---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-25-006597"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RS"
cik: "0000861884"
company_name: "RELIANCE, INC."
filed_at: "2025-10-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T02:54:46.384671+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Reliance Q3 2025 EPS $3.59, tons sold record up 6.2% YoY; guides Q4 EPS $2.65-$2.85

## Summary
- Net sales $3.65B; GAAP diluted EPS $3.59 vs $3.61 YoY; non-GAAP EPS $3.64 flat YoY.
- Tons sold 1.615M (record Q3), +6.2% YoY; market share rose to 17.1% from 14.5% in 2023.
- LIFO expense $25M ($0.35/share) vs LIFO income $50M ($0.68/share) in Q3 2024.
- Q4 2025 guidance: tons sold -5% to -7% seq; non-GAAP EPS $2.65-$2.85 vs Q3 $3.64.
- Board adopted Executive Severance Policy for officers; provides 12 months salary plus pro-rata bonus on termination without cause.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-25-006597
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RS
- cik: 0000861884
- company_name: RELIANCE, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-10-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/861884/000117184325006597/0001171843-25-006597-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/861884/000117184325006597/f8k_102225.htm

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