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Sunflag Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.SUNFLAG.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Metal & Mining›Steel
Momentum weak 35
Mkt cap
$730M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
22%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$928,995
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-10.9 pp
WACC 14.0%
Hurdle
+8 pp
Req g minus delivered
Close · INR₹382.05
1D-2.0%
1W-2.5%
1M-19.5%
3M-1.8%
6M-7.3%
YTD+40.6%
1Y+40.4%
ATR %5.1%
Beta1.41
52w lowhigh20.3% off high

What Sunflag Iron & Steel does

Employees: 4,049

Sunflag Iron & Steel at a glance

Size Sunflag Iron & Steel (SUNFLAG.NS) is an India Materials company (Steel) with a market value of $730M, the 703rd largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹382.05 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 7.3%, against -19.3% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 9.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +1.3%); the operating margin is 9.0% (peer median 3.9%).

Valuation It trades at 1.7× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.2× (5th most expensive of 21).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 23% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +16%, so the hurdle is +8 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 10.9 points below its cost of capital (14.0% WACC).

Relative performance

8010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026SUNFLAG.NS 92Peer median 81
Six months, rebased to 100: Sunflag Iron & Steel against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Sunflag Iron & Steel financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹40.0B₹39.2B₹35.3B₹34.1B₹34.9B
Revenue growth—+11%+4%-2%—
Gross profit₹12.5B₹5.49B₹4.58B₹4.26B₹5.29B
EBITDA₹4.76B₹4.66B₹3.98B₹3.80B₹4.58B
Net income₹2.06B₹2.02B₹1.62B₹1.44B₹11.2B
Free cash flown/a₹2.10B₹346M₹336M₹388M
Capital expendituren/a₹1.28B₹882M₹1.25B₹1.68B
Total debtn/a₹5.24B₹6.24B₹7.27B₹6.09B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Sunflag Iron & 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%0%000717001430MTUS603969KIRLFERCIA2023MAHSEAMLES600569600477JAIBALAJISXC2014002478601121BEC002366688231JAYNECOINDSUNFLAG.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Sunflag Iron & Steel is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%2×4×000717001430MTUS603969KIRLFERCIA2023MAHSEAMLES600569600477JAIBALAJISXC2014601121BEC0023669957688231JAYNECOINDSUNFLAG.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Sunflag Iron & Steel is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%0%20%603969KIRLFERCIAMAHSEAMLES600477JAIBALAJISXC2014002478BECJAYNECOINDSUNFLAG.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. Sunflag Iron & Steel is the large dot.

Sunflag Iron & Steel competitors and peer comparison

How Sunflag Iron & 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.

Sunflag Iron & Steel against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureSUNFLAG.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-19.5%-10.6%4th lowest of 21
6-month return-7.3%-19.3%3rd highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-20.3%-32.9%4th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+9.3%+1.3%7th highest of 21
Operating margin9.0%3.9%5th highest of 21
EV / Sales1.7×1.2×5th most expensive of 21
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)23.4%8.1%2nd most demanding of 12
Growth delivered (Del g)+15.7%+8.4%4th highest of 12
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+7.7 pp-5.6 pp3rd most demanding of 12
ROIC minus cost of capital-10.9 pp-4.7 pp3rd lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA14.5×8.1×2nd most expensive of 9
Net debt / EBITDA0.6×1.0×4th least indebted of 10

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Sunflag Iron & Steel SUNFLAG.NSIndia$730M-7%+9%9%1.7×23.4%+15.7%
Guangdong Zhongnan Iron & Steel 000717.SZChina$734M-19%-12%-5%0.5×n/an/a
SBHC 001430.KSSouth Korea$712M-64%+11%3%0.2×n/an/a
Metallus MTUSUnited States$687M-10%+11%1%0.5×n/an/a
Silvery Dragon Group Co., Ltd Tianjin 603969.SSChina$790M-33%-1%15%1.9×-3.5%+4.7%
Kirloskar Ferrous Industries KIRLFER.NSIndia$674M-15%+7%8%1.0×14.2%+27.6%
Champion Iron CIA.AXAustralia$799M-60%-7%7%1.4×10.4%+7.4%
Yieh Phui Enterprise 2023.TWTaiwan$804M+5%-9%0%1.3×n/an/a
Maharashtra Seamless MAHSEAMLES.NSIndia$809M-12%-12%13%1.6×8.1%+15.2%
Anyang Iron and Steel 600569.SSChina$810M-10%+1%-10%0.6×n/an/a
Hangxiao Steel Structure 600477.SSChina$810M-24%-24%3%1.7×11.6%-2.5%
Jai Balaji Industries JAIBALAJI.NSIndia$651M-20%+2%4%1.0×35.8%+15.7%
SunCoke Energy SXCUnited States$832M+34%+3%4%0.7×7.2%+6.6%
Chung Hung Steel 2014.TWTaiwan$636M-16%-17%-1%1.2×-10.1%-12.4%
Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube 002478.SZChina$847M-40%+2%6%0.8×-4.8%+8.4%
Xinjiang Baodi Mining 601121.SSChina$887M-23%+23%23%5.5×n/an/a
BRC Asia BEC.SISingapore$894M-9%+23%8%0.6×-14.8%+20.5%
RongFa Nuclear Equipment 002366.SZChina$898M-29%-15%-18%9.0×n/an/a
Yieh United Steel 9957.TWOTaiwan$581M-18%-10%-12%1.5×n/an/a
Jiangsu Longda Superalloy 688231.SSChina$919M-34%+54%6%2.7×n/an/a
Jayaswal Neco Industries JAYNECOIND.NSIndia$920M-22%+18%15%1.2×8.4%+14.0%

Questions

Which companies are Sunflag Iron & Steel's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Guangdong Zhongnan Iron & Steel (000717.SZ), SBHC (001430.KS), Metallus (MTUS), Silvery Dragon Group Co., Ltd Tianjin (603969.SS), Kirloskar Ferrous Industries (KIRLFER.NS), Champion Iron (CIA.AX), Yieh Phui Enterprise (2023.TW), Maharashtra Seamless (MAHSEAMLES.NS).
Is Sunflag Iron & Steel expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 1.7× against a peer median of 1.2×, 5th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 23% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +16%, so the hurdle is +8 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 Sunflag Iron & Steel stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -7.3% against -19.3% for the median peer; over one year +40.4%.

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.