Steel Authority Of India

SAIL plans to spend over Rs 35,000 crore over the next two years on capacity expansion projects at its IISCO, Bokaro and Bhilai steel plants

SAIL share price today: SAIL said the company delivered a strong performance across all key metrics in FY 2025-26 (FY26), underscoring the robustness and resilience of its core business operations.

Q4FY26 company results: Firms including Power Grid Corporation, Alembic Pharmaceuticals, Solar Industries India, Deepak Nitrite, and NHPC are also to release their January-March earnings today

The average trading volumes at the counter jumped nearly three-fold with a combined 79.6 million shares changing hands on the NSE and BSE till 11:40 AM.

Ashok Kumar Panda has assumed charge as chairman and managing director of SAIL, with a focus on expansion, raw material security and value-added steel

Analysts believe SAIL is expected to deliver improved performance ahead, driven by safeguard duty-led steel price hikes, favourable demand tailwinds, and a focus on cost optimization.

Most brokerages expect a healthy improvement in earnings for the ferrous sector, with Ebitda growth likely on both a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) and quarter-on-quarter (Q-o-Q) basis

Rourkela Steel Plant achieves record output across key units and improves efficiency metrics, driven by higher capacity utilisation and operational stability in FY26

Under the relaxation of the rules, India's largest state-run power equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals can procure 21 types of critical equipment from China

In the ferrous space, analysts at ICICI Securities don't foresee any major impact due to ongoing geopolitical tensions as exports share of total steel production is pegged at <6 per cent.

SAIL share price target: ICICI Direct said that SAIL trades at a lucrative valuation vs peers with a healthy balance sheet. The brokerage has assigned 'Buy' call for a target of ₹200

The policy support, safeguard measures, and the likelihood of regulatory adjustments are improving industry visibility, say analysts.

Steel companies are expected to deliver a robust 8-10% volume CAGR over FY25-28E, driven by strong domestic demand and capex, with safeguard duties supporting profitability, believe analysts.

Traditionally, Q4 is seasonally strong for volume push, and thus, analysts expect most steel companies to foresee very sharp reversal in margins in Q4FY26.

In the past one month, the stock price of Hindustan Zinc, Nalco, Vedanta, Hindalco Industries and SAIL have rallied between 15% and 32%.

SAIL share price hit a 17-month high at ₹150.40, gaining 2% on Monday. The stock now quotes at its highest level since August 2024.

Jindal Steel plans to double its structural steel manufacturing capacity to 2.4 MTPA by mid-2028, aimed at addressing the growing demand for heavy and ultra-heavy structural steel sections.

Steel stocks in focus amid reports that the government has notified the much-awaited Anti-dumping duty/safeguard duty on flat steel imports for a period of 3 years.

Officials said the initiative has reduced the conventional procurement lead time from six to eight months to just two months

Metal stocks in demand: Analysts expect non-ferrous players to witness margin expansion in Q3 with LME prices continuing an uptrend compared to Q2.