Reliance, Inc. (RS)
Materials · Metal service centers and distribution · NYSE
Reliance, Inc. is the leading North American metals service center network, providing specialized metal processing and distribution services to diverse industrial customers.
What Reliance, Inc. does
Reliance, Inc. is a diversified metal solutions provider and the largest metals service center company in North America. The company processes and distributes a wide range of metal products, including alloy, carbon and stainless steel, aluminum, brass, copper, and titanium, serving a broad base of industrial end-markets.
Themes: industrial manufacturing infrastructure, metal fabrication supply chain, industrial distribution
Fundamentals
- Price$387.89 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$19.8B as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return+35.7% 2025-08-21 close $285.85 → 2026-08-21 close $387.89
- P/E24.35 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+5.7% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+28.2% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+12.3% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.22 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+15.4% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-5.7% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.97 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-07-22 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +1.5%; at least 5 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer.
How RS compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 94 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginmiddle range 142 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 142 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 141 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 151 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 25% 127 covered Materials peers
- indicated dividend yieldmiddle range 95 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)top 25% 124 covered Materials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Materials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
RS is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Long-term score
48.0 #579 of 987 scored · #23 of 66 in Materials
Capital return 71st (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years) and valuation 55th (price to earnings 22.6, price to book 2.8); weakest is profitability (33rd, operating margin 7.8%, return on equity 12.3%).
Short-term score
48.0 #919 of 1,704 scored · #45 of 83 in Materials
Volume and participation 98th: trading volume is running unusually high — about 2.2× its 30-day average, a sign of heightened interest; momentum 46th: near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold); weakest is trend 30th: a strong downtrend, with sellers in control.
Scores as of 21 Aug 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 2.
Dividend coverage
Not assessed — last reported dividend predates the accounts. The most recent fiscal year in which RS reported a dividend payment is FY2014, while its reported financial statements run through FY2025. Coverage is therefore not assessed for the latest year — an FY2014 ratio would not describe RS today.
Coverage is derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures, comparing dividends paid against net income and free cash flow for the SAME fiscal year. It is not shown here because the latest fiscal year with a reported dividend payment (FY2014) is older than the latest year of reported financial statements (FY2025), so any ratio would describe an out-of-date year. Informational only — not financial advice.
How Reliance, Inc. looks technically
Reliance, Inc. (RS) is trading 14.2% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 142 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 33, with sellers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 40, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 3 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative). It made a new 20-day low about 2 trading days ago. Trading volume is running unusually high — about 2.2× its 30-day average, a sign of heightened interest.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 14.2% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +14.2% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $399.99 | $399.99 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $339.66 | $339.66 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | higher highs and higher lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 10 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 10 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a completed three-part upward correction — a pullback in the A-B-C shape Elliott-wave chartists use; the labelling fails if price closes above 433.02. It is the only labelling that fits, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. | possible three-wave upward correction, complete |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 142 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 142 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 33, with sellers in control | 32.5 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 40, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 39.6 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the bottom of its 14-day range ($379.86 to $433.02) — its "stochastic" reading is 15 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 15.1 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 3 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative) | 3 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $433.02 | $433.02 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 10.4% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -10.4% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 49.0% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +49.0% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 10.4% below its highest point of the past year | 10.4% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 2 trading days ago | 2 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 10 trading days ago | 10 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $433.02 (set on 2026-08-11) | $433.02 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($265.93 to $428.49), and it has given back roughly a quarter of its rise from last year’s low — 25% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $322.83 to $328.03. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 25.0% |
| From the all-time high | it is 10.4% below its all-time high | -10.4% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 1.9% above a support level at $380.45 — a price it turned at twice since 2026-05-06, most recently on 2026-07-22. Since 2024-08-21 it has 13 such levels below the current price and 0 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -1.9% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $12.58 (set on 2008-11-20) | $12.58 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 2983.4% above its all-time low | +2,983% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 48th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $12.52 between its high and its low — about 3.2% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $12.52 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $386.23 and $440.22 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $386.23 – $413.23 – $440.22 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 3.2% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 3.2% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 3.9 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (14.2% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 3.9 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is running unusually high — about 2.2× its 30-day average, a sign of heightened interest | 2.18× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a bearish engulfing | 8 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 8 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 1.2% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and had not traded back through that level by the close | +1.2% |
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| Gap filled | a 3.3% gap up opened on 2026-07-23 has been "filled" 1 session ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 20 sessions to close | 1 session ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 1.2 percentage points (the stock gained 1.2% while the market gained 2.3%) | -1.2% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 3.3 percentage points (the stock gained 6.4% while the market gained 3.1%) | +3.3% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 10.5 percentage points (the stock gained 21.6% while the market gained 11.1%) | +10.5% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 15.2 percentage points (the stock gained 35.7% while the market gained 20.5%) | +15.2% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, outperforming the market over 6 months, near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 3 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a strong downtrend, with sellers in control, a fresh 20-day low, MACD momentum is negative — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 3 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading inside the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the zone traders read as unresolved — neither side has established a trend, and the band is where that gets settled. The band itself is thin, spanning 0.9% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that gives way easily. | 0.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 9% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $356.95 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 158 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +8.7% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 5% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-22 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $406.67 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 23 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -4.6% |
Price levels it has turned at before
RS last closed at $387.89 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 13 prices below its last close and 0 above; the 3 nearest below are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $380.45 | Support | 1.9% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-05-06 to 2026-07-22 |
| $366.67 | Support | 5.5% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-02-12 to 2026-07-01 |
| $349.64 | Support | 9.9% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-07-22 to 2026-05-19 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a three-part upward correction — the A-B-C shape chartists use for a pullback — now complete.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes above $433.02.
It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones.
This reading has stood for 3 trading days, since 2026-08-19.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Unusually heavy trading volume · Broke down to a new 20-day low · MACD just crossed bearish (12/26/9) · beating the market · At the bottom of its 14-day range (stochastic below 20) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · volume and relative volume
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Mean price target$409.50 range $398.00 – $425.00; median $408.50
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-24. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for RS
- Consensus EPS estimate$6.62 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-24
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Cyclical fluctuations in metal prices and industry demand.","Reliance on third-party suppliers for raw metal inventories.","Risks associated with the integration of acquired companies."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of RS's 10-Q filed 2026-04-29 against the prior one filed 2025-10-28.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Added reference to 'cash flows' and 'capital expenditures' in forward-looking statements section (newer filing)
- Added explicit reference to 'Iran' as a geopolitical conflict location alongside Ukraine and Middle East (newer filing)
- Added 'LIFO expense' line item ($37.5M in 2026 vs $25.0M in 2025) in results table (newer filing)
- Added 'Gross profit – FIFO' supplemental line item ($1,209.4M in 2026 vs $1,058.3M in 2025) (newer filing)
- Added reference to 'government contracts' in forward-looking statements risks section (newer filing)
- Expanded first sentence of forward-looking statements to include 'industry and end markets' as separate items (newer filing)
- Removed:
- Removed reference to 'Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024' and replaced with 'December 31, 2025' (older filing referenced 2024; newer references 2025)
- Removed reference to 'any subsequent press releases and Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K' and replaced with 'press releases and other documents' (newer filing)
- Removed 'LIFO expense' breakdown from older filing (not present in 2025 data)
- Removed nine-month comparative data (newer filing shows only three-month data for Q1 2026 vs Q1 2025; older filing showed both quarterly and nine-month periods)
- Reworded:
- Older: 'discussions of our industry and end markets, business strategies' changed to newer: structured as separate bullet list items (newer filing)
- Older: 'macroeconomic conditions, including inflation, and the possibility' changed to newer: 'expectations for macroeconomic conditions, including inflation, and the possibility' (newer filing)
- Older: 'Cash flows' not explicitly listed separately; newer lists 'cash flows' and 'capital expenditures' as distinct items (newer filing)
- Older: 'U.S. and foreign trade policies, slowing economic growth' changed to newer: 'U.S. and foreign trade policies and programs, including tariffs and trade policies and programs specifically affecting metal product markets and pricing; slowing economic growth' (newer filing adds 'programs' and 'specifically affecting metal product markets' clarification)
- Older: 'this quarterly report on Form 10-Q' changed to newer: 'this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q' (capitalization change)
- Older footnote (1) reference changed: older included restructuring charges disclosure; newer includes LIFO expense disclosure instead
- Notes:
- The two filings cover different periods: older filing is for 9 months ended September 30, 2025; newer filing is for first quarter ended March 31, 2026, making period-over-period comparisons different in scope
- Financial tables are not directly comparable due to different reporting periods and lack of LIFO data in older filing
- Truncation of older filing text at end of footnote (2) may obscure additional wording or disclosures
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 3 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 30 days0 buys · 3 sells ($2M) — 2 selling insiders
- Last 90 days0 buys · 3 sells ($2M) — 2 selling insiders
- Last 180 days0 buys · 8 sells ($5M) — 2 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-07-31. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about RS's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Congressional trading disclosures
U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 5 matched disclosures for RS from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.
Congressional trading disclosures →Institutional ownership (13F)
4 institutional 13F filers reported holding RS as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 4
- Reported shares held 9,542,275
- Reported value $2,900,088,202
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 3 increased, 1 decreased, 2 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
RS had 984,990 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
RS had 1.93% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 2.56 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 984,990
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 1.93%
- Prior settlement (shares) 987,691
- Reported change -0.27%
- Days to cover (reported) 2.56
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Worthington Enterprises (WOR)
- Olympic Steel (ZEUS)
- Ryerson Holding Corporation
- Commercial Metals Company (CMC)
- Schnitzer Steel (now Radius Recycling) (RDUS)
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Frequently asked questions
What does Reliance, Inc. (RS) do?
Reliance, Inc. is a diversified metal solutions provider and the largest metals service center company in North America. The company processes and distributes a wide range of metal products, including alloy, carbon and stainless steel, aluminum, brass, copper, and titanium, serving a broad base of industrial end-markets.
What sector is Reliance, Inc. (RS) in?
Reliance, Inc. (RS) is classified in the Materials sector. Its industry is Metal service centers and distribution. It trades on NYSE.
Does RS pay a dividend?
Yes — Reliance, Inc. (RS) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 1.49% and at least 5 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC EDGAR XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are Reliance, Inc.'s (RS) competitors?
Notable peers of Reliance, Inc. (RS) include Worthington Enterprises, Olympic Steel, Ryerson Holding Corporation, Commercial Metals Company and Schnitzer Steel (now Radius Recycling). This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Has there been recent Congressional stock trading in RS?
Yes — we hold 5 matched STOCK Act disclosures for RS from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.
Is Reliance, Inc. (RS) overbought or oversold right now?
Reliance, Inc. (RS) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 40, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on RS come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.