SALSTEELCommodities

S.A.L. Steel Limited

Sponge Iron · ISIN INE658G01014 · BSE 532604 · NSE EQ · FV ₹10
Last price
₹78
+5.00%today
What this company does

S.A.L. Steel Limited operates in Sponge Iron, part of the Commodities sector. It booked ₹87 cr of revenue in its latest quarter (Q1 FY27) and kept 3.5% of sales as profit. It is the 2nd largest of 4 Sponge Iron companies we track, by market value.

In the report:
32out of 100
Equitytale Health Score
Strained

Healthier than 32% of companies in Commodities, on all six measures of filed financials. Each measure is ranked against the 25–173 companies that reported it.

Measures financial condition, not whether to buy. Learn what this score means · How this is calculated

Price momentum
neutral
RSI (14)
58

At close. Not part of the score.

Profitability & returns37

How much profit it earns on the money it employs

Balance sheet18

How much it owes, and whether earnings cover the interest

Cash quality60

Whether reported profit actually arrives as cash

Growth & consistency21

Whether sales and profit have grown, and how steadily

Valuation4

What today's price implies, against our models or its peers

Governance & risk69

How much of the promoters' stake is pledged, and how much they hold

Is this company doing well?
not investment advice
Strengths
Makes a profit
Promoters hold 71%
Turns profit into real cash
Watch-outs
! Thin 3.5% net margin
! Sales down 32% vs last year
! 19.0% of promoter stake pledged
! Carries high debt (D/E 2.4)

What if I invest in SALSTEEL?

Set a growth rate and see what a monthly SIP would add up to. Your assumption, our arithmetic.

You would put in
₹12.00 lakh
120 instalments
At 10% a year, it would become
₹20.15 lakh

The starting rate is a round number, not a view on this company — this is your assumption, and the figure above is arithmetic on it. Returns are not steady year to year, and a real holding would not grow in a straight line. We do not publish price targets or predict returns.

Key ratios · latest quarter + price
₹78 +5.00%
latest close · 2026-09-17
1-year return
+657.0%
52-wk low ₹752-wk high ₹86
Is it cheap or expensive?
What you pay for the profits, book value and cash flow. Higher isn't automatically worse — it can signal faster growth.
P/E ratio93.3High
LowAverageHigh
P/B ratio7.86High
Below bookModerateHigh
EV / EBITDA27.7High
LowAverageHigh
How good is the business?
How much profit it earns from its money and its sales.
Return on equity8.4%Fair
WeakFairStrong ▸15%
Return on capital8.7%Fair
WeakFairStrong
Net margin3.5%Thin
ThinDecentStrong
EBITDA margin15.5%Decent
ThinDecentHealthy
Is it financially safe?
How much it owes, and whether it can comfortably cover it.
Debt to equity2.38High
LowModerateHigh ▸1
Interest cover1.7×Risky
RiskyOkayStrong ▸5×
Current ratio2.31Ample
Tight ◂1HealthyAmple
More figures
Market cap
₹1,153 cr
Book value
₹10
EPS
₹0.21
latest quarter
Net debt
₹349 cr
owes more than its cash
Enterprise value
₹1,502 cr
EBITDA
₹54 cr
annualised
EBIT
₹43 cr
annualised
Operating margin
12.3%
Return on assets
2.0%
Earnings yield
1.07%
P/S
3.30
Sales / share
₹23.8
Tax rate
31.8%
Face value
₹10
Shares
14.7 cr
Working capital
₹167 cr
Current assets
₹294 cr
Current liabilities
₹127 cr
Delivery %
38.2%
Strong / safeFairWeak / riskyValuation — a level, not good/badBands are general rules of thumb, not advice.

P/E, ROE, ROCE and margins are annualised from the latest quarter; per-share and balance-sheet ratios use the most recent balance sheet on file · prices as of 2026-09-17.

Worth vs price · from the FY 2025 report & filings
not investment advice
Hard to value confidentlyLow confidence
One year's profit is a one-off (far above the multi-year norm), so its recurring earnings power is unclear.
Models span ₹5₹5, midpoint ₹5

An educational model from the company's own filings, every assumption shown — not investment advice or a price target. Prices can stay above or below any model for years.

P&L · Q1 FY27 (consolidated)
Revenue from Operations₹87 cr
Other Income₹0 cr
Total Income₹87 cr
Cost of Materials₹66 cr
Purchases of Stock-in-Trade₹0 cr
Inventory Change (±)₹-8 cr
Employee Benefit Expense₹3 cr
Finance Costs₹6 cr
Depreciation & Amortisation₹3 cr
Other Expenses₹13 cr
Total Expenses₹83 cr
Profit before Tax₹5 cr
Tax Expense₹1 cr
Net Profit₹3 cr
Net margin on total income3.5%
Where the money goes · Q1 FY27
% of total income
Materials + stock-in-trade₹58 cr66.3%
Employee benefit expense₹3 cr3.8%
Finance costs₹6 cr7.2%
Depreciation & amortisation₹3 cr3.2%
Other expenses₹13 cr14.3%
Tax expense₹1 cr1.6%
Profit for the period₹3 cr3.5%
Total income ₹87 cradds up to ₹100 ✓
Quarterly results · consolidated (₹ cr)
MetricQ3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
Revenue2 cr12 cr87 cr
Total income2 cr12 cr87 cr
Expenses11 cr12 cr83 cr
Profit before tax8 cr-27 L5 cr
Tax1 cr75 L1 cr
Net profit (owners' share)7 cr-1 cr3 cr
Net margin (owners' share, on revenue)300.9%-8.5%3.5%
EPS (₹)0.68-0.070.21
YoY (latest quarter): total income -31.6% · net profit
Balance sheet & cash flow · as of Mar 2026
High debt
Total assets
₹621 cr
Shareholder equity
₹147 cr
parent shareholders
Total debt
₹349 cr
Cash
₹47 L
Cash flow · H1 FY26
Operating
₹9 cr
Investing
₹-20 cr
Financing
₹11 cr
Peer comparison
Sponge Iron · by market value
CompanyPriceMarket capP/E
KIOCL Limited₹338₹20,524 cr
S.A.L. Steel Limitedthis company₹78₹1,153 cr93.3
Vraj Iron and Steel Limited₹124₹409 cr8.9
Vaswani Industries Limited₹45₹134 cr13.3
Same industry · latest reported numbers · not a recommendation.
Who owns it · 2026-06-30
19.0% pledged
Promoter
71.0%
FII / Foreign
0.0%
DII / Domestic
0.0%
Retail / others
29.0%
Promoter stake up 20.4% over the last 12 quarters.
Smart-money activity
Insider trades
BoughtSree Metaliks Limited · Promoter Group3.58 cr · ₹64.3 cr14 Feb 26
SoldSree Metaliks Limited · Promoter Group3.58 cr · ₹16.1 cr14 Feb 26
BoughtSree Metaliks Limited · Promoters48.00 L · ₹12.0 cr28 Dec 25
Bulk / block deals
SoldNK SECURITIES RESEARCH PRIVATE LIMITED · NSE6.81 L @ ₹25.7720 Dec 23
BoughtNK SECURITIES RESEARCH PRIVATE LIMITED · NSE6.81 L @ ₹25.6820 Dec 23
SoldMULTIPLIER SHARE & STOCK ADVISORS PRIVATE LIMITED · NSE8.04 L @ ₹27.3820 Dec 23
Stake changes
BoughtSree Metaliks Limited · promoter→ 57.51% · 3.58 cr14 Feb 26
BoughtSree Metaliks Limited · promoter→ 57.51% · 3.58 cr14 Feb 26
BoughtSree Metaliks Limited · promoter→ 43.58% · 48.00 L28 Dec 25
Promoter pledges
ReleasedMonal Jayeshkumar Shah1.27 cr · 14.95% held8 Aug 23
ReleasedUnion Bank of India1.08 cr · 35.61% held6 Dec 22
ReleasedUNION BANK OF INDIA1.08 cr · 35.61% held6 Dec 22
What shareholders were asked to approve

A company cannot decide everything on its own. Things like a top executive’s pay, issuing new shares, or re-appointing a director have to be put to the people who own the company, and they vote — one vote per share. So whoever owns the most shares has the most say.

Postal ballot · 22 Mar 2026
See the official result
1
Appointment of Shri Mahesh Kumar Agarwal (DIN:00168517) as Managing Director and Chairperson of the Company
Backed by 99% of shareholders other than promotersneeded 50%
10.53 L votes for, 9,181 against
2
Appointment of Shri Kaustubh Agarwal (DIN:08110836) as Managing Director of the Company
Backed by 99% of shareholders other than promotersneeded 50%
10.53 L votes for, 9,181 against
3
Appointment of Shri Hiren S Mahadevia (DIN:00156429) as an Independent Director of the Company
Backed by 99% of shareholders other than promotersneeded 75%
10.53 L votes for, 9,181 against
4
Appointment of Shri Anil Kumar Singh (DIN:11535361) as Whole Time Director of the Company
Backed by 99% of shareholders other than promotersneeded 50%
10.53 L votes for, 9,181 against

Every vote count above is taken from the result the company filed with the stock exchange, certified by an independent counter. To work out what would have happened without the promoters, we simply remove their votes and re-apply the same legal bar the proposal had to clear. Nothing here is an estimate or an opinion.

Who controls this company, and what it pays them

Most Indian companies are controlled by a family or group — the promoters. The exchange requires them to be listed by name, including members who own no shares at all, and requires the company to disclose any business it does with them.

The promoter group — 2 named members
owning 71.0% between them · as of 2026-06-30
SREE METALIKS LIMITED57.51%
SHAH ALLOYS LIMITED13.47%

Names and holdings from the company’s shareholding pattern filed with the exchange; transactions from the related-party note in its annual report. Every figure is as filed — these are legal, disclosed dealings, and what to make of them is your call.

Money it raised, and what it did with it

When a company raises money from investors, it has to say up front what the money is for. The rules then make it report, every three months until the money is gone, how much of each of those things it has actually paid for — so a promise made while asking for the money can be checked afterwards.

₹48 cr raised in Feb 2026 by selling shares to selected investors

As of Mar 2026, the company says it has spent 100% of what it set aside, leaving ₹23 L still to be spent.

Working Capital Requirements
100%
₹10 cr of ₹10 cr
Establishment of Pellet Plant Facility
100%
₹20 cr of ₹20 cr
Refurbishment and Upgradation of Furnace Facilities
100%
₹10 cr of ₹10 cr
Strengthening and Upkeep of Plant Infrastructure
97%
₹8 cr of ₹8 cr
General Corporate Purposes
100%
₹50 L of ₹50 L
₹9 cr raised in Dec 2025 by selling shares to selected investors

As of Dec 2025, the company says it has spent 0% of what it set aside, leaving ₹12 cr still to be spent.

To Meet Working Capital Requirements
0%
₹0 cr of ₹9 cr
For General Corporate Purpose
0%
₹0 cr of ₹3 cr

Every figure above is taken from the statement the company files with the stock exchange each quarter, for as long as money it has raised remains unspent. The only thing we work out is how much of each stated purpose has been paid for — one number divided by another from the same filing. Whether a plan that changed was a good change is not something a filing can tell you. See the filing

How the stock has moved · adjusted for splits & bonuses
Data from primary exchange filings · analysis tool, not investment advice.