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

Reliance, Inc. (NYSE:RS) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Reliance in a research report issued on Thursday, July 17th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the industrial products company will earn $3.61 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $3.66. 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 $3.03 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $4.72 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $4.87 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.95 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $4.58 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $18.12 EPS and Q2 2027 earnings at $6.29 EPS.

Reliance Stock Up 1.7%

Shares of Reliance stock opened at $336.25 on Monday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $311.08 and a 200 day moving average price of $294.14. The company has a current ratio of 3.17, a quick ratio of 1.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. Reliance has a twelve month low of $250.07 and a twelve month high of $336.79. The stock has a market cap of $17.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.51 and a beta of 0.89.

Reliance (NYSE:RS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 23rd. The industrial products company reported $3.77 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.66 by $0.11. Reliance had a net margin of 5.65% and a return on equity of 10.77%. The firm had revenue of $3.48 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.44 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $5.30 EPS. The firm’s revenue was down 4.4% on a year-over-year basis.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Reliance

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. lifted its position in shares of Reliance by 4.8% during the fourth quarter. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. now owns 1,234 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $332,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC lifted its position in shares of Reliance by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 4,333 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $1,167,000 after purchasing an additional 55 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. lifted its position in shares of Reliance by 12.7% during the fourth quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 1,289 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $347,000 after purchasing an additional 145 shares during the last quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC lifted its position in shares of Reliance by 22.2% during the fourth quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 3,444 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $927,000 after purchasing an additional 625 shares during the last quarter. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. lifted its position in shares of Reliance by 1,127.9% during the fourth quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 426,986 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $114,971,000 after purchasing an additional 392,213 shares during the last quarter. 79.26% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Reliance Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 6th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 23rd were given a $1.20 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, May 23rd. This represents a $4.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.43%. Reliance’s payout ratio is currently 34.41%.

About Reliance

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.