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Osaka Steel Co., Ltd.5449.TCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Japan · JPY·Materials›Steel
Momentum weak 31
Mkt cap
$416M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
30%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$509,040
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-5.9 pp
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
88 days
2 Feb 2027
Close · JPY¥2,190
1D-7.2%
1W-4.0%
1M-9.5%
3M-7.5%
6M-10.9%
YTD-21.2%
1Y-17.4%
ATR %4.2%
52w lowhigh44.4% off high

What Osaka Steel does

Employees: 1,074

Osaka Steel at a glance

Size Osaka Steel (5449.T) is a Japan Materials company (Steel) with a market value of $416M, the 1166th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥2,190 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 10.9%, against -8.5% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 16.9% over the last twelve months (peer median -1.8%); the operating margin is -1.6% (peer median 3.7%).

Valuation It trades at 0.8× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.1× (9th cheapest of 21).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 5.9 points below its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 2 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 915449.T 87
Six months, rebased to 100: Osaka Steel against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Osaka Steel financials

Reported figures in JPY; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue¥87.4B¥95.1B¥116B¥117B¥117B
Revenue growth—-18%-1%0%—
Gross profit¥6.20B¥7.55B¥13.0B¥14.0B¥12.4B
EBITDA¥2.89B¥4.32B¥10.0B¥11.3B¥10.1B
Net income-¥22.4B-¥20.9B¥3.23B¥3.12B¥2.90B
Free cash flown/a-¥1.86B¥154M-¥4.28B¥1.32B
Capital expendituren/a¥10.7B¥7.46B¥3.22B¥3.77B
Total debt¥11.5B¥16.6B¥18.3B¥16.7B¥29.7B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Osaka Steel competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-60%-40%-20%0%+20%-20%-10%0%300881058120311000906033157231KSL2010STEELCASELECTCASTFXPO5440600408VENUSPIPESVSSL003037COCKERILLTUB5449.T6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Osaka Steel is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-10%0%+10%+20%1×2×3×300881058120311000906033157231KSL2010STEELCASELECTCASTFXPOKIRLOSIND5440600408VENUSPIPESVSSL003037603878COCKERILL5449.TRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Osaka Steel is the large dot.

Osaka Steel competitors and peer comparison

How Osaka Steel compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Osaka Steel against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure5449.TPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-9.5%-9.9%11th highest of 21
6-month return-10.9%-8.5%10th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-44.4%-32.6%8th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-16.9%-1.8%2nd lowest of 21
Operating margin-1.6%3.7%4th lowest of 21
EV / Sales0.8×1.1×9th cheapest of 21
ROIC minus cost of capital-5.9 pp-3.6 pp6th lowest of 20
Net debt / EBITDA0.3×1.4×6th least indebted of 17

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Osaka Steel 5449.TJapan$416M-11%-17%-2%0.8×n/an/a
Shengtak New Material 300881.SZChina$416M-50%+9%4%1.3×n/an/a
China Oriental 0581.HKHong Kong$413M-31%0%2%0.2×n/an/a
Hsin Kuang Steel 2031.TWTaiwan$418M+6%-3%8%1.4×1.3%+11.3%
SK oceanplant 100090.KSSouth Korea$430M-62%-5%8%0.9×n/an/a
Liaoning Fu-An Heavy Industry 603315.SSChina$439M-46%-4%3%3.2×31.1%+7.5%
Topy Industries 7231.TJapan$440M+1%+2%2%0.3×6.0%+5.8%
Kalyani Steels KSL.NSIndia$392M-5%-5%17%2.0×19.1%+9.4%
Chun Yuan Steel Industry 2010.TWTaiwan$445M-8%+2%8%0.7×-11.7%+4.7%
Steelcast STEELCAS.NSIndia$387M+23%+9%24%8.3×30.2%+22.2%
Electrosteel Castings ELECTCAST.NSIndia$450M-25%-16%2%0.7×12.6%+11.3%
Ferrexpo FXPO.LUnited Kingdom$453M-55%-39%-1%0.8×n/an/a
Kirloskar Industries KIRLOSIND.NSIndia$381M+2%+4%8%0.5×3.2%+27.5%
Kyoei Steel 5440.TJapan$455M-13%+7%4%0.3×-7.0%+6.8%
Shanxi Antai 600408.SSChina$456M-8%-5%-3%0.8×28.8%-10.7%
Venus Pipes & Tubes VENUSPIPES.NSIndia$377M+21%+22%14%2.9×n/an/a
Vardhman Special Steels VSSL.NSIndia$371M+31%+15%11%1.8×n/an/a
Guangdong Sanhe Pile 003037.SZChina$466M-28%-9%1%0.8×n/an/a
Jiangsu Wujin Stainless Steel Pipe 603878.SSChina$360M-46%-9%-4%1.2×6.6%-0.6%
John Cockerill India COCKERILL.NSIndia$358M+23%+174%-1%3.6×21.5%+0.4%
Tubacex TUB.MCSpain$358M-6%-7%-2%1.2×15.7%+9.3%

Questions

Which companies are Osaka Steel's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Shengtak New Material (300881.SZ), China Oriental (0581.HK), Hsin Kuang Steel (2031.TW), SK oceanplant (100090.KS), Liaoning Fu-An Heavy Industry (603315.SS), Topy Industries (7231.T), Kalyani Steels (KSL.NS), Chun Yuan Steel Industry (2010.TW).
Is Osaka Steel expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 0.8× against a peer median of 1.1×, 9th cheapest of 21 in its peer set.
How has Osaka Steel stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -10.9% against -8.5% for the median peer; over one year -17.4%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.