Reliance (Reliance) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.18 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Reliance's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $57 Mil. Reliance's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,321 Mil. Reliance's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $7,722 Mil. Reliance's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.18.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Reliance's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

RS' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.18 Med: 0.38 Max: 0.56
Current: 0.18

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Reliance was 0.56. The lowest was 0.18. And the median was 0.38.

RS's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
75.27% of 558 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 0.415 vs RS: 0.18

Reliance Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Reliance's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Reliance Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

0.34

0.36

0.31

0.26

0.18

Reliance Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity																0.26	0.19	0.18	0.18	0.18

Competitive Comparison

For the Steel subindustry, Reliance's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Reliance Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Reliance's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Reliance's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Reliance Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Reliance's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(56.5	+	1320.8)	/	7722.3
	=	0.18

Reliance's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(56.5	+	1320.8)	/	7722.3
	=	0.18

Reliance (NYSE:RS) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Reliance (Reliance) Business Description

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Address

16100 N. 71st Street, Suite 400, Scottsdale, AZ, USA, 85254

Website

https://www.rsac.com

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co is a metal service center in the United States, providing metal processing and inventory management services for carbon and stainless steel, aluminum, and alloys. Reliance predominantly supplies the nonresidential construction, automotive, aerospace, energy, transportation, and heavy equipment end markets. Its product offerings comprise alloy, aluminum, brass, copper, carbon steel, stainless steel, titanium, and specialty steel products.

Executives

Michael R Hynes	officer: Sr. VP, Operations	C/O RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM CO., 16100 N. 71ST STREET, SUITE 400, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85254
James Donald Hoffman	director, officer: CEO	C/O RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM CO., 16100 N. 71ST STREET, SUITE 400, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85254
Karla R Lewis	director, officer: President	C/O RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM CO., 16100 N. 71ST STREET, SUITE 400, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85254
Jeffrey Wayne Durham	officer: Sr. VP, Operations	C/O RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM CO., 16100 N. 71ST STREET, SUITE 400, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85254
Mark V Kaminski	director	C/O RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM CO., 16100 N. 71ST STREET, SUITE 400, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85254
Smith William A Ii	officer: SVP, General Counsel, Corp Sec	C/O RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM CO., 16100 N. 71ST STREET, SUITE 400, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85254
Sean Michael Mollins	officer: SVP, Operations	350 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, SUITE 5100, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Arthur Ajemyan	officer: VP, CFO	C/O RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM CO., 16100 N. 71ST STREET, SUITE 400, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85254
Stephen Paul Koch	officer: Sr. VP, Operations	C/O RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM CO., 16100 N. 71ST STREET, SUITE 400, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85254
David W Seeger	director	C/O RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM CO., 16100 N. 71ST STREET, SUITE 400, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85254
Karen Winifred Colonias	director	C/O RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM CO., 16100 N. 71ST STREET, SUITE 400, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85254
John G. Figueroa	director	350 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, SUITE 5100, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Robert Ambrose Mcevoy	director	C/O RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM CO., 16100 N. 71ST STREET, SUITE 400, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85254
Lisa Baldwin	director	C/O RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM CO., 16100 N. 71ST STREET, SUITE 400, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85254
Douglas Stotlar	director	C/O RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM CO., 16100 N. 71ST STREET, SUITE 400, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85254