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Alleima ABALLEI.STCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Sweden · SEK·Materials›Steel

Swedish maker of specialty stainless steel and advanced alloys used in demanding industrial applications, spun off from Sandvik.

≈ A specialty-alloy steel maker like a smaller Carpenter TechnologyMomentum laggard 11
Mkt cap
$2.32B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
66%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$3.44M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
21.5×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-3.8 pp
WACC 10.3%
Hurdle
+12 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
82 days
27 Jan 2027
Close · SEKSEK 90.80
1D+0.3%
1W+1.6%
1M-19.6%
3M-21.4%
6M+9.2%
YTD+10.9%
1Y+12.5%
ATR %4.0%
52w lowhigh26.1% off high

What Alleima does

Swedish maker of specialty stainless steel and advanced alloys used in demanding industrial applications, spun off from Sandvik.

Sells made-to-order tubes, strip and wire to customers in energy, chemicals and aerospace, typically qualified for each application. Heating alloys under the Kanthal brand are a separate business. It was spun off from Sandvik in 2022 and trades independently.

In one line: A specialty-alloy steel maker like a smaller Carpenter Technology.

Products and services

  • Specialty stainless steel tubes/strip
  • Kanthal heating alloys/elements
  • Advanced alloy wire

Customers

  • Industrial equipment makers
  • Energy/process industries

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Materials
  • Specialty metals
  • Advanced stainless steel and alloy…

What could go right

  • Industrial/energy transition demand for specialty alloys
  • Export growth outside Europe

What could go wrong

  • Steel/nickel input cost cyclicality
  • Industrial capex cyclicality

Moat: narrow (process know-how, IP / patents, customer qualification). Metallurgical expertise from decades under Sandvik gives differentiated high-performance alloy products, though it's a cyclical materials business.

Headquarters: Sandviken, Sweden · Founded: 2022 · Employees: 6,380

Named competitors

Alleima at a glance

Size Alleima (ALLEI.ST) is a Sweden Materials company (Steel) with a market value of $2.32B, the 73rd largest of 221 Sweden companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at SEK 90.80 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 9.2%, against -31.3% for the median peer and +8.2% for the Sweden market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 5.2% over the last twelve months (peer median -0.1%); the operating margin is 7.5% (peer median 2.6%).

Valuation It trades at 21.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 17.1× (7th most expensive of 17).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 13% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is 0%, so the hurdle is +12 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 3.8 points below its cost of capital (10.3% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 27 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

7510012515011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026ALLEI.ST 107Peer median 69
Six months, rebased to 100: Alleima against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Alleima financials

Reported figures in SEK; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueSEK 18.2BSEK 18.6BSEK 19.7BSEK 20.7BSEK 18.4B
Revenue growth—-5%-5%+12%—
Gross profitSEK 3.88BSEK 3.32BSEK 3.84BSEK 4.47BSEK 4.62B
EBITDASEK 2.39BSEK 1.88BSEK 2.35BSEK 2.97BSEK 3.25B
Net incomeSEK 1.03BSEK 671MSEK 1.22BSEK 1.57BSEK 1.47B
Free cash flowSEK 814MSEK 899MSEK 976MSEK 1.51BSEK 91.0M
Capital expenditureSEK 994MSEK 1.15BSEK 1.20BSEK 827MSEK 680M
Total debtSEK 1.01BSEK 437MSEK 461MSEK 509MSEK 401M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Alleima 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%0%60080854710009696019690347KIOCLSGMAPAMOUT1V004020600022002318WS0027562006ALLEI.ST6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Alleima is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-25%0%+25%+50%+75%20×40×60×6008085471000969601969SGM000778APAMOUT1V004020600022002318000825WS002756RATNAMANIALLEI.STRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Alleima is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-10%0%+10%+20%+30%0%20%6008085471000969601969SGM000778APAMOUT1V004020600022600126002318601123000825WS0027562006RATNAMANIALLEI.STGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Alleima is the large dot.

Alleima competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (ALLEI.ST vs CRS vs OUT1V.HE vs APAM.AS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Alleima ALLEI.ST$2.32B+9%-5%7%21.5×12.9%
Carpenter Technology CRS$13.8B-35%+10%23%20.0×17.4%
Outokumpu OUT1V.HE$1.99B-31%-7%-1%20.3×14.0%
Aperam APAM.AS$2.63B-32%-4%2%13.6×12.9%

How Alleima 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.

Alleima against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureALLEI.STPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-19.6%-7.2%3rd lowest of 21
6-month return+9.2%-31.3%2nd highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-26.1%-42.3%4th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-5.2%-0.1%6th lowest of 21
Operating margin7.5%2.6%6th highest of 20
Forward P/E21.5×17.1×7th most expensive of 17
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)12.9%10.9%10th least demanding of 19
Growth delivered (Del g)+0.4%+6.2%7th lowest of 19
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+12.4 pp+1.9 pp5th most demanding of 19
ROIC minus cost of capital-3.8 pp-2.9 pp10th lowest of 20
EV / EBITDA9.3×8.2×3rd most expensive of 7
Net debt / EBITDA-0.2×1.2×3rd least indebted of 9

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Alleima ALLEI.STSweden$2.32B+9%-5%7%21.5×12.9%+0.4%
Maanshan Iron & Steel 600808.SSChina$2.32B-41%-4%0%38.0×0.3%-1.0%
Daido Steel 5471.TJapan$2.29B-4%+8%7%10.8×8.8%+7.0%
Advanced Technology & Materials 000969.SZChina$2.28B-32%+37%5%40.2×16.2%+9.8%
Hainan Mining 601969.SSChina$2.44B-33%+29%17%13.9×0.8%+9.9%
Angang Steel 0347.HKHong Kong$2.48B-32%-1%-7%n/an/an/a
KIOCL KIOCL.NSIndia$2.15B-18%+27%-6%n/an/an/a
Sims SGM.AXAustralia$2.62B-11%+7%4%10.5×14.6%+6.2%
Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes 000778.SZChina$2.05B-24%+15%2%20.5×-6.9%-2.8%
Aperam APAM.ASNetherlands$2.63B-32%-4%2%13.6×12.9%+10.9%
Outokumpu OUT1V.HEFinland$1.99B-31%-7%-1%20.3×14.0%-0.7%
Hyundai Steel 004020.KSSouth Korea$2.73B-34%+2%1%74.3×-1.2%+4.8%
Shandong Iron and Steel 600022.SSChina$1.98B-12%-10%n/a12.6×1.3%-5.1%
Hangzhou Iron & Steel 600126.SSChina$2.73B-38%-58%-1%n/a19.3%+9.8%
Zhejiang Jiuli Hi-Tech Metals 002318.SZChina$2.75B-37%-38%4%25.9×15.4%+19.5%
Fujian Makeng Mining 601123.SSChina$2.76Bn/a-3%41%n/a29.1%-1.0%
Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel 000825.SZChina$2.78B-24%+1%-1%65.0×7.4%+6.1%
Worthington Steel WSUnited States$1.88B-9%+69%3%9.7×26.5%-1.5%
Yongxing Special Materials Technology 002756.SZChina$2.88B-59%+30%16%11.2×-2.3%+8.4%
Tung Ho Steel Enterprise 2006.TWTaiwan$1.86B+26%-4%12%11.2×-10.3%+6.2%
Ratnamani Metals & Tubes RATNAMANI.NSIndia$1.83B-13%-16%14%31.8×27.4%+14.4%

Questions

Who are Alleima's main competitors?
Named competitors: Carpenter Technology (CRS), Outokumpu (OUT1V.HE), Aperam (APAM.AS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Maanshan Iron & Steel (600808.SS), Daido Steel (5471.T), Advanced Technology & Materials (000969.SZ), Hainan Mining (601969.SS), Angang Steel (0347.HK), KIOCL (KIOCL.NS).
Is Alleima expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 21.5× against a peer median of 17.1×, 7th most expensive of 17 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 13% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is 0%, so the hurdle is +12 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
How has Alleima stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +9.2% against -31.3% for the median peer; over one year +12.5%.

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.