Best Steel Stocks for 2026
Steel producers earn the spread between iron-ore, scrap costs, and finished-steel pricing tied to industrial output; Health leverage gates names with no safety margin.
Steel producers earn the spread between iron-ore and scrap input costs and finished-steel pricing, which moves with industrial-production cycles plus trade-policy events. Composite scoring uses normalised mid-cycle EBITDA in the Valuation pillar and the Health pillar (net debt through the trough) gates names with no margin of safety.
Data as of (updated daily)
Top 20 Steel stocks by composite score
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 002545.SHE | Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co Ltd | 77.8 |
| 2 | TSTH.BK | Tata Steel (Thailand) Public Company Limited | 74.4 |
| 3 | 2S.BK | 2S Metal Public Company Limited | 70.8 |
| 4 | 5094.KLSE | CSC Steel Holdings Bhd | 69.5 |
| 5 | WELCORP.NSE | Welspun Corp Limited | 67.7 |
| 6 | 8140.HK | Bosa Technology Holdings Ltd | 67.3 |
| 7 | 600507.SHG | Fangda Special Steel Technology Co Ltd | 67.3 |
| 8 | 002478.SHE | Jiangsu Changbao Steeltube Co Ltd | 67.2 |
| 9 | 002318.SHE | Zhejiang JIULI Hi-tech Metals Co Ltd | 66.8 |
| 10 | 5072.KLSE | Hiap Teck Venture Bhd | 66.6 |
| 11 | 601686.SHG | Tianjin You Fa Steel Pipe Group Stock Co Ltd | 65.9 |
| 12 | 032560.KO | Hwang-Kum Stee | 65.7 |
| 13 | ART.JSE | Argent | 65.4 |
| 14 | 300881.SHE | Shengtak New Material Co Ltd | 65.4 |
| 15 | 0341.KLSE | Colform Group Berhad | 65.0 |
| 16 | NMDC.NSE | NMDC Limited | 64.1 |
| 17 | IZS.WAR | Izostal SA | 63.8 |
| 18 | 9873.KLSE | Prestar Resources Bhd | 63.5 |
| 19 | 002756.SHE | Yongxing Special Stainless Steel Co Ltd | 63.5 |
| 20 | 0313.KLSE | BWYS Group Berhad | 63.5 |
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Methodology: How we score stocks. Data refreshed nightly around 03:30 ET. This page lists the top 20 by composite score; use the screener for the full ranked list.