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NMDC SteelNSLNISP.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Metal & Mining›Steel

Operates a steel plant in Chhattisgarh, spun off from iron-ore miner NMDC to focus on integrated steel production.

≈ A newly independent Indian integrated steel producerMomentum weak 36
Mkt cap
$1.23B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
39%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1.68M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-11.6 pp
WACC 14.3%
Hurdle
-21 pp
Req g minus delivered
Close · INR₹39.60
1D-0.7%
1W+5.2%
1M-2.3%
3M-11.6%
6M-10.5%
YTD-10.5%
1Y-8.8%
ATR %3.2%
Beta1.16
52w lowhigh26.3% off high

What NMDC Steel does

Operates a steel plant in Chhattisgarh, spun off from iron-ore miner NMDC to focus on integrated steel production.

Sells steel into a market where prices follow the wider cycle, so earnings depend on the gap between steel prices and the cost of coking coal, which India imports. Iron ore comes from NMDC, the parent from which it was demerged, which helps secure one key input.

In one line: A newly independent Indian integrated steel producer.

Products and services

  • Steel products (long/flat)

Customers

  • Construction/infrastructure buyers
  • Industrial steel users

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Iron ore sourcing (from NMDC)
  • Integrated steel production
  • Sale to construction/industrial buyers

What could go right

  • Steel demand growth
  • Ramp-up of new plant capacity

What could go wrong

  • Steel price cyclicality
  • New-plant ramp-up/execution risk

Moat: none (installed base). New integrated steel plant with iron ore access from NMDC, but steel is a cyclical, competitive commodity.

Headquarters: Jagdalpur, India · Founded: 2022 · Employees: 2,780

Named competitors

NMDC Steel at a glance

Size NMDC Steel (NSLNISP.NS) is an India Materials company (Steel) with a market value of $1.23B, the 537th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹39.60 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 10.5%, against -24.9% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 7th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 41.6% over the last twelve months (peer median -1.0%); the operating margin is 3.5% (peer median 1.4%).

Valuation It trades at 0.8× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.3× (8th cheapest of 19).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 21% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +42%, so the hurdle is -21 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 11.6 points below its cost of capital (14.3% WACC).

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026NSLNISP.NS 91Peer median 74
Six months, rebased to 100: NMDC Steel against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

NMDC Steel financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹139B₹136B₹85.0B₹30.5B₹0
Revenue growth—+60%+179%——
Gross profit₹36.3B₹23.1B-₹12.2B-₹12.8B₹0
EBITDA₹15.1B₹16.0B-₹17.5B-₹14.3B₹0
Net income₹837M₹587M-₹23.7B-₹15.6B₹0
Free cash flown/a₹11.1B₹9.45B-₹37.0B-₹6.39B
Capital expendituren/a₹2.71B₹4.28B₹5.84B₹21.6B
Total debtn/a₹46.1B₹59.1B₹66.6B₹38.4B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

NMDC 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

-50%-25%0%+25%+50%-20%-10%0%600399000761600307002392688239603995002445542312865451000923GALLANTT2015300129600507BCINSLNISP.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. NMDC Steel is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%+40%0×2×4×6×60039900076160030700239260078268823960100360399500244554231286000923GALLANTT2015300129600507NSLNISP.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. NMDC Steel is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+10%+20%+30%+40%0%20%40%00239268823960100312865451GALLANTT2015NSLNISP.NSGrowth 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. NMDC Steel is the large dot.

NMDC Steel competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (NSLNISP.NS vs SAIL.NS vs TATASTEEL.NS vs JSWSTEEL.NS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq g
NMDC Steel NSLNISP.NS$1.23B-10%+42%3%0.8×20.8%
Steel Authority of India SAIL.NS$7.49B-8%+9%8%0.9×11.0%
Tata Steel TATASTEEL.NS$24.6B-14%+11%9%1.0×8.7%
JSW Steel JSWSTEEL.NS$35.1B+6%+14%13%1.9×21.1%

How NMDC 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.

NMDC Steel against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureNSLNISP.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-2.3%-5.7%5th highest of 21
6-month return-10.5%-24.9%7th highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-26.3%-43.9%6th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+41.6%-1.0%highest of 19
Operating margin3.5%1.4%6th highest of 19
EV / Sales0.8×1.3×8th cheapest of 19
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)20.8%9.2%2nd most demanding of 8
Growth delivered (Del g)+41.6%+10.2%highest of 8
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-20.7 pp-5.0 ppleast demanding of 8
ROIC minus cost of capital-11.6 pp-4.8 pp2nd lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA7.7×8.6×2nd cheapest of 4
Net debt / EBITDA2.5×-1.3×most indebted of 5

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
NMDC Steel NSLNISP.NSIndia$1.23B-10%+42%3%0.8×20.8%+41.6%
Fushun Special Steel 600399.SSChina$1.22B-25%+6%-5%1.5×n/an/a
Bengang Steel Plates 000761.SZChina$1.25B-26%-2%-10%0.8×n/an/a
Gansu Jiu Steel Group Hongxing Iron & Steel 600307.SSChina$1.25B-25%-6%-5%1.3×n/an/a
Beijing Lier High-Temperature Materials 002392.SZChina$1.20B-29%+16%4%1.3×15.4%+10.2%
Xinyu Iron & Steel 600782.SSChina$1.20B-17%-13%-4%0.4×n/an/a
Guizhou Aviation Technical Development 688239.SSChina$1.19B-39%+23%12%4.0×17.7%+25.0%
Liuzhou Iron & Steel 601003.SSChina$1.28B-29%0%1%0.7×-0.3%+4.7%
Yongjin Technology 603995.SSChina$1.28B+22%+11%2%0.3×n/an/a
Zhongnanhong Culture 002445.SZChina$1.17B-7%-1%1%6.0×n/an/a
Tokyo Steel Manufacturing 5423.TJapan$1.17B-1%-1%-1%0.5×n/an/a
Impro Precision Industries 1286.HKHong Kong$1.30B-52%+20%18%2.0×-1.6%+11.7%
YODOKO 5451.TJapan$1.31B+1%-2%6%0.8×0.3%+6.0%
HBIS Resources 000923.SZChina$1.33B-19%-5%0%1.9×n/an/a
Vedanta Iron And Steel VISL.NSIndia$1.11Bn/an/an/an/an/an/a
Gallantt Ispat GALLANTT.NSIndia$1.36B-38%+6%11%2.9×39.6%+16.0%
Feng Hsin Steel 2015.TWTaiwan$1.11B+4%-12%0%1.3×9.2%+1.2%
TSP Wind Power 300129.SZChina$1.10B-42%-26%1%2.5×n/an/a
Fangda Special Steel Technology 600507.SSChina$1.38B-32%+8%3%0.6×n/an/a
Jiangsu Shagang 002075.SZChina$1.09B-25%-4%1%0.6×n/an/a
BCI Minerals BCI.AXAustralia$1.09B+45%n/an/an/an/an/a

Questions

Who are NMDC Steel's main competitors?
Named competitors: Steel Authority of India (SAIL.NS), Tata Steel (TATASTEEL.NS), JSW Steel (JSWSTEEL.NS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Fushun Special Steel (600399.SS), Bengang Steel Plates (000761.SZ), Gansu Jiu Steel Group Hongxing Iron & Steel (600307.SS), Beijing Lier High-Temperature Materials (002392.SZ), Xinyu Iron & Steel (600782.SS), Guizhou Aviation Technical Development (688239.SS).
Is NMDC Steel expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 0.8× against a peer median of 1.3×, 8th cheapest of 19 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 21% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +42%, so the hurdle is -21 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has NMDC Steel stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -10.5% against -24.9% for the median peer; over one year -8.8%.

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.