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JSW Steel Ltd.

NSE: JSWSTEELBasic MaterialsSteel

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About JSW Steel

JSW Steel Ltd. is a leading manufacturer and supplier of steel products, playing a crucial role in the metal and mining sector. It is part of the JSW Group and operates as an integrated steelmaker, with its operations spanning across wide areas including India and several international markets. The company's primary purpose is to produce a variety of steel products such as hot- and cold-rolled coils, plates, galvanized products, and structural steel, serving diverse industries like construction, automotive, and infrastructure development. Noteworthy is its dedication to technological innovation and sustainability, with initiatives aimed at reducing its carbon footprint and enhancing production efficiency. JSW Steel Ltd.'s significance in the market stems from its robust production capacity and wide distribution network, which reinforce its role as a key player in meeting the global demand for steel, a fundamental component for economic development and industrial growth. As such, it not only contributes to the steel supply chain but also supports infrastructure and industrial expansion worldwide.

Sector
Basic Materials
Industry
Steel
Listing
NSE: JSWSTEEL
Chief executive
Mr. Jayant Acharya
Employees
16,083
Headquarters
Mumbai, India
ISIN
INE019A01038

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Business model & financial foundation

JSW Steel (NSE: JSWSTEEL), Integrated steel manufacturing: revenue of ₹1,85,470 crore in FY26 (+9.9% on FY25), an EBITDA margin of 16.1%, net profit of ₹22,316 crore and net debt of ₹53,870 crore.

Key figures
Revenue, FY26 (₹ crore)
1,85,470
consolidated
Revenue growth, FY26
+9.9%
on FY25
EBITDA margin, FY26
16.1%
EBITDA (Reported operating EBITDA) / revenue
Net profit, FY26 (₹ crore)
22,316
to owners
Return on equity, FY26
23.8%
on average equity
Net debt, FY26 (₹ crore)
53,870
Company reported net debt including liquid investments
Market capitalisation (₹ crore)
2,97,799
at the close of 26 Oct 2026

Company profile

Integrated steel producer with Indian primary and downstream facilities and overseas operations. Earnings depend on steel shipments, product mix and realised spreads over iron ore, coal and conversion costs. Large expansion programmes compete with debt reduction for cash; BPSL steel operations moved into a joint venture in March 2026.

Item, Value
ItemValue
Legal nameJSW Steel Limited
Exchange and tickerNSE: JSWSTEEL; BSE: 500228
ISININE019A01038
CINL27102MH1994PLC152925
SectorBasic Materials
IndustryIntegrated steel manufacturing
HeadquartersMumbai, India
Fiscal year endMarch
Reporting basis and unitconsolidated, in ₹ crore
AuditorS R B C & CO LLP
Market capitalisation₹2,97,799 crore (26 Oct 2026)
Shares outstanding244.55 crore shares (FY26)
Price₹1,260 (close, 26 Oct 2026)
52-week range₹1,073 - ₹1,351 (to 26 Oct 2026)
Websitehttps://www.jswsteel.in

Corporate structure and shareholding

No subsidiary is recorded.

FY26 subsidiaries and JV scope documented in annual report; PSL merger at cutoff requires final order verification before share-count adjustment.

Shareholding (% of shares)
Shareholding (% of shares)Q3FY26Q4FY26Q1FY27Q2FY27
Promoter45.32%45.32%44.29%44.30%
Promoter holding pledged12.25%
Foreign institutions26.23%
Domestic institutions11.60%11.70%12.00%11.34%
of which mutual funds5.09%5.33%5.89%5.89%
Retail3.47%
Other14.68%

The promoter holding pledged is a share of the promoter's own holding.

Business model

JSW Steel is an integrated steelmaker focused on Indian flat and long products, with steel sales, realised revenue per tonne and raw-material conversion costs as core earnings variables. Q2FY27 consolidated sales were 7.46 Mt and India utilisation was 88%; BF-3 reached about 90% utilisation during the quarter.

Peer, Why the dossier compares them
PeerWhy the dossier compares them
Tata Steel (TATASTEEL)Integrated flat-steel producer, differing European exposure.
Jindal Steel (JINDALSTEL)Integrated steel and captive raw materials, India expansion.
Steel Authority of India (SAIL)Integrated Indian steel with public-sector cost base.
Jindal Stainless (JSL)Adjacent stainless steel cycle; less direct product comparison.
APL Apollo Tubes (APLAPOLLO)Downstream tubes, distinct conversion-margin comparator rather than integrated peer.

Financial databook

Profit and loss (₹ crore)
Profit and loss (₹ crore)FY24FY25FY26
Revenue from operations1,75,0061,68,8241,85,470
Cost of materials consumed93,59088,32488,836
Purchases of stock in trade1,164845.03,036
Change in inventories FG WIP stock in trade-3,087829.04,719
Materials plus traded purchases plus inventory change91,66789,99896,591
Mining premium and royalties10,0119,1446,954
Employee benefits expense4,5914,7985,285
Other expenses as reported excluding mining royalties40,50141,98046,819
Other expenses including mining premium and royalties50,51251,12453,773
Reported operating EBITDA28,23622,90429,821
Management EBITDA excluding unrealised long term debt FX22,96432,048
Other income1,004694.01,248
Depreciation and amortisation expense8,1729,3099,601
Operating EBIT excluding other income20,06413,59520,220
Finance cost8,1058,4129,102
Share of JV and associate profit loss net-172.0-311.0-475.0
Exceptional contribution to profit positive gain589.0-489.017,359
Profit before tax13,3805,07729,250
Total tax expense4,4071,5863,742
Current tax excluding earlier year adjustments2,6431,9863,799
Deferred tax statement line733.0-182.0-57.0
Tax impact of earlier years1,031-218.00.00
PAT including non controlling interests8,9733,49125,508
PAT attributable to non controlling interests161.0-13.03,192
PAT attributable to owners8,8123,50422,316
Diluted EPS (₹)36.1714.3291.25
Basic EPS (₹)36.3414.3691.43
Other comprehensive income net of tax2,07750.0-848.0
Total comprehensive income11,0503,54124,660
Stores and spares consumed7,6648,372
Power and fuel16,16116,152
Rent128.0134.0
Repairs maintenance plant equipment2,4032,769
Repairs maintenance buildings118.0132.0
Repairs maintenance others55.087.0
Insurance expense430.0400.0
Rates and taxes173.0223.0
Carriage and freight8,6788,387
Jobwork processing charges680.0820.0
Commission on sales181.0229.0
Net loss gain currency transactions translation431.03,007
Donations contributions3.000.00
Mining development cost208.0122.0
Subcontracting cost1,7762,551
Miscellaneous expenses incl doubtful allowance and PPE sale loss2,8913,434
PSI and PLI government grant income within revenue1,0141,861
Salaries wages bonus3,9594,425
Provident and other fund contributions437.0476.0
Employee ESOP expense157.0153.0
Staff welfare expense245.0231.0
Interest bonds debentures1,4921,596
Other interest expense5,9866,275
Interest lease liabilities297.0317.0
Unwinding interest financial liabilities amortised cost88.0112.0
Exchange differences adjustment to borrowing costs279.0546.0
Other finance cost270.0256.0
Depreciation PPE8,7268,951
Depreciation investment property2.002.00
Amortisation intangible assets223.0202.0
Depreciation ROU assets358.0446.0
Balance sheet (₹ crore)
Balance sheet (₹ crore)FY24FY25FY26
Property plant and equipment net1,05,1231,16,8141,09,532
Capital work in progress29,21620,47821,892
Investment property140.0163.066.0
Right of use assets4,4774,8374,922
Goodwill639.0643.0655.0
Other intangible assets2,0822,0091,954
Intangible assets under development460.0529.0423.0
Investments in JVs and associates1,7093,6894,577
Other non current investments5,5345,7095,123
Non current loans120.070.03.00
Non current derivative assets88.0116.0271.0
Non current other financial assets6,1356,8997,854
Non current tax assets net1,038829.01,330
Deferred tax assets300.0297.018.0
Non current other assets6,6036,9247,621
Total non current assets1,63,6641,70,0061,66,241
Inventories37,81534,95632,765
Current investments mutual funds3.005,819518.0
Trade receivables net7,5488,41511,260
Statement cash and cash equivalents8,03011,65539,256
Bank balances other than cash equivalents4,3181,6301,733
Current loans4.002.0090.0
Current derivative assets173.0284.02,279
Current other financial assets1,7521,2479,247
Current tax assets net5.0015.03.00
Other current assets4,8856,6846,203
Assets classified held for sale1.0029.081.0
Total current assets64,53470,7361,03,435
Total assets2,28,1982,40,7422,69,676
Equity share capital includes forfeited capital305.0305.0305.0
Other equity77,36479,19199,748
Equity attributable to owners77,66979,4961,00,053
Equity non controlling interests2,1072,1705,422
Total equity including NCI79,77681,6661,05,475
Non current borrowings67,35481,98375,608
Non current lease liabilities2,0602,3993,306
Non current derivative liabilities10.00.000.00
Non current other financial liabilities1,7743,1242,783
Non current provisions1,4511,3991,939
Deferred tax liabilities9,6599,5109,293
Non current other liabilities49.035.01,895
Total non current liabilities82,35798,45094,824
Current borrowings including current maturities18,22113,97419,924
Current lease liabilities349.0396.0472.0
Revenue acceptances excluded from reported net debt17,65420,53419,817
Trade payables micro small enterprises1,1001,3161,541
Trade payables other creditors14,61110,70213,125
Trade payables excluding acceptances15,71112,01814,666
Current derivative liabilities329.0227.079.0
Current other financial liabilities8,4467,3887,222
Current provisions439.0285.0332.0
Current other liabilities4,5645,6065,596
Current tax liabilities net352.0198.01,262
Liabilities classified held for sale0.007.00
Total current liabilities66,06560,62669,377
Total liabilities1,48,4221,59,0761,64,201
Total balance sheet borrowings excluding leases85,57595,95795,532
Company reported net debt including liquid investments72,98576,56353,870
Cash flow (₹ crore)
Cash flow (₹ crore)FY24FY25FY26
Starting profit before tax13,3805,07729,250
Depreciation amortisation addback8,1729,3099,601
Interest expense addback8,0518,1258,537
Interest income removed-796.0-547.0-686.0
Unrealised exchange gain loss addback-10.0584.02,460
Exceptional items removed expense positive-589.0489.0-17,359
Associate JV loss addback172.0311.0475.0
Total non working capital adjustments15,09218,4762,835
Operating profit before working capital changes28,47223,55332,085
Cash change inventories-3,2842,609-3,176
Cash change trade receivables-154.0-866.0-3,686
Cash change other assets-3,111-1,229-2,338
Cash change acceptances-8,1332,9211,464
Cash change payables and other liabilities898.0-4,0174,053
Cash change provisions169.0-99.0-25.0
Total working capital cash movement-13,615-681.0-3,708
Cash flow from operations before tax14,85722,87228,377
Income taxes paid cash outflow2,7791,9733,225
Net cash from operating activities after tax before interest paid12,07820,89925,152
Cash purchases PPE intangible development capital advances outflow15,80112,69414,654
CFO less cash capex before financing interest-3,7238,20510,498
Proceeds sale PPE and intangibles254.059.0112.0
Proceeds from BPSL slump sale net cash transferred separately29,375
Cash flow acquisition disposal subsidiaries net-630.00.00-1,411
Cash investments in JVs and associates outflow396.01,8801,104
Equity investment in other related parties others outflow0.0078.0137.0
Proceeds sale investment105.0
Loans repaid by related parties inflow0.0050.00.00
Current investments purchased cash outflow3,58412,049800.0
Current investments sold inflow3,6356,2746,475
Bank deposits not cash equivalents net inflow964.02,63733.0
Interest received899.0660.0672.0
Dividends received21.024.024.0
Net cash investing activities positive inflow-14,638-16,99718,690
Proceeds non current borrowings19,89128,24314,399
Repayment non current borrowings cash outflow16,32816,69721,695
Current borrowings cash inflow outflow net967.0-2,0611,650
Interest paid classified financing cash outflow8,0878,8358,922
Dividends paid cash outflow822.01,785685.0
Net cash financing activities-5,005-262.0-16,111
Other reported lines (₹ crore)
Other reported lines (₹ crore)FY24FY25FY26
Issued subscribed equity shares before treasury deduction244.55244.55244.55
Weighted average diluted equity sharesn.r.244.55244.55
Weighted average basic equity sharesn.r.243.86244.07
End year equity shares net treasury244.05244.08
Management capex incurred not cash capex14,65615,595
Lease principal paid cash outflow632.0369.0464.0
Proceeds from sale treasury shares signed as reported6.00-44.0-394.0
Sale leaseback construction asset cash inflow0.001,2860.00
Net change cash equivalents A+B+C-7,5653,64027,731
Opening cash equivalents15,4248,03011,655
Translation adjustment cash equivalents-7.00-15.0-42.0
Cash pursuant to business combinations178.00.0012.0
Cash transferred in slump sale outflow100.0
Management cash liquidity includes investments deposits19,39441,662
CFO less cash capex less financing interest paid-11,810-630.01,576
Total income revenue plus otherincome1,76,0101,69,5181,86,718
PBT before associates and exceptional12,9635,87712,366
PBT after associates before exceptional12,7915,56611,891
Total statutory expenses including finance and D&A1,63,0471,63,6411,74,352
Miscellaneous otherexpenses original2,7483,231
Allowance for doubtful advances/receivables11.085.0
Loss on PPE intangible sale discarded net132.0118.0
Dividendincome removed from CFO-21.0-24.0-24.0
Export obligation deferred income amortisation removed-129.0-34.0-153.0
Profit on sale investments removed-48.0-24.0-364.0
Share based payment adjustment208.0170.0167.0
Interest unwinding on amortised-cost assets removed-40.0-3.00-4.00
Quarterly profit and loss (₹ crore)
Quarterly profit and loss (₹ crore)Q2FY25Q3FY25Q4FY25Q1FY26Q2FY26Q3FY26Q4FY26Q1FY27
Revenue from operations39,68441,37844,81943,14745,15245,99151,18047,364
Cost of revenue (vendor classification) *22,90524,51025,89722,99727,26628,55325,950
Other operating costs (vendor classification) *10,12210,14011,36311,25610,92412,63810,725
EBITDA (vendor classification) *5,5285,7326,3657,8266,6528,80510,009
Operating EBIT excluding other income and exceptionals3,1703,2433,8815,0394,5614,1346,4867,246
Finance cost2,1302,1152,0942,2172,4132,3042,1681,712
PBT including associates and exceptional items789.01,1781,7303,0722,3441,45722,3776,160
Total tax including earlier-year adjustments385.0459.0229.0863.0698.0-953.03,1341,464
PAT including non-controlling interests404.0719.01,5012,2091,6462,41019,2434,696
Diluted EPS; Q4 FY minus nine-month EPS (₹)1.802.936.138.936.648.7566.9419.02
Materials plus traded purchases plus inventory change21,10122,49023,87321,13723,28025,53126,64324,115
Employee benefits expense1,2201,1491,1811,3181,3071,3051,3551,306
Other expenses including power fuel and mining royalties11,92612,16013,38713,11613,45012,65914,54812,560
Company reported operating EBITDA5,4375,5796,3787,5767,1156,4968,6349,383
Other income excluded from operating EBITDA153.0147.0230.0350.0284.0273.0341.0724.0
Depreciation and amortisation2,2672,3362,4972,5372,5542,3622,1482,137
Exceptional contribution positive gain negative expense-342.0-103.0-44.00.000.00-529.017,8880.00
PAT attributable to non-controlling interests-35.02.00-2.0025.023.0271.02,87345.0
Share of JV and associate profit loss net-62.06.00-243.0-100.0-88.0-117.0-170.0-98.0
PAT attributable to owners439.0717.01,5032,1841,6232,13916,3704,651
Cost of materials consumed21,96522,12322,77320,76223,92123,52520,62824,586
Purchases of stock in trade116.0109.0549.0554.0722.0718.01,0421,814
Change in FG WIP and stock in trade inventories-980.0258.0551.0-179.0-1,3631,2884,973-2,285
Mining premium and royalties1,8042,0202,0241,8601,4491,7351,9101,835
Power and fuel3,8894,0884,2784,1254,0963,8454,0864,116
Quarterly statutory other expenses excluding power royalties6,2336,0527,0857,1317,9057,0798,5526,609
Annual-equivalent other expenses incl power excl royalties10,12210,14011,36311,25612,00110,92412,63810,725
Management adjusted EBITDA excluding specified FX5,6445,4146,4867,8667,8496,6209,7139,373

Consolidated, as reported. Lines marked * are the market-data provider's figures; the rest are extracted from the company's filings or derived from them. n.d. not disclosed, n.r. not retrieved, n.a. not applicable.

Metrics dashboard

Metric, FY24, FY25, FY26
MetricFY24FY25FY26
Revenue growth-3.5%9.9%
EBITDA margin16.1%13.6%16.1%
Net margin5.0%2.1%12.0%
Return on equity11.0%4.3%23.8%
Return on capital employed12.1%7.9%10.7%
Return on assets3.9%1.5%8.7%
Net debt (₹ crore)72,98576,56353,870
Net debt / EBITDA2.58x3.34x1.81x
Interest cover2.48x1.62x2.22x
Asset turnover0.77x0.72x0.73x
Receivable days161822
Inventory days (on revenue)797664
Payable days (on revenue)332629
Cash conversion1.37x5.96x1.13x
Capex intensity9.0%7.5%7.9%
Free cash flow (₹ crore)-3,7238,20510,498
Dividend payout9.3%50.9%3.1%
EPS, diluted (₹)36.1714.3291.25
Book value per share (₹)326.2334.0431.3

Computed from the statements above:

  • Revenue growth: revenue over the previous year's, less one.
  • EBITDA margin: EBITDA (Reported operating EBITDA) / revenue.
  • Net margin: net profit to owners / revenue.
  • Return on equity: net profit to owners / average equity.
  • Return on capital employed: EBIT / average equity plus borrowings.
  • Return on assets: net profit to owners / average total assets.
  • Net debt (₹ crore): Company reported net debt including liquid investments; negative is net cash.
  • Net debt / EBITDA: net debt / EBITDA (Reported operating EBITDA).
  • Interest cover: EBIT / finance cost.
  • Asset turnover: revenue / average total assets.
  • Receivable days: receivables / revenue x 365.
  • Inventory days (on revenue): inventory / revenue x 365.
  • Payable days (on revenue): payables / revenue x 365.
  • Cash conversion: cash from operations / net profit to owners.
  • Capex intensity: capital expenditure / revenue.
  • Free cash flow (₹ crore): cash from operations less capital expenditure.
  • Dividend payout: dividends paid / net profit to owners.
  • EPS, diluted (₹): as reported (Diluted EPS).
  • Book value per share (₹): equity / shares outstanding.

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