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Jindal SteelJINDALSTEL.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Metal & Mining›Steel

O.P. Jindal Group steelmaker producing long products, rails and pellets, with a related captive power-generation business.

≈ An India integrated steel-and-power conglomerate armMomentum strong 68
Mkt cap
$12.6B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
36%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$13.7M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
21.2×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-7.3 pp
WACC 14.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
100 days
14 Feb 2027
Close · INR₹1,165
1D+1.3%
1W+9.8%
1M+9.8%
3M+5.8%
6M-7.4%
YTD+10.6%
1Y+8.9%
ATR %2.6%
Beta1.12
52w lowhigh10.8% off high

What Jindal Steel does

O.P. Jindal Group steelmaker producing long products, rails and pellets, with a related captive power-generation business.

Sells long steel products, using iron ore pellets and sponge iron produced in-house, with Indian Railways ordering rails under tender as a key customer. It generates power largely for its own steel plants and sells surplus. Naveen Jindal, whose family is the promoter, is chairman.

In one line: An India integrated steel-and-power conglomerate arm.

Products and services

  • Long steel products (rails, structural)
  • Pellets/sponge iron
  • Power generation

Customers

  • Indian Railways
  • Construction/infrastructure
  • Power grid (merchant power sales)

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Metals & mining
  • Integrated steel (long products)
  • Captive power generation

What could go right

  • Indian Railways capex on rail steel
  • Infrastructure-led long steel demand

What could go wrong

  • Steel price cyclicality
  • Coal/iron-ore linkage risk

Moat: narrow (scale, installed base). Domestic leader in rail steel supply to Indian Railways plus captive mines/power.

Headquarters: New Delhi, India · Founded: 1979 · Employees: 10,507

Named competitors

Jindal Steel at a glance

Size Jindal Steel (JINDALSTEL.NS) is an India Materials company (Steel) with a market value of $12.6B, the 90th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹1,165 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 7.4%, against -5.8% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 11th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 25.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.7%); the operating margin is 10.2% (peer median 7.3%).

Valuation It trades at 21.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 13.4× (4th most expensive of 20).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 7.3 points below its cost of capital (14.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 14 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

809010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 95JINDALSTEL.NS 93
Six months, rebased to 100: Jindal Steel against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Jindal Steel financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹614B₹530B₹496B₹499B₹524B
Revenue growth—+7%-1%-5%—
Gross profit₹258B₹108B₹117B₹114B₹107B
EBITDA₹98.1B₹91.5B₹94.1B₹104B₹99.2B
Net income₹28.5B₹33.7B₹28.1B₹59.4B₹31.7B
Free cash flown/a-₹43.9B-₹15.9B-₹38.9B-₹5.68B
Capital expendituren/a₹95.7B₹106B₹85.2B₹64.5B
Total debt₹224B₹226B₹184B₹165B₹130B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Jindal 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

-20%0%-10%0%600010005490LLOYDSMETX0007082002GGBTKA600019SAILRS5401CMC5411CLFTATASTEELAPLAPOLLOMINJSLVKJINDALSTEL.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Jindal Steel is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+50%+100%+150%20×40×60×600010005490LLOYDSMETX2002GGB600019RS5401APLAPOLLOMINJINDALSTEL.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Jindal Steel is the large dot.

Jindal Steel competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (JINDALSTEL.NS vs JSWSTEEL.NS vs TATASTEEL.NS vs SAIL.NS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Jindal Steel JINDALSTEL.NS$12.6B-7%+26%10%21.2×n/a
JSW Steel JSWSTEEL.NS$35.1B+6%+14%13%18.5×21.1%
Tata Steel TATASTEEL.NS$24.6B-14%+11%9%14.0×8.7%
Steel Authority of India SAIL.NS$7.49B-8%+9%8%8.9×11.0%

How Jindal 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.

Jindal Steel against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureJINDALSTEL.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+9.8%-2.5%highest of 21
6-month return-7.4%-5.8%11th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-10.8%-21.5%4th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+25.5%+8.7%4th highest of 21
Operating margin10.2%7.3%4th highest of 21
Forward P/E21.2×13.4×4th most expensive of 20
ROIC minus cost of capital-7.3 pp-1.9 pp3rd lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA13.8×7.9×4th most expensive of 15
Net debt / EBITDA1.5×1.8×8th least indebted of 17

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
Jindal Steel JINDALSTEL.NSIndia$12.6B-7%+26%10%21.2×n/an/a
Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Union 600010.SSChina$13.5B-26%-6%3%66.3×14.7%+2.5%
POSCO 005490.KSSouth Korea$14.4B-42%+4%3%11.2×n/an/a
Lloyds Metals & Energy LLOYDSME.NSIndia$10.6B+3%+171%33%13.4×n/an/a
Ternium S.A. Sponsored ADR TXUnited States$9.65B+5%-1%8%6.7×n/an/a
Citic Pacific Special Steel 000708.SZChina$9.52B-18%0%6%10.8×-7.8%+7.2%
China Steel 2002.TWTaiwan$8.65B0%-7%0%41.5×n/an/a
Gerdau S.A. Pfd Sponsored ADR Repr 1 Pfd Sh GGBUnited States$8.41B-10%+10%9%7.9×2.3%+8.0%
thyssenkrupp TKA.DEGermany$8.33B+10%-2%1%n/an/an/a
Baoshan Iron & Steel 600019.SSChina$19.9B-3%+6%3%14.4×-9.6%+2.4%
Steel Authority of India SAIL.NSIndia$7.49B-8%+9%8%8.9×11.0%+9.9%
Reliance RSUnited States$21.2B+13%+25%9%14.9×9.1%+10.2%
Nippon Steel 5401.TJapan$22.3B+15%+28%4%11.2×n/an/a
Commercial Metals CMCUnited States$6.85B-12%+20%9%9.3×6.2%+6.9%
Jfe 5411.TJapan$6.66B+2%-4%2%8.4×13.2%+7.1%
Cleveland-Cliffs CLFUnited States$6.54B+4%+8%-1%6.6×n/an/a
Tata Steel TATASTEEL.NSIndia$24.6B-14%+11%9%14.0×8.7%+8.2%
APL Apollo Tubes APLAPOLLO.NSIndia$6.42B+11%+16%7%39.8×22.1%+22.1%
Mineral Resources MIN.AXAustralia$6.36B-34%+44%25%13.8×4.2%+11.6%
Jindal Stainless JSL.NSIndia$6.10B-9%+12%10%16.9×21.0%+28.7%
Vallourec VK.PAFrance$5.51B-31%-7%14%15.5×-7.6%+3.3%

Questions

Who are Jindal Steel's main competitors?
Named competitors: JSW Steel (JSWSTEEL.NS), Tata Steel (TATASTEEL.NS), Steel Authority of India (SAIL.NS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Union (600010.SS), POSCO (005490.KS), Lloyds Metals & Energy (LLOYDSME.NS), Ternium S.A. Sponsored ADR (TX), Citic Pacific Special Steel (000708.SZ), China Steel (2002.TW).
Is Jindal Steel expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 21.2× against a peer median of 13.4×, 4th most expensive of 20 in its peer set.
How has Jindal Steel stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -7.4% against -5.8% for the median peer; over one year +8.9%.

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.