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Andrew Lane
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

Reliance's increasing exposure to aerospace and toll processing will improve profitability.

Reliance Steel & Aluminum issued middling second-quarter results, as $171 million of operating income marked a decline both sequentially and year on year. Our $64 fair value estimate and no-moat rating for Reliance remain intact. We've also adjusted our uncertainty rating for Reliance to "medium" from "high" to more accurately reflect the appropriate margin of safety an investor should require before initiating a position in the stock.
We've updated our valuation model to better align our 20...
Underlying
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

Reliance Steel & Aluminum is a metals service center company. The company provides metals processing services and distributes a line of metal products, including alloy, aluminum, brass, copper, carbon steel, stainless steel, titanium and specialty steel products, to its customers in a range of industries, including general manufacturing, non-residential construction (including infrastructure), transportation (rail, truck trailer and shipbuilding), aerospace and defense, energy (oil and gas), electronics and semiconductor fabrication, and heavy industry (agricultural, construction and mining equipment). The company also services the auto industry, primarily through its toll processing operations.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Andrew Lane

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