SAIL · Q1 FY’27 · results presentation
SAIL
SAIL reported Q1 FY’27 results showing stable production, modest sales growth, and improved profitability despite challenging global economic conditions. The company's EBITDA increased compared to the previous quarter, driven by cost management and operational efficiency. Domestic demand was strong, with consumption up 8% YoY, while exports remained low. SAIL faces risks from global steel oversupply and geopolitical tensions but remains focused on optimizing operations and maintaining financial discipline.



Key financials
| EBITDA | ₹4,356 crore | |
| PBT | ₹2,159 crore | |
| PAT | ₹1,636 crore | |
| Turnover | ₹26,010 crore | |
| Net Worth | ₹59,720 crore | |
| Debt (IndAS) | ₹31,970 crore | |
| DSCR | 1.66 | |
| Interest Coverage Ratio | 4.80 | |
Segment commentary
Production
Crude steel production was 4.757 MT, showing a slight increase over the previous quarter.
Sales
Domestic sales were strong at 4.106 MT, while exports remained low at 0.057 MT.
Financials
EBITDA margin improved to 16.7%, reflecting better cost management and operational efficiency.
Guidance & outlook
- The company expects domestic demand to remain strong due to infrastructure growth, but faces challenges from global oversupply and geopolitical issues.
Key takeaways
- SAIL's Q1 FY’27 results reflect stable operations despite global headwinds.
- Strong domestic sales growth offset weak exports, contributing to improved profitability.
- The company is managing costs effectively, as evidenced by the increased EBITDA margin.
Risks flagged
- Global steel oversupply
- Geopolitical tensions affecting production and prices
Educational analysis only. Not investment advice. Consult a
SEBI-registered advisor before investing. Source: https://nsearchives.nseindia.com/corporate/SAIL_24072026185259_perfhigh_q1202627.pdf
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STEEL AUTHORITY
OF INDIA LIMITED
RESULTS
PRESENTATION
FOR
Q1 FY’27
SNAPSHOT FY’27
Mining
Iron Ore: 10.410 MT Limestone: 0.242 MT Dolomite: 0.140 MT
Production
Hot Metal: 5.051 MT Crude Steel: 4.757 MT Saleable Steel: 4.516 MT
Sales & Marketing
Domestic Sales: 4.106 MT Exports: 0.057 MT Total Sales: 4.163 MT
Financials
Turnover: Rs. 26010 crore Revenue From Operations: Rs. 26246 crore Net Worth: Rs. 59720 crore
Profitability
EBITDA: Rs. 4356 crore PBT: Rs. 2159 crore PAT: Rs. 1636 crore
Ratios
EPS: 3.96 EBITDA Margin: 16.7% Debt Equity (IndAS): 0.54
Funds
Debt (IndAS): Rs. 31970 crore DSCR: 1.66 Interest Coverage Ratio: 4.80
STEEL AUTHORITY
OF INDIA LIMITED
Global Economic
& Steel Scenario
WORLD ECONOMIC SCENARIO
Growth Rates ( in %)
World Advanced Economies Emerging & Developing Economies
6.6
6.0
5.2
4.4 4.3 4.5 4.5
4.1
3.8
3.5 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.4
3.0
2.6
1.7 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.8
Projections remain lower than
Fighting Inflation, Slowdown in
-2.0
2025 performance though there
Advanced Economies and
-3.1 Is improvement in projections
Recovery Post 1st Russia-Ukraine War, recovery
over earlier projections.
Phase of COVID19 has been gradual thereafter.
-4.5
2020 (E) 2021 (E) 2022 (E) 2023 (E) 2024 (E) 2025 (E) 2026 (P) 2027 (P)
IMF, in the World Economic Outlook released during Jul’26, has increased the growth projections for 2026 over the
projections released during Apr’26. The overall estimates for global economy in 2027 are marginally better than
projections of 2026 due to significant improvement in the projections for the Emerging & Developing Economies and
despite projections being lower for the Advanced Economies. The major factor impacting the projections for current year
2026 has been the prevailing scenario in the middle east.
SOURCE: IMF
E= Estimates P= Projections
WORLD STEEL SCENARIO
Crude Steel Production (MT)
World China RoW
1963
1883 1889 1904 1887 1850
1065 1035 1018 1029 1005
927 961
871 875 882 889
819
785 773
432 416
353 358
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Jan-May 2025 Jan-May 2026
Steel Production as been coming down every year barring 2023 where marginal increase was witnessed. The first 5
months of the current year have also seen the production falling by 1.5 over CPLY with China registering degrowth of
3.8% with marginal increase in production in Rest of the World (RoW).
• Despite reduction in its own production, China continues to dominate the global production numbers. In fact, the
share of China in the global production has been consistently more than 50% of the global production. The
production by China stood at ~53.7% of global production during Jan-May CY’26. The production in China during the
period has, however, been at lower by 3.8% over CPLY.
• Among the other major producers, Vietnam (26.8%),Germany (8.8%), India (7.7%), Turkey 6.8%), USA (6.8%) and
South Korea (2.7%) have registered positive growth in production during Jan-May CY’26 over CPLY. On the other hand,
countries like Russia (10.0%), Brazil (1.9%) and Japan (0.7%) have registered negative growth during the period.
SOURCE: World Steel Association (WSA)
INTERNATIONAL PRICE TRENDS
280 Coal FOB Australia (USD/t) 125 Iron Ore CFR China (USD/t)
260 120
240 115
220 110
200 105
180 100
160 95
140 90
Lumps Fines Australia Origin Fines Brazil Origin
120 HCC PCI 85
100 80
560 Hot Rolled (USD/t) 640 Cold Rolled (USD/t)
540
620
520
600
500
580
480
560
460
540
440
520
420
FOB Black Sea FOB China CFR Europe
FOB Black Sea FOB China
400 500
SOURCE: Big Mint
STEEL AUTHORITY
OF INDIA LIMITED
Domestic
Economic & Steel
Scenario
INDIAN ECONOMIC SCENARIO
GDP Growth % at Constant (2011-12) Prices
SOURCE: MOSPI, GOI
9.7
9.2
Quarterly GDP
7.6 7.4
6.5
8.2
7.4 7.8
6.5 6.4
5.6
2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
(SAE*) (FAE^)
*SAE: Second Advance Estimates
^FAE: First Advance Estimates Q1 FY25 Q2 FY25 Q3 FY25 Q4 FY25 Q1 FY26 Q2 FY26
-5.8
COVID19 Pandemic saw the GDP of Indian economy slide into negative during FY’21 at -5.8%. The post COVID recovery
was subsequently impacted by factors like inflation. Second Advance Estimates for the FY’25 stand at 6.5% which is
substantially lower than earlier projections with First Advance Estimates for FY’26 at 7.4%. Despite projections for future
years coming down in the range of 6.4% - 7.2%, India is likely to remain amongst the fastest growing major economies.
The projections from major financial agencies are as follows:
Source Growth Projection Remarks
6.4% (CY26) & The projections for CY26 have been marginally reduced while the same have been
IMF (Jul’26)
6.7% (CY27) improved for CY27.
World Bank 7.2% (FY27) & The estimate for FY27 have been improved to 7.2% while the same hare marginally
(Jun’26) 7.0% (FY28) lower at 7.0% for FY28.
The projections have been reduced to 6.6% for FY27. The quarterly projections for
RBI (Jun’26) 6.6% (FY27)
Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 FY27 stand at 6.6%, 6.3%, 6.5% and 6.8% respectively.
INDIAN ECONOMIC SCENARIO
IIP Growth % at Constant (2022-23) Prices
180.0
170.0
160.0
150.0
140.0
130.0
120.0
110.0
100.0
Primary Goods Capital Goods
90.0
Intermediate Goods Infrastructure Goods
80.0
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The IIP has shown improvement in five of the six categories during first two months of FY2026-27 as against
FY2024-25. The growth has been driven majorly by Infrastructure Goods and Capital Goods. On the other hand,
Consumer Non-durables and Primary Goods have shown marginal growth only over previous year.
SOURCE: MOSPI, GOI
INDIAN STEEL SCENARIO
Crude Steel Production (mtpa)
169.2
152.2
144.3
127.2
120.0
109.1
103.5
40.8 45.4 42.1
FY'20 FY'21 FY'22 FY'23 FY'24 FY'25 FY'26 Q1 FY'26 Q4 FY'26 Q1 FY'27
Finished Steel Consumption (mtpa)
164.2
152.1
136.3
119.9
105.8
100.2
94.9
38.4 44.9 41.6
FY'20 FY'21 FY'22 FY'23 FY'24 FY'25 FY'26 Q1 FY'26 Q4 FY'26 Q1 FY'27
The production of crude steel in India during Q1 FY’27 has grown by 3% over CPLY whereas consumption
has grown by ~8% during the same period.
Source: JPC
DOMESTIC PRICE TREND
All figures in Rs. thousand/tonne
s
12 Fines/Lumps/Pellets
s
50 Semis/Ingot
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a a 46
s s
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Lumps 63% Fe, Odisha Index
34
2 Fines 63% Fe, Odisha Index
Billets Ex-Raipur Ingot DAP-Mandi
Pellets 63% Fe, Exw-Raipur 32
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65 Longs
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SOURCE: Big Mint
STEEL AUTHORITY
OF INDIA LIMITED
Operational
Performance
PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE
All figures In Million Tonne
19.2 19.2 19.4
18.3
17.4
16.2
15.2
CRUDE STEEL
PRODUCTION
5.1
4.9 4.8
FY 20 FY 21 FY 22 FY 23 FY 24 FY 25 FY 26 Q1 FY'26 Q4 FY'26 Q1 FY'27
Annual Quarterly
19.2
18.4
17.9
16.9 17.2
SALEABLE
15.1
14.6
STEEL
PRODUCTION
4.7 4.7 4.5
FY 20 FY 21 FY 22 FY 23 FY 24 FY 25 FY 26 Q1 FY'26 Q4 FY'26 Q1 FY'27
PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE : FY’27
SAIL
12.5%
PRODUCT MIX :
52.7%
5 ISPs 34.8%
BSP 64.9% 23.1% 12.0%
DSP 60.4% 39.6%
Flats
Longs
RSP 100.0%
Semis
BSL 89.3% 10.7%
ISP 79.1% 20.9%
PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE : FY’25
1.4% Ingot Route
0.7%
CC Route
CRUDE STEEL
BOF
PRODUCTION
EAF
BY PROCESS
99.3%
98.6%
SALEABLE STEEL
Value Added
45.4%
PRODUCTION
54.6% Commodity
BY PROCESS
TECHNO-ECONOMIC PARAMETERS
Coke Rate: kg/thm CDI Rate: kg/thm
457
114
448
445 444 113 113
440 97 106
85
76 78
421 419 420
FY 20 FY 21 FY 22 FY 23 FY 24 FY 25 FY 26 FY 27 FY 20 FY 21 FY 22 FY 23 FY 24 FY 25 FY 26 FY 27
Specific Energy Consumption: GCal/tcs BF Productivity: T/m3/Day
6.47 6.48
6.36 6.35
6.30
6.26 2.13
2.09
6.20 2.02
6.18
1.88
1.80 1.81 1.79 1.84
FY 20 FY 21 FY 22 FY 23 FY 24 FY 25 FY 26 FY 27
FY 20 FY 21 FY 22 FY 23 FY 24 FY 25 FY 26 FY 27
SALES PERFORMANCE
Annual All figures In Million Tonne
19.9
Quarterly
17.9
17.0
16.2 16.2
14.9
14.2
4.6 5.3 4.2
FY 20 FY 21 FY 22 FY 23 FY 24 FY 25 FY 26 Q1 FY'26 Q4 FY'26 Q1 FY'27
Sectoral Breakup 5 ISPs Sales - Product Mix
Galvanized Semis Others Structurals
Products 6.3% 0.2% 8.0%
Plant Sales 0.9%
3.3% CR Coils/Sheets Bars & Rods
6.4% 20.9%
Non
HR Plates/
Exports Retail Retail
5 ISPs CMO Coils/Sheets
1.4% 7.4% 86.2%
Home Sales 29%
Rly Products
93.6%
8.8%
PM Plates
Special Steels 17.1%
1.7%
PE Products
0.9%
STEEL AUTHORITY
OF INDIA LIMITED
Financial
Performance
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Rs. Crore
Q1 FY 26 Q4 FY 26 Q1 FY 27
(INDAS Compliant figures)
Sales Turnover 25731 30541 26010
Total Income 26082 31169 26449
EBITDA 2925 4762 4356
Depreciation 1441 1576 1560
Finance Cost 595 532 493
PBT Before Exceptional Items 890 2653 2303
Exceptional Items 0 -330 -144
PBT After Exceptional Items 890 2324 2159
Tax 204 644 523
Profit After Tax 685 1680 1636
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Profitability Trend
22364
(Rs. crore) EBITDA PBT PAT
16039
13740
13146
12015 12280 11764
11184
9379
6879
4334 4356
3850 3688
3171 2637 1903 2733 3009 3233
2022 2148 2159
1636
FY 20 FY 21 FY 22 FY 23 FY 24 FY 25 FY 26 Q1 FY 27
EBITDA Margin (%) EBITDA/ton (Rs.)
21.8 13846
20.1
18.4
16.7 10464
9199
7869
11.7 11.6
7213 6595
6574
12.0
9.0 5791
FY 20 FY 21 FY 22 FY 23 FY 24 FY 25 FY 26 Q1 FY 27
FY 20 FY 21 FY 22 FY 23 FY 24 FY 25 FY 26 Q1 FY 27
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Quarterly Performance
EBITDA
(Rs. crore)
4762
PBT
4356
PAT
2925
2324
2159
1680 1636
890
685
Q1 FY 26 Q4 FY 26 Q1 FY 27
EBITDA Quarterly Movement (Rs. crore)
2330
178
3147 396
304
843 71
483
97
4762
201 4356
4356
1696
2925
1525
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Borrowings (Non Ind AS) Net Worth
29811
59720
28741
58195
26427
55656 56224 55973 56236
24852
21729
21663
Mar'25 Jun'25 Sept'25 Dec'25 Mar'26 Jun'26 Mar'25 Jun'25 Sept'25 Dec'25 Mar'26 Jun'26
Quarterly Interest Debt-equity (times)
(Non Ind AS)
0.54
664
0.51
0.47
595
0.44
547
532
493 0.37
484 0.36
Mar'25 Jun'25 Sept'25 Dec'25 Mar'26 Jun'26 Mar'25 Jun'25 Sept'25 Dec'25 Mar'26 Jun'26
Borrowings, Interest and Net Worth in Rs. crore
Abbreviations used
• BF Blast Furnace • FOB Freight On Board
• SMS Steel Melting Shop • JPC Joint Plant Committee
• BOF Basic Oxygen Furnace • Kg/thm Kilo Gram Per Tonne of
• THF Twin Hearth Furnace Hot Metal
• EAF Electric Arc Furnace • Tpd Tonnes Per Day
• BSP Bhilai Steel Plant • MT Million Tonne
• DSP Durgapur Steel Plant • Mtpa Million Tonne Per Annum
• RSP Rourkela Steel Plant • EBITDA Earnings Before Interest,
Taxes, Depreciation &
• BSL Bokaro Steel Limited
Amortization.
• SSP Salem Steel Plant
• PAT Profit After Tax
• VISL Visvesvaraya Iron & Steel
• PBT Profit Before Tax
Plant
• RINL Rashtriya Ispat Nigam
• ASP Alloy Steels Plant
Limited
• CPLY Corresponding Period
• CS Crude Steel
Last Year
• CDI Coal Dust Injection
• G.Cal/tcs Giga Calories per tonne of
• CC Continuous Casting
Crude Steel
• ISP Integrated Steel Plant • BOO Build-Own-Operate
• HDGL Hot Dip Galvanizing Line • GoI Government of India
• CR Cold Rolled • MOEF Ministry of Environment
& Forests
• HR Hot Rolled
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