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Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co (RS) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co

RS in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Reliance distributes and processes metals such as aluminium, stainless steel, carbon steel and titanium to manufacturers, fabricators and specialised industries including aerospace and semiconductor fabrication. It buys metal in bulk, cuts and shapes it to order, and sells to original equipment makers and smaller machine shops across the United States and Canada. The company, renamed from Reliance Steel & Aluminum in 2024, is based in Phoenix, Arizona.
Where it sits in the stack
Reliance sits in the Basic Materials sector of our universe, in the Steel industry group; it holds no seat in Rubin or Halo, our AI build-out indices, and is tracked as a general industrial name rather than a build-out constraint.
Who it is priced against
Closelook has not set a peer group for Reliance; the market commonly names Steel Dynamics as a comparable diversified metals processor and distributor.
Why Closelook tracks it
Reliance is a Russell 1000 constituent and does not yet carry a Closelook score. The diary has quoted it twice, once in a Weekly Signal on Treasuries and once in a 101 explainer on sector relative strength, both referencing our Sector RS dashboard.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether demand from manufacturing, construction and transportation customers holds up, since that flow sets the volumes running through Reliance's distribution business.

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co (RS) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for RS, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co (RS)?

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co trades as RS on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is RS in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does RS trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +0.2% vs the 50-day and +14.3% vs the 200-day average, 7.4% below the 52-week high and +55.7% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co do?

Reliance distributes and processes metals such as aluminium, stainless steel, carbon steel and titanium to manufacturers, fabricators and specialised industries including aerospace and semiconductor fabrication. It buys metal in bulk, cuts and shapes it to order, and sells to original equipment makers and smaller machine shops across the United States and Canada. The company, renamed from Reliance Steel & Aluminum in 2024, is based in Phoenix, Arizona. Closelook has not set a peer group for Reliance; the market commonly names Steel Dynamics as a comparable diversified metals processor and distributor.

Where does Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co sit in the AI build-out?

Reliance sits in the Basic Materials sector of our universe, in the Steel industry group; it holds no seat in Rubin or Halo, our AI build-out indices, and is tracked as a general industrial name rather than a build-out constraint. Reliance is a Russell 1000 constituent and does not yet carry a Closelook score. The diary has quoted it twice, once in a Weekly Signal on Treasuries and once in a 101 explainer on sector relative strength, both referencing our Sector RS dashboard.

Where has Closelook written about Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co?

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co appears in 2 Closelook pieces, most recently Weekly Signal: Treasuries — Stock Market at a Crossroads (2026-05-17); 101: Sector Relative Strength: RRG Without the Jargon. What Closelook said most recently: Sources April 2026 CPI release (BLS, 12 May); April 2026 PPI release (BLS, 13 May); CME FedWatch; Closelook Sector RS Dashboard . (Weekly Signal, 2026-05-17). The "Mentioned on Closelook" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for RS, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelook 2 pieces · newest: Weekly Signal, “Treasuries — Stock Market at a Crossroads” (2026-05-17)

Mentioned on Closelook

Where RS appears in the diary — 2 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

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