Weekly profile.

RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM CO.

Symbol: RS    Exchange: NYSE    Close: $39.12    1-WK % Chg: -13.9%

Business Overview

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (Reliance), incorporated in 1939, is a
metals service center company. The company, through its network of 24
divisions, 19 operating subsidiaries and one 50.5%-owned company,
operates 106 processing and distribution facilities in 30 states,
Belgium, France and South Korea. Through this network, Reliance
provides metals processing services and distributes a line of more
than 90,000 metal products, including alloy, aluminum, brass, copper,
carbon steel, titanium, stainless steel and specialty steel products,
to more than 95,000 customers in a range of industries.

WEEKLY PROFILE

RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM CO.

Income Statement                  LTM *     2003 **

Revenue (millions)             $2,392.3    $1,882.9
Operating Income (millions)       203.7        77.8
Net Income (millions)             104.7        34.0
EPS                               $3.23       $1.07

Summary

Headquarters: Los Angeles

Market Cap: $1.17 billion

Dividend Yield: 0.8%

P/E Ratio: 11.17

* Latest 12 months ended June 2004.

** Fiscal year ended December 2003.