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Reliance Steel & Aluminum PE ratio RS

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
24.2×
10-year median
13.3×
Against its 10-year history
96th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
5.6× to 27.7×
Peer median
20.6×

Reliance Steel & Aluminum's PE ratio is 24.2× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $415.62 against $17.20 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is above its ten-year median of 13.3×, higher than on 96% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 5.6× in Sep 2022 to 27.7× in Apr 2021.

The median for 5 steel stocks of a similar size is 20.6×.

PE ratio over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far24.2×20.8×27.0×
202521.7×14.7×24.1×
202414.8×11.7×17.6×
202311.8×6.8×11.9×
20226.6×5.6×10.1×
20219.3×8.7×27.7×
202019.6×7.2×19.9×
201913.2×6.3×13.3×
20186.1×6.1×18.6×
201716.9×14.6×20.3×
201618.6×12.0×20.4×
201513.3×11.2×14.2×
201414.1×13.5×18.0×
201317.1×12.0×17.1×
201211.6×9.4×13.3×
201111.6×9.1×16.2×

Against its peers

Companies in Steel nearest Reliance Steel & Aluminum's size, closest first, today.

CompanyPE ratio
RSReliance Steel & Aluminum24.2×
CRSCarpenter Technology27.1×
STLDSteel Dynamics21.9×
NUENucor20.6×
CSTMConstellium6.0×
WORWorthington Enterprises19.2×
Peer median20.6×

Where Reliance Steel & Aluminum ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.