RS — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of RS's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-07-28 vs the prior 10-Q · 2026-04-29
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +31 | −30 | ~10 | 17 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Controls & procedures | Text added/removed | +2 | −3 | 0 | 0 |
| Legal proceedings | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Risk factors | No material changes reported (points to the 10-K) | — | — | — | — |
| Other information | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 0 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-07-28
Record tons sold and significant increases in average selling price per ton sold drove net sales to $4.63 billion in the second quarter and $8.66 billion in the first six months of 2026, up 26.5% and 21.2%, respectively, from the prior year periods. For the second quarter of 2026, tons sold increase…
Our second quarter of 2026 year-over-year growth in tons sold exceeded the industry-wide increase of 5.5% reported by the Metals Service Center Institute by over five percentage points, continuing a multi-year trend of outperformance relative to industry shipments. We believe our scale, diversified …
Carbon steel prices have benefited from tight supply conditions and solid underlying demand. Aluminum prices continue to be at historically elevated levels, largely due to the 50% tariff imposed under Section 232 in June 2025.
Gross profit margin under our LIFO method was 28.1% for the second quarter and 28.6% for the first six months of 2026, compared to 29.7% for the same 2025 periods. Higher carbon steel and aluminum product costs significantly increased our LIFO expense, year-over-year. On a FIFO basis, which excludes…
The increases in SG&A expense were primarily due to variable warehousing and delivery costs associated with higher tons sold, increased incentive compensation resulting from higher profitability, inflationary impacts on transportation costs from higher fuel prices and wage and benefit inflation. On …
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-04-29
Net sales were $4.03 billion in the first quarter of 2026, an increase of 15.5% compared to 2025, driven by record tons sold, which increased 2.7%, and a 12.6% increase in average selling price per ton sold. Shipments grew across most end markets, with notably strong underlying demand across the bro…
sector, primarily due to growth in industrial machinery, shipbuilding, military, consumer products and construction machinery. Demand in our largest end market by tons sold, non-residential construction, including infrastructure and data centers, also improved year-over-year.
Growth in tons sold exceeded the industry-wide decline of 5.1% reported by the Metals Service Center Institute (“MSCI”) by nearly 8 percentage points, continuing a multi-year trend of outperformance relative to industry shipments. We believe our scale, diversified business model, and customer servic…
Carbon steel prices have benefited from tight supply conditions and solid underlying demand. Aluminum prices are at record levels, driven primarily by the 50% tariff imposed under Section 232 in June 2025.
Gross profit margin under our LIFO method was 29.1% compared to 29.7% in 2025. On a FIFO basis, which excludes the impact of LIFO accounting and is how we evaluate our ongoing operating performance, gross profit margin declined approximately 40 basis points to 30.0%. Despite the lower margin, gross …
Controls & procedures
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-07-28
Under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), an evaluation was performed on the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures pursuant t…
There have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the second quarter of 2026 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-04-29
Under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), an evaluation was performed on the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures pursuant t…
including the CEO and the CFO, concluded that, as of the end of the period covered in this report, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure information required to be disclosed in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, proce…
There have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the first quarter of 2026 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice