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Revenue
₹53,648 Cr
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EBITDA
₹5,994 Cr
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Tata Steel's Q3 FY25 consolidated revenue stood at INR 53,648 crore with EBITDA of INR 5,994 crore, impacted by subdued global steel prices and elevated Chinese exports. Excluding a INR 1,100 crore FX revaluation hit, adjusted EBITDA was INR 7,155 crore. India operations benefited from the Kalinganagar 5mt blast furnace ramp-up, with deliveries up 8% YoY to 5.29mt. UK losses narrowed sharply to £67 million from £147 million QoQ, driven by £70 million fixed cost savings post heavy-end closure. Netherlands EBITDA was neutral as spreads hit multi-year lows. Management guided for India NSR to be flat QoQ in Q4, UK breakeven targeted by Q2 FY26, and Netherlands transformation targeting EUR 200 million cost takeout. Key risk: further steel price weakness or delayed safeguard duties could pressure margins.
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Guidance to track
- Management expects India net sales realizations to be flat quarter-on-quarter in Q4 FY25, barring any immediate safeguard duty changes.
- Tata Steel UK targets breakeven in the first two quarters of FY26, with a focus on achieving it by June 2025.
- A multi-year transformation program in the Netherlands targets EUR 200 million in cost savings, with benefits starting from Q1 FY26.
- The remaining INR 2,000 crore capex for Kalinganagar Phase 2 will be spent over the next year, with full benefits expected by September 2026.
Risks flagged
- Provincial authorities have raised issues on stack emissions and benzene treatment at coke ovens, potentially leading to penalties or early closure.
- Continued subdued global steel prices and delayed imposition of safeguard duties in India could pressure domestic realizations and margins.
- Management acknowledged that steel prices ended lower than expected, pushing the UK breakeven timeline to Q2 FY26 from an earlier expectation.
- The final investment decision for the Netherlands decarbonization project is contingent on government support and business case, with no clarity on timing.
Key quotes
- Our focus is the very fact that we are putting up a DRI and EAF is because we have a pellet plant. And therefore, we said we will be focused on a gas-based solution at this point of time, and any funding support will be based on a gas-based solution.
- If the private sector investment needs to be protected in India, particularly in manufacturing and particularly in steel, then it's not just demand growth, but it needs to be profitable demand growth for the steel industry to invest the cash flows that are required.
- We are more focused around 2.75 level and on a steady-state basis. That has been our focus. Our capital allocation is very clear that we will not want to have the growth at the cost of debt.
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