Best Steel Stocks for 2026
Top Steel stocks ranked by 4-pillar fundamental composite score.
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 by composite score
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 002545.SHE | Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co Ltd | 76.8 |
| 2 | TSTH.BK | Tata Steel (Thailand) Public Company Limited | 75.5 |
| 3 | 2S.BK | 2S Metal Public Company Limited | 71.5 |
| 4 | 5094.KLSE | CSC Steel Holdings Bhd | 69.2 |
| 5 | 8140.HK | Bosa Technology Holdings Ltd | 67.9 |
| 6 | WELCORP.NSE | Welspun Corp Limited | 67.6 |
| 7 | 600507.SHG | Fangda Special Steel Technology Co Ltd | 67.3 |
| 8 | ART.JSE | Argent | 66.6 |
| 9 | 002478.SHE | Jiangsu Changbao Steeltube Co Ltd | 66.3 |
| 10 | 601686.SHG | Tianjin You Fa Steel Pipe Group Stock Co Ltd | 65.9 |
| 11 | 032560.KO | Hwang-Kum Stee | 65.8 |
| 12 | 6890.HK | KangLi International Holdings Ltd | 65.5 |
| 13 | 002318.SHE | Zhejiang JIULI Hi-tech Metals Co Ltd | 65.4 |
| 14 | CMIN3.SA | CSN Mineração S.A | 64.7 |
| 15 | 0341.KLSE | Colform Group Berhad | 64.5 |
| 16 | 000970.KO | Korea Cast Pip | 64.2 |
| 17 | 9873.KLSE | Prestar Resources Bhd | 64.2 |
| 18 | NMDC.NSE | NMDC Limited | 64.1 |
| 19 | KSL.NSE | Kalyani Steels Limited | 63.7 |
| 20 | 000708.SHE | CITIC Pacific Special Steel Group Co Ltd | 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.