Reliance (RS) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Reliance (RS) reported Operating Margin of 9.14% for Q1 2026, up 126.0% year-over-year from 4.04% in Q1 2025, and up 92.25% quarter-over-quarter from 4.75% in Q4 2025.
Reliance (RS) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Reliance (RS) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 9.14% in Q1 2026.
- Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 9.14%, up 126.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 7.46% (down 16.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 7.08%, down 130.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin improved to 9.14% in Q1 2026 per RS's latest filing, from 4.75% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 16.82% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 4.54% in Q4 2024.
- A 5-year average of 10.31% and a median of 9.74% in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Operating Margin surged 336 bps in 2022, then slumped 521 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 12.6% in 2022, then fell by 23 bps to 9.74% in 2023, then tumbled by 53 bps to 4.54% in 2024, then increased by 5 bps to 4.75% in 2025, then jumped by 92 bps to 9.14% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows RS's Operating Margin at 9.14% in Q1 2026, 4.75% in Q4 2025, and 7.12% in Q3 2025.
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| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ternium | 94.27 Bn | 84.31 Bn | 686.87 Mn | 7.37% |
| 2 | Nucor | 58.23 Bn | 56.84 Bn | 1.50 Bn | 11.83% |
| 3 | ArcelorMittal | 51.15 Bn | 48.81 Bn | - | 4.87% |
| 4 | Steel Dynamics | 38.88 Bn | 38.02 Bn | 763.22 Mn | 10.34% |
| 5 | Reliance | 20.36 Bn | 20.12 Bn | 1.17 Bn | 9.14% |
| 6 | Cleveland-Cliffs | 7.71 Bn | 7.86 Bn | -82.00 Mn | -4.33% |
| 7 | Algoma Steel | 2.77 Bn | 2.77 Bn | -92.32 | -51.70% |
| 8 | National Steel | 2.24 Bn | -552.84 Mn | 479.33 Mn | 44.81% |
| 9 | Worthington Steel | 2.07 Bn | 2.07 Bn | 76.10 Mn | 0.40% |
| 10 | NWPX Infrastructure | 1.13 Bn | 1.11 Bn | 26.67 Mn | 9.15% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 9.14% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.75% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 7.12% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 8.53% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 7.87% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.54% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 7.99% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 9.65% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 10.79% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 9.74% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 10.75% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 13.18% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 12.95% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 12.60% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 12.91% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 16.82% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 15.96% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 14.10% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 14.23% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 13.47% |