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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-26-004833"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RS"
cik: "0000861884"
company_name: "RELIANCE, INC."
filed_at: "2026-07-22T20:10:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-22T20:11:29.836382+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Reliance Q2 EPS $6.29 beats guidance; record tons sold; Q3 guidance $6.40-$6.60

## Summary
- Net sales $4.63B, up 15% sequentially; record tons sold 1.79M, up 7% sequentially.
- Non-GAAP EPS $6.27, up 42% YoY, exceeding guidance of $5.15-$5.35.
- Pretax income $429.8M, up 41% YoY; border wall project contributed $0.41 EPS.
- Q3 2026 guidance: non-GAAP EPS $6.40-$6.60, including $0.60 from border wall; tons sold up 9-11% YoY.
- Board declared $1.25 dividend payable Aug 28; $529M remaining in buyback program.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-26-004833
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RS
- cik: 0000861884
- company_name: RELIANCE, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-07-22T20:10:15+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/861884/000117184326004833/0001171843-26-004833-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/861884/000117184326004833/f8k_072226.htm

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