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What Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (RS) Investors Need to Know

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. moved 3.0% this evening session, trading between a high of $286.4 and a low of $278.85 per share. Yesterday the stock finished at $277.62 per share, compared to an average analyst target price of $295.33.

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. operates as a diversified metal solutions provider and the metals service center company in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The large-cap metal fabrications company is based in the United States, and over the last twelve months it has returned a dividend yield of 1.4%. Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. has trailing twelve months earnings per share (EPS) of 25.35, which at today's prices amounts to a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 11.3.

Based on its expected future earnings growth, the company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of -4.14. Usually a PEG ratio between 0 and 1 indicates a potentially undervalued company.

Overview of the Company's Gross Margins:

Date Reported Revenue ($ k) Cost of Revenue ($ k) Gross Margins (%) YoY Growth (%)
2023-02-28 17,025,000 -11,773,700 31 -3.12
2022-02-24 14,093,300 -9,603,000 32 3.23
2021-02-25 8,811,900 -6,036,800 31 3.33
2020-02-27 10,973,800 -7,644,400 30 7.14
2019-02-27 11,534,500 -8,253,000 28 0.0
2018-02-28 9,721,000 -6,933,200 28

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.'s 30.0% average gross margins are thinner than the 32.76% average of the Metal Fabrication industry, implying that the firm might be lacking in competitivity.

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