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RS vs WIRE

Side-by-side comparison of Reliance Inc. (RS) and Encore Wire Corporation (WIRE): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both RS and WIRE operate in Metal Fabrications (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
  • RS is the larger of the two at $19.54B, about 9.1x WIRE ($2.14B).
  • RS has hit the wire 10 times in the past 4 weeks while WIRE has been quiet.
  • RS has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 1 for WIRE).
MetricRSWIRE
Company
Reliance Inc.
Encore Wire Corporation
Price
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-
Market cap
$19.54B
$2.14B
1M return
-
-
1Y return
-
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Industry
Metal Fabrications
Metal Fabrications
Exchange
NYSE
NASDAQ
IPO
1994
1992
News (4w)
10
0
Recent ratings
25
1
RS

Reliance Inc.

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. operates as a metals service center company. The company provides alloy, aluminum, brass, copper, carbon steel, stainless steel, titanium, and specialty steel products and processing services to general manufacturing, non-residential construction, transportation, aerospace and defense, energy, electronics and semiconductor fabrication, and heavy industries. It also offers precision sheet metal fabrication services, including laser cutting, stamping, turret punching, machining, and powder coating and welding; and toll processing and logistics services. The company operated approximately 300 metals service center processing and distribution facilities in 40 states in the United States and 13 in other countries. It sells its products directly to large original equipment manufacturers, and small machine shops, and fabricators. The company operates in the United States, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

WIRE

Encore Wire Corporation

Encore Wire Corporation manufactures and sells electrical building wires and cables for interior electrical wiring in the United States. Its products include NM-B cables for use as interior wiring in homes, apartments, and manufactured housing; THHN/THWN-2 cables and metal-clad and armored cables for use as wiring in commercial and industrial buildings; UF-B cables; XHHW-2 cables; RHH/RHW-2 cables; USE-2 cables; and other types of wire products. The company sells its products to wholesale electrical distributors primarily through independent manufacturers' representatives. Encore Wire Corporation was incorporated in 1989 and is headquartered in McKinney, Texas.

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