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Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co
(NYSE:RS) 

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Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. operates as a metals service center company. The company provides alloy, aluminum, brass, copper, carbon steel, stainless steel, titanium, and specialty steel products and processing services to general manufacturing, non-residential construction, transportation, aerosp...

Founded: 1939
Full Time Employees: 15,300
Sector: Basic Materials
Industry: Steel

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      net sales
    3,498,600,000 3,651,200,000 3,659,800,000 3,484,700,000 3,126,600,000 3,420,300,000 3,643,300,000 3,644,800,000 3,337,300,000 3,623,000,000 3,880,300,000 3,965,300,000 3,610,800,000 4,247,200,000 4,681,200,000 4,485,800,000 3,988,700,000 3,847,400,000 3,418,800,000 2,838,400,000 2,134,100,000 2,085,600,000 2,019,300,000 2,572,900,000 2,447,800,000 2,685,900,000 2,883,500,000 2,956,600,000 2,814,000,000 2,974,500,000 2,988,900,000 2,757,100,000 2,376,400,000 2,450,100,000 2,475,200,000 2,419,300,000 2,061,600,000 2,185,200,000 2,203,900,000 2,162,700,000 2,026,200,000 2,286,200,000 2,423,700,000 2,614,400,000 2,705,100,000 2,616,800,000 2,553,000,000 2,443,500,000 2,448,300,000 2,025,300,000 2,055,300,000 2,209,700,000 2,288,300,000 2,138,600,000 2,049,500,000 1,912,700,000 1,584,337,000 1,653,798,000 1,620,585,000 1,454,075,000 1,273,246,000 1,243,373,000 1,242,978,000 1,558,535,000 2,142,770,000 2,572,836,000 2,095,068,000 1,908,170,000 1,705,661,000 1,812,092,000 1,896,036,000 1,841,890,000 1,569,192,000 1,626,208,000 1,559,222,000 987,986,000 868,678,000 870,124,000 816,342,000 811,907,000 742,819,000 783,670,000 760,780,000 655,765,000 485,194,000 490,587,000 456,329,000 450,823,000 434,513,000 454,840,000 450,166,000 405,486,000 
      yoy
    11.90% 6.75% 0.45% -4.39% -6.31% -5.59% -6.11% -8.08% -7.57% -14.70% -17.11% -11.60% -9.47% 10.39% 36.93% 58.04% 86.90% 84.47% 69.31% 10.32% -12.82% -22.35% -29.97% -12.98% -13.01% -9.70% -3.53% 7.24% 18.41% 21.40% 20.75% 13.96% 15.27% 12.12% 12.31% 11.86% 1.75% -4.42% -9.07% -17.28% -25.10% -12.63% -5.06% 6.99% 10.49% 29.21% 24.22% 10.58% 6.99% -5.30% 0.28% 15.53% 44.43% 29.31% 26.47% 31.54% 24.43% 33.01% 30.38% -6.70% -40.58% -51.67% -40.67% -18.32% 25.63% 41.98% 10.50% 3.60% 8.70% 11.43% 21.60% 86.43% 80.64% 86.89% 91.00% 21.69% 16.94% 11.03% 7.30% 23.81% 53.10% 59.74% 66.72% 45.46% 11.66% 7.86% 1.37% 11.18%     
      qoq
    -4.18% -0.23% 5.02% 11.45% -8.59% -6.12% -0.04% 9.21% -7.89% -6.63% -2.14% 9.82% -14.98% -9.27% 4.36% 12.46% 3.67% 12.54% 20.45% 33.00% 2.33% 3.28% -21.52% 5.11% -8.86% -6.85% -2.47% 5.07% -5.40% -0.48% 8.41% 16.02% -3.01% -1.01% 2.31% 17.35% -5.66% -0.85% 1.91% 6.74% -11.37% -5.67% -7.29% -3.35% 3.37% 2.50% 4.48% -0.20% 20.89% -1.46% -6.99% -3.43% 7.00% 4.35% 7.15% 20.73% -4.20% 2.05% 11.45% 14.20% 2.40% 0.03% -20.25% -27.27% -16.72% 22.80% 9.79% 11.87% -5.87% -4.43% 2.94% 17.38% -3.51% 4.30% 57.82% 13.73% -0.17% 6.59% 0.55% 9.30% -5.21% 3.01% 16.01% 35.16% -1.10% 7.51% 1.22% 3.75% -4.47% 1.04% 11.02%  
      costs and expenses:
                                                                                                
      cost of sales
    2,543,900,000 2,619,600,000 2,571,900,000 2,451,400,000 2,240,500,000 2,414,000,000 2,557,300,000 2,516,600,000 2,315,700,000 2,546,000,000 2,657,600,000 2,739,300,000 2,481,000,000 3,008,200,000 3,185,800,000 3,098,700,000 2,745,400,000 2,636,300,000 2,336,600,000 1,884,700,000 1,430,500,000 1,409,500,000 1,404,600,000 1,792,200,000 1,653,600,000 1,871,200,000 2,029,900,000 2,089,700,000 2,104,200,000 2,140,200,000 2,071,400,000 1,937,200,000    1,697,700,000 1,447,700,000 1,530,600,000 1,518,800,000 1,526,000,000 1,444,200,000 1,647,900,000 1,767,800,000 1,943,700,000 2,026,900,000 1,943,500,000  1,800,500,000 1,826,700,000 1,496,500,000 1,520,000,000 1,640,300,000 1,710,500,000 1,644,700,000 1,538,700,000 1,406,400,000 1,190,486,000 1,257,629,000 1,203,810,000 1,075,962,000 867,521,000 886,904,000 960,093,000 1,204,093,000 1,683,935,000 1,948,788,000 1,508,134,000 1,415,891,000 1,278,056,000 1,372,128,000 1,398,539,000 1,369,438,000 1,180,097,000 1,194,139,000 1,139,349,000 717,801,000 617,526,000 641,396,000 594,107,000 595,971,000 541,452,000 568,748,000 532,313,000 468,335,000 349,556,000 354,377,000 336,957,000 331,420,000 320,866,000 329,321,000 324,123,000 293,941,000 
      warehouse, delivery, selling, general and administrative
    709,200,000 701,300,000 706,000,000 690,200,000 662,000,000 665,000,000 667,700,000 671,500,000 633,600,000 626,900,000 650,600,000 651,300,000 613,600,000 630,100,000 648,600,000 611,900,000 617,900,000 606,800,000 563,300,000 518,500,000 463,600,000 449,200,000 438,500,000 522,700,000 513,200,000 518,700,000 531,400,000 532,100,000 505,500,000 531,000,000 535,900,000 519,400,000    476,200,000 441,700,000 454,300,000 456,500,000 450,800,000 412,700,000 428,900,000 440,800,000 446,100,000 472,900,000 444,900,000  430,000,000 426,000,000 357,700,000 345,400,000 346,700,000 357,700,000 319,600,000 313,700,000 318,500,000 283,988,000 278,135,000 272,187,000 269,274,000 253,975,000 251,761,000 247,875,000 276,634,000 303,481,000 328,446,000 297,582,000 281,692,000 262,021,000 252,017,000 264,549,000 255,552,000 234,368,000 224,703,000 225,267,000 137,048,000 132,292,000 130,260,000 123,571,000 121,782,000 123,611,000 121,047,000 120,723,000 118,506,000 100,699,000 100,198,000 97,146,000 97,884,000 98,991,000 96,375,000 96,214,000 87,709,000 
      depreciation and amortization
    69,300,000 70,500,000 69,700,000 68,700,000 70,600,000 67,900,000 66,600,000 63,600,000 62,900,000 60,600,000 60,800,000 61,100,000 61,400,000 60,400,000 59,300,000 59,100,000 58,100,000 56,700,000 58,500,000 56,900,000 56,500,000 56,400,000 57,400,000 57,000,000 56,100,000 54,800,000 54,400,000 54,000,000 53,400,000 53,400,000 54,300,000 54,100,000 54,200,000 54,000,000 55,000,000 55,200,000 55,300,000 55,100,000 55,500,000 56,100,000 53,900,000 54,400,000 54,900,000 55,300,000 54,000,000 52,700,000 51,900,000 49,900,000 50,100,000 41,100,000 37,300,000 36,500,000 35,500,000 34,200,000 31,500,000 33,000,000 31,701,000 29,847,000 29,977,000 29,078,000 29,032,000 30,425,000 29,580,000 29,847,000 28,104,000 27,010,000 21,445,000 21,365,000 22,421,000 19,791,000 19,210,000 18,451,000 17,342,000 16,511,000 16,800,000 11,821,000 11,825,000 11,537,000 12,107,000 11,162,000 11,481,000 11,034,000 11,066,000 11,046,000     7,249,000 7,365,000 7,111,000 6,821,000 
      operating income
    166,300,000 259,800,000 312,200,000 274,400,000 141,800,000 273,400,000 351,700,000 393,100,000 325,100,000 389,500,000 511,300,000 513,600,000 454,800,000 548,500,000 787,500,000 716,100,000 562,600,000 547,600,000 460,400,000 378,300,000 183,400,000 160,500,000 118,600,000 103,300,000 224,900,000 241,200,000 266,600,000 280,800,000 149,400,000 214,400,000 327,300,000 246,400,000 142,300,000 158,700,000 171,200,000 190,200,000 116,200,000 93,500,000 173,100,000 129,800,000 115,400,000 101,700,000 160,200,000 169,300,000 151,300,000 175,700,000 154,300,000 163,100,000 145,500,000 130,000,000 152,600,000 186,200,000 184,600,000 140,100,000 165,600,000 154,800,000 78,162,000 88,187,000 114,611,000 79,761,000 122,718,000 74,283,000 5,430,000 47,961,000 127,250,000 268,592,000 267,907,000                          
      yoy
    17.28% -4.97% -11.23% -30.20% -56.38% -29.81% -31.21% -23.46% -28.52% -28.99% -35.07% -28.28% -19.16% 0.16% 71.05% 89.29% 206.76% 241.18% 288.20% 266.21% -18.45% -33.46% -55.51% -63.21% 50.54% 12.50% -18.55% 13.96% 4.99% 35.10% 91.18% 29.55% 22.46% 69.73% -1.10% 46.53% 0.69% -8.06% 8.05% -23.33% -23.73% -42.12% 3.82% 3.80% 3.99% 35.15% 1.11% -12.41% -21.18% -7.21% -7.85% 20.28% 136.18% 58.87% 44.49% 94.08% -36.31% 18.72% 2010.70% 66.30% -3.56% -72.34% -97.97%                              
      qoq
    -35.99% -16.78% 13.78% 93.51% -48.13% -22.26% -10.53% 20.92% -16.53% -23.82% -0.45% 12.93% -17.08% -30.35% 9.97% 27.28% 2.74% 18.94% 21.70% 106.27% 14.27% 35.33% 14.81% -54.07% -6.76% -9.53% -5.06% 87.95% -30.32% -34.49% 32.83% 73.16% -10.33% -7.30% -9.99% 63.68% 24.28% -45.98% 33.36% 12.48% 13.47% -36.52% -5.38% 11.90% -13.89% 13.87% -5.40% 12.10% 11.92% -14.81% -18.05% 0.87% 31.76% -15.40% 6.98% 98.05% -11.37% -23.06% 43.69% -35.00% 65.20% 1268.01% -88.68% -62.31% -52.62% 0.26%                           
      operating margin %
    4.75% 7.12% 8.53% 7.87% 4.54% 7.99% 9.65% 10.79% 9.74% 10.75% 13.18% 12.95% 12.60% 12.91% 16.82% 15.96% 14.10% 14.23% 13.47% 13.33% 8.59% 7.70% 5.87% 4.01% 9.19% 8.98% 9.25% 9.50% 5.31% 7.21% 10.95% 8.94% 5.99% 6.48% 6.92% 7.86% 5.64% 4.28% 7.85% 6.00% 5.70% 4.45% 6.61% 6.48% 5.59% 6.71% 6.04% 6.67% 5.94% 6.42% 7.42% 8.43% 8.07% 6.55% 8.08% 8.09% 4.93% 5.33% 7.07% 5.49% 9.64% 5.97% 0.44% 3.08% 5.94% 10.44% 12.79% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 
      other expense:
                                                                                                
      interest expense
    15,500,000 14,400,000 14,300,000 11,500,000 10,000,000 10,900,000 9,700,000 9,700,000 9,800,000 9,700,000 9,700,000 10,900,000 15,500,000 15,600,000 15,600,000 15,600,000 15,700,000 15,600,000 15,700,000 15,700,000 15,700,000 15,700,000 14,600,000 16,900,000 17,100,000 20,500,000 23,700,000 24,200,000 15,650,000 22,000,000 21,300,000 19,300,000 13,725,000 19,100,000 18,500,000                                     20,110,000         5,454,000 7,080,000 7,256,000  -4,769,750 -7,962,000 -5,511,000 -5,606,000     
      other expense
    -2,050,000 -2,300,000  500,000 -1,700,000 2,000,000   -18,000,000 -8,200,000 -9,300,000 -5,800,000 -7,300,000 8,900,000 9,300,000 3,300,000 -500,000 -600,000 600,000 3,600,000 1,600,000 17,800,000  3,300,000   -2,900,000 1,100,000 1,900,000 -2,500,000 -600,000 1,900,000 2,600,000 -2,600,000 300,000 -4,400,000                                                         
      income before income taxes
    154,800,000 247,700,000 304,300,000 262,400,000 133,500,000 260,500,000 349,700,000 396,200,000 333,300,000 388,000,000 510,900,000 508,500,000 446,600,000 524,000,000 762,600,000 697,200,000 547,400,000 532,600,000 444,100,000 359,000,000 166,100,000 127,000,000 102,000,000 83,100,000 209,600,000 218,400,000 245,800,000 255,500,000 123,900,000 194,900,000 306,600,000 225,200,000 120,700,000 142,200,000 152,400,000 168,500,000 97,900,000 70,500,000 151,600,000 109,200,000 94,500,000 77,700,000 135,900,000 150,600,000 130,400,000 154,200,000 134,100,000 142,700,000 122,800,000 119,800,000 143,800,000 167,700,000 176,600,000 118,600,000 154,200,000 140,400,000 60,471,000 73,424,000 96,728,000 65,805,000 112,849,000 61,511,000                               
      income tax provision
    37,900,000 57,700,000 70,100,000 61,900,000 27,500,000 60,600,000 81,400,000 92,400,000 59,900,000 92,000,000 124,600,000 124,100,000 95,300,000 129,600,000 188,700,000 172,600,000 125,100,000 135,900,000 113,900,000 90,800,000 35,600,000 28,700,000 21,300,000 20,200,000 43,300,000 54,500,000 61,500,000 63,900,000 36,600,000 44,600,000 73,500,000 54,100,000 -183,100,000 43,200,000 47,600,000 55,100,000 35,000,000 19,900,000 49,500,000 15,700,000 25,600,000 24,900,000 44,300,000 47,700,000 33,500,000 56,400,000 46,200,000 46,700,000 40,900,000 35,300,000 44,400,000 57,500,000 58,700,000 32,300,000 54,000,000 46,800,000 19,699,000 24,139,000 33,923,000 20,818,000 20,582,000 19,434,000 -3,880,000                              
      net income
    116,900,000 190,000,000 234,200,000 200,500,000 106,000,000 199,900,000 268,300,000 303,800,000 273,400,000 296,000,000 386,300,000 384,400,000 351,300,000 394,400,000 573,900,000 524,600,000 422,300,000 396,700,000 330,200,000 268,200,000 130,500,000 98,300,000 80,700,000 62,900,000 166,300,000 163,900,000 184,300,000 191,600,000 87,300,000 150,300,000 233,100,000 171,100,000 303,800,000 99,000,000 104,800,000 113,400,000 62,900,000 50,600,000 102,100,000 93,500,000 68,900,000 52,800,000 91,600,000 102,900,000 96,900,000 97,800,000 87,900,000 96,000,000 81,900,000 84,500,000 99,400,000 110,200,000 117,900,000 86,300,000 100,200,000 93,600,000 40,772,000 49,285,000 62,805,000 44,987,000 92,267,000 42,077,000 -5,556,000 20,388,000 66,288,000 152,498,000 156,596,000 107,395,000 79,910,000 93,565,000 122,784,000 111,696,000 74,642,000 107,505,000 100,505,000 71,855,000 60,588,000 49,437,000 49,049,000 46,363,000 42,952,000 44,140,000 52,797,000 29,839,000 9,686,000 12,353,000 6,392,000 5,579,000 1,937,000 9,965,000 10,774,000 7,491,000 
      yoy
    10.28% -4.95% -12.71% -34.00% -61.23% -32.47% -30.55% -20.97% -22.17% -24.95% -32.69% -26.73% -16.81% -0.58% 73.80% 95.60% 223.60% 303.56% 309.17% 326.39% -21.53% -40.02% -56.21% -67.17% 90.49% 9.05% -20.94% 11.98% -71.26% 51.82% 122.42% 50.88% 382.99% 95.65% 2.64% 21.28% -8.71% -4.17% 11.46% -9.14% -28.90% -46.01% 4.21% 7.19% 18.32% 15.74% -11.57% -12.89% -30.53% -2.09% -0.80% 17.74% 189.17% 75.10% 59.54% 108.06% -55.81% 17.13% -1230.40% 120.65% 39.19% -72.41% -103.55% -81.02% -17.05% 62.99% 27.54% -3.85% 7.06% -12.97% 22.17% 55.45% 23.20% 117.46% 104.91% 54.98% 41.06% 12.00% -7.10% 55.38% 343.44% 257.32% 725.99% 434.84% 400.05% 23.96% -40.67% -25.52%     
      qoq
    -38.47% -18.87% 16.81% 89.15% -46.97% -25.49% -11.69% 11.12% -7.64% -23.38% 0.49% 9.42% -10.93% -31.28% 9.40% 24.22% 6.45% 20.14% 23.12% 105.52% 32.76% 21.81% 28.30% -62.18% 1.46% -11.07% -3.81% 119.47% -41.92% -35.52% 36.24% -43.68% 206.87% -5.53% -7.58% 80.29% 24.31% -50.44% 9.20% 35.70% 30.49% -42.36% -10.98% 6.19% -0.92% 11.26% -8.44% 17.22% -3.08% -14.99% -9.80% -6.53% 36.62% -13.87% 7.05% 129.57% -17.27% -21.53% 39.61% -51.24% 119.28% -857.33% -127.25% -69.24% -56.53% -2.62% 45.81% 34.39% -14.59% -23.80% 9.93% 49.64% -30.57% 6.96% 39.87% 18.60% 22.56% 0.79% 5.79% 7.94% -2.69% -16.40% 76.94% 208.06% -21.59% 93.26% 14.57% 188.02% -80.56% -7.51% 43.83%  
      net income margin %
    3.34% 5.20% 6.40% 5.75% 3.39% 5.84% 7.36% 8.34% 8.19% 8.17% 9.96% 9.69% 9.73% 9.29% 12.26% 11.69% 10.59% 10.31% 9.66% 9.45% 6.11% 4.71% 4.00% 2.44% 6.79% 6.10% 6.39% 6.48% 3.10% 5.05% 7.80% 6.21% 12.78% 4.04% 4.23% 4.69% 3.05% 2.32% 4.63% 4.32% 3.40% 2.31% 3.78% 3.94% 3.58% 3.74% 3.44% 3.93% 3.35% 4.17% 4.84% 4.99% 5.15% 4.04% 4.89% 4.89% 2.57% 2.98% 3.88% 3.09% 7.25% 3.38% -0.45% 1.31% 3.09% 5.93% 7.47% 5.63% 4.68% 5.16% 6.48% 6.06% 4.76% 6.61% 6.45% 7.27% 6.97% 5.68% 6.01% 5.71% 5.78% 5.63% 6.94% 4.55% 2.00% 2.52% 1.40% 1.24% 0.45% 2.19% 2.39% 1.85% 
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
    400,000 500,000 500,000 800,000 700,000 700,000 500,000 900,000 700,000 1,000,000 1,200,000 1,300,000 800,000 900,000 1,100,000 1,300,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,100,000 1,300,000 900,000 700,000 500,000 1,200,000 700,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,500,000 1,700,000 2,000,000 2,300,000 2,100,000    1,700,000 1,200,000 1,100,000 1,200,000 1,300,000 300,000 1,400,000 1,400,000 1,600,000 1,400,000 1,300,000 700,000 900,000 900,000 800,000 1,300,000 1,400,000 1,700,000 1,400,000 1,500,000 1,300,000 1,318,000 635,000 1,206,000 337,000                                 
      net income attributable to reliance
    116,500,000 189,500,000 233,700,000 199,700,000 105,300,000 199,200,000 267,800,000 302,900,000 272,700,000 295,000,000 385,100,000 383,100,000 350,500,000 393,500,000 572,800,000 523,300,000 421,300,000 395,700,000 329,100,000 266,900,000 129,600,000 97,600,000 80,200,000 61,700,000 165,600,000 162,700,000 183,100,000 190,100,000 85,600,000 148,300,000 230,800,000 169,000,000 301,400,000 97,300,000 103,000,000 111,700,000 61,700,000 49,500,000 100,900,000 92,200,000 68,600,000 51,400,000 90,200,000 101,300,000 95,500,000 96,500,000 87,200,000 95,100,000 81,000,000 83,700,000 98,100,000 108,800,000 116,200,000 84,900,000 98,700,000 92,300,000 39,454,000 48,650,000 61,599,000 44,650,000 92,070,000 41,757,000 -5,787,000 20,118,000                             
      earnings per share attributable to reliance stockholders:
                                                                                                
      basic
    2.25 3.61 4.44 3.76 2.02 3.64 4.71 5.28 4.77 5.05 6.56 6.51 6.04 6.55                                                                               
      diluted
    2.24 3.59 4.42 3.74 2.01 3.61 4.67 5.23 4.72 4.99 6.49 6.43 5.94 6.45                                                                               
      shares used in computing earnings per share:
                                                                                                
      basic
    -165 52,482 52,610 53,075 -551 54,691 56,878 57,340 -320 58,427 58,688 58,832 -616 60,055                                                                               
      diluted
    -169 52,817 52,923 53,399 -567 55,182 57,394 57,882 -318 59,124 59,346 59,534 -619 60,984                                                                               
      other income
      -6,400,000    -7,700,000 -12,800,000                             700,000 -800,000 200,000 1,100,000    1,900,000    1,200,000  2,900,000 5,900,000  6,500,000  4,100,000 200,000 -2,522,000 513,000 -2,236,000 1,127,000 5,724,000 3,144,000 1,832,000 1,924,000 -2,886,000 -68,000 -499,000 -387,000 5,161,000 2,063,000 2,333,000 374,000 2,127,000 1,987,000 376,000 1,278,000 962,000 1,345,000 699,000 665,000 1,792,000 483,000 1,386,000 507,000 548,000 585,000 1,141,000 563,000 1,646,000 384,000 603,000 634,000 
      earnings per share attributable to reliance stockholders:
                                                                                                
      diluted
                  9.15 8.33 6.62 6.15 5.08 4.12 1.51 1.24 0.92 2.44 2.4 2.69 2.8 1.26 2.03 3.16 2.3 4.1 1.32 1.4 1.52 0.84 0.68 1.38 1.27 0.95 0.69 1.2 1.3                                                 
      basic
                  9.29 8.46 6.74 6.25 5.17 4.19 2.03 1.53 1.26 0.93 2.48 2.44 2.73 2.83 1.28 2.06 3.19 2.32 4.14 1.33 1.41 1.53 0.85 0.68 1.39 1.28 0.96 0.7 1.21 1.31                                                 
      shares used in computing earnings per share:
                                                                                                
      diluted
                  62,594 62,784 -290 64,350 64,793 64,711 -240 64,688 64,582 67,248 -13 67,704 67,977                                                                  
      cash dividends per share
                   0.875 0.688 0.688 0.688 0.688 0.625 0.625 0.625 0.625 0.55 0.55 0.55 0.55 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.425 0.425 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.33 0.3 0.3 0.25 0.15 0.15 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.09 0.09 0.07 0.07 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 
      impairment of long-lived assets
                        100,000 10,000,000 200,000 97,700,000   1,200,000  1,500,000 35,500,000   1,400,000 2,800,000   700,000 51,700,000    53,300,000                                                   
      other expense
                          2,000,000  125,000 2,300,000                                                                   
      cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation
                                                                                                
      and amortization shown below)
                                    1,308,850,000 1,764,600,000 1,773,100,000            1,905,800,000                                              
      warehouse, delivery, selling, general and
                                                                                                
      administrative
                                    355,525,000 470,000,000 475,900,000            441,000,000                                              
      interests
                                    1,300,000 1,700,000 1,800,000                                                          
      interest
                                       -17,300,000 -19,000,000 -22,200,000 -21,700,000 -21,700,000                -14,600,000 -15,169,000 -15,276,000 -15,647,000 -15,083,000 -15,593,000 -15,916,000 -16,698,000 -19,316,000 -25,902,000 -23,899,000 -16,161,000 16,613,000 18,468,000 20,517,000 19,615,000  19,696,000 19,354,000 16,933,000 5,709,000 5,932,000 6,783,000 6,206,000 6,301,000    7,480,000     5,819,000 5,749,000 5,668,000 5,370,000 
      other income:
                                                                                                
      earnings per share attributable to reliance shareholders:
                                                                                                
      diluted
                  9.15 8.33 6.62 6.15 5.08 4.12 1.51 1.24 0.92 2.44 2.4 2.69 2.8 1.26 2.03 3.16 2.3 4.1 1.32 1.4 1.52 0.84 0.68 1.38 1.27 0.95 0.69 1.2 1.3                                                 
      basic
                  9.29 8.46 6.74 6.25 5.17 4.19 2.03 1.53 1.26 0.93 2.48 2.44 2.73 2.83 1.28 2.06 3.19 2.32 4.14 1.33 1.41 1.53 0.85 0.68 1.39 1.28 0.96 0.7 1.21 1.31                                                 
      earnings per share:
                                                                                                
      diluted earnings per common share attributable to reliance shareholders
                                                1.21 1.22  1.22 1.05 1.09 1.3 1.44 1.54 1.13 1.31 1.23 0.53 0.65 0.83 0.6                                 
      basic earnings per common share attributable to reliance shareholders
                                                1.23 1.24  1.23 1.06 1.1 1.3 1.45 1.55 1.13 1.32 1.24 0.53 0.65 0.83 0.6                                 
      diluted earnings per common share attributable to
                                                                                                
      reliance shareholders
                                                  1.11                                              
      basic earnings per common share attributable to
                                                                                                
      costs and expenses: - sum
                                                            1,506,175,000 1,565,611,000 1,505,974,000 1,374,314,000 1,150,528,000 1,169,090,000 1,237,548,000 1,510,574,000 2,015,520,000 2,304,244,000 1,827,161,000 1,735,561,000 1,580,966,000 1,664,453,000 1,701,913,000 1,663,551,000 1,451,503,000 1,454,707,000 1,398,349,000 872,379,000 767,575,000 789,976,000 735,991,000 735,216,000 683,418,000 707,909,000 671,358,000 605,367,000     432,925,000 438,810,000 433,116,000 393,841,000 
      weighted-average shares outstanding - diluted
                                                             74,400,359 74,517,743                                  
      weighted-average shares outstanding - basic
                                                             74,292,161 74,220,164                                  
      weighted-average shares outstanding – diluted
                                                               74,184,403       73,757,864 73,548,014   77,181,651 76,452,752 73,599,681 76,016,596 75,874,992    33,086,102 32,972,593 32,675,379 32,802,503  32,469,082 31,866,334 31,857,794 31,767,381 31,755,609     
      weighted-average shares outstanding – basic
                                                               73,862,445       73,015,855 72,857,477   76,219,670 75,862,219 73,134,102 75,451,585 75,115,438    32,915,847 32,781,391 32,480,101 32,545,999  32,293,160 31,852,842 31,815,214 31,766,497 31,755,609     
      less: net income attributable to the noncontrolling interests
                                                                205,250 320,000 231,000 270,000                             
      net income per share
                                                                0.19 0.57                               
      weighted-average shares outstanding — diluted
                                                            74,472,380    73,701,979 73,784,086 73,376,023 73,323,713 73,597,717 73,775,991   76,064,616 76,476,928      33,598,332 33,097,362 33,166,083     32,674,395      31,798,801 31,815,003 31,920,602 31,728,721 
      weighted-average shares outstanding — basic
                                                            74,230,452    73,445,583 73,478,197 73,376,023 73,317,140 73,102,215 73,238,881   75,622,799 75,609,783      33,139,762 32,935,034 32,966,902     32,446,394      31,687,161 31,719,972 31,683,600 31,590,853 
      income from continuing operations before income taxes
                                                                  -9,436,000 30,569,000 97,604,000 244,625,000 251,247,000 172,222,000 129,522,000 149,702,000 196,456,000 178,713,000 119,737,000 173,393,000 161,164,000 116,838,000 99,584,000 79,738,000 79,110,000 74,780,000 52,264,750 72,891,000 87,010,000 49,158,000         
      income from continuing operations attributable to reliance — diluted
                                                                  -0.08 0.27                             
      income from continuing operations attributable to reliance — basic
                                                                  -0.08 0.27                             
      provision for income taxes
                                                                   10,181,000 31,316,000 92,127,000 94,651,000 64,827,000 49,612,000 56,137,000 73,672,000 67,017,000 45,095,000 65,888,000 60,659,000 44,983,000 38,996,000 30,301,000 30,061,000 28,417,000 17,957,000 28,751,000 34,213,000 19,319,000 5,077,000 8,011,000 4,140,000 3,618,000 1,045,000 6,534,000 7,062,000 4,912,000 
      income from continuing operations — diluted
                                                                    0.91 2.07   1.08 1.22      2.14 1.83 1.49     1.62          
      income from continuing operations — basic
                                                                    0.9 2.08   1.07 1.24      2.17 1.84 1.5     1.63          
      income from continuing operations – diluted
                                                                      2.12 1.46   1.59 1.46 0.99 1.41 1.32    1.48 1.41 1.31 1.35  0.92         
      income from continuing operations – basic
                                                                      2.14 1.47   1.61 1.47 0.98 1.42 1.34    1.49 1.41 1.32 1.36  0.92         
      income before minority interest and income taxes
                                                                            119,816,000 173,488,000 161,249,000 116,885,000 102,065,000 81,493,000 81,050,000 77,356,000 54,489,250 76,244,000 90,808,000 50,905,000  20,264,000       
      minority interest
                                                                            -79,000 -95,000 -85,000 -47,000 -2,481,000 -1,755,000 -1,940,000 -2,576,000 -284,000 -3,353,000 -3,798,000 -1,747,000 405,000 100,000 208,000 225,000 -252,000 85,000 43,000  
      gross profit
                                                                                        93,746,250 136,210,000 119,372,000 119,403,000     
      yoy
                                                                                                
      qoq
                                                                                        -31.18% 14.11% -0.03%      
      gross margin %
    0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 19.32% 27.76% 26.16% 26.49% 0% 0% 0% 0% 
      operating expenses:
                                                                                                
      depreciation
                                                                                        5,479,500 7,499,000 7,221,000 7,198,000     
      income from operations
                                                                                        14,459,750 28,513,000 15,005,000 14,321,000     
      amortization expense
                                                                                        -372,250 -872,000 -311,000 -306,000     
      income before provision for income taxes
                                                                                        10,023,250 20,364,000 10,532,000 9,197,000 11,684,500 16,499,000 17,836,000 12,403,000 
      earnings per share – diluted
                                                                                        0.193 0.39 0.2 0.18     
      earnings per share – basic
                                                                                        0.193 0.39 0.2 0.18     
      income before equity in earnings of 50%-owned company, minority interest and income taxes
                                                                                        9,890,000  10,324,000 8,972,000 3,234,000 16,414,000 17,653,000  
      equity in earnings of 50%-owned company
                                                                                              140,000 124,000 
      earnings per share — diluted
                                                                                            0.06 0.31 0.34 0.24 
      earnings per share — basic
                                                                                            0.06 0.31 0.34 0.24 
      income before equity in earnings of 50%-owned company and income taxes
                                                                                               12,279,000 
    Balance Sheets:
    Quarterly
    Annual
      Unit: USD2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-09-30 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-09-30 2006-06-30 2006-03-31 2005-12-31 2005-09-30 2005-06-30 2005-03-31 2004-12-31 2004-09-30 2004-06-30 2004-03-31 2003-12-31 2003-09-30 2003-06-30 2003-03-31 2002-12-31 2002-09-30 2002-06-30 2002-03-31 2002-01-01 
                                                                                                   
        assets
                                                                                                   
        current assets:
                                                                                                   
        cash and cash equivalents
      216,600,000 261,200,000 239,500,000 277,800,000 318,100,000 314,600,000 350,800,000 934,900,000 1,080,200,000 976,900,000 816,300,000 816,200,000 1,173,400,000 643,700,000 504,500,000 548,000,000 300,500,000 638,400,000 727,600,000 760,300,000 683,500,000 591,600,000 222,700,000 172,100,000 174,300,000 166,000,000 141,500,000 133,600,000 128,200,000 112,100,000 124,300,000 145,400,000 154,400,000 170,200,000 146,500,000 133,800,000 122,800,000 143,300,000 116,500,000 120,500,000 104,300,000 94,100,000 131,900,000 101,600,000 100,700,000 113,500,000 113,600,000 104,900,000 100,800,000 100,100,000 120,600,000 93,600,000 70,000,000 91,100,000 92,000,000 76,800,000 72,915,000 186,463,000 47,403,000 52,306,000 43,002,000 87,864,000 179,413,000 33,643,000 51,995,000 43,682,000 89,843,000 96,730,000 77,023,000 106,003,000 74,950,000 28,578,000 57,475,000 22,041,000 10,104,000 34,459,000 35,022,000 10,419,000 16,210,000 12,995,000 11,659,000 2,225,000 2,592,000 12,529,000 2,166,000 11,183,000 19,063,000 12,168,000 9,305,000 9,277,000 5,644,000 687,000  
        accounts receivables
      1,539,900,000 1,674,100,000 1,668,200,000 1,671,800,000 1,342,000,000 1,566,700,000 1,650,900,000 1,686,000,000 1,472,400,000 1,666,300,000 1,729,900,000 1,800,300,000 1,565,700,000 1,856,900,000 2,053,300,000 2,078,700,000 1,683,000,000 1,693,500,000 1,492,600,000 1,272,300,000 926,300,000 943,900,000 922,500,000 1,216,100,000 1,067,800,000 1,250,900,000 1,350,300,000 1,422,000,000 1,242,300,000 1,425,800,000 1,379,200,000 1,323,700,000 1,087,300,000 1,166,000,000 1,177,500,000 1,147,700,000 960,200,000 1,042,900,000 1,036,000,000 1,009,000,000 916,600,000 1,074,300,000 1,117,100,000 1,214,100,000 1,253,200,000 1,169,200,000 1,160,100,000 1,073,500,000 1,143,500,000 940,400,000 978,500,000 1,013,500,000 1,044,200,000 1,019,500,000 958,100,000 913,500,000 697,033,000 761,955,000 736,404,000 691,983,000 533,871,000 588,293,000 561,355,000 690,249,000 851,214,000 1,254,181,000 946,081,000 829,203,000 691,462,000 807,798,000 837,936,000 835,204,000 666,273,000 746,007,000 683,566,000 437,319,000 369,931,000 394,326,000 362,030,000 371,869,000 329,991,000 358,574,000 344,494,000 321,154,000 221,793,000         
        inventories
      2,187,800,000 2,307,900,000 2,254,800,000 2,114,300,000 2,026,800,000 2,205,800,000 2,288,700,000 2,166,900,000 2,043,200,000 2,110,200,000 2,202,300,000 1,981,400,000 1,995,300,000 2,175,800,000 2,352,100,000 2,010,300,000 2,065,000,000 1,877,800,000 1,644,800,000 1,477,000,000 1,420,400,000 1,423,000,000 1,492,600,000 1,630,000,000 1,645,700,000 1,669,500,000 1,787,100,000 1,936,900,000 1,817,100,000 2,083,700,000 2,062,100,000 1,902,900,000 1,726,000,000 1,772,500,000 1,751,300,000 1,680,200,000 1,532,600,000 1,600,100,000 1,623,800,000 1,525,700,000 1,436,000,000 1,587,300,000 1,672,800,000 1,803,300,000 1,944,400,000 1,769,900,000 1,656,200,000 1,582,900,000 1,587,100,000 1,317,600,000 1,382,500,000 1,424,000,000 1,399,400,000 1,276,600,000 1,160,400,000 1,089,600,000 860,215,000 921,225,000 896,660,000 845,275,000 719,915,000 792,119,000 817,154,000 1,088,277,000 1,284,468,000 1,759,519,000 1,106,532,000 948,280,000 911,315,000 1,007,349,000 1,100,470,000 1,063,840,000 904,318,000 987,505,000 861,125,000 444,406,000 387,385,000 367,112,000 369,665,000 383,149,000 349,779,000 376,709,000 342,114,000 313,048,000 288,080,000 292,514,000 291,679,000 305,449,000 307,385,000 320,730,000 301,266,000 292,360,000  
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
      165,600,000 112,500,000 126,700,000 135,600,000 148,200,000 123,500,000 132,300,000 135,600,000 140,400,000 104,700,000 109,800,000 114,200,000 115,600,000 87,300,000 106,200,000 107,000,000 111,600,000 74,300,000 79,600,000 75,100,000 80,500,000 66,600,000 88,900,000 68,200,000 85,200,000 69,600,000 73,400,000 68,300,000 81,500,000 71,000,000 82,600,000 65,600,000 80,700,000 60,400,000 69,100,000 63,900,000 72,900,000 57,500,000 60,600,000 55,400,000 60,800,000 49,300,000 56,000,000 49,600,000 57,200,000 63,900,000 56,300,000 50,000,000 47,700,000 34,600,000 31,600,000 39,700,000 38,900,000 42,500,000 46,100,000 36,400,000 42,442,000 38,181,000 34,836,000 35,057,000 37,855,000 27,367,000 27,995,000 27,967,000 33,782,000 28,293,000 23,915,000 22,202,000 24,028,000 20,820,000 22,157,000 24,980,000 22,179,000 19,554,000 22,015,000 17,650,000 19,009,000 17,631,000 15,183,000 16,439,000 17,216,000 15,661,000 16,837,000 14,992,000 14,593,000 12,929,000 11,124,000 11,709,000 10,874,000 9,730,000 8,168,000 8,366,000  
        income taxes receivable
      31,200,000  3,900,000 11,500,000 60,400,000 1,900,000 9,800,000  35,600,000 1,000,000   36,600,000 47,500,000 7,800,000      2,100,000 6,900,000   37,200,000 9,000,000 13,600,000  15,900,000    2,900,000     5,100,000 16,900,000 29,300,000 36,500,000 38,600,000 14,700,000     22,000,000 17,600,000 3,200,000 33,300,000 2,100,000     28,292,000 13,333,000 7,030,000 36,309,000 54,020,000  21,078,000 20,311,000 9,980,000    17,575,000 14,696,000   25,144,000                     
        total current assets
      4,141,100,000 4,355,700,000 4,293,100,000 4,211,000,000 3,895,500,000 4,212,500,000 4,432,500,000 4,923,400,000 4,771,800,000 4,859,100,000 4,858,300,000 4,712,100,000 4,886,600,000 4,811,200,000 5,023,900,000 4,744,000,000 4,160,100,000 4,284,000,000 3,944,600,000 3,584,700,000 3,112,800,000 3,032,000,000 2,726,700,000 3,086,400,000 3,010,200,000 3,165,000,000 3,365,900,000 3,560,800,000 3,285,000,000 3,692,600,000 3,648,200,000 3,437,600,000 3,051,300,000 3,169,100,000 3,144,400,000 3,025,600,000 2,688,500,000 2,848,900,000 2,853,800,000 2,739,900,000 2,554,200,000 2,890,000,000 3,038,900,000 3,215,000,000 3,394,400,000 3,155,400,000 3,025,100,000 2,869,100,000 2,932,500,000 2,426,400,000 2,580,200,000 2,608,200,000 2,585,900,000 2,429,700,000 2,256,600,000 2,116,300,000 1,700,897,000 1,921,157,000 1,722,333,000 1,660,930,000 1,390,904,000 1,576,183,000 1,677,837,000 1,931,283,000 2,302,372,000 3,085,675,000 2,166,371,000 1,896,415,000 1,721,403,000 1,956,666,000 2,035,513,000 1,952,602,000 1,675,389,000 1,810,731,000 1,612,466,000 969,816,000 847,348,000 814,061,000 787,680,000 809,036,000 733,229,000 771,116,000 723,984,000 679,659,000 544,586,000         
        property, plant and equipment
      2,633,300,000 2,623,900,000 2,605,600,000 2,573,400,000 2,544,900,000 2,503,000,000 2,437,600,000 2,309,300,000 2,248,400,000 2,189,000,000 2,116,100,000 2,024,800,000 1,974,600,000 1,929,800,000 1,888,300,000 1,851,700,000 1,836,800,000 1,802,600,000 1,797,100,000 1,769,700,000 1,792,200,000 1,799,400,000 1,809,300,000 1,791,700,000 1,795,200,000 1,775,800,000 1,763,300,000 1,738,700,000 1,729,900,000 1,681,400,000 1,666,400,000 1,654,300,000 1,656,300,000 1,651,100,000 1,648,800,000 1,651,400,000 1,662,200,000                                                         
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      315,200,000 303,700,000 303,800,000 286,300,000 275,200,000 271,000,000 241,700,000 230,700,000 231,600,000 227,700,000 222,900,000 217,300,000 216,400,000 217,600,000 221,500,000 216,400,000 224,600,000 199,800,000 209,700,000 201,900,000 204,000,000 195,000,000 200,500,000 201,500,000 201,500,000 198,900,000 188,000,000 185,000,000                                                                  
        goodwill
      2,169,900,000 2,168,600,000 2,170,400,000 2,165,600,000 2,161,800,000 2,170,900,000 2,167,000,000 2,125,300,000 2,111,100,000 2,108,700,000 2,109,800,000 2,106,100,000 2,105,900,000 2,103,900,000 2,109,400,000 2,113,000,000 2,107,600,000 1,935,300,000 1,936,300,000 1,935,700,000 1,935,200,000 1,924,800,000 1,923,700,000 1,998,800,000 2,003,800,000 1,872,800,000 1,873,800,000 1,871,700,000 1,870,800,000 1,853,300,000 1,848,700,000 1,850,400,000 1,842,600,000 1,834,000,000 1,831,200,000 1,829,200,000 1,827,400,000 1,828,900,000 1,830,900,000 1,824,600,000 1,724,800,000 1,727,000,000 1,732,400,000 1,730,300,000 1,707,500,000 1,676,300,000 1,690,300,000 1,710,000,000 1,658,800,000 1,312,400,000 1,281,200,000 1,277,600,000 1,249,600,000 1,231,600,000 1,110,800,000 1,111,300,000 1,109,600,000 1,082,256,000 1,081,319,000 1,082,469,000 1,081,324,000 1,079,127,000 1,075,476,000 1,066,582,000 1,065,527,000 1,136,118,000 890,727,000 882,958,000 886,152,000 937,446,000 918,076,000 932,281,000 784,871,000 759,665,000 723,450,000 392,276,000 384,730,000 404,464,000 341,780,000 341,780,000 341,780,000 341,780,000 341,780,000  325,305,000 333,026,000 284,304,000 284,276,000      
        intangible assets
      960,100,000 977,600,000 988,700,000 997,000,000 1,007,200,000 1,031,500,000 1,036,200,000 986,100,000 981,100,000 990,100,000 1,002,800,000 1,008,000,000 1,019,600,000 1,030,400,000 1,045,800,000 1,059,900,000 1,077,700,000 919,500,000 928,900,000 938,000,000 947,100,000 955,800,000 974,300,000 928,000,000 1,031,100,000 1,040,700,000 1,052,200,000 1,062,400,000 1,072,000,000 1,064,500,000 1,101,500,000 1,115,500,000 1,112,100,000 1,116,800,000 1,126,700,000 1,138,500,000 1,151,300,000 1,166,200,000 1,205,300,000 1,205,000,000 1,125,400,000 1,140,700,000 1,195,900,000 1,220,200,000 1,222,300,000 1,186,200,000 1,196,700,000 1,241,300,000 1,313,900,000 922,300,000 909,900,000 915,600,000 890,900,000 909,800,000 741,300,000 749,400,000 755,768,000 707,664,000 711,864,000 720,582,000 726,255,000 731,694,000 730,280,000 733,648,000 741,681,000 781,720,000 464,312,000 461,693,000 464,291,000 402,000,000 382,836,000 371,061,000 354,195,000 351,659,000 325,237,000                   
        cash surrender value of life insurance policies
      48,000,000 30,100,000 35,200,000 40,500,000 46,000,000 29,800,000 34,400,000 39,500,000 43,800,000 28,000,000 33,200,000 37,600,000 42,000,000 26,900,000 32,500,000 39,100,000 44,900,000 30,800,000 35,700,000 39,500,000 43,700,000 29,600,000 33,200,000 35,200,000 42,700,000 30,200,000 34,400,000 40,200,000 43,600,000 34,600,000 41,000,000 44,300,000 47,800,000 36,800,000 41,000,000 44,000,000 46,900,000 36,800,000 39,200,000 42,200,000 45,800,000 36,400,000 40,400,000 43,900,000 37,800,000 40,500,000 42,900,000 36,700,000 38,600,000 40,700,000 37,900,000 37,600,000 40,300,000 34,600,000 38,000,000 40,300,000 42,011,000 88,013,000 87,507,000 90,522,000 92,860,000 56,053,000 55,466,000 56,024,000 57,410,000 67,820,000 67,396,000 73,617,000 73,953,000 43,861,000 44,319,000 44,162,000 41,190,000 38,223,000 55,836,000                   
        other long-term assets
      105,700,000 90,100,000 93,200,000 91,200,000 91,200,000 82,100,000 98,700,000 97,900,000 92,500,000                                                                                     
        total assets
      10,373,300,000 10,549,700,000 10,490,000,000 10,365,000,000 10,021,800,000 10,300,800,000 10,448,100,000 10,712,200,000 10,480,300,000 10,492,900,000 10,440,400,000 10,203,200,000 10,329,900,000 10,202,200,000 10,402,700,000 10,114,200,000 9,536,000,000 9,252,400,000 8,930,000,000 8,549,000,000 8,106,800,000 7,998,700,000 7,724,100,000 8,085,500,000 8,131,100,000 8,130,900,000 8,327,100,000 8,504,200,000 8,044,900,000 8,372,600,000 8,352,600,000 8,147,900,000 7,751,000,000 7,846,900,000 7,831,200,000 7,724,400,000 7,411,300,000 7,584,900,000 7,644,600,000 7,519,500,000 7,121,600,000 7,455,600,000 7,691,200,000 7,887,600,000 8,034,700,000 7,714,700,000 7,596,700,000 7,492,300,000 7,575,600,000 5,981,100,000 6,030,400,000 6,035,300,000 5,931,800,000 5,728,000,000 5,218,500,000 5,088,500,000 4,668,893,000 4,817,523,000 4,618,520,000 4,571,701,000 4,306,777,000 4,464,342,000 4,564,459,000 4,807,504,000 5,195,485,000 6,085,144,000 4,473,253,000 4,165,271,000 3,983,477,000 4,151,071,000 4,176,580,000 4,075,325,000 3,614,173,000 3,732,685,000 3,460,694,000 1,926,875,000 1,769,070,000 1,728,216,000 1,617,072,000 1,638,033,000 1,563,331,000 1,604,600,000 1,557,844,000 1,501,445,000 1,369,424,000         
        liabilities and equity
                                                                                                   
        current liabilities:
                                                                                                   
        accounts payable
      375,200,000 507,800,000 516,600,000 520,800,000 361,900,000 440,900,000 458,400,000 449,700,000 410,300,000 445,400,000 499,800,000 545,000,000 412,400,000 481,600,000 663,800,000 636,200,000 453,900,000 519,400,000 473,600,000 361,000,000 259,300,000 260,000,000 247,100,000 347,000,000 275,000,000 385,900,000 396,100,000 485,300,000 338,800,000 461,200,000 517,800,000 483,900,000 346,700,000 407,200,000 421,200,000 402,400,000 302,200,000 312,200,000 360,800,000 350,400,000 247,000,000 326,500,000 371,000,000 417,400,000 475,200,000 457,800,000 457,300,000 406,600,000 419,300,000 389,500,000 381,900,000 375,200,000 433,700,000 412,700,000 398,800,000 405,100,000 244,988,000 326,359,000 291,704,000 299,294,000 169,113,000 221,774,000 203,621,000 248,366,000 248,312,000 546,904,000 486,630,000 464,341,000 333,986,000 402,796,000 455,950,000 445,002,000 340,356,000 377,736,000 377,250,000 238,356,000 188,584,000 159,575,000 157,446,000 204,181,000 140,323,000 161,407,000 158,246,000 163,055,000 98,438,000 132,328,000 113,392,000 105,524,000 77,511,000 97,568,000 88,804,000 75,199,000  
        accrued expenses
      150,000,000 147,500,000 133,700,000 136,700,000 144,400,000 132,800,000 146,600,000 118,300,000 118,500,000 130,300,000 134,600,000 113,700,000 118,800,000 160,400,000 175,800,000 132,100,000 148,200,000 117,000,000 116,600,000 122,600,000 88,900,000 103,200,000 76,800,000 85,800,000 67,400,000 94,400,000 79,300,000 84,600,000 77,400,000 89,000,000 83,000,000 91,500,000 83,600,000 103,500,000 88,800,000 94,700,000 83,700,000 101,800,000 79,900,000 94,700,000 83,000,000 99,900,000 82,700,000 93,800,000 138,100,000 108,100,000 107,800,000 110,400,000 97,400,000 88,900,000 84,100,000 56,700,000 62,600,000 66,900,000 55,200,000 56,800,000 45,774,000 65,782,000 50,317,000 54,632,000 51,730,000 59,842,000 54,597,000 59,132,000 59,982,000 244,073,000 125,982,000 47,866,000 37,863,000 59,589,000 51,542,000 58,662,000 36,481,000 51,827,000 56,016,000 27,973,000 19,234,000 22,784,000 19,066,000 18,790,000 17,561,000 63,567,000 56,620,000 55,992,000 53,265,000 54,888,000 41,955,000 44,512,000 40,894,000 45,683,000 41,523,000 35,887,000  
        accrued compensation and retirement benefits
      198,100,000 201,200,000 179,500,000 155,900,000 195,200,000 194,100,000 173,800,000 139,800,000 213,900,000 203,300,000 181,800,000 143,700,000 240,000,000                                                                                 
        accrued insurance costs
      56,400,000 53,100,000 54,100,000 53,700,000 50,400,000 45,100,000 47,000,000 46,100,000 44,400,000 43,700,000 45,500,000 45,200,000 43,400,000 39,500,000 39,500,000 44,200,000 41,000,000 40,800,000 42,800,000 45,500,000 42,000,000 45,200,000 45,200,000 46,500,000 43,400,000 45,300,000 46,300,000 43,800,000 42,900,000 41,400,000 43,900,000 48,300,000 42,100,000 42,600,000 43,200,000 43,500,000 40,600,000 43,500,000 44,000,000 41,500,000 40,200,000 43,100,000 43,700,000 45,100,000 45,500,000 45,700,000 48,000,000 44,600,000 46,900,000 39,200,000 41,200,000 41,000,000 44,100,000 36,300,000 36,700,000 38,900,000 36,972,000 37,955,000 38,514,000 39,552,000 39,134,000 40,006,000 41,221,000 40,684,000 40,700,000 42,009,000 36,625,000 36,640,000 36,884,000 36,123,000 36,812,000 36,673,000 34,475,000 35,413,000 33,770,000 23,205,000 23,372,000 24,691,000 24,502,000 22,731,000 20,297,000             
        current maturities of long-term debt
      700,000 300,000 400,200,000 399,900,000 399,700,000 399,500,000 300,000 300,000                                                    86,934,000 86,383,000 7,825,000 81,411,000 82,053,000 93,877,000 119,001,000 45,522,000 51,476,000 71,815,000 33,684,000 33,840,000 32,257,000 22,257,000 96,358,000 46,556,000 44,525,000 49,525,000 48,525,000 48,525,000 48,400,000 46,400,000 23,400,000 23,400,000 23,400,000 22,400,000 22,400,000 22,325,000 22,325,000 325,000 325,000 325,000 325,000  
        current maturities of operating lease liabilities
      67,700,000 64,500,000 64,000,000 62,900,000 61,400,000 60,100,000 57,400,000 56,300,000 56,200,000 55,700,000 54,600,000 53,200,000 52,500,000 53,300,000 53,900,000 54,900,000 58,600,000 48,900,000 50,100,000 51,100,000 51,000,000 50,200,000 51,700,000 52,400,000 52,500,000 51,400,000 50,400,000 50,900,000                                                                  
        total current liabilities
      848,100,000 984,000,000 1,348,100,000 1,329,900,000 1,213,000,000 1,272,500,000 883,500,000 857,400,000 843,600,000 878,700,000 937,800,000 975,400,000 1,375,300,000 1,479,200,000 1,665,600,000 1,198,300,000 1,065,000,000 1,007,100,000 904,900,000 823,700,000 613,000,000 601,900,000 642,000,000 735,600,000 675,300,000 788,500,000 760,800,000 877,400,000 699,100,000 840,000,000 899,400,000 874,100,000 703,700,000 781,200,000 747,800,000 766,000,000 656,000,000 1,003,700,000 1,078,000,000 1,071,400,000 989,700,000 698,100,000 711,300,000 784,800,000 878,200,000 762,500,000 746,200,000 713,700,000 776,800,000 671,200,000 699,900,000 575,400,000 675,700,000 644,500,000 702,600,000 695,600,000 508,595,000 658,934,000 538,517,000 544,654,000 417,569,000 448,276,000 484,854,000 546,098,000 650,165,000 1,113,116,000 830,497,000 727,957,000 599,864,000 639,118,000 680,661,000 697,220,000 550,739,000 665,186,000 602,465,000 411,793,000 333,819,000 303,607,000 286,599,000 324,999,000 288,780,000 292,267,000 276,215,000 273,486,000 202,824,000         
        long-term debt
      1,420,200,000 1,381,500,000 1,025,500,000 1,073,100,000 742,800,000 867,800,000 1,143,300,000 1,142,600,000 1,141,900,000 1,141,600,000 1,140,900,000 1,140,200,000 1,139,400,000 1,138,800,000 1,138,000,000 1,642,800,000 1,642,000,000 1,641,400,000 1,640,600,000 1,639,700,000 1,638,900,000 1,638,300,000 1,426,900,000 1,772,300,000 1,523,600,000 1,578,200,000 1,944,900,000 2,122,200,000 2,138,500,000 1,981,100,000 1,932,700,000 1,947,100,000 1,809,400,000 1,896,000,000 1,990,100,000 1,951,900,000 1,846,700,000 1,679,700,000 1,684,700,000 1,640,300,000 1,427,900,000 1,986,100,000 2,094,300,000 2,268,500,000 2,230,300,000 2,093,200,000 2,091,000,000 2,112,900,000 2,219,900,000 1,063,800,000 1,278,800,000 1,519,000,000 1,419,000,000 1,463,900,000 1,012,800,000 990,500,000 855,085,000 944,231,000 923,446,000 928,410,000 849,375,000 1,062,339,000 1,181,303,000 1,374,018,000 1,671,732,000 2,153,222,000 1,105,386,000 1,075,351,000 1,008,765,000 1,239,551,000 1,241,716,000 1,266,806,000 1,083,095,000 1,153,001,000 1,036,088,000 325,950,000 301,275,000 365,275,000 325,475,000 351,600,000 380,850,000 478,850,000 492,000,000 497,000,000 469,250,000 483,655,000 283,175,000 308,940,000 344,080,000 358,390,000 345,015,000 328,800,000  
        operating lease liabilities
      250,900,000 242,300,000 242,600,000 224,100,000 214,200,000 210,800,000 187,600,000 177,800,000 178,900,000 174,700,000 170,000,000 165,500,000 165,200,000 165,200,000 166,800,000 159,200,000 162,500,000 151,900,000 160,600,000 152,000,000 154,100,000 145,900,000 149,600,000 149,700,000 149,500,000 148,500,000 138,900,000 135,500,000                                                                  
        long-term retirement benefits
      24,900,000 28,400,000 29,800,000 28,200,000 26,900,000 29,100,000 27,700,000 27,800,000 25,100,000 30,400,000 30,600,000 29,600,000 26,100,000                                                                                 
        other long-term liabilities
      74,100,000 60,700,000 62,200,000 58,900,000 56,800,000 57,600,000 71,300,000 70,800,000 64,000,000 56,800,000 59,300,000 61,900,000 51,400,000 8,900,000 6,900,000 6,800,000 7,000,000 22,300,000 23,300,000 26,500,000 26,700,000 32,300,000 21,900,000 12,600,000 12,300,000 14,000,000 15,300,000 14,400,000 15,900,000 14,300,000 14,200,000 14,300,000 11,800,000 13,000,000 13,400,000 11,300,000 13,000,000 14,800,000 15,300,000 30,200,000 30,400,000 29,100,000 28,000,000 28,300,000 30,100,000 30,700,000 36,100,000 34,800,000 34,100,000 27,300,000 27,300,000 27,400,000 29,000,000 29,200,000 27,200,000 27,400,000 27,787,000 28,307,000 28,592,000                                   
        deferred income taxes
      575,600,000 537,000,000 537,700,000 537,200,000 537,500,000 501,800,000 501,700,000 493,100,000 494,000,000 475,500,000 476,300,000 476,200,000 476,600,000 480,500,000 482,100,000 483,200,000 484,800,000 456,000,000 456,200,000 456,200,000 455,600,000 445,700,000 436,300,000 434,800,000 469,300,000 439,000,000 439,300,000 439,300,000 440,100,000 430,400,000 437,500,000 441,800,000 440,800,000 624,600,000 626,800,000 628,600,000 626,900,000 627,600,000 629,000,000 630,000,000  46,400,000 46,400,000 46,400,000 38,900,000 38,900,000 38,900,000 35,800,000 35,800,000 30,500,000 33,700,000 35,300,000 33,400,000 9,600,000 9,600,000 9,600,000  333,029,000 334,062,000 335,466,000 2,241,000 80,540,000 70,842,000 70,836,000 70,933,000 22,915,000 23,143,000 23,141,000 23,136,000 23,721,000 19,693,000 23,707,000  35,624,000 35,656,000 35,982,000 36,001,000 24,573,000 24,592,000 24,584,000 24,584,000 17,947,000 17,947,000 17,936,000 17,954,000 14,954,000 14,789,000 14,789,000 14,789,000 18,648,000 18,648,000 18,463,000  
        total liabilities
      3,193,800,000 3,233,900,000 3,245,900,000 3,251,400,000 2,791,200,000 2,939,600,000 2,815,100,000 2,769,500,000 2,747,500,000                                                                                     
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                                   
        equity:
                                                                                                   
        preferred stock, 0.001 par value: 5,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding
                                                                                                   
        common shares, ...
                                                                                                   
        issued and outstanding shares—51,735 and 53,715
      100,000                                                                                             
        retained earnings
      7,257,600,000 7,400,200,000 7,320,200,000 7,214,500,000 7,334,700,000 7,433,500,000 7,724,400,000 8,025,600,000 7,798,900,000 7,823,600,000 7,702,100,000 7,432,100,000 7,173,600,000 6,960,500,000 6,942,500,000 6,599,500,000 6,155,300,000 5,943,500,000 5,700,600,000 5,415,300,000 5,193,200,000 5,125,500,000 5,068,900,000 5,028,600,000 5,189,500,000 5,061,900,000 4,936,000,000 4,789,800,000 4,637,900,000 4,583,000,000 4,470,600,000 4,275,900,000 4,144,100,000 3,876,600,000 3,812,200,000 3,742,000,000 3,663,200,000 3,633,200,000 3,614,500,000 3,542,600,000 3,480,000,000 3,479,900,000 3,457,600,000 3,397,800,000 3,261,300,000 3,193,100,000 3,123,400,000 3,026,400,000 2,955,600,000 2,897,700,000 2,776,500,000 2,697,500,000 2,599,800,000 2,437,300,000 2,360,700,000 2,271,500,000 2,188,725,000 2,156,322,000 2,114,688,000 2,059,953,000 2,020,343,000 1,934,732,000 1,900,534,000 1,913,146,000 1,900,360,000 1,841,090,000 1,695,722,000 1,542,216,000 1,439,598,000 1,362,230,000 1,274,574,000 1,154,352,000 1,046,339,000 974,557,000 871,393,000 775,164,000 704,530,000 645,905,000 599,145,000 552,936,000 508,147,000 467,108,000 424,902,000 373,484,000 344,962,000 335,955,000 325,348,000 320,862,000 317,189,000 317,157,000 309,051,000 299,777,000  
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -87,600,000 -95,000,000 -86,200,000 -112,800,000 -115,200,000 -83,100,000 -101,500,000 -93,300,000 -76,700,000 -99,400,000 -86,600,000 -86,500,000 -86,300,000 -113,900,000 -88,300,000 -68,300,000 -68,900,000 -82,900,000 -74,600,000 -79,100,000 -77,900,000 -96,800,000 -124,100,000 -136,500,000 -105,100,000 -103,400,000 -94,700,000 -95,900,000 -102,700,000 -83,100,000 -85,700,000 -74,500,000 -71,600,000 -77,900,000 -88,400,000 -94,800,000 -104,700,000 -92,000,000 -88,800,000 -84,000,000 -99,700,000                  -2,565,000  -1,523,000 -11,827,000 -22,648,000 -37,157,000                  -807,000 -832,000 -838,000 -930,000 -731,000 -906,000 -1,462,000 -1,838,000 -949,000 -487,000 -1,043,000  
        total reliance stockholders’ equity
      7,170,100,000 7,305,300,000 7,234,100,000 7,101,800,000 7,219,600,000 7,350,500,000 7,623,000,000 7,932,400,000 7,722,300,000 7,724,300,000 7,615,600,000 7,345,700,000 7,087,400,000 6,846,700,000 6,854,300,000 6,531,300,000 6,086,500,000 5,860,700,000 5,631,700,000 5,342,800,000 5,115,400,000 5,039,800,000 4,953,900,000 4,892,200,000 5,206,600,000 5,073,400,000 4,941,000,000 4,829,800,000 4,671,600,000 4,995,500,000 4,946,200,000 4,750,500,000 4,667,100,000 4,414,900,000 4,331,100,000 4,245,100,000 4,148,800,000 4,123,400,000 4,100,800,000 4,012,000,000 3,914,100,000 3,919,800,000 4,032,300,000                                                   
        noncontrolling interests
      9,400,000 10,500,000 10,000,000 11,800,000 11,000,000 10,700,000 10,000,000 10,300,000 10,500,000 10,900,000 9,900,000 8,700,000 8,500,000 8,800,000 8,800,000 7,400,000 7,200,000 7,200,000 7,300,000 6,200,000 7,300,000 7,500,000 7,600,000 7,100,000 7,500,000 8,300,000 8,500,000 9,400,000 7,900,000 34,800,000 34,600,000 33,100,000 32,800,000 31,000,000 31,200,000 30,900,000 30,300,000 29,800,000 28,600,000 28,400,000 28,600,000 30,700,000 30,000,000 29,900,000 10,300,000 9,900,000 10,500,000 9,800,000 9,300,000 9,100,000 10,400,000 9,800,000 9,100,000 8,000,000 8,200,000 6,900,000 6,382,000 5,862,000 4,113,000 2,027,000 1,690,000 2,227,000 2,642,000 2,264,000                              
        total equity
      7,179,500,000 7,315,800,000 7,244,100,000 7,113,600,000 7,230,600,000 7,361,200,000 7,633,000,000 7,942,700,000 7,732,800,000 7,735,200,000 7,625,500,000 7,354,400,000 7,095,900,000 6,855,500,000 6,863,100,000 6,538,700,000 6,093,700,000 5,867,900,000 5,639,000,000 5,349,000,000 5,122,700,000 5,047,300,000 4,961,500,000 4,899,300,000 5,214,100,000 5,081,700,000 4,949,500,000 4,839,200,000 4,679,500,000 5,030,300,000 4,980,800,000 4,783,600,000 4,699,900,000 4,445,900,000 4,362,300,000 4,276,000,000 4,179,100,000 4,153,200,000 4,129,400,000 4,040,400,000 3,942,700,000 3,950,500,000 4,062,300,000 4,010,600,000 4,119,600,000 4,054,200,000 3,950,000,000 3,831,000,000 3,722,800,000 3,655,900,000 3,485,500,000 3,375,200,000 3,274,500,000 3,092,700,000 3,030,600,000 2,928,800,000 2,830,114,000 2,781,450,000 2,724,887,000 2,665,748,000 2,608,122,000 2,502,239,000 2,453,043,000 2,445,262,000                              
        total liabilities and equity
      10,373,300,000 10,549,700,000 10,490,000,000 10,365,000,000 10,021,800,000 10,300,800,000 10,448,100,000 10,712,200,000 10,480,300,000 10,492,900,000 10,440,400,000 10,203,200,000 10,329,900,000 10,202,200,000 10,402,700,000 10,114,200,000 9,536,000,000 9,252,400,000 8,930,000,000 8,549,000,000 8,106,800,000 7,998,700,000 7,724,100,000 8,085,500,000 8,131,100,000 8,130,900,000 8,327,100,000 8,504,200,000 8,044,900,000 8,372,600,000 8,352,600,000 8,147,900,000 7,751,000,000 7,846,900,000 7,831,200,000 7,724,400,000 7,411,300,000 7,584,900,000 7,644,600,000 7,519,500,000 7,121,600,000 7,455,600,000 7,691,200,000 7,887,600,000 8,034,700,000 7,714,700,000 7,596,700,000 7,492,300,000 7,575,600,000 5,981,100,000 6,030,400,000 6,035,300,000 5,931,800,000 5,728,000,000 5,218,500,000 5,088,500,000 4,668,893,000 4,817,523,000 4,618,520,000 4,571,701,000 4,306,777,000 4,464,342,000 4,564,459,000 4,807,504,000                              
        income taxes payable
       9,600,000      46,900,000   21,200,000 66,400,000    141,300,000 64,300,000 36,500,000 17,900,000 81,500,000   21,200,000 11,200,000    41,200,000  2,600,000 8,500,000 40,800,000  19,700,000 2,700,000 57,600,000 6,200,000       33,200,000 3,000,000 6,700,000 8,400,000      49,600,000 4,700,000 18,300,000 18,800,000      7,930,000    12,533,000 26,064,000 34,045,000   1,918,000 36,741,000  17,055,000 17,059,000 42,969,000                  
        issued and outstanding shares—52,383 and 53,715
       100,000                                                                                            
        issued and outstanding shares—52,593 and 53,715
        100,000                                                                                           
        issued and outstanding shares—52,889 and 53,715
         100,000                                                                                          
        issued and outstanding shares—53,715 at december 31, 2024 and 57,271 at december 31, 2023
          100,000                                                                                         
        property, plant and equipment:
                                                                                                   
        land
           294,300,000 292,800,000 282,600,000 281,700,000 281,600,000 270,000,000 263,300,000 262,700,000 260,800,000 260,700,000 259,100,000 260,100,000 256,200,000 256,400,000 255,500,000 260,100,000 258,200,000 256,700,000 239,500,000 239,800,000 236,500,000 237,300,000 234,400,000 233,900,000 231,100,000 230,500,000 229,500,000 229,700,000 232,800,000 230,200,000 230,000,000 228,200,000 226,800,000 206,400,000 202,700,000 196,200,000 196,600,000 197,200,000 197,500,000 192,900,000 192,500,000 191,700,000 186,100,000 170,800,000 155,400,000 148,300,000 149,500,000 147,500,000 142,700,000 138,800,000 139,400,000 137,140,000 136,099,000 133,103,000 131,172,000 131,009,000 131,115,000 128,515,000 126,901,000 125,096,000 122,182,000 118,816,000 116,253,000 115,294,000 117,879,000 110,435,000 108,994,000 108,022,000 107,148,000 106,237,000 64,539,000 60,207,000 59,176,000 58,887,000 57,907,000 57,982,000 57,148,000 56,803,000 57,077,000 57,077,000 57,088,000 52,016,000 52,479,000 52,469,000 51,815,000 49,730,000 48,944,000  
        buildings
           1,648,100,000 1,627,100,000 1,534,500,000 1,510,900,000 1,469,300,000 1,434,900,000 1,381,000,000 1,359,300,000 1,338,100,000 1,298,600,000 1,281,800,000 1,285,000,000 1,266,200,000 1,253,100,000 1,233,000,000 1,240,000,000 1,231,900,000 1,215,800,000 1,211,500,000 1,195,100,000 1,183,700,000 1,180,700,000 1,166,800,000 1,158,900,000 1,136,300,000 1,122,600,000 1,106,600,000 1,095,300,000 1,087,100,000 1,076,200,000 1,067,900,000 1,059,200,000 1,045,700,000 1,037,400,000 1,029,900,000 1,006,300,000 986,900,000 990,500,000 986,700,000 967,800,000 951,700,000 945,300,000 911,400,000 925,500,000 734,600,000 677,500,000 672,700,000 660,900,000 634,300,000 612,800,000 613,500,000 594,329,000 574,708,000 567,976,000 555,926,000 543,590,000 530,967,000 521,380,000 511,416,000 506,781,000 464,636,000 450,089,000 426,997,000 417,677,000 415,263,000 407,469,000 396,412,000 385,851,000 386,075,000 371,561,000 291,868,000 281,986,000 273,346,000 262,917,000 260,994,000 261,228,000 260,383,000 256,286,000 257,202,000 256,708,000 253,657,000 180,769,000 181,491,000 180,995,000 182,841,000 176,489,000 169,642,000  
        machinery and equipment
           2,902,100,000 2,813,600,000 2,743,600,000 2,700,400,000 2,645,900,000 2,578,900,000 2,507,900,000 2,446,900,000 2,385,000,000 2,346,000,000 2,292,100,000 2,241,400,000 2,208,600,000 2,184,800,000 2,137,800,000 2,107,800,000 2,086,900,000 2,075,200,000 2,062,500,000 2,044,400,000 2,005,700,000 1,958,400,000 1,916,300,000 1,880,100,000 1,830,700,000 1,797,400,000 1,765,400,000 1,738,600,000 1,712,200,000 1,689,400,000 1,663,700,000 1,647,300,000 1,643,400,000 1,649,500,000 1,617,100,000 1,569,800,000 1,553,800,000 1,539,400,000 1,502,000,000 1,441,300,000 1,406,300,000 1,363,800,000 1,330,200,000 1,305,000,000 1,136,000,000 1,097,000,000 1,056,300,000 1,013,900,000 969,300,000 926,400,000 909,300,000 898,077,000 860,136,000 859,332,000 838,906,000 829,154,000 829,785,000 830,931,000 815,443,000 810,054,000 830,483,000 712,497,000 689,127,000 669,671,000 631,364,000 612,201,000 586,100,000 565,951,000 547,087,000 520,817,000 423,327,000 403,403,000 395,827,000 383,521,000 378,121,000 370,229,000 365,508,000 359,608,000 354,042,000 349,933,000 346,273,000 242,447,000 239,759,000 237,912,000 243,970,000 239,603,000 209,657,000  
        accumulated depreciation
           -2,341,500,000 -2,295,900,000 -2,251,400,000 -2,244,600,000 -2,207,800,000 -2,167,700,000 -2,127,400,000 -2,094,300,000 -2,054,100,000 -2,017,000,000 -1,981,300,000 -1,949,700,000 -1,928,400,000 -1,897,200,000 -1,856,600,000 -1,815,700,000 -1,777,600,000 -1,738,400,000 -1,721,800,000 -1,684,100,000 -1,650,100,000 -1,613,100,000 -1,578,800,000 -1,543,000,000 -1,516,700,000 -1,484,100,000 -1,447,200,000 -1,407,300,000 -1,381,000,000 -1,347,000,000 -1,310,200,000 -1,272,500,000 -1,250,500,000 -1,216,100,000 -1,177,800,000 -1,136,800,000               -626,100,000 -604,241,000 -585,583,000 -577,523,000 -543,499,000 -522,494,000 -504,183,000 -486,145,000 -463,867,000 -443,225,000 -425,602,000 -409,833,000 -393,747,000 -378,007,000 -368,533,000 -348,307,000 -333,188,000 -317,152,000 -304,130,000 -288,718,000 -275,096,000 -265,877,000 -257,425,000 -247,383,000 -238,753,000 -230,626,000 -221,211,000 -212,177,000 -204,150,000 -196,847,000 -187,345,000 -177,531,000 -171,507,000 -165,187,000 -176,260,000 -168,469,000 -140,463,000  
        issued and outstanding shares—54,119 at september 30, 2024 and 57,271 at december 31, 2023
           100,000                                                                                        
        issued and outstanding shares—55,627 at june 30, 2024 and 57,271 at december 31, 2023
            100,000                                                                                       
        issued and outstanding shares—57,426 at march 31, 2024 and 57,271 at december 31, 2023
             100,000                                                                                      
        current maturities of long-term debt and short-term borrowings
              300,000 300,000 300,000 8,200,000 508,200,000 509,500,000 509,700,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 4,900,000 5,300,000 5,200,000 6,000,000 5,800,000 64,900,000 64,800,000 64,900,000 65,200,000 65,300,000 65,300,000 65,200,000 89,100,000 104,400,000 101,200,000 92,000,000 79,700,000 78,900,000 71,300,000 82,500,000 426,200,000 484,700,000 493,800,000 500,800,000 109,400,000 107,100,000 100,200,000 91,700,000 39,200,000 36,800,000 39,300,000 114,600,000 86,600,000 88,800,000 12,200,000 12,100,000 14,200,000 99,600,000 96,900,000 86,232,000 150,816,000 86,966,000                                   
        issued and outstanding shares—57,271 at december 31, 2023 and 58,787 at december 31, 2022
              100,000                                                                                     
        other assets
               90,300,000 97,300,000 97,300,000 84,800,000 82,400,000 81,300,000 90,100,000 84,300,000 80,400,000 77,700,000 79,500,000 71,800,000 62,100,000 56,400,000 43,900,000 46,600,000 47,500,000 49,500,000 45,400,000 43,600,000 46,200,000 46,800,000 45,800,000 40,900,000 39,100,000 39,100,000 35,700,000 35,000,000 38,700,000 38,200,000 35,900,000 35,900,000 35,500,000 35,000,000 34,300,000 32,400,000 33,400,000 33,000,000 33,600,000 29,500,000 28,200,000 29,700,000 27,800,000 28,100,000 17,900,000 16,600,000 17,000,000 17,038,000 17,432,000 16,632,000 13,468,000 13,295,000 13,411,000 9,845,000 9,404,000 29,789,000 22,112,000 12,878,000 11,958,000 13,043,000 15,125,000 14,038,000 16,901,000 15,856,000 26,864,000 24,445,000 60,145,000 57,273,000 38,767,000 29,670,000 28,948,000 29,509,000 29,876,000 31,560,000 32,181,000 32,662,000 24,065,000 14,422,000 15,382,000 16,238,000 14,702,000 13,704,000 11,401,000  
        issued and outstanding shares—58,090 at september 30, 2023 and 58,787 at december 31, 2022
               100,000                                                                                    
        issued and outstanding shares—58,536 at june 30, 2023 and 58,787 at december 31, 2022
                100,000                                                                                   
        issued and outstanding shares—58,840 at march 31, 2023 and 58,787 at december 31, 2022
                 100,000                                                                                  
        issued and outstanding shares—58,787 at december 31, 2022 and 61,806 at december 31, 2021
                  100,000                                                                                 
        accrued compensation and retirement costs
                   234,900,000 222,900,000 184,600,000 294,000,000 239,600,000 198,600,000 156,800,000 165,800,000 137,500,000 135,100,000 127,900,000 172,100,000 146,300,000 123,400,000 106,300,000 174,800,000 156,700,000 141,800,000 108,400,000 139,300,000 128,500,000 113,000,000 96,500,000 140,800,000 120,000,000 108,600,000 91,000,000 118,700,000 119,200,000 106,800,000 95,100,000 124,700,000 105,000,000 87,900,000 112,800,000 98,600,000 67,000,000 103,900,000 90,300,000 73,600,000 100,100,000 84,400,000 69,500,000 85,065,000 78,022,000 71,016,000 63,579,000 67,012,000 61,459,000 55,047,000 54,700,000 123,707,000 125,044,000 85,900,000 69,823,000 95,539,000 82,571,000 80,282,000 63,613,000 92,905,000 82,409,000 67,432,000 34,009,000 52,354,000 47,255,000 36,922,000 30,759,000 64,061,000             
        deferred compensation and retirement costs
                   74,100,000 80,200,000 85,200,000                                                                              
        issued and outstanding shares—59,022 at september 30, 2022 and 61,806 at december 31, 2021
                   100,000                                                                                
        issued and outstanding shares—60,869 at june 30, 2022 and 61,806 at december 31, 2021
                    100,000                                                                               
        issued and outstanding shares—61,948 at march 31, 2022 and 61,806 at december 31, 2021
                     100,000                                                                              
        long-term retirement costs
                      81,000,000 105,800,000 105,400,000 101,900,000 95,800,000 87,300,000 85,900,000 81,200,000 87,000,000 81,000,000 78,400,000 76,200,000 71,800,000 76,500,000 88,000,000 87,000,000 85,400,000 86,200,000 90,800,000 90,600,000 89,600,000 105,900,000 108,200,000 107,200,000 103,800,000 103,900,000 104,700,000 103,700,000 82,500,000 84,700,000 83,800,000 102,000,000 100,900,000 95,600,000 88,700,000 88,900,000 91,500,000 72,000,000 74,300,000 74,200,000 74,749,000 71,572,000 69,016,000           55,854,000 54,576,000   35,739,000 35,851,000 14,979,000 15,660,000 16,030,000 15,435,000 14,731,000              
        issued and outstanding shares—61,806 at december 31, 2021 and 63,600 at december 31, 2020
                      100,000                                                                             
        issued and outstanding shares — 62,694 at september 30, 2021 and 63,600 at december 31, 2020
                       100,000                                                                            
        preferred stock, 0.001 par value:
                                                                                                   
        authorized shares — 5,000
                                                                                                   
        none issued or outstanding
                                                                                                   
        authorized shares — 200,000
                                                                                                   
        issued and outstanding shares — 63,568 at june 30, 2021 and 63,600 at december 31, 2020
                        5,700,000                                                                           
        issued and outstanding shares — 63,707 at march 31, 2021 and 63,600 at december 31, 2020
                         6,600,000                                                                          
        issued and outstanding shares — 63,600 at december 31, 2020 and 66,854 at december 31, 2019
                          100,000                                                                         
        issued and outstanding shares — 63,756 at september 30, 2020 and 66,854 at december 31, 2019
                           11,100,000                                                                        
        issued and outstanding shares — 63,654 at june 30, 2020 and 66,854 at december 31, 2019
                            9,100,000                                                                       
        issued and outstanding shares — 63,641 at march 31, 2020 and 66,854 at december 31, 2019
                             100,000                                                                      
        issued and outstanding shares — 66,854 at december 31, 2019 and 66,882 at december 31, 2018
                              122,200,000                                                                     
        issued and outstanding shares — 66,656 at september 30, 2019 and 66,882 at december 31, 2018
                               114,900,000                                                                    
        issued and outstanding shares — 66,654 at june 30, 2019 and 66,882 at december 31, 2018
                                99,700,000                                                                   
        issued and outstanding shares — 67,235 at march 31, 2019 and 66,882 at december 31, 2018
                                 135,900,000                                                                  
        issued and outstanding shares – 66,882 at december 31, 2018 and 72,610 at december 31, 2017
                                  136,400,000                                                                 
        authorized shares — 5,000,000
                                                                                                   
        authorized shares — 200,000,000
                                                                                                   
        issued and outstanding shares – 71,443,121 at september 30, 2018 and 72,609,540 at december 31, 2017
                                   495,600,000                                                                
        issued and outstanding shares – 72,350,258 at june 30, 2018 and 72,609,540 at december 31, 2017
                                    561,300,000                                                               
        issued and outstanding shares – 72,342,804 at march 31, 2018 and 72,609,540 at december 31, 2017
                                     549,100,000                                                              
        issued and outstanding shares – 72,609,540 at december 31, 2017 and 72,682,793 at december 31, 2016
                                      594,600,000                                                             
        issued and outstanding shares – 72,913,683 at september 30, 2017 and 72,682,793 at december 31, 2016
                                       616,200,000                                                            
        issued and outstanding shares – 72,901,625 at june 30, 2017 and 72,682,793 at december 31, 2016
                                        607,300,000                                                           
        issued and outstanding shares – 72,879,606 at march 31, 2017 and 72,682,793 at december 31, 2016
                                         597,900,000                                                          
        issued and outstanding shares – 72,682,793 at december 31, 2016 and 71,739,072 at december 31, 2015
                                          590,300,000                                                         
        issued and outstanding shares – 72,563,344 at september 30, 2016 and 71,739,072 at december 31, 2015
                                           582,200,000                                                        
        issued and outstanding shares – 72,503,979 at june 30, 2016 and 71,739,072 at december 31, 2015
                                            575,100,000                                                       
        issued and outstanding shares – 72,222,793 at march 31, 2016 and 71,739,072 at december 31, 2015
                                             553,400,000                                                      
        issued and outstanding shares – 71,739,072 at december 31, 2015 and 77,337,251 at december 31, 2014
                                              533,800,000                                                     
        issued and outstanding shares — 72,400,959 at september 30, 2015 and 77,337,251 at december 31, 2014
                                               532,000,000                                                    
        issued and outstanding shares — 74,379,301 at june 30, 2015 and 77,337,251 at december 31, 2014
                                                641,000,000                                                   
        preferred stock, no par value:
                                                                                                   
        common stock
                                                    831,600,000 805,000,000    678,300,000             563,092,000 559,618,000   646,406,000   709,122,000       320,402,000               
        issued and outstanding shares — 74,749,917 at march 31, 2015 and 77,337,251 at december 31, 2014, stated capital
                                                 656,600,000                                                  
        total reliance shareholders’ equity
                                                 3,980,700,000 4,109,300,000 4,044,300,000 3,939,500,000 3,821,200,000 3,713,500,000 3,646,800,000 3,475,100,000 3,365,400,000 3,265,400,000 3,084,700,000 3,022,400,000 2,921,900,000 2,823,732,000 2,775,588,000 2,720,774,000 2,663,721,000 2,606,432,000 2,500,012,000 2,450,401,000 2,442,998,000                              
        investments in unconsolidated entities
                                                  15,400,000 15,100,000 14,700,000 16,400,000 16,000,000 15,500,000 16,800,000 16,700,000 16,400,000 16,800,000 16,500,000 18,100,000 18,274,000 15,641,000 15,977,000 21,225,000 20,880,000 20,190,000 20,874,000 20,670,000                              
        issued and outstanding shares — 78,074,226 at september 30, 2014 and 77,492,017 at december 31, 2013, stated capital
                                                  866,300,000                                                 
        issued and outstanding shares – 77,941,158 at june 30, 2014 and 77,492,017 at december 31, 2013, stated capital
                                                   852,500,000                                                
        preferred stock, no par value: authorized shares — 5,000,000 none issued or outstanding
                                                                                                   
        issued and outstanding shares — 76,920,713 at june 30, 2013 and 76,042,546 at december 31, 2012, stated capital
                                                      779,100,000                                             
        issued and outstanding shares – 76,647,562 at march 31, 2013 and 76,042,546 at december 31, 2012, stated capital
                                                       760,500,000                                            
        authorized shares — 5,000,000 none issued or outstanding
                                                                                                   
        issued and outstanding shares – 75,540,898 at september 30, 2012 and 75,007,694 at december 31, 2011, stated capital
                                                        694,900,000                                           
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                                        3,700,000    16,800,000 17,000,000 10,275,000 2,966,000  3,695,000     -32,016,000 5,735,000 13,668,000 12,507,000 20,245,000 23,343,000 13,444,000 784,000 -1,631,000 2,931,000 2,678,000 781,000 325,000 -351,000 521,000 632,000 452,000             
        authorized shares — 100,000,000 issued and outstanding shares — 75,122,110 at march 31, 2012 and 75,007,694 at december 31, 2011, stated capital
                                                          666,600,000                                         
        authorized shares — 100,000,000 issued and outstanding shares — 74,967,048 at september 30, 2011 and 74,639,223 at december 31, 2010, stated capital
                                                           650,700,000                                        
        authorized shares — 100,000,000 issued and outstanding shares — 74,875,228 at june 30, 2011 and 74,639,223 at december 31, 2010, stated capital
                                                            644,900,000                                       
        authorized shares — 100,000,000
                                                                                                   
        issued and outstanding shares — 74,733,404 at march 31, 2011 and 74,639,223 at december 31, 2010, stated capital
                                                             633,400,000                                      
        property, plant and equipment: - sum
                                                              1,025,305,000 985,360,000 982,888,000 982,505,000 981,259,000 987,684,000 994,681,000 989,893,000 998,706,000                             
        authorized shares — 100,000,000 issued and outstanding shares — 74,639,223 at december 31, 2010 and 73,750,771 at december 31, 2009, stated capital
                                                              624,732,000                                     
        issued and outstanding shares — 74,501,093 at september 30, 2010 and 73,750,771 at december 31, 2009, stated capital
                                                               616,300,000                                    
        authorized shares — 100,000,000 issued and outstanding shares — 74,258,946 at june 30, 2010 and 73,750,771 at december 31, 2009, stated capital
                                                                608,651,000                                   
        current maturities of capital lease obligations
                                                                 663,000 663,000 655,000 647,000 638,000 638,000 637,000 631,000 625,000 641,000 634,000 624,000 565,000 559,000 553,000 547,000 542,000 536,000                 
        capital lease obligations
                                                                 3,018,000 3,182,000 3,350,000 3,513,000 3,674,000 3,833,000 4,008,000 4,179,000 4,345,000 4,495,000 4,657,000 4,808,000 5,004,000 4,956,000 5,098,000 5,238,000 5,377,000 5,515,000 5,542,000                
        long-term retirement costs and other long-term liabilities
                                                                 94,405,000 92,632,000 109,124,000 103,139,000 99,397,000 94,361,000 78,964,000 67,129,000 63,447,000 62,224,000   52,233,000 46,111,000                     
        reliance shareholders’ equity:
                                                                                                   
        authorized shares – 5,000,000 none issued or outstanding
                                                                                                   
        authorized shares – 100,000,000 issued and outstanding shares – 74,103,570 at march 31, 2010 and 73,750,771 at december 31, 2009, stated capital
                                                                 600,073,000                                  
        deferred revenue
                                                                  3,534,000 48,785,000 48,310,000 60,525,000 82,949,000                             
        authorized shares — 100,000,000 issued and outstanding shares — 73,750,771 at december 31, 2009 and 73,312,714 at december 31, 2008, stated capital
                                                                  587,612,000                                 
        issued and outstanding shares — 73,489,071 at september 30, 2009 and 73,312,714 at december 31, 2008, stated capital
                                                                   577,107,000                                
        issued and outstanding shares — 73,464,297 at june 30, 2009 and 73,312,714 at december 31, 2008, stated capital
                                                                    572,515,000                               
        issued and outstanding shares — 73,325,574 at march 31, 2009 and 73,312,714 at december 31, 2008, stated capital
                                                                     567,009,000                              
        liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                                                   
        minority interest
                                                                      3,632,000 4,695,000 1,771,000 1,763,000 1,699,000 1,529,000 1,450,000 1,336,000 1,246,000 1,167,000 1,072,000 987,000 17,128,000 14,648,000 13,882,000 17,571,000 15,536,000 15,252,000 15,016,000 11,206,000 9,382,000 9,888,000 9,893,000 9,982,000 10,717,000 10,107,000 10,611,000   
        shareholders’ equity:
                                                                                                   
        issued and outstanding shares — 73,312,714 at december 31, 2008 and 74,906,824 at december 31, 2007, stated capital
                                                                                                   
        total shareholders’ equity
                                                                      2,431,436,000 2,406,443,000 2,264,933,000 2,093,168,000 2,106,249,000 2,023,993,000 2,005,465,000 1,864,258,000 1,746,398,000 1,673,191,000 1,567,831,000 1,102,413,000 1,029,865,000 967,501,000 920,068,000 873,519,000 822,552,000 777,882,000 734,264,000 679,404,000 647,619,000         
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                      5,195,485,000 6,085,144,000 4,473,253,000 4,165,271,000 3,983,477,000 4,151,071,000 4,176,580,000 4,075,325,000 3,614,173,000 3,732,685,000 3,460,694,000 1,926,875,000 1,769,070,000 1,728,216,000 1,617,072,000 1,638,033,000 1,563,331,000 1,604,600,000 1,557,844,000 1,501,445,000 1,369,424,000         
        property, plant and equipment, at cost:
                                                                                                   
        property, plant and equipment, at cost: - sum
                                                                       991,699,000 871,569,000 838,630,000 824,635,000 795,973,000 781,798,000 758,318,000 742,672,000 736,180,000 709,897,000 504,638,000 479,719,000 470,924,000 457,942,000 458,269,000 458,813,000 461,828,000 460,520,000 464,171,000 466,871,000 469,673,000 297,701,000 302,222,000 306,189,000 302,366,000 297,353,000 287,780,000  
        issued and outstanding shares — 73,230,947 at june 30, 2008 and 74,906,824 at december 31, 2007, stated capital
                                                                        555,543,000                           
        issued and outstanding shares — 72,663,498 at march 31, 2008 and 74,906,824 at december 31, 2007, stated capital
                                                                         538,445,000                          
        issued and outstanding shares — 74,906,824 at december 31, 2007 and 75,702,046 at december 31, 2006, stated capital
                                                                                                   
        commitments and contingencies shareholders’ equity:
                                                                                                   
        authorized shares — 100,000,000 issued and outstanding shares — 74,618,149 at september 30, 2007 and 75,702,046 at december 31, 2006, stated capital
                                                                           638,420,000                        
        issued and outstanding shares — 76,281,228 at june 30, 2007 and 75,702,046 at december 31, 2006, stated capital
                                                                            717,447,000                       
        authorized shares — 100,000,000 issued and outstanding shares — 75,702,046 and 66,217,998 at december 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, stated capital
                                                                              701,690,000                     
        authorized shares — 100,000,000 issued and outstanding shares — 75,460,946 at september 30, 2006 and 66,217,998 at december 31, 2005, stated capital
                                                                               695,703,000                    
        issued and outstanding shares — 75,437,196 at june 30, 2006 and 66,217,998 at december 31, 2005, stated capital
                                                                                693,760,000                   
        issued and outstanding shares — 33,160,050 at march 31, 2006 and 33,108,999 at december 31, 2005, respectively, stated capital
                                                                                 326,468,000                  
        issued and outstanding shares — 33,108,999 and 32,669,967 at december 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, stated capital
                                                                                  325,010,000                 
        current maturities of capital leases
                                                                                   639,000                
        issued and outstanding shares — 32,986,924 at september 30, 2005 and 32,669,967 at december 31, 2004, stated capital
                                                                                   321,947,000                
        issued and outstanding shares — 32,905,674 at march 31, 2005 and 32,669,967 at december 31, 2004, respectively, stated capital
                                                                                     319,951,000              
        issued and outstanding shares — 32,669,967 and 32,225,872 at december 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively, stated capital
                                                                                      313,953,000             
        wages and related accruals
                                                                                       37,868,000 31,924,000 25,014,000 22,696,000 21,185,000 15,605,000 14,626,000 20,160,000 18,946,000 16,384,000 12,934,000  
        authorized shares – 5,000,000 none issued and outstanding
                                                                                                   
        authorized shares – 100,000,000 issued and outstanding shares 32,575,292 at september 30, 2004 and 32,225,872 at december 31, 2003, stated capital
                                                                                       311,581,000            
        authorized shares - 5,000,000 none issued and outstanding
                                                                                                   
        authorized shares - 100,000,000 issued and outstanding shares 32,518,892 at june 30, 2004 and 32,225,872 at december 31, 2003, stated capital
                                                                                        310,194,000           
        goodwill, net of accumulated amortization of 33,024 at march 31, 2004 and december 31, 2003
                                                                                         325,434,000          
        authorized shares — 100,000,000 issued and outstanding shares — 32,378,542 at march 31, 2004 and 32,225,872 at december 31, 2003, respectively, stated capital
                                                                                         306,758,000          
        issued and outstanding shares — 32,225,872
                                                                                                   
        and 31,752,087 at december 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively, stated capital
                                                                                          303,587,000         
        none issued and outstanding
                                                                                                   
        investment in 50%-owned company
                                                                                                 12,038,000  
        goodwill, net of accumulated amortization of 33,024 and 26,254 at december 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively
                                                                                              284,276,000     
        goodwill, net of accumulated amortization of 33,024 at september 30, 2002 and 26,254 at december 31, 2001
                                                                                               291,241,000    
        goodwill, net of accumulated amortization of 33,024 at june 30, 2002 and december 31, 2001
                                                                                                282,897,000   
        goodwill, net of accumulated amortization of 26,254 at march 31, 2002 and december 31, 2001
                                                                                                 250,103,000  
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
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          operating activities:
                                                                                                   
          net income
        190,000,000 234,200,000 200,500,000 106,000,000 199,900,000 268,300,000 303,800,000 273,400,000 296,000,000 386,300,000 384,400,000 351,300,000 394,400,000 573,900,000 524,600,000 422,300,000 396,700,000 330,200,000 268,200,000 130,500,000 98,300,000 80,700,000 62,900,000 166,300,000 163,900,000 184,300,000 191,600,000 87,300,000 150,300,000 233,100,000 171,100,000 303,800,000 99,000,000 104,800,000 113,400,000 62,900,000 50,600,000 102,100,000 93,500,000 68,900,000 52,800,000 91,600,000 102,900,000 96,900,000 97,800,000 87,900,000 96,000,000 81,900,000 84,500,000 99,400,000 110,200,000 117,900,000 86,300,000 100,200,000 93,600,000 40,772,000 49,285,000 62,805,000 44,987,000 92,267,000 42,077,000   66,288,000 152,498,000 156,596,000 107,395,000 79,910,000 93,565,000 122,784,000 111,696,000 74,642,000 107,505,000 100,505,000 71,855,000 60,588,000 49,437,000 49,049,000 46,363,000 42,952,000 44,140,000 52,797,000 29,839,000 9,686,000 12,353,000 6,392,000 5,579,000 1,937,000 9,965,000 10,774,000 7,491,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                                   
          depreciation and amortization expense
        70,500,000 69,700,000 68,700,000 70,600,000 67,900,000 66,600,000 63,600,000 62,900,000 60,600,000 60,800,000 61,100,000    59,100,000 58,100,000 56,700,000 58,500,000 56,900,000 56,500,000 56,400,000 57,400,000 57,000,000 56,100,000 54,800,000 54,400,000 54,000,000 53,400,000 53,400,000 54,300,000 54,100,000 54,200,000 54,000,000 55,000,000 55,200,000 55,300,000 55,100,000 55,500,000 56,100,000 53,900,000 54,400,000 54,900,000 55,300,000 54,000,000 52,700,000 51,900,000 49,900,000   37,300,000 36,500,000 35,500,000   33,000,000 31,701,000 29,847,000    30,425,000                               
          stock-based compensation expense
        15,100,000 15,900,000 12,200,000 13,800,000 16,100,000 13,900,000 13,000,000 16,600,000 16,800,000 18,100,000 13,500,000 16,900,000 18,600,000 18,000,000 11,800,000 15,700,000 17,200,000 23,200,000 14,700,000 12,300,000 11,900,000 9,100,000 8,900,000 13,900,000 15,200,000 13,900,000 8,200,000 11,700,000 14,500,000 12,900,000 6,400,000 10,100,000 8,400,000 9,400,000 5,500,000 6,600,000 6,400,000 8,100,000 3,300,000 3,700,000 5,200,000                                                   
          other
        -3,900,000 -11,700,000 6,500,000 -700,000 1,300,000 900,000 2,800,000 4,400,000 900,000 -5,500,000 -100,000 800,000 -1,400,000 -1,800,000 4,900,000 4,600,000 400,000 -2,100,000 400,000 3,600,000 -3,000,000 3,600,000 9,700,000 4,600,000 3,300,000 -200,000 1,800,000 5,500,000 2,700,000 1,100,000 3,000,000 2,800,000 -700,000 1,600,000 4,000,000 1,800,000 3,400,000 1,500,000 1,000,000 2,100,000 2,600,000 4,100,000 1,000,000 2,900,000 2,300,000 2,100,000                                             
          changes in operating assets and liabilities
                                                                                                   
          accounts receivable
        -4,200,000 5,300,000 -332,100,000 219,300,000 90,300,000 69,400,000 -211,600,000 197,600,000 61,300,000 73,800,000 -237,100,000 297,300,000 189,000,000 19,000,000 -399,600,000 118,500,000 -206,300,000 -222,100,000 -346,200,000 22,400,000 -21,600,000 291,800,000 -155,800,000 192,300,000 96,900,000 69,600,000 -180,700,000 186,300,000 -44,600,000 -64,400,000 -230,600,000 82,900,000 12,800,000 -28,700,000 -186,700,000 80,800,000 -5,800,000 -25,900,000 -80,300,000 157,100,000 40,400,000              -215,100,000 80,413,000 -24,250,000 -45,338,000 -157,568,000 55,626,000 -25,305,000 131,801,000 160,041,000 396,185,000 27,005,000 -114,821,000 -142,344,000 127,897,000 48,192,000 -1,262,000 -113,562,000 79,732,000 -11,412,000 -52,625,000 -66,261,000 24,395,000 -7,747,000 9,839,000 -41,878,000 28,583,000 -14,080,000 -23,340,000 -99,361,000         
          inventories
        -55,600,000 -133,900,000 -85,900,000 169,100,000 88,700,000 -26,400,000 -114,600,000 72,000,000 88,600,000 -215,600,000 13,500,000 185,500,000 164,600,000 -345,200,000 54,000,000 -52,600,000 -235,500,000 -167,400,000 -50,400,000 5,600,000 71,400,000 138,100,000 12,400,000 64,800,000 115,800,000 150,200,000 -119,000,000 263,400,000 -20,200,000 -162,200,000 -169,800,000 48,900,000 -19,000,000 -70,000,000 -146,500,000 65,100,000 31,100,000 -97,300,000 -29,300,000 150,000,000 81,500,000      -500,000        -228,200,000 78,753,000 -23,247,000 -52,390,000 -124,973,000 72,943,000 26,840,000 275,441,000 194,719,000 485,632,000 -89,169,000 -154,427,000 -50,564,000 113,128,000 111,483,000 -33,730,000 -61,299,000 83,318,000 -46,524,000 -72,273,000 -53,935,000 -20,273,000 28,814,000 13,484,000 -33,370,000 26,930,000 -34,595,000 -29,066,000 -24,968,000         
          prepaid expenses and other assets
        36,800,000 36,800,000 80,800,000 -78,500,000 21,200,000 10,600,000 73,900,000 -53,800,000 20,000,000 21,100,000 50,000,000 -2,600,000 -9,200,000 9,700,000 19,500,000 -21,500,000 15,600,000 36,200,000 -4,100,000 -2,500,000 26,400,000 -12,800,000 68,300,000 -27,800,000 24,400,000 -5,900,000 41,200,000 -23,900,000 11,400,000 -17,400,000 15,900,000 -24,100,000 11,200,000 -7,800,000 9,200,000 -8,500,000 14,500,000 3,700,000 17,000,000   -22,700,000 23,100,000 8,900,000 -6,700,000 43,900,000 -7,300,000 -20,000,000 31,300,000  -200,000 9,000,000 2,100,000 -7,400,000 34,600,000 -14,631,000 -10,370,000 26,169,000 22,699,000 -74,903,000 23,257,000 -1,122,000 -3,671,000 -24,509,000 -101,000 -2,356,000 17,845,000 -4,499,000 -15,935,000 32,856,000 -1,335,000 -3,024,000 17,965,000 -6,192,000 -2,180,000 -186,000 -1,841,000 -1,150,000 553,000 -1,954,000 1,113,000 -1,923,000 -820,000         
          accounts payable and other liabilities
        13,100,000 12,700,000 113,800,000 -82,400,000 -21,500,000 -37,000,000 -4,600,000 -54,500,000 -82,600,000 -51,700,000 99,300,000 -93,700,000 -189,000,000 -80,900,000 126,600,000 -128,300,000 93,500,000 43,000,000 217,900,000 -6,200,000 19,200,000 -95,800,000 39,400,000 -152,500,000 15,200,000 -123,800,000 118,600,000 -136,100,000 -59,800,000 23,100,000 162,200,000 -90,300,000 21,700,000 -26,100,000 128,900,000 -24,700,000 -22,800,000 2,700,000 92,300,000 -103,700,000 -18,500,000 -73,600,000 116,900,000 14,300,000 14,500,000 172,100,000 17,800,000 -21,100,000 91,400,000   97,900,000 -20,600,000 4,300,000 175,900,000 -103,274,000 58,957,000 -6,600,000 130,305,000 -108,276,000 37,631,000 -61,360,000 -90,120,000 -434,515,000 -135,979,000                           
          net cash from operating activities
        261,800,000 229,000,000 64,500,000 473,300,000 463,900,000 366,300,000 126,300,000 525,600,000 466,000,000 295,100,000 384,600,000 808,700,000 635,700,000 270,200,000 404,000,000 393,800,000 142,200,000 101,600,000 161,800,000 230,200,000 296,300,000 475,700,000 170,800,000 347,400,000 490,900,000 346,000,000 117,200,000 431,300,000 136,300,000 83,700,000 13,300,000 200,700,000 183,100,000 35,900,000 -20,700,000 238,900,000 182,400,000 49,800,000 155,400,000 308,700,000 252,400,000 292,500,000 171,400,000 53,300,000 40,700,000 68,800,000 229,100,000 211,700,000 72,200,000 247,600,000     -101,400,000 166,402,000 83,136,000 18,814,000 -54,265,000 135,792,000 125,945,000 366,726,000 314,533,000 549,297,000 -12,994,000 21,185,000 107,196,000 254,277,000 214,448,000 99,470,000 70,769,000 179,435,000 88,696,000 -118,206,000 41,039,000 107,051,000 81,867,000 47,512,000 35,789,000 90,598,000 27,444,000 16,502,000 -12,776,000 6,936,000 42,025,000 35,888,000 21,565,000 19,827,000 24,576,000 37,917,000 8,424,000 
          capital expenditures
        -81,200,000 -87,600,000 -86,900,000 -110,900,000 -112,800,000 -98,200,000 -108,700,000 -110,200,000 -125,500,000 -130,200,000 -102,900,000 -92,100,000 -95,500,000 -87,500,000 -66,700,000 -57,700,000 -55,100,000 -80,100,000 -43,700,000 -37,300,000 -38,200,000 -41,000,000 -55,500,000 -59,400,000 -58,900,000 -70,900,000 -53,000,000 -87,300,000 -54,000,000 -56,800,000 -41,800,000 -43,500,000 -45,300,000 -38,700,000 -34,100,000 -44,300,000 -38,900,000 -37,300,000 -34,400,000     -35,800,000 -45,572,000 -26,404,000 -16,329,000 -23,051,000 -14,857,000 -14,255,000 -25,617,000 -15,172,000 -32,344,000 -31,241,000 -52,332,000 -35,973,000 -35,777,000 -29,705,000 -33,915,000 -24,730,000 -24,022,000 -25,026,000 -33,585,000 -26,109,000 -19,426,000 -13,254,000 -10,262,000 -10,798,000 -8,287,000 -11,812,000 -7,536,000 -8,347,000 -7,476,000 -5,494,000 -4,643,000 -3,296,000 -6,232,000 -3,762,000 -4,728,000 -3,936,000 
          free cash flows
        180,600,000 141,400,000 -22,400,000 362,400,000 351,100,000 268,100,000 17,600,000 415,400,000 340,500,000 164,900,000 281,700,000 716,600,000 540,200,000 182,700,000 337,300,000 336,100,000 87,100,000 21,500,000 118,100,000 192,900,000 258,100,000 434,700,000 115,300,000 288,000,000 432,000,000 275,100,000 64,200,000 344,000,000 82,300,000 26,900,000 -28,500,000 157,200,000 137,800,000 -2,800,000 -54,800,000 194,600,000 143,500,000 12,500,000 121,000,000 308,700,000 252,400,000 292,500,000 171,400,000 53,300,000 40,700,000 68,800,000 229,100,000 211,700,000 72,200,000 247,600,000     -137,200,000 120,830,000 56,732,000 2,485,000 -77,316,000 120,935,000 111,690,000 341,109,000 299,361,000 516,953,000 -44,235,000 -31,147,000 71,223,000 218,500,000 184,743,000 65,555,000 46,039,000 155,413,000 63,670,000 -151,791,000 14,930,000 87,625,000 68,613,000 37,250,000 24,991,000 82,311,000 15,632,000 8,966,000 -21,123,000 -540,000 36,531,000 31,245,000 18,269,000 13,595,000 20,814,000 33,189,000 4,488,000 
          ​
                                                                                                   
          investing activities:
                                                                                                   
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired
          2,100,000 -20,200,000                   -176,800,000   -22,000,000 -16,000,000 -39,600,000 -36,500,000 -1,300,000 300,000 -26,600,000                                                       
          purchases of property, plant and equipment
        -81,200,000 -87,600,000 -86,900,000 -110,900,000 -112,800,000 -98,200,000 -108,700,000 -110,200,000 -125,500,000 -130,200,000 -102,900,000 -92,100,000 -95,500,000 -87,500,000 -66,700,000 -57,700,000 -55,100,000 -80,100,000 -43,700,000 -37,300,000 -38,200,000 -41,000,000 -55,500,000 -59,400,000 -58,900,000 -70,900,000 -53,000,000 -87,300,000 -54,000,000 -56,800,000 -41,800,000 -43,500,000 -45,300,000 -38,700,000 -34,100,000 -44,300,000 -38,900,000 -37,300,000 -34,400,000                -35,800,000 -45,572,000 -26,404,000 -16,329,000 -23,051,000 -14,857,000 -14,255,000 -25,617,000 -15,172,000 -32,344,000 -31,241,000 -52,332,000 -35,973,000 -35,777,000 -29,705,000 -33,915,000 -24,730,000 -24,022,000 -25,026,000 -33,585,000 -26,109,000 -19,426,000 -13,254,000 -10,262,000 -10,798,000 -8,287,000 -11,812,000 -7,536,000 -8,347,000 -7,476,000 -5,494,000 -4,643,000 -3,296,000 -6,232,000 -3,762,000 -4,728,000 -3,936,000 
          proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment
        900,000       1,200,000 500,000 1,100,000 8,300,000 1,100,000 600,000 1,000,000 8,200,000 9,200,000 700,000 5,500,000 20,600,000         20,400,000    13,600,000               8,600,000 400,000 400,000 3,900,000 2,600,000 200,000 1,800,000 6,400,000 900,000 2,093,000 342,000 53,000 672,000 111,000 489,000 331,000 353,000                             
          net cash from investing activities
        -73,900,000 -71,200,000 -87,600,000 -130,300,000 -111,400,000 -384,600,000 -177,400,000 -116,100,000 -112,800,000 -152,400,000 -102,600,000 -104,100,000 -95,000,000 -86,100,000 -63,300,000 -504,100,000 -49,600,000 -70,900,000 -27,700,000 -60,700,000 -31,300,000 -41,400,000 -55,000,000 -247,200,000 -54,000,000 -69,200,000 -48,700,000 -92,000,000 -60,000,000 -51,700,000 -77,300,000 -79,600,000 -32,900,000 -34,900,000 -32,000,000 -47,100,000 -62,600,000 -63,900,000 -331,500,000                -34,800,000 -100,949,000 -26,062,000 -14,149,000 -20,623,000 -46,290,000 -11,584,000 -23,355,000 -12,356,000 -28,904,000 -347,533,000 -64,055,000 -17,162,000 -75,889,000 -69,872,000 -32,728,000 -241,319,000 -8,593,000 -240,232,000 -342,352,000 -59,257,000 -19,126,000 -107,575,000 -9,986,000 -9,945,000 -7,596,000 -12,103,000 -22,342,000 -7,608,000 -7,352,000 -251,274,000 -1,927,000 -3,186,000 -3,268,000 -32,728,000 -28,798,000 -3,443,000 
          financing activities:
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from long-term debt borrowings
        999,000,000 275,000,000 788,000,000                -200,000 903,700,000 103,000,000 667,000,000 229,000,000 126,000,000 242,000,000 374,000,000 577,700,000 271,000,000 272,000,000 398,000,000 201,000,000 133,000,000 202,000,000 339,000,000 360,000,000 1,100,000,000 214,000,000 399,000,000 63,000,000 98,000,000 49,000,000 363,000,000 238,700,000 137,000,000 160,000,000 40,000,000 2,207,900,000 50,000,000 73,000,000 237,000,000 221,000,000 627,000,000 89,000,000 197,000,000 112,000,000 165,000,000                                   
          principal payments on long-term debt
        -1,043,000,000 -323,000,000 -458,000,000 -125,300,000    -400,000       -20,400,000    -747,400,000 -449,000,000 -419,000,000 -284,300,000 -493,300,000 -420,000,000 -391,000,000 -439,700,000 -219,200,000 -279,600,000 -253,700,000 -280,800,000 -227,800,000 -164,600,000 -242,100,000 -536,200,000 -1,160,100,000 -177,100,000 -188,000,000                -52,000,000 -287,791,000 -84,429,000                                   
          cash dividends and dividend equivalents
        -62,900,000 -63,100,000 -65,200,000 -61,200,000 -60,600,000 -62,600,000 -65,300,000 -58,800,000 -58,700,000 -58,600,000 -62,000,000                                                                                 
          share repurchases
        -60,900,000 -79,900,000 -253,200,000 -142,400,000 -432,000,000   -240,300,000 -126,400,000 -73,900,000 -38,900,000 -82,600,000 -336,700,000 -193,900,000 -17,100,000 -168,500,000 -131,000,000   -37,100,000 -200,000 -300,000,000   -354,800,000 -80,100,000 -700,000 -49,300,000                                                             
          taxes paid related to net share settlement of restricted stock units
        -200,000 -100,000 -11,500,000 -13,200,000 -5,500,000 -200,000 -23,900,000 -12,800,000 -4,000,000 -100,000 -37,200,000                                                                                 
          excise tax on repurchase of common shares
                                                                                                  
          net cash from financing activities
        -165,200,000 -203,400,000 -18,600,000 -327,700,000 -394,600,000 -563,800,000 -90,300,000 -311,600,000 -190,300,000 -141,200,000 -639,200,000 -181,500,000 -394,600,000 -224,500,000 -92,000,000 -227,100,000 -179,400,000 -66,000,000 -56,400,000 -88,100,000 98,700,000 -386,200,000 -107,400,000 -101,800,000 -405,700,000 -267,700,000 -65,400,000 -320,100,000 -88,600,000 -50,100,000 54,900,000 -140,000,000 -128,700,000 10,200,000 60,400,000 -207,000,000 -96,100,000 13,200,000 189,700,000       200,000 -188,600,000    64,100,000 91,000,000 243,400,000 20,800,000 139,100,000 -180,257,000 81,233,000 -8,404,000 82,964,000 -135,081,000 -207,145,000 -197,725,000 -319,878,000 -512,835,000 314,971,000 36,025,000 -69,649,000 -207,256,000 -113,675,000 -20,621,000 141,702,000 -135,381,000 163,445,000 436,335,000 17,357,000 -63,377,000 20,128,000 -34,140,000 -24,754,000 -74,914,000 -15,750,000 -4,131,000 30,604,000 -8,514,000 201,105,000 -27,672,000 -15,205,000 -16,216,000 11,866,000 -4,718,000 -14,188,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
        -1,000,000 7,300,000 1,400,000   -2,000,000 -3,900,000 5,400,000 -2,300,000   6,600,000 -6,900,000 -3,100,000 -1,200,000 -500,000 -2,400,000 2,600,000 -900,000 10,500,000 5,200,000 2,500,000 -10,600,000 9,900,000 -6,700,000 -1,200,000 2,300,000 -3,100,000 100,000 -3,000,000 100,000                                                             
          decrease in cash and cash equivalents
        21,700,000 -38,300,000 -40,300,000  -36,200,000 -584,100,000 -145,300,000                                                                -28,897,000                    -9,244,000 
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning balance
        318,100,000                                                                                         
          cash and cash equivalents, ending balance
        21,700,000 -38,300,000 277,800,000                                                                                         
          supplemental cash flow information:
                                                                                                   
          interest paid
        13,800,000 14,000,000 10,000,000                                                                                         
          income taxes paid
        44,700,000 57,100,000 13,900,000                                                                                         
          impairment
                                                                                                   
          provision for credit losses
               -700,000 400,000   -2,200,000 -1,000,000 3,100,000 3,500,000 -800,000 3,900,000 2,200,000 4,500,000                                                                         
          deferred income tax provision
                                      1,100,000  -2,600,000 -2,300,000 200,000  -1,100,000 -700,000 2,300,000        600,000 -1,000,000 1,600,000                                           
          net loss on life insurance policies and deferred compensation plan assets
               -8,500,000 4,000,000   -400,000 7,400,000                                                                               
          net short-term debt repayments
                      -800,000                -3,800,000                                                         
          increase in cash and cash equivalents
               103,300,000 160,600,000 100,000 -357,200,000 529,700,000 139,200,000 -43,500,000 247,500,000 -337,900,000 -89,200,000 -32,700,000 76,800,000 91,900,000 368,900,000 50,600,000 -2,200,000 8,300,000 24,500,000 7,900,000 5,400,000 16,100,000 -12,200,000 -21,100,000 -9,000,000 -15,800,000 23,700,000 12,700,000 11,000,000 -20,500,000 26,800,000 -4,000,000 16,200,000     -12,800,000 -100,000 30,000,000 4,100,000 700,000 2,500,000 27,000,000   -900,000 15,200,000 3,900,000 -113,548,000 139,060,000 -4,903,000 9,304,000 -44,862,000 -91,549,000 145,770,000 -18,352,000 8,313,000 -46,161,000 -6,887,000 19,707,000 -28,980,000 31,053,000     -24,355,000 -563,000 24,603,000 -5,791,000 3,215,000 1,336,000 9,434,000 -367,000 -9,937,000 10,363,000 -9,017,000 -7,880,000 6,895,000 2,863,000 28,000 3,633,000   
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
           1,080,200,000 1,173,400,000 300,500,000 683,500,000 174,300,000 128,200,000 154,400,000 122,800,000 104,300,000 106,200,000 83,600,000 97,600,000 84,600,000 72,900,000 43,002,000                                 
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                                                                   
          interest paid during the year
                                                                                                   
          income taxes paid during the year
                                                                                                   
          cash and cash equivalents at end of the period
            -36,200,000 -584,100,000 934,900,000  160,600,000 100,000 816,200,000                                                                                 
          interest paid during the period
            9,700,000 9,200,000 8,800,000  8,800,000 9,300,000 14,400,000  8,800,000 20,700,000 9,600,000  8,800,000 20,800,000 9,500,000  4,500,000 24,100,000 6,000,000  10,400,000 33,200,000 13,600,000  10,900,000 30,700,000 9,000,000  8,100,000 28,000,000 8,100,000  5,700,000 36,200,000 5,100,000  4,300,000 36,900,000 5,300,000 5,900,000 35,300,000 5,200,000 8,500,000 25,500,000 4,400,000 6,600,000 23,800,000 5,200,000 7,400,000 23,500,000 2,900,000  5,998,000 24,917,000 2,111,000  6,101,000 25,657,000 15,074,000 36,315,000 9,664,000 25,573,000 3,102,000 32,772,000 11,534,000 28,557,000 5,304,000 45,309,000 -2,805,000 23,690,000 4,112,000 8,599,000 4,338,000 8,407,000 3,965,000 9,524,000 4,383,000 9,927,000 4,691,000 10,880,000 1,253,000 10,263,000 995,000 10,507,000 5,290,000 5,759,000 560,000 
          income taxes paid during the period
            49,400,000 137,500,000 10,200,000  114,200,000 169,800,000 21,200,000  169,600,000 337,400,000 89,800,000  116,000,000 174,400,000 6,900,000  52,200,000 10,900,000 5,200,000  49,800,000 116,000,000 7,900,000  56,900,000 105,500,000 9,000,000  28,100,000 104,100,000 3,000,000  9,200,000 52,300,000 5,700,000  50,100,000 95,000,000 23,200,000 41,200,000 57,200,000 5,300,000 49,500,000 55,900,000 9,800,000 76,200,000 109,800,000 32,600,000 50,600,000 56,700,000 4,200,000  32,029,000 13,379,000 1,692,000  2,794,000 6,379,000 19,087,000 82,781,000 76,979,000 96,032,000 11,432,000 37,411,000 71,777,000 109,443,000 2,514,000 58,680,000 59,222,000 90,572,000 5,427,000 32,761,000 28,154,000 56,845,000 1,149,000 31,469,000 28,835,000 35,445,000 4,840,000 6,332,000 243,000 3,462,000 309,000 1,412,000 7,673,000 10,963,000 53,000 
          principal payment on long-term debt
                  -500,000,000                                                                                 
          acquisition, net of cash acquired
              -53,700,000                               -290,900,000                                                     
          impairment of intangible assets
                                                                                                   
          deferred compensation plan contributions
                  -7,400,000                                                                                 
          impairment of long-lived assets
                           100,000 10,000,000 200,000 97,700,000   1,500,000    1,400,000    700,000                                                       
          deferred income tax benefit
                   -5,600,000 -400,000 -300,000 -400,000  -100,000 -100,000  6,600,000 200,000 -33,500,000     800,000 -7,100,000                          -1,200,000  -1,071,000 -1,349,000 -486,000  -11,214,000 -1,434,000 -1,472,000                             
          pension and postretirement benefit plan settlement expense
                                                                                                   
          net short-term debt (repayments) borrowings
                                  -23,800,000 -22,500,000       -700,000 1,600,000 -7,300,000 -6,200,000                                                     
          debt issuance costs
                                                                                               
          payments for taxes related to net share settlements
                   -18,100,000 -4,500,000 -17,100,000                                                                             
          noncontrolling interest purchased
                            -8,000,000                                                                     
          depreciation and amortization
                    60,400,000                                              29,078,000    29,847,000 28,104,000 27,010,000 21,445,000 21,365,000 22,421,000 19,791,000 19,210,000 18,451,000 17,342,000 16,511,000 16,800,000 11,821,000 11,825,000   11,162,000 11,481,000 11,034,000 11,066,000 11,046,000 10,711,000 11,123,000 7,532,000 7,504,000 7,249,000 7,365,000 7,111,000 6,821,000 
          postretirement benefit plan settlement expense
                                                                                                  
          dividends and dividend equivalents paid
                    -52,900,000 -53,900,000 -56,700,000 -44,700,000 -43,700,000 -43,800,000 -44,800,000 -41,300,000 -41,000,000 -39,900,000 -41,900,000 -38,000,000 -36,800,000 -36,900,000 -39,600,000 -34,800,000 -35,900,000 -36,100,000 -38,500,000 -32,700,000 -32,800,000 -32,800,000 -33,700,000 -30,900,000 -31,500,000 -29,000,000 -29,000,000                                                     
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
                    139,200,000 -43,500,000 548,000,000  -89,200,000 -32,700,000 760,300,000  368,900,000 50,600,000 172,100,000  24,500,000 7,900,000 133,600,000  -12,200,000 -21,100,000 145,400,000  23,700,000 12,700,000 133,800,000  26,800,000 -4,000,000 120,500,000  -37,800,000 30,300,000 101,600,000 -12,800,000 -100,000 113,600,000 4,100,000 700,000 100,100,000 27,000,000 23,600,000 70,000,000 -900,000 15,200,000 76,800,000  139,060,000 -4,903,000 52,306,000  -91,549,000 145,770,000 33,643,000  -46,161,000 -6,887,000 96,730,000  31,053,000 46,372,000 28,578,000  11,937,000 -24,355,000 34,459,000  -5,791,000 3,215,000 12,995,000  -367,000 -9,937,000 12,529,000  -7,880,000 6,895,000 12,168,000  3,633,000 4,957,000 687,000 
          gain on sales of property, plant and equipment
                                  -200,000 -17,600,000 -1,100,000 -100,000 -1,100,000 -4,500,000 -3,900,000 -100,000 -700,000 100,000 -500,000                       79,000 -117,000                             
          noncontrolling interests purchased
                                                                                                 
          net short-term debt borrowings
                                     1,000,000 4,800,000 300,000       2,800,000 3,100,000 5,700,000 1,100,000   300,000   3,100,000       -749,000 3,501,000                                   
          non-cash investing and financing activities:
                                                                                                   
          debt assumed in connection with acquisitions
                                                                                                  
          provision for uncollectible accounts
                            1,300,000 3,200,000 3,800,000 -1,800,000 1,400,000 2,100,000 1,700,000 -1,000,000 1,300,000                                                               
          debt assumed in connection with acquisition
                                                                                                   
          exercise of stock options
                                   2,800,000 1,800,000 600,000 2,800,000 6,200,000 1,200,000 13,600,000 16,500,000 4,100,000 400,000 4,500,000 6,100,000 6,600,000 12,900,000 8,400,000 19,100,000 10,800,000 31,600,000 10,900,000 5,100,000 4,600,000 200,000 5,500,000 3,900,000 3,814,000 4,525,000 4,146,000 8,763,000 6,431,000 583,000 3,414,000 62,000 906,000 225,000 13,297,000 3,559,000 5,436,000 251,000 5,457,000 5,339,000 4,263,000 319,000 1,297,000 1,236,000 3,063,000 1,545,000 451,000 5,752,000 2,372,000 1,387,000           
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash
                                        2,200,000 1,500,000 3,300,000 -5,300,000 3,100,000 -3,100,000 2,600,000              2,700,000 400,000 1,000,000 1,256,000 753,000 -1,164,000 1,228,000 717,000 1,235,000 124,000 -651,000 755,000 -605,000 -42,000 -678,000 -112,000 152,000 251,000 -49,000 -27,000 28,000 -132,000 298,000 55,000 -211,000 -171,000 246,000 1,346,000 42,000 34,000 143,000 -87,000 264,000 606,000 -311,000 -315,000 -81,000 556,000 -37,000 
          proceeds from sale of business
                                                                                                   
          loss on sales of property, plant and equipment
                                                        200,000       369,000 -71,000 749,000 101,000                                 
          proceeds from sale of businesses
                                                                                                   
          changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                                                                                                   
          share-based compensation expense
                                                  3,700,000 7,200,000 8,000,000 4,900,000 6,800,000 7,800,000 6,700,000 5,700,000 6,600,000 4,900,000                                        
          dividends paid
                                                              -9,000,000 -7,456,000 -7,428,000 -7,425,000 -7,383,000 -7,364,000 -7,349,000 -7,338,000 -7,332,000 -7,330,000 -7,324,000 -7,316,000 -7,259,000 -5,991,000 -6,042,000 -6,101,000 -6,073,000 -4,537,000 -4,527,000 -3,765,000 -3,316,000 -3,310,000 -3,297,000 -2,962,000 -2,961,000 -2,286,000 -2,278,000 -1,944,000 -1,940,000 -1,924,000 -1,907,000 -1,907,000 -1,905,000 -1,905,000 -1,903,000 -1,901,000 -1,896,000 
          (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                                   
          (gain) loss on sales of property, plant and equipment
                                                                                                   
          equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities
                                                              -700,000 -480,000 389,000 32,000 -665,000 -690,000 -436,000 -204,000 -65,000                             
          dividends received from unconsolidated entity
                                                   500,000                                                
          dividend received from unconsolidated entity
                                                                                                   
          payment to noncontrolling interest holder
                                                                                                   
          excess benefit (tax deficit) from share-based compensation
                                                     300,000                                              
          loss (gain) on sales of property, plant and equipment
                                                      -200,000                                             
          dividends received from unconsolidated entities
                                                      200,000 100,000 300,000 400,000 300,000 300,000   300,000    320,000                                
          net proceeds from redemptions of life insurance policies
                                                      6,900,000                                           
          payments to noncontrolling interest holders
                                                              -800,000      -735,000 147,000 -735,000                             
          tax benefit from share-based compensation
                                                                                                   
          tax (deficit) benefit from share-based compensation
                                                                                                   
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities: depreciation and amortization expense
                                                        41,100,000                                           
          tax deficit from share-based compensation
                                                        800,000   100,000                                        
          net gain from life insurance policies
                                                                                                   
          acquisition of a metals service center
                                                                                                   
          net loss from life insurance policies and other investments
                                                         1,100,000                                          
          acquisitions of metals service centers, net of cash acquired
                                                                                                   
          net investment in marketable securities
                                                                                                   
          net investment in life insurance policies
                                                                        -96,000 -30,766,000   -64,000                     
          debt assumed in connection with acquisitions of metals service centers
                                                                                                   
          tax (benefit) deficit from share-based compensation
                                                                                                   
          investment in marketable securities
                                                                                                   
          net proceeds from redemption of life insurance policies
                                                          -2,100,000 2,800,000 1,300,000 2,200,000 100,000 449,000 2,127,000 1,756,000   1,931,000 2,463,000 -898,000 2,532,000                         
          tax benefit (deficit) from share-based compensation
                                                                                                   
          debt assumed in connection with an acquisition of a metals service center
                                                                                                   
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:
                                                                                                   
          net loss from life insurance policies
                                                            2,100,000 100,000 1,600,000 3,253,000 -506,000 888,000 582,000 -5,263,000 -2,769,000                               
          acquisition of a metals service center, net of cash acquired
                                                                                                   
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                                                                                                   
          share based compensation expense
                                                            5,600,000 6,000,000 4,800,000 4,619,000                                    
          tax deficit (excess benefit) from share based compensation
                                                            -100,000                                       
          capital contributions from noncontrolling interests
                                                                                                  
          (tax deficit) excess benefit from share based compensation
                                                                                                   
          excess tax benefit from share based compensation
                                                               -723,000                                    
          deferred income tax expense
                                                                                                   
          acquisitions of metals service centers, net of cash acquired and debt assumed
                                                                                                   
          tax distributions made related to prior acquisitions
                                                                                                  
          net borrowings from (investment in) life insurance policies
                                                                                                   
          issuance of common stock
                                                                   258,000 284,000 281,000 222,000 246,000 -3,558,000 3,794,000 -2,457,000 2,457,000 218,000 -4,006,000 766,000 2,592,000 883,000 
          common stock repurchases
                                                                        -114,774,000                         
          payments to noncontrolling interest holder
                                                                -490,000                                   
          stock based compensation expense
                                                                 4,432,000 3,698,000 4,074,000 4,009,000 3,850,000 3,597,000 2,568,000 3,850,000 3,801,000 2,970,000 2,551,000 2,889,000 2,868,000 1,812,000  1,624,000 1,580,000 1,132,000                 
          excess tax benefit from stock based compensation
                                                                 -5,247,000 2,343,000                -963,000                 
          excess tax benefits from stock based compensation
                                                                  -2,343,000 -1,230,000 210,000   -312,000 -194,000 -6,705,000 -2,482,000 -3,449,000 -133,000 -3,539,000 -2,390,000  -185,000                   
          proceeds from borrowings
                                                                  150,478,000 2,531,000 252,697,000 58,000 102,000,000 53,794,000 1,294,000,000 152,892,000 187,005,000 10,216,000 105,704,000 92,475,000 450,375,000 1,554,000,000 300,000,000 523,316,000 170,000,000 21,000,000 185,000,000 76,000,000 111,000,000 16,000,000 49,000,000 48,000,000 96,000,000 37,590,000 253,890,000 4,270,000 4,035,000 7,290,000 34,025,000 57,800,000 5,000,000 
          principal payments on long-term debt and short-term borrowings
                                                                  -71,237,000 -137,175,000 -445,290,000 -194,364,000 -411,625,000 -559,292,000 -968,811,000 -129,553,000 -140,946,000 -220,365,000 -131,554,000 -115,991,000 -310,610,000 -1,695,533,000   -150,457,000   -102,000,000 -138,250,000 -91,000,000 -62,150,000 -53,000,000 -67,250,000  -53,335,000 -30,035,000 -17,175,000 -21,600,000 -20,650,000 -61,330,000 -18,175,000 
          noncontrolling interest purchase
                                                                      -2,506,000                             
          provision for deferred income taxes
                                                                       26,777,000 -1,808,000                           
          loss on sales of property and equipment
                                                                                           63,000 54,000       
          acquisitions of metals service centers and net asset purchases of metals service centers, net of cash acquired and debt assumed
                                                                       -847,000                            
          net (investment in) borrowings from life insurance policies
                                                                                                   
          issuance of short-term notes payable in connection with acquisition of a metals service center
                                                                                                   
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
                                                                    51,995,000  77,023,000  57,475,000  35,022,000  11,659,000  2,166,000  9,305,000  9,931,000 
          acquisition of metals service center and net asset purchase of metals service center, net of cash acquired
                                                                                                   
          net income attributable to reliance
                                                                      20,118,000                             
          noncontrolling interests
                                                                      270,000                             
          net decrease in cash surrender value of life insurance policies
                                                                      1,386,000                             
          debt premium amortization
                                                                               -370,000 -887,000                   
          gain on debt extinguishment
                                                                                                   
          equity in earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries
                                                                       -169,000                            
          minority interest
                                                                       162,000 624,000 8,000 64,000 51,000 79,000 114,000 90,000 79,000 95,000 85,000 47,000 2,481,000 1,755,000 1,940,000 2,576,000 284,000 3,353,000 3,798,000 1,747,000 -405,000 -100,000 -208,000 -225,000 83,000 -132,000   
          decrease in cash surrender values of life insurance policies
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from sales of property and equipment
                                                                       199,000 1,015,000 1,527,000 16,375,000 2,212,000 261,000 1,749,000 823,000 531,000 709,000 569,000 1,678,000 294,000 62,000 276,000 853,000 691,000 182,000 1,669,000 739,000 124,000 70,000 2,716,000 110,000 2,967,000 208,000 69,000 54,000 
          payments to minority shareholders
                                                                               -1,291,000   -5,629,000 -541,000        -378,000     
          net refunds from letters of credit
                                                                                                   
          common stock repurchase
                                                                           -1,000                        
          issuance of common stock and stock options in connection with acquisition of metals service center
                                                                                                 
          issuance of common stock to employee retirement savings plan
                                                                                                 
          decrease in cash surrender value of life insurance policies
                                                                        1,280,000 21,000 432,000  541,000                       
          acquisitions of metals service centers and net asset purchases of metals service centers, net of cash acquired
                                                                           -12,317,000 -39,928,000 -364,000 -217,348,000 16,789,000 -215,469,000              -3,000 -29,174,000   
          gain on sales of machinery and equipment
                                                                          -134,000  -93,000                  -45,000     
          deferred income taxes
                                                                          -827,000 14,375,000 3,186,000 -5,281,000 -238,000 8,592,000 -53,000 -808,000 -436,000                 
          accounts payable and accrued expenses
                                                                          153,476,000 -97,809,000 -49,117,000 -34,160,000 118,253,000 -77,850,000 -2,141,000 -97,598,000 80,486,000 27,964,000 -751,000 -37,754,000 48,883,000 -22,234,000 16,397,000 3,916,000 69,662,000         
          gain on sales of property and equipment
                                                                              -591,000         -75,000 82,000           
          tax benefit of stock options exercised
                                                                                                   
          tax reimbursements made related to prior acquisitions
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from redemption of life insurance policies
                                                                               926,000                    
          payment of debt issue costs
                                                                                                   
          issuance of short-term notes payable in connection with acquisition of metals service center
                                                                                                   
          tax distributions made related to a prior acquisition
                                                                                                   
          payments to former minority shareholders
                                                                                                   
          premiums paid on life insurance policies
                                                                                -41,000                   
          increase in cash surrender value of life insurance policies
                                                                              -118,000                     
          stock based compensation
                                                                                                   
          excess tax benefit from stock option exercises
                                                                                                   
          purchase of minority interest in foreign subsidiary
                                                                                                   
          loss on sales of machinery and equipment
                                                                                 126,000 -527,000  28,000 -111,000 113,000    79,000      182,000 5,000 -4,000 
          increase in cash surrender value of life insurance policies.
                                                                                                   
          principal payments on long-term debt and short-term borrowings.
                                                                                                   
          tax benefit on stock options exercised
                                                                                    621,000 122,000 1,387,000             
          acquisition of metals service centers and net asset purchases of metals service centers, net of cash acquired
                                                                                  -34,826,000                 
          tax reimbursements made related to prior acquisition
                                                                                                 
          acquisition of metal service center, net of cash acquired
                                                                                                   
          purchase of equity interest in foreign subsidiary
                                                                                                   
          principal payments on long-term debt, capital lease obligations, and short-term borrowings
                                                                                                   
          payments to minority partner
                                                                                               -372,000   
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities: depreciation and amortization
                                                                                                   
          deferred taxes
                                                                                           8,285,000        
          equity in earnings of 50%-owned company
                                                                                               -139,000 -124,000 
          dividends received from 50%-owned company
                                                                                               6,000 438,000 
          principal payments on long-term debt and short- term borrowings
                                                                                                   
          net proceeds from common stock offering
                                                                                                   
          other comprehensive income
                                                                                                   
          unrealized loss on investments
                                                                                                   
          repurchase of common stock
                                                                                                   
          acquisition of metals service centers, net of cash acquired