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Reliance (Reliance) Interest Coverage : 40.53 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Reliance Interest Coverage?

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Reliance's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $393 Mil. Reliance's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-10 Mil. Reliance's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 40.53. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Reliance's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

RS' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.81   Med: 5.42   Max: 16.19
Current: 12.44


RS's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
65.25% of 469 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 6 vs RS: 12.44

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Reliance Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Reliance's Interest Coverage 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.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Reliance Interest Coverage Chart

Reliance Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.31 4.64 13.09 16.19 12.44

Reliance Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 47.12 52.71 40.15 2.85 40.53

Competitive Comparison of Reliance's Interest Coverage

For the Steel subindustry, Reliance's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage 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's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Reliance's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Reliance's Interest Coverage falls into.



Reliance Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Reliance's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Reliance's Interest Expense was $-139 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1,723 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,321 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1722.6/-138.5
=12.44

Reliance's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Reliance's Interest Expense was $-10 Mil. Its Operating Income was $393 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,320 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*393.1/-9.7
=40.53

* 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Reliance  (NYSE:RS) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Reliance (Reliance) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
16100 N. 71st Street, Suite 400, Scottsdale, AZ, USA, 85254
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