RS Stock — Reliance, Inc.

Reliance, Inc. (RS)

RS is a Stock. its distribution rate is 1.28%, its trailing-12-month yield is 1.28%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 100/100 (Safe). Total return is 16420.1% over the past 32 years, 13641.0 points ahead of SPY at 2779.1%.

At the current 1.28% distribution rate, a $10,000 investment would generate approximately $128 per year, or about $32.00 per quarter if the next payment matches the last regular one.

Reliance, Inc. is a diversified metals service center and solutions provider that distributes steel, aluminum, copper, stainless steel, and specialty metal products to manufacturers, fabricators, and industries including aerospace, automotive, construction, and semiconductors, while also offering metals processing services. The company pays a modest quarterly dividend with a current distribution rate in the low single digits. This business appeals to income investors seeking exposure to industrial metals distribution with regular quarterly distributions.

RS performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-09-22.

Total return is 16420.1% over the past 32 years, 13641.0 points ahead of SPY at 2779.1%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 37.7%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 19.0%.

RS key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

100 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

1.28%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

09/16/1994

Distribution rate

1.28%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

1.28%

5-year average yield

1.55

Last close

$386.95 (as of 2026-09-22)

Market cap

$19,755,560,057

Average volume

191446.0

Last dividend

$1.25

Last ex-dividend date

08/14/2026

Last payment date

08/28/2026

Beta

0.955

Payout ratio

0.2833

P/E ratio

22.04

Forward P/E

16.4474

EPS

$17.56

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (1.28%) is the latest regular payout annualized by the fund's stated frequency, divided by the last close. Issuers often publish this as “Distribution Rate” on the fact sheet. Trailing-12-month yield (1.28%) is the sum of distributions paid in the last 12 months, split-adjusted, divided by the last close. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

RS risks and drawbacks

RS's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 19.0%.

Who may consider RS — and who may not

RS may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (RS pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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