Announcement
Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Allotment of ESOP / ESPS 5 Oct - Intimation regarding allotment of shares under Vardhman Special Steels Limited Employee Stock Option Plans.
Source: Bse
Vardhman Special Steels Limited (VSSL)
Small CapMetals stocks · Small cap · NSE
Vardhman Special Steels Limited operates in Minerals, within the Metals sector. Use the latest filing and company disclosures below to verify its revenue mix and current business drivers.
Data qualityFresh enough for analysisQuote updated 19 Oct, 03:31 pm ISTDetails
Quote19 Oct, 03:31 pm IST
Base fundamentals06 Oct 2026 · screener
Latest result22 Jul, 07:34 pm IST
Score20 Oct, 04:30 am IST · v4.3-runtime-valuation
Tags02 May 2026
Coverage13/14 · 93%
Valuation2026-07-20 · Rf 6.8% · Metals P/E 23.2 (n=92)
Technical timing lens
Trend score and candlestick chart
57NeutralSMA20 +5.5% / mo · MACD −
Stock trend: 61
Sector RS: 50
Sector 3M: -4.5% vs Nifty 500 -5.6%
Metals FPI tailwindNot confirmed
Latest mapped FPI equity flow was not positive. View sector evidence
Technical chart
VSSLD candles · FIT view+40.3%Latest close ₹369.00 on 2026-10-19
Bar
-3.4%
RSI
44
MACD hist
-4.09
52W pos
73%
2026-10-19O ₹382.00H ₹382.05L ₹365.00C ₹369.00Vol 46,861 sh
Up bar
Down bar
EMA 20
EMA 50
Volume + 20D avg
Result date
RSI(14)
MACD / signal
Market context
Relative performance and chart statistics
Adjusted completed-session prices, rebased to 100
VSSLNifty MetalNifty 500
- VSSL
- +19.5%
- Nifty 500
- -5.6%
- Nifty Metal
- -3.8%
- Vs Nifty 500
- +25.1 pp
Chart stats
19 Oct 2026- From 52W high
- -13.8%
- 52W range position
- 73%
- ATR (14)
- 4.6%
- Volume vs 20D
- 0.44x
- Avg traded value
- ₹3.9 Cr
- 20D price channel
- ₹352.6 - ₹418.4
₹428.3
₹206.4 - ₹428.3
₹17.1
Latest completed session
20-session average
33.8% annualized volatility
Research snapshot
What the evidence says now
Weak fundamentals, management evidence is still limited to a financial-only Trust Lite signal, price trend is neutral, and recent execution is consistent.
Suggested next step
Research, do not rush
The evidence is not strongly aligned. Compare peers and wait for a cleaner setup.
U-Score
Legacy · WATCHLIST36
Fundamental lens: valuation, quality, growth, balance sheet, and cash flow.
Latest result
Excellent90
Revenue +12.0% · PAT +105.0% YoY
Technical
Neutral57
Price trend and sector-relative-strength timing.
Valuation
Legacy model+6.9%
Legacy margin-of-safety estimate; the revised evidence label remains in shadow validation.
Trust
Limited evidence72
Financial-only signal; management claim evidence is not sufficient yet.
Financials
Fundamentals, quarterly history, margins, returns and balance-sheet evidence
Financials
Fundamentals, quarterly history, margins, returns and balance-sheet evidence
Latest result
Quarter ended 30 Jun 2026
Excellent · 90/100Rev +12% YoY · PAT +105% YoY · margin expansion · +6% QoQ · operating leverage
Filed 22 Jul 2026
Open results browser →| Metric | This quarter | YoY | QoQ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹486 Cr | +12.0% | +6.1% |
| EBITDA | ₹58 Cr | +81.3% | +26.1% |
| Operating margin | 12.0% | +500 bps | +200 bps |
| PAT | ₹41 Cr | +105.0% | +20.6% |
| PAT margin | 8.4% | +383 bps | +102 bps |
NDF means not disclosed in the current structured filing feed. It is intentionally not treated as zero.
Fundamentals
Valuation
- P/E
- 40.60
- P/B
- 3.95
- EV/EBITDA
- 21.29
- Market Cap
- 3734.00Cr
Profitability
- ROE
- 12.10%
- ROCE
- 16.50%
- ROA
- 8.19%
- Dividend Y
- 0.91%
Growth (CAGR)
- Revenue 5Y
- 26.00%
- EPS 5Y
- 26.00%
- Revenue 3Y
- 23.00%
- EPS 3Y
- 23.00%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.15
- Interest Coverage
- 7.79×
- Altman Z
- 9.12
- Book Value
- 97.60
Cash Flow
- FCF Yield
- —
- FCF Positive Y
- 1/5
- OCF
- 127.00 Cr
- EPS TTM
- 11.39
Shareholding
- Promoter Hold
- 51.06%
- Promoter Pledge
- 0.00%
- Momentum 52W
- 81%
Financial History
Updated 20/10/2026
Revenue
₹ CrLatest: 1,754-0.6% vs prev
Net Profit
₹ CrLatest: 122+31.2% vs prev
Return on Equity
%Latest: 9.6-18.0% vs prev
Technicals
Trend interpretation, Stage 2, relative strength, volume and indicator evidence
Technicals
Trend interpretation, Stage 2, relative strength, volume and indicator evidence
Daily technical trend read
Mixed signalsSignals are conflicting — long-term uptrend intact. RSI 44. Wait for confirmation.
- Price above SMA200 (long-term uptrend) but mid-term MAs not aligned.
- SMA20 rising (~5.2% over last month) — short-term momentum positive.
- RSI(14) at 44 — falling, no extreme reading.
- MACD below signal but histogram contracting — bearish momentum easing.
- 14% off 52W high · 79% above 52W low.
Mechanical read from the price + indicator series above. Not a recommendation — technical setups can reverse without warning, especially around earnings and macro events.
Nifty 500 leadership
Relative Strength & Trend Stage
83
RS percentile
Stage 2 UptrendEstablished S2
1M return
-8.8%
3M return
+19.5%
6M return
+35.6%
1Y return
+23.1%
RS 1D
0
RS 20D
-5
Sector rank
#4
Industry rank
#14
Stage evidence
- Price is 20.7% above the 30-week proxy.
- The 50-DMA is above the 30-week proxy and its slope is rising +6.8%.
- Both 3-month and 6-month returns are positive.
50-DMA
price below
200-DMA
price above
S2 entered
05 Aug 2026
S2 age
52 trading sessions
Sector
leading
Industry
leading
Relative-strength line vs Nifty 500 (base 100)
262 observations
19 Oct 2026Value 141.54-2.01%
RS vs Nifty 500142
Valuation & peers
U-Score 36 · legacy U-Score band WATCHLIST · valuation evidence and comparable companies
Valuation & peers
U-Score 36 · legacy U-Score band WATCHLIST · valuation evidence and comparable companies
WATCHLIST
Fundamental score breakdown
U band · WATCHLISTValuation2/30
Growth15/25
Quality5/20
Balance Sheet8/15
Cash Flow1/10
Piotroski
8/9 (+5)
Penalties
0
Raw sum
36
Why this score?
Top U-Score contributors and drags from the latest stored fundamentals.
36/100 · legacy band WATCHLIST
Positive drivers
- Piotroski is strong at 8/9.
- Growth contributes 15/25 to the score.
- Balance sheet contributes 8/15 to the score.
Main drags
- Valuation is weaker at 2/30; verify the latest quarterly trend.
- Cash flow is weaker at 1/10; verify the latest quarterly trend.
- Quality is weaker at 5/20; verify the latest quarterly trend.
Sector valuation model
Cyclical valuation: normalized earnings, not just trailing PE
Cyclical companies can look cheapest near peak profits, so IndiaPulse flags value-trap risk separately.
Primary lens
Mid-cycle PE/EV/EBITDA using multi-year average margins or earnings.
Secondary checks
Current margin versus 5-year average, balance sheet strength, commodity cycle.
Main risk check
A low trailing PE may mean peak-cycle earnings, not true cheapness.
PE
40.6
PB
4.0
EV/EBITDA
21.3
ROE
12.1%
ROCE
16.5%
FCF Yield
—
Debt/Equity
0.1
MoS
+6.9%
Cyclical/value-trap warning
This sector can look cheap when profits are temporarily high. Check mid-cycle margins/earnings before relying on trailing PE.
Score movement
Stored run vs live recompute
This shows the stored score trend when snapshots exist, and also compares the latest stored nightly score with a live recompute from current fundamentals and price.
Stored run: 20 Oct 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
Final score
36
Previous: 36
Legacy U-Score band
WATCHLIST
Previous: WATCHLIST
Margin of safety
+6.9%
Previous: +6.9%
Score history
12 stored score snapshots. Latest stored move: +0 points.
20 Oct 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
Factor attribution
No pillar movement versus the latest stored run. Historical score trend will appear after snapshot storage is enabled.
Modelled fair value
Graham Number
₹158.15
-133.3% MoS
Growth-justified P/E
34.8
Growth-justified Value
₹396.37
+6.9% MoS
PEG
1.64
Comparable companies
Peers
Business-comparable peers in Metals — ranked by industry, sub-sector, theme-tag overlap, market cap, and U-Score similarity. Green cells mark the best available peer metric in this table.
Ticker
Name
Why peer
Score
PE
ROE
MoS
Verdict
KSL
Small
Kalyani Steels Limited
Mining
match 96
46
14.9
13.2%
+5%
FAIR VALUE
STEELCAS
Small
Steelcast Limited
Mining
match 96
54
40.6
24.0%
-11%
FAIR VALUE
MAITHANALL
Small
Maithan Alloys Limited
Mining
match 94
48
9.1
0.5%
-595%
FAIR VALUE
SAMBHV
Small
Sambhv Steel Tubes Limited
Mining
match 94
51
28.9
18.7%
+15%
FAIR VALUE
ORISSAMINE
Small
The Orissa Minerals Development Company Limited
Mining
match 93
28
640.0
—
-1650%
OVERVALUED
Business, management & trust
Growth engines, risks, management commitments and evidence-backed delivery
Business, management & trust
Growth engines, risks, management commitments and evidence-backed delivery
Business and thesis
Issuer presentation review pending
Vardhman Special Steels Limited operates in Minerals, within the Metals sector. Use the latest filing and company disclosures below to verify its revenue mix and current business drivers. The structured result feed currently covers the quarter ended 30 Jun 2026. Investor presentations and earnings-call PDFs will be added as issuer-backed evidence before management claims appear here.
Trust Score
72Limited evidence · low confidenceTrust Lite
Trust asks: does management behaviour match later outcomes? Higher is better, but confidence and evidence depth matter as much as the number.
Limited evidence: Claim history is still being built. It ranks around the 69th percentile of the scored universe and 59th percentile within Metals. Main check: cash conversion is weak at 43/100.
This is a financial-behaviour screen, not a claim-tested management reliability verdict.
Computed 05 Sept 2026
management-trust-v1
120 docs text-extracted · 43 concalls text-extracted
Score band
Limited evidence
Financial behaviour is scored, but management claims do not yet have enough outcome checks.
Relative rank
69th percentile
overall median 67 · Metals: 59th pctile, median 70 · Small: 71st pctile, median 66
Evidence depth
Financial-only
120 documents have extracted text, but claim history is not strong enough yet.
Claim delivery
Outcome history still building
0 claims extracted · No contradicted claim yet
How to read this Trust Score
Limited evidence · low confidenceWhat it measures
Reliability of management and financial delivery, using financial behaviour only.
Confidence
Treat this as an early read until more concalls and outcomes are matched.
Investor use
Acceptable, but check the weakest sub-score before increasing exposure.
Read Trust alongside U-Score, result consistency, and technical trend. A cheap stock with weak Trust needs a larger margin of safety; a high Trust score does not make an expensive stock attractive by itself.
Forensic breakdown
Read low sub-scores as due-diligence warnings, not automatic sell signals.
Promoter
78
strong · holding, pledge, alignment
Cash flow
43
weak · profit to cash conversion
Balance sheet
89
strong · leverage and solvency
Discipline
68
acceptable · capital discipline
Results
95
strong · quarterly consistency
Trust positives
- ▸Promoter pledge is zero.
- ▸3/4 latest quarters had positive YoY revenue growth.
- ▸4/4 latest quarters had positive YoY PAT growth.
- ▸Latest 3 quarters had positive YoY PAT growth.
Trust risks
- ▸Only 1 years of positive FCF.
Trust Lite uses financial behaviour only. Prefer claim-tested Trust when enough concall claims have later outcomes.
Continue researching Vardhman Special Steels Limited
Important announcements & filings
Latest exchange and company disclosures found within the past two years.
Open source ↗
Announcement
Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Analyst / Investor Meet - Intimation 4 Sep
Source: Bse
Announcement
Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Newspaper Publication 26 Aug
Source: Bse
Annual report
Annual Report 2026
Source: Bse
Annual report
Annual Report 2026
Source: Bse
Annual report
Annual Report 2025
Source: Bse
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