Best Steel Stocks in Basic Materials for 2026
Top-ranked Steel stocks within the Basic Materials sector. 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 Steel stocks in Basic Materials by composite score
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 002545.SHE | Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co Ltd | 76.9 |
| 2 | TSTH.BK | Tata Steel (Thailand) Public Company Limited | 75.4 |
| 3 | 2S.BK | 2S Metal Public Company Limited | 71.5 |
| 4 | 5094.KLSE | CSC Steel Holdings Bhd | 68.8 |
| 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 | 66.4 |
| 10 | 032560.KO | Hwang-Kum Stee | 65.9 |
| 11 | 601686.SHG | Tianjin You Fa Steel Pipe Group Stock Co Ltd | 65.9 |
| 12 | 002318.SHE | Zhejiang JIULI Hi-tech Metals Co Ltd | 65.5 |
| 13 | 6890.HK | KangLi International Holdings Ltd | 65.5 |
| 14 | CMIN3.SA | CSN Mineração S.A | 65.1 |
| 15 | 000970.KO | Korea Cast Pip | 64.3 |
| 16 | NMDC.NSE | NMDC Limited | 64.1 |
| 17 | 9873.KLSE | Prestar Resources Bhd | 64.0 |
| 18 | KSL.NSE | Kalyani Steels Limited | 63.7 |
| 19 | 000708.SHE | CITIC Pacific Special Steel Group Co Ltd | 63.6 |
| 20 | 1553.HK | Maike Tube Industry Holdings 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 within the Steel industry under Basic Materials. Use the screener for the full ranked list.