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Revenue
₹57,000 Cr
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EBITDA
₹8,309 Cr
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Tata Steel delivered a steady Q3 FY26 with consolidated EBITDA of ₹8,309 crore (15% margin), supported by record India volumes of 6.34 million tons and cost savings of ₹3,000 crore across geographies. India EBITDA margin remained strong at 23%, while Europe improved but remained under pressure from weak demand and imports. The company expects Q4 EBITDA to improve sequentially on higher volumes and price recovery, with India realizations up ~₹2,300/ton. Key risks include UK policy delays and coking coal cost inflation (~$15/ton QoQ). Management is bullish on Europe's structural turnaround via CBAM and safeguard revisions, but near-term UK losses persist without government action.
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Guidance to track
- Management guided a sequential increase in India steel realizations of about ₹2,300 per ton in Q4 FY26, driven by spot price recovery and better mix.
- India volumes are expected to increase by about 500,000 tons in Q4 compared to Q3, aided by no blast furnace relinings and new Ludhiana plant startup.
- Despite a ~€33/ton QoQ realization decline from mix effects, cost takeouts are expected to more than offset, leading to EBITDA expansion in Q4.
- UK EBITDA is expected to see a slight improvement in Q4, but turning positive requires UK government safeguard measures and a ~£100/ton spread expansion.
Risks flagged
- The UK government has not yet revised steel safeguard measures, and without action, UK operations may continue to incur significant EBITDA losses.
- Coking coal consumption costs are expected to rise ~$15/ton QoQ in Q4, partially offsetting price gains in India.
- A class action lawsuit was filed against Tata Steel Netherlands in December 2025 by an environmental foundation, which is in early legal stages.
- The 50% US tariff on steel has impacted Tata Steel Netherlands' high-margin US business, with an estimated €50 million adverse impact in 9M FY26.
Key quotes
- We expect that prices in Europe will move away from Asian prices and move towards the U.S. prices. May not reach the levels of U.S. prices, but certainly will move closer to that.
- The effectiveness and timing of the CBAM effect and the trade-related quotas will determine how quickly the imports retreat from the EU market and the utilization of the local steel industry increases, which will have positive implications on the price regime.
- We are hopeful that some actions will be taken in the market because obviously, with these levels of quotas and these prices, it's obviously not looking good from an EBITDA point of view.
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