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Reliance, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Reliance, Inc. had return on equity of 10.3%, an operating margin of 7.1%, debt equal to 19.9% of equity and a current ratio of 4.88. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Gross margin26.3%25.1%24.4%26.1%26.0%25.1%27.2%30.1%28.7%28.4%————————
Operating margin4.7%5.7%7.0%7.8%6.0%5.9%5.9%6.0%6.8%8.1%9.2%6.4%13.8%14.7%11.7%8.4%7.1%8.8%
Net margin2.8%3.1%4.2%4.8%3.5%3.6%3.3%3.5%6.3%5.5%6.4%4.2%10.0%10.8%9.0%6.3%5.2%6.4%
Free-cash-flow margin16.4%1.6%1.0%4.6%5.0%1.6%9.1%5.5%2.4%3.7%9.7%11.4%4.0%10.4%8.1%7.2%3.5%2.8%
Return on equity5.7%7.2%11.5%12.0%8.7%9.3%7.8%7.5%13.9%13.6%14.2%7.2%25.2%27.9%18.0%11.7%10.3%14.9%
Return on assets3.4%4.3%6.7%7.0%4.9%4.9%4.2%4.2%8.1%8.0%8.7%4.5%16.0%18.5%12.8%8.5%7.3%10.1%
Asset turnover1.231.411.581.471.401.381.251.191.281.461.361.091.601.711.421.351.401.58
Current ratio3.333.343.953.944.784.712.584.104.344.704.465.083.913.555.663.214.884.12
Debt to equity35.9%33.4%42.4%34.0%54.5%56.6%49.6%46.9%41.0%47.4%30.7%32.5%27.3%23.4%14.9%15.9%19.9%21.3%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)3.7x5.9x9.6x11.3x7.1x7.5x6.5x6.1x9.0x10.9x11.9x9.0x31.1x40.2x43.4x28.8x18.2x22.6x
Effective tax rate23.7%33.3%31.7%33.0%32.1%31.1%31.1%28.0%−6.4%24.5%24.0%22.1%24.7%24.1%23.0%23.0%23.5%24.3%
SG&A as % of revenue19.4%17.5%15.7%16.5%17.8%17.1%18.5%20.9%19.6%18.1%19.1%21.3%16.4%14.7%17.3%19.3%19.6%17.6%
Capital spending as % of revenue1.3%1.8%1.9%2.5%1.8%1.8%1.8%1.8%1.7%2.1%2.2%2.0%1.7%2.0%3.2%3.1%2.3%1.8%
Free cash flow ÷ net income589.3%52.8%22.8%96.1%144.7%44.6%273.8%155.0%38.7%67.0%151.0%271.2%39.8%96.6%90.0%114.2%68.0%44.4%
Dividends ÷ net income19.8%15.3%10.4%14.9%30.1%29.3%————————————
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow3.4%28.9%45.8%15.5%20.8%95.8%41.7%—10.5%114.2%4.7%33.7%57.5%35.5%39.9%109.5%118.2%97.4%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

6 of 7 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $11.6bn
Short-term assets $5.4bnLonger-term assets $6.2bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $11.6bn
Short-term liabilities $1.3bnLonger-term liabilities $2.6bnShareholders' equity $7.7bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $5.4bn of assets due within a year against $1.3bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $5.4bn short-term assets against $2.6bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $246m of cash against $1.6bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 21% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 25% to 21% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $802m of operating cash flow against $1.6bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $1.5bn against $68m of interest.

From Reliance, Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

68 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Reliance's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 13 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 10.5% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 10 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 27.8%, moving by 2.3 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 11 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 8.6%; its worst year was 6.7%.

  • Cash conversion 13 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 6.1% of revenue.

  • Discipline 20 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 19.8% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.4% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Reliance, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Reliance, Inc.