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S A I L (500113) Nov 2025 Filing Analysis
Does management do what it says?
The company has significantly exceeded its manpower reduction targets, achieving a total reduction of 2,547 employees for the year as of January 1, 2026. (2 exceeded across 2 tracked commitments)
“Reduction during the year: 1808 (as of 01.10.2025)”
Management confirms that the RBI has retained the GDP growth projection for FY26 at 6.5%. (2 met across 2 tracked commitments)
“The Short Range Outlook published by WorldSteel Association during Oct’24, projected steel demand in India to increase by 8.5% in CY2025.”
The company met its specific manpower target for the July 1st milestone. (2 met, 1 exceeded, 1 missed across 4 tracked commitments)
“And because we have got inventory of sellable steel that will also be liquidated to a greater extent, at least by 50% during '26-27”
Management reported holding 1.3 million tons of in-process (semi-finished) stock as of Q1, indicating ongoing inventory management to reach the target mix. (1 in progress, 1 met across 2 tracked commitments)
“If you can compare in Quarter 1, it was 55%, it has improved to 57% in Quarter 2 and going forward, we are targeting more than 60%.”
The Debt-Equity ratio (Non-Ind AS) has improved to 0.44 as of December 2025, moving toward the year-end target range of 0.3 to 0.4. (1 in progress across 1 tracked commitment)
“If you look at our debt equity ratio on non-IndAS basis, it is around 0.46, which is where we want to reduce it down to 0.3, 0.35 or maybe 0.4 by the year end.”
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How durable is the business?
SAIL is expanding its monetization of mining waste, selling 1.14 billion INR of scrap and by-products in Q2, which helps offset lower steel realizations. (1 expanding)
“It has gone up quite a lot, Rs.1,140 crores actually as compared to Rs.869 crores in Quarter 1... increase of around Rs.250 crores.”
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What could break the thesis?
The risk remains high as domestic prices for key products like Hot Rolled Coils (HRC) and Cold Rolled Coils (CRC) showed a downward trend through Sept-Oct '25. The EBITDA movement chart shows a negative impact of Rs. 1369 crore due to Sales Price/NSR in H1 FY26. (1 stable)
“EBITDA Movement (Rs. crore): Sales Price/NSR (1369) [Negative impact]”
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