Daido Steel Co (DDL) Stock Price & Analysis
DDL Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- EUR 12.00 - EUR 12.00
- 52-Week Range
- EUR 7.95 - EUR 16.30
- Previous Close
- EUR 12.30
- Volume
- N/A
- Average Volume (3M)
- 34
- Market Cap
- EUR 2.48B
- Enterprise Value
- EUR 699.54B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- EUR 66.47B
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- EUR 207.64B
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 10.8
- Beta
- 0.66
- Next Earnings
- Jan 28, 2027 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- N/A
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- 2.53%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Strong Revenue Growth
The sharp 2026 revenue increase indicates strong demand and pricing leverage for Daido Steel’s specialty products. Although steel is cyclical, this scale of growth expands the company’s operating base and can support investment in downstream processing and specialty applications over the coming quarters.
Improved Balance Sheet
Meaningfully lower leverage strengthens Daido Steel’s financial resilience in a cyclical industry. A larger equity base and reduced debt burden should improve flexibility to manage demand swings, fund operations, and pursue productive investment without relying as heavily on external financing.
Solid Operating Profitability
Sustained positive margins and low-to-mid-teen EBITDA profitability show that Daido Steel’s specialty steel and related manufacturing activities generate meaningful earnings across recent periods. This provides an operating foundation for reinvestment and distinguishes the business from lower-value, structurally unprofitable production.
Bears Say
Unreliable Cash Conversion
Weak and volatile cash conversion reduces confidence that accounting earnings consistently become discretionary cash. Periods of negative operating and free cash flow can constrain debt reduction, shareholder returns, and investment capacity, making financial performance less dependable through the steel cycle.
Margin Normalization
The decline in operating margin shows that higher sales have not translated proportionally into operating profit. This suggests earnings remain sensitive to industry conditions, pricing, and cost pressures, limiting the durability of recent revenue growth as a measure of underlying profit expansion.
Moderate Shareholder Returns
ROE remaining in the 6–7% range indicates that profitability has normalized and the larger equity base is not currently producing the return achieved at the 2023 peak. This may limit internally generated value creation unless operating margins or asset productivity improve over time.
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Company Description
Daido Steel Co
Daido Steel Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of steel products in Japan and internationally. The Specialty Steel segment is involved in automotive parts, industrial machinery parts, electrical machinery parts, construction, and tool steel business; and products and materials manufacturing, distribution, raw materials sales, transportation and logistics business. The High Performance Materials and Magnetic Materials segment offers stainless steel products, nickel-based alloys, electrical and electronics parts, magnetic material products, alloy powders, titanium products, and welding wires. The Parts For Automobile and Industrial Equipment segment provides die forgings, precise hot forgings, and welded parts, including automotive parts and bearing races; open die forgings parts for boats and ships, industrial machines, heavy electric machines, steel making equipment, chemical equipment, oil drilling rigs, and spacecraft and aircraft; and castings comprising manganese railway rails, components for automobiles, industrial machines, electric machines and furnaces, cast steel products, etc. This segment also offers precision castings for automotive, industrial machines, electric machines, telecommunications equipment, etc.; and lumber industry band saws, engine valves, compressors, hydraulic equipment, and machine tool parts. The Engineering segment provides steel making equipment; industrial furnaces and facilities; environmental equipment for drainage, exhaust, waste disposal, and treatment facilities; machine tools; and machine maintenance services. The Trading and Service segment engages in the provision of welfare services; real estate and insurance business; and golf course management and analysis businesses. Daido Steel Co., Ltd. was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Nagoya, Japan.
- Sector
- Basicmaterials
- Industry
- Steel
- CEO
- Tetsuya Shimizu
- Employees
- 12,729
- Website
- www.daido.co.jp
- Address
- 1-10, Higashisakura 1-chome, Nagoya, AI, 461-8581, JP
Daido Steel Co (DDL) Earnings & Revenues
DDL Stock 12 Month Forecast
Average Price Target
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| Technical Analysis | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Moving Averages | 2 | 0 | 10 |
