Reliance (RS) reported $3.65 billion in revenue for the quarter ended September 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 6.8%. EPS of $3.64 for the same period compares to $3.64 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +3.46% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.53 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $3.68, the EPS surprise was -1.09%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Reliance performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Average selling price per ton sold: $2,271.00 versus $2,267.59 estimated by three analysts on average.
- Shipments (Tons sold): 1.62 million compared to the 1.57 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Tons Sold - Aluminium: 80.4 thousand versus 82.5 thousand estimated by two analysts on average.
- Tons Sold - Stainless steel: 75.9 thousand compared to the 74.8 thousand average estimate based on two analysts.
- Tons Sold - Alloy: 29.7 thousand versus the two-analyst average estimate of 30.53 thousand.
- Tons Sold - Carbon steel: 1.33 million compared to the 1.29 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Net Sales- Carbon Steel: $2.03 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $1.88 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +9.5%.
- Net Sales- Alloy: $159.6 million versus $160.67 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +2.4% change.
- Net Sales- Stainless Steel: $489.9 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $507.64 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -4.7%.
- Net Sales- Aluminium: $621.5 million versus $617.92 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +7.8% change.
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Shares of Reliance have returned -1.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1.1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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