JSWSTEEL vs TATASTEEL
Side-by-side comparison of JSW Steel Ltd. and Tata Steel Ltd.. Descriptive only — not investment advice.
JSW Steel Ltd.
Metals
Quality Score: 64/100
Tata Steel Ltd.
Metals
Quality Score: 55/100
At a glance
| Metric | JSWSTEEL | TATASTEEL |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Score | 64/100 | 55/100 |
| P/E (trailing) | 12.8 | 21.2 |
| Forward P/E | 17.8 | 10.5 |
| ROE | — | — |
| Profit margin | +13.1% | +4.6% |
| Debt-to-equity | 95.37 | 89.02 |
| Dividend yield | +0.55% | +2.13% |
| 1Y price return | +24.1% | +19.9% |
| From 52w high | -2.7% | -14.7% |
| Analyst rating1 = Strong Buy, 5 = Strong Sell | 2.29 | 2.40 |
Highlighted value = better on the metric (lower for P/E, D/E, drawdown, analyst rating; higher elsewhere). Descriptive only.
Snapshots
JSW Steel trades at a trailing PE of 12.82x, the lowest of 6 tracked Metals-sector peers, against a forward PE of 17.84x. The stock is at Rs 1,299.5, up 24.07% over the trailing 12 months but only 2.52% over the trailing 3 months, sitting 2.66% below its 52-week high and holding above both the 50-DMA (Rs 1,258.94) and 200-DMA (Rs 1,207.09). Mean analyst rating stands at 2.29 across 35 analysts on a 1-5 scale where lower is more constructive.
Tata Steel trades at Rs187.55, up 19.92% over the trailing 12 months but down 12.84% over the past 3 months and 14.7% below its 52-week high, currently below both its 50-day (Rs191.91) and 200-day (Rs188.99) moving averages. Trailing PE is 21.24x (forward PE 10.48x) against a Metals peer set that includes JSW Steel at 12.82x and Hindustan Zinc at 14.93x; profit margin is 4.6% and debt-to-equity is approximately 0.89x on a flat trend. Mean analyst rating is 2.4 across 35 analysts on a 1-5 scale where lower is more constructive.
Pros
- ✓Trailing PE of 12.82x ranks 1st of 6 tracked Metals peers on that metric, below Tata Steel's 21.24x and Jindal Steel's 41.33x.
- ✓Price trades above both the 50-DMA (Rs 1,258.94) and 200-DMA (Rs 1,207.09), with RSI at 59.45 in neutral territory and only 2.66% off the 52-week high.
- ✓Reported five-year earnings growth of 113%, alongside a Q1 FY27 net profit that more than doubled to Rs 4,696 crore versus estimates (Moneycontrol, Jul 17, 2026).
- ✓News sentiment sample skews positive over the tracked period: 3 positive, 4 neutral, 0 negative of 7 headlines.
- ✓Revenue grew at a 14.3% 5-year rate and earnings at 11.4% over the same period.
- ✓Free cash flow was positive in 4 of the tracked years per persistence data.
- ✓Forward PE of 10.48x sits well below the trailing PE of 21.24x, implying consensus estimates for higher forward earnings.
- ✓Recent capex announcements include a Rs 33,873 crore Neelachal Ispat expansion (reported Aug 2, 2026) and a Rs 10,000 crore Jharkhand investment plan targeting 2,000 jobs by 2028 (reported Jul 21, 2026).
Cons
- ✗ROE exceeded 15% in only 1 of the tracked years and free cash flow was positive in only 3 of the tracked years, for a consistency score of 47/100.
- ✗Debt-to-equity of approximately 0.95x has stayed flat rather than trending down, even as reported five-year earnings growth (113%) far outpaced five-year revenue growth (9.8%).
- ✗Trailing 3-month price change of 2.52% is well below the trailing 12-month gain of 24.07%, with price sitting about 0.5% below the nearest resistance level (Rs 1,306.5).
- ✗ROE is not populated in the current fundamental snapshot, and among 5 tracked Metals peers, 1-year price change is missing for all 5 and ROE for 4 of 5 - limiting the reliability of peer-ranking comparisons on those two metrics.
- ✗ROE is not reported for the current period, and persistence data show 0 of the tracked years with ROE above 15%, with a consistency score of 23/100.
- ✗Profit margin is thin at 4.6%.
- ✗Price is down 12.84% over the past 3 months and 14.7% below its 52-week high, trading below both the 50-DMA and 200-DMA.
- ✗Trailing PE of 21.24x ranks 4th of 6 tracked Metals peers, more expensive than JSW Steel (12.82x) which carries the same quality score of 48.
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