Company Analysis

Ryerson Holding Corporation (RYZ)

NYSE: RYZ · Wholesale-Metals Service Centers & of fices · Chicago, IL · filing with the SEC since 2010
Grade4.1
◀ Past 4.8● Present 4.3▶ Future 3.1

The grade of Ryerson Holding Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.1/10
◀ Past4.825% of the headline
● Present4.345% of the headline
▶ Future3.130% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.8/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
4.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2024-12-06.

weight 45% of this tense · 45th percentile among 51 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Ryerson Holding Corporation's filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2024-12-06) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
3.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+5.4% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 7 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 35th percentile among 50 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Ryerson Holding Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $2.9 billion in fiscal 2016 to $4.6 billion in fiscal 2025, up 5.4% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 28% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 7 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span5.4%bottom 49% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 31% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 32% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak27.7%bottom 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
7.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 5.7% a year. 36% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 10 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 75th percentile among 43 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Ryerson Holding Corporation's diluted share count shrank about 5.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 36% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 10 sales (6 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-06 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 5% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.3/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -7%: lost 7¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 68%: owes 68¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 48th percentile among 50 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Ryerson Holding Corporation lost about 7 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 33 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 68 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 28% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 22% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 43% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
3.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 34% of 51 in its family; net margin -1.2%.

weight 45% of this tense · 34th percentile among 51 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Ryerson Holding Corporation's standing among 51 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $4.6 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 42% by size; a net margin of -1.2% ranks in the bottom 28%; revenue growth of -10.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 15% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$4.57Btop 42% of its family
  • net margin-1.2%bottom 28% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-10.2%bottom 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 45% of 35 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2015.

weight 22% of this tense · 55th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Ryerson Holding Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Lehner, Edward J. (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2015-06-09, 11.4 years (top 25% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.7 years (bottom 41%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (top 50%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge8 in three years among 17 peopletop 50% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.7 yearsbottom 41% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record11.4 yearstop 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 33% of 49 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 49 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Ryerson Holding Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $27 million against debt of $463 million leaves -18.1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 27% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 0.8% of revenue (bottom 44%); a gross margin of 17.1% (bottom 28%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-18.1%bottom 27% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue0.8%bottom 44% of its family
  • gross margin17.1%bottom 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
2.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 23% of 50 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 23rd percentile among 50 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Ryerson Holding Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -10.2% a year over the last three filed years against 5.4% over all 10, slowing (bottom 17% of its family); the newest year grew -0.6% (bottom 31%); capital spending grew -21.2% a year (bottom 21%) (its annual reports). Ryerson Holding Corporation tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-15.6 points a yearbottom 17% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-0.6%bottom 31% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-21.2%bottom 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 38% of 44 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 38th percentile among 44 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Ryerson Holding Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $4.6 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 16.6% above the $3.9 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 26% of its family); net income of $56 million against a prior three-year average of $176 million (bottom 15%); a net margin of -1.2% against 2.9% before (bottom 26%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace16.6%top 26% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-132%bottom 15% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-4.2 pointsbottom 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton RYZ · research, not advice