Ryerson Holding Corporation Common Stock (RYZ)

FairStock Score: 36/100 — MIXED

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AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

I look at Ryerson as a cyclical metal distributor, not a franchise. It processes and sells carbon steel, stainless, aluminum and other metals, a business where products are largely commodities and scale matters more than pricing power. The last three filed years show the cycle clearly: in fiscal 2023 net income was $145.7 million, EPS $4.10; in fiscal 2024 the company lost $8.6 million, EPS -$0.26; and in fiscal 2025 the loss widened to $56.4 million, EPS -$1.76. Yet the recent quarters point to a turnaround: fiscal Q1 2026 net income was $4.5 million, EPS $0.10, and fiscal Q2 2026 net income was $15.5 million, EPS $0.30, on revenue of $2.0 billion versus $1.2 billion in fiscal Q2 2025. That improvement is real but still thin—Q2 2026 net margin was only 0.77%.

In plain English: Ryerson buys and processes industrial metals and sells them to manufacturers, so it is tied closely to factory and construction demand. The business looks weak overall: it lost money in fiscal 2024 and fiscal 2025 and has recently burned cash, though the first two quarters of fiscal 2026 were profitable. At the 2026-10-13 closing price of $26.86, the stock looks roughly in line with the value of its assets on the books, but expensive relative to current profits because those profits are still small and uneven.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

Sources (SEC EDGAR): fiscal Q2 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-06-30) · fiscal Q1 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-03-31) · fiscal Q3 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-09-30) · fiscal Q2 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-06-30) · FY2025 10-K (period ended 2025-12-31) · FY2024 10-K (period ended 2024-12-31) · FY2023 10-K (period ended 2023-12-31)

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