Best Steel Stocks in Basic Materials for 2026
Top-ranked Steel stocks within the Basic Materials sector. 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.
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Top 20 Steel stocks in Basic Materials by composite score
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 002545.SHE | Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co Ltd | 78.0 |
| 2 | TSTH.BK | Tata Steel (Thailand) Public Company Limited | 76.6 |
| 3 | 2S.BK | 2S Metal Public Company Limited | 72.3 |
| 4 | IZS.WAR | Izostal SA | 68.2 |
| 5 | WELCORP.NSE | Welspun Corp Limited | 67.7 |
| 6 | PAP.BK | Pacific Pipe Public Company Limited | 66.5 |
| 7 | 5094.KLSE | CSC Steel Holdings Bhd | 66.5 |
| 8 | 002756.SHE | Yongxing Special Stainless Steel Co Ltd | 66.0 |
| 9 | 8140.HK | Bosa Technology Holdings Ltd | 65.9 |
| 10 | 603995.SHG | Zhejiang Yongjin Metal Technology Co Ltd | 64.9 |
| 11 | 002478.SHE | Jiangsu Changbao Steeltube Co Ltd | 64.8 |
| 12 | 0341.KLSE | Colform Group Berhad | 64.8 |
| 13 | 601686.SHG | Tianjin You Fa Steel Pipe Group Stock Co Ltd | 64.4 |
| 14 | 600507.SHG | Fangda Special Steel Technology Co Ltd | 64.3 |
| 15 | NMDC.NSE | NMDC Limited | 64.3 |
| 16 | 300881.SHE | Shengtak New Material Co Ltd | 63.9 |
| 17 | JCQ.PA | Jacquet Metal Service SA | 63.8 |
| 18 | FRD.US | Friedman Industries Inc. Common Stock | 63.2 |
| 19 | 9873.KLSE | Prestar Resources Bhd | 62.8 |
| 20 | KAMDHENU.NSE | Kamdhenu Limited | 62.3 |
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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.