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RS Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

Basic Materials

436.91 Close 10/30
Since 2024-12-02 +40.3%
Open
438.19
High
442.94
Low
431.51
Prev close
439.71
Volume
253.7K
Amplitude
2.60%
P/E
20.4
P/B
2.9
Revenue YoY (TTM)
+24.8%
52W 263.12 442.94

Is Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. a buy? Fundamentals and valuation first

As of 2026-10-30

Growth: Good, Momentum: Strong, Risk / liquidity: Strong; Valuation: Pricey.

Valuation Pricey Free-cash-flow yield is Good, but Price / book is Pricey.
TTM P/E 20.38 54th percentile Pricey
Price / book 2.88 70th percentile Pricey
Free-cash-flow yield (%) 2.21 55th percentile Good
US Stock Backtest in Python: Price-to-Book Ratio StrategyQuality Factor Investing: A US Quality Value Backtest
Quality Neutral ROE, TTM is Good, but FCF margin, TTM is Average.
ROE, TTM (%) 14.35 75th percentile Good
Operating margin, TTM (%) 8.85 54th percentile Good
FCF margin, TTM (%) 2.83 46th percentile Average
Quality Factor Investing: A US Quality Value Backtest
Growth Good All 2 indicators are Good.
Revenue growth, TTM YoY (%) 24.75 78th percentile Good
Diluted EPS growth, TTM YoY (%) 56.84 78th percentile Good
Momentum Strong All 2 indicators are Top.
60-day return (%) 4.8 80th percentile Top
240-day return (%) 64.1 91th percentile Top
Momentum Trading Strategy: A 12-1 Momentum Backtest
Risk / liquidity Strong 20-day dollar volume is Top; 60-day annualized volatility is Good.
20-day dollar volume 124,778,736 89th percentile Top
60-day annualized volatility (%) 24.59 27th percentile Good
Factor Investing Explained: 10 Classic Factors in US Stocks

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (RS) today

3 quant signals active · As of 2026-10-30

Win rate and excess are historical post-trigger stats vs the market. Click a signal for its full definition and samples; history does not predict future results.

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Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (RS) quant signal backtests

Signals active now

Each active condition is tested against this stock’s own history and benchmarked versus the S&P 500.

52-week adjusted-price high

Active

Adjusted close first reaches a 252-trading-day high; repeated hits within 20 days count once.

27 historical occurrences (since 2017-02-16)

Average forward return after 52-week adjusted-price high

20-day: Win 50%, Sample 26, Median +0.28%, Excess -0.48%, Beat mkt rate 42.3%

60-day: Win 53.8%, Sample 26, Median +0.74%, Excess -0.56%, Beat mkt rate 46.2%

120-day: Win 58.3%, Sample 24, Median +3.57%, Excess -0.27%, Beat mkt rate 54.2%

120 days after: historical avg +4.3%

20-day +0.48%
60-day +0.88%
120-day +4.3%
20-day
60-day
120-day
Win
50%
53.8%
58.3%
Sample
26
26
24
Median
+0.28%
+0.74%
+3.57%
Excess
-0.48%
-0.56%
-0.27%
Beat mkt rate
42.3%
46.2%
54.2%

Over 24 occurrences, 120-day forward avg gained 4.3%, lagged the market by 0.27 pts; win rate 58.3%.

Filed revenue acceleration

Active · now 24.75%

TTM revenue growth is at least 10% and improved versus the prior filed quarter; event date is the SEC filing date.

9 historical occurrences (since 2018-05-02)

Average forward return after Filed revenue acceleration

20-day: Win 25%, Sample 8, Median -1.23%, Excess -0.88%, Beat mkt rate 25%

60-day: Win 50%, Sample 8, Median +0.35%, Excess -0.73%, Beat mkt rate 37.5%

120-day: Win 57.1%, Sample 7, Median +11.66%, Excess +7.44%, Beat mkt rate 71.4%

120 days after: historical avg +6.66%

20-day +0.53%
60-day -1.74%
120-day +6.66%
20-day
60-day
120-day
Win
25%
50%
57.1%
Sample
8
8
7
Median
-1.23%
+0.35%
+11.66%
Excess
-0.88%
-0.73%
+7.44%
Beat mkt rate
25%
37.5%
71.4%

Over 7 occurrences, 120-day forward avg gained 6.66%, beat the market by 7.44 pts; win rate 57.1%.

EPS surprise beat

Active · now 17.42%

Reported EPS beat consensus estimate by at least 5%; event date is the earnings-surprise timestamp.

PEAD: Post-Earnings Announcement Drift Backtest
27 historical occurrences (since 2015-04-23)

Average forward return after EPS surprise beat

20-day: Win 47.8%, Sample 23, Median -0.22%, Excess -0.02%, Beat mkt rate 52.2%

60-day: Win 56.5%, Sample 23, Median +2.83%, Excess -0.44%, Beat mkt rate 52.2%

120-day: Win 45.5%, Sample 22, Median -0.16%, Excess +0.18%, Beat mkt rate 54.5%

120 days after: historical avg +5.75%

20-day -0.21%
60-day +2.63%
120-day +5.75%
20-day
60-day
120-day
Win
47.8%
56.5%
45.5%
Sample
23
23
22
Median
-0.22%
+2.83%
-0.16%
Excess
-0.02%
-0.44%
+0.18%
Beat mkt rate
52.2%
52.2%
54.5%

Over 22 occurrences, 120-day forward avg gained 5.75%, beat the market by 0.18 pts; win rate 45.5%.

Valuation regime and forward returns

Daily TTM P/E is converted into an expanding own-history percentile, then grouped into five valuation regimes. Forward returns use adjusted prices over the next 240 trading days.

PE percentile bandSample days240-day avg returnMedianWin rateAvg excess (vs index)
0-20 336+40% +35.7% 100% +32.7%
20-40 139+30.6% +26.9% 100% +7.3%
40-60 224+30% +20.2% 96.9% +11.6%
60-80 371+11.6% +7.7% 71.2% -4.4%
80-100 You are here371+24.7% +24.5% 93% +7.6%

Quarterly EPS is aligned by SEC filing date before it is forward-filled to daily prices. The expanding percentile uses only information available up to each day.

Current TTM P/E is about 20.38, placing it in the 82.9 own-history percentile, inside the 80-100 bucket.

More history: Valuation × momentum analogs, Market-wide momentum baseline, Signals not active now

Valuation × momentum analogs

Each historical day is grouped by own-history P/E tercile and 60-day momentum direction, then tested for the next 120-trading-day adjusted return.

Valuation
Momentum
Cheap (own-history bottom third)
Middle
Expensive (own-history top third)
60-day momentum up
+15%
Win rate 89.3% Excess +15.5%
319d
+11.2%
Win rate 86.2% Excess -1.4%
160d
Now
+11.9%
Win rate 59.7% Excess +0.6%
519d
60-day momentum down
+21.7%
Win rate 100% Excess +11.6%
121d
+18.9%
Win rate 90% Excess +10%
160d
+9.9%
Win rate 82.6% Excess +2.6%
282d

Currently in “Expensive (own-history top third) × 60-day momentum up”: across 519 historical days, 120-day forward avg gained 11.9%, win rate 59.7%, beat the market by 0.6%.

Days = trading days in this bucket; returns use adjusted prices, ex-costs. 60-day momentum: direction of this stock's price over the past 60 trading days.

Market-wide momentum baseline

Across 99,493 liquid US common-stock samples, top-quintile 6-month momentum was followed by an average 60-trading-day return of +6.42%, a 58.4% positive-return rate, and +3.08 percentage points of average excess return versus the S&P 500.

Baseline: weekly samples since 2016 where a liquid US common stock ranked in the top quintile by 126-trading-day momentum. Forward return is 60 trading days; excess return is versus S&P 500 (^GSPC).

Signals not active now

Inactive signals still show the stock-specific historical forward-return distribution for context.

Top-quintile 6-month momentum

Pending

The stock ranks in the top 20% of the liquid US common-stock universe by 126-day adjusted return.

Momentum Trading Strategy: A 12-1 Momentum Backtest

16 times historically; 60-day forward avg +3.39%, win rate 53.3%, beating the market by -0.27 pts on average.

Method and limits

  • Returns use us_price:adj_close, adjusted for splits and dividends where available.
  • Excess returns use world_index:^GSPC as the S&P 500 benchmark proxy.
  • Quarterly fundamentals are aligned to SEC filing dates before daily valuation studies.
  • The promoted universe starts from active NYSE/NASDAQ common stocks, then applies price and dollar-volume gates.
  • Snapshot-only tables such as analyst consensus, DCF, us_ratios, and us_key_metrics are intentionally excluded from historical evidence.
  • Overlapping event windows are descriptive distributions, not independent samples.

This page is for historical data analysis and education only. It is not investment advice. Backtests and historical return distributions do not predict future performance; evaluate risk independently before trading.