits in the Basic Materials sector of our universe, in the Steel industry group; it holds no seat in Rubin or Halo, our AI build-out indices, and is tracked as a general industrial name rather than a build-out constraint. Reliance is a Russell 1000 constituent and does not yet carry a Closelooknet score. The diary has quoted it twice, once in a Weekly Signal on Treasuries and once in a 101 explainer on sector relative strength, both referencing our Sector RS dashboard. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Does Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co pay a dividend?

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co has paid 4.95 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.13% on the 2026-10-30 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.25 USD on 2026-08-14. As of 2026-10-30; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co recently?

The most recent analyst action on Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by KeyBanc on 2026-10-26 (target 437 from 421). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

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