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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-26-000886"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RS"
cik: "0000861884"
company_name: "RELIANCE, INC."
filed_at: "2026-02-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T02:16:32.770856+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Reliance Q4 net sales $3.5B (+11.9% YoY); raises dividend 4.2%; Q1 EPS guidance $4.50-$4.70

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $3.5B, up 11.9% YoY; tons sold record 1.53M, up 5.8%.
- Full year net sales $14.3B (+3.3%); record tons 6.4M (+6.2%); diluted EPS $13.98.
- Non-GAAP FIFO EPS $15.88 (+13.5% YoY); Q4 GAAP diluted EPS $2.22.
- Quarterly dividend raised 4.2% to $1.25/share; repurchased $594M in 2025.
- Q1 2026 guidance: non-GAAP EPS $4.50-$4.70, up 19-25% YoY; tons up 5-7% sequentially.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-26-000886
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RS
- cik: 0000861884
- company_name: RELIANCE, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/861884/000117184326000886/0001171843-26-000886-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/861884/000117184326000886/f8k_021826.htm

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