$40.24 1.36 (+3.50%)
11/9/2009 11:25 AM

Reliance Steel & Aluminum (RS)

CAPS Rating: 4 out of 5

The Company provides metal processing services and distributes a full line of a number of metal products, including alloy, aluminum, brass, copper, carbon steel, titanium, stainless steel and specialty steel products, to a range of industries.

Current Price $40.24 Mkt Cap $2.96B
Open $39.64 P/E Ratio 24.00
Prev. Close $38.88 Div. (Yield) 0.40 (1.00%)
Daily Range $39.63 - $40.65 Volume 191,097
52-Wk Range $12.58 - $44.96 Avg. Daily Vol. 1,288,000

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MMcCabeNMC (74.51)
Submitted March 24, 2009

Another Motley Fool article selection chosen by the students. Steel companies have gotten their butts kicked, but everyone will need steel again eventually. One of my students did a fine job analyzing this company, and added that from his family's… More

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stocksvalue (39.87)
Submitted July 20, 2007

With increased competition, less demand and increasing inventories in the steel sector, I am a seller of RS

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Member Avatar JimCapel (33.36) Submitted: 10/16/2009 10:08:59 AM : Outperform Start Price: $43.44 RS Score: -7.68

Parr says BUY

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Member Avatar StorminND (< 20) Submitted: 6/1/2009 10:53:04 AM : Outperform Start Price: $38.94 RS Score: -12.73

The business has consistently performed for the last 10 years, discounting the Democrat market crash. The company has a narrow moat, and has growth rates in sales, EPS, BVPS, FCF and ROIC greater than 10% for the last 10 years. (looking at 10, 5, 3 & 1 year data). Not to mention the steady performance over the last 6 months.

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Member Avatar mtinvest (37.71) Submitted: 5/1/2009 3:42:11 PM : Outperform Start Price: $36.16 RS Score: -14.18

About us from company website:
"Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (NYSE:RS) is one of the largest metals service center companies in the United States. Through a network of more than 200 locations in 38 states, Belgium, Canada, China, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea and the United Kingdom, the Company provides value-added metals processing services and distributes a full line of more than 100,000 metal products. These products include galvanized, hot-rolled and cold-finished steel, stainless steel, aluminum, brass, copper, titanium and alloy steel sold to more than 125,000 customers in a broad range of industries. Some of these metals service centers provide processing services for specialty metals only."

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mgiv

mgiv (99.72) Score: +98.74

The Score Leader is the member with the highest score across all their picks in RS.

Top
Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		S&P
Gain 		Score Commentary
SpockBroker 30.47 11/18/2008 Outperform 1Y $17.67 +127.87% +30.25% +97.62
rizzo99 74.79 10/27/2008 Outperform 1Y $18.21 +121.10% +28.96% +92.14
DustinCody 99.14 10/24/2008 Outperform NS $18.32 +119.79% +28.65% +91.14
DrMoreBux 96.97 10/27/2008 Outperform 5Y $18.74 +114.94% +24.90% +90.04
bgruzicka 81.09 10/24/2008 Outperform NS $19.19 +109.87% +25.31% +84.56
JakilaTheHun 99.94 1/15/2009 Outperform 5Y $18.43 +118.53% +34.36% +84.18 1 Comment
coolbear0902 < 20 12/30/2008 Outperform 3Y $19.21 +109.63% +26.44% +83.20
TerriEconomics 94.82 1/2/2009 Outperform 3W $19.96 +101.73% +22.34% +79.39
DocJF 94.47 12/8/2008 Outperform 5Y $19.86 +102.74% +23.40% +79.34
Cades 82.16 10/29/2008 Outperform NS $20.86 +93.03% +19.52% +73.51
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Member Name Member
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackMuhlenkamp < 20 10/29/2009 Outperform 5Y $37.90 +6.25% +3.37% +2.89 1 Comment
TrackKeyBanc 90.33 9/22/2009 Outperform NS $42.23 -4.64% +2.68% -7.32
TrackCreditSuiss 93.49 8/15/2009 Outperform NS $37.41 +7.65% +7.61% +0.03
TrackLongbow 76.19 6/9/2009 Outperform NS $40.35 -0.20% +16.31% -16.51
TrackJefferies 76.00 4/20/2009 Outperform NS $36.02 +11.80% +28.43% -16.63
TrackRodriguez 89.90 2/3/2009 Outperform 1Y $22.25 +80.99% +33.15% +47.84 1 Comment
TrackDahlmanRose 64.72 9/24/2008 Outperform NS $43.42 -17.71% -16.72% -0.98 7/24/2009 @ $35.73
TrackKeyBanc 90.33 6/20/2008 Outperform NS $72.40 -40.61% -28.44% -12.16 6/10/2009 @ $43.00
TrackLongbow 76.19 3/18/2008 Outperform NS $57.10 +17.36% +9.26% +8.10 5/19/2008 @ $67.01
TrackNWQ < 20 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $55.30 -27.18% -25.34% -1.84 2 Comments
TrackDavenport 75.88 4/20/2007 Outperform NS $57.42 -29.87% -22.35% -7.51
TrackBearStearns 86.33 4/20/2007 Outperform NS $57.23 -29.64% -22.37% -7.27
TrackJimCramer 23.76 3/6/2007 Outperform 3W $42.44 -5.11% -17.39% +12.28
TrackJimCramer 23.76 2/9/2007 Underperform 3W $42.46 +2.68% -2.95% -5.63 3/7/2007 @ $43.60
TrackJimCramer 23.76 10/18/2006 Outperform 3W $34.83 +21.91% +4.88% +17.03 2/10/2007 @ $42.46
TrackUBS 86.23 9/1/2006 Outperform NS $32.34 +68.50% +16.10% +52.40 9/24/2007 @ $54.50

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