Steel - Wires Stocks in India

4-Factor Sector Score

An additive sector-relative research score. The four displayed point contributions always equal the total: Growth & earnings (35), Capital efficiency (25), Valuation (20), and Relative strength (20). Missing or stale evidence is absorbed inside the affected factor, never applied as a hidden adjustment.

Missing observations are not scored as bad. Their missing weight lowers confidence and pulls the final score toward neutral. PEG is guarded: positive earnings, positive 5–60% three-year EPS growth, and a positive P/E are required.

Revenue Scale & Growth Durability

Bansal Wire Industries Ltd has the highest Revenue among the 3 Steel - Wires companies compared here, at ₹4,388 crore. Usha Martin Ltd is next at ₹3,691 crore. The same company also holds the highest Revenue growth, at 20.9%. 2 of 3 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.

What the numbers say: Bansal Wire Industries Ltd is the scale leader at ₹4,388 crore, 18.9% ahead of Usha Martin Ltd. Bansal Wire Industries Ltd's growth is 20.9% from a ₹4,388 crore base, with 13 reported observations in the 20-quarter window. Treat the growth leader as an acceleration candidate, not as equally proven scale.

Investor read: Bansal Wire Industries Ltd is the scale benchmark; Bansal Wire Industries Ltd is the acceleration watch. Promote the challenger only if growth persists and converts into margin and returns.

This conclusion weakens if: Bansal Wire Industries Ltd's growth falls below Bansal Wire Industries Ltd's for two consecutive comparable reports while operating margin also compresses.

Operating Economics & Margin Trend

Bharat Wire Ropes Ltd has the highest OPM among the 3 Steel - Wires companies compared here, at 25%. Usha Martin Ltd is next at 22%. Usha Martin Ltd has the highest Margin change at +6 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 3 of 3 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.

What the numbers say: Bharat Wire Ropes Ltd leads opm at 25%; Usha Martin Ltd leads margin change at +6 percentage points.

Investor read: Bharat Wire Ropes Ltd sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current margin change signal.

Profit Scale & Acceleration

Usha Martin Ltd has the highest Net profit among the 3 Steel - Wires companies compared here, at ₹467 crore. Bansal Wire Industries Ltd is next at ₹141 crore. The same company also holds the highest Profit growth, at 15%. 2 of 3 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.

What the numbers say: Usha Martin Ltd leads with ₹467 crore of TTM profit, 231.2% above Bansal Wire Industries Ltd. Usha Martin Ltd shows 15% growth from a ₹467 crore profit base. Compare the size of the base and persistence before ranking acceleration above profit scale.

Investor read: Usha Martin Ltd sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current profit growth signal.

Capacity Spending & Returns On It

No company in this Steel - Wires comparison reports capital expenditure on a comparable basis, so there is nothing to rank here — 0 of 3 companies have a usable current reading. The section is shown rather than removed so an unavailable metric is not mistaken for one that was quietly left out. Filings were read through Jun 2026.

Debt Load & Balance-Sheet Headroom

Bharat Wire Ropes Ltd has the lowest Gross debt among the 3 Steel - Wires companies compared here, at ₹75 crore. Usha Martin Ltd is next at ₹229 crore. Usha Martin Ltd has the lowest Net debt at ₹249 crore net cash, so level and change sit with different companies.

What the numbers say: Usha Martin Ltd has the clearest covered balance-sheet capacity with ₹249 crore net cash and gross debt of ₹229 crore. Absolute debt alone does not identify the strongest balance sheet because company scale differs; net debt and debt-to-equity carry more information.

Investor read: Prioritize net-cash capacity and leverage relative to operating scale, not the smallest absolute rupee debt.

This conclusion weakens if: Net debt rises faster than revenue and profit for two consecutive reported periods.

Return On Capital Employed

Usha Martin Ltd has the highest ROCE among the 3 Steel - Wires companies compared here, at 20.2%. Bharat Wire Ropes Ltd is next at 18.7%. The same company also holds the highest ROCE change, at +0.1 percentage points. 3 of 3 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.

What the numbers say: Usha Martin Ltd leads ROCE at 20.2%, 1.5 percentage points above Bharat Wire Ropes Ltd. Usha Martin Ltd has the strongest latest improvement at +0.1 percentage points. Read the leader beside the density of its reported history: a sparse high return is a candidate; a repeated high return is evidence of durability.

Investor read: Usha Martin Ltd sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current roce change signal.

Valuation Against Growth & Quality

Usha Martin Ltd has the lowest Guarded PEG among the 3 Steel - Wires companies compared here, at 3.3×. Bansal Wire Industries Ltd is next at 3.9×. Bharat Wire Ropes Ltd has the lowest P/E at 13.8×, so level and change sit with different companies. 2 of 3 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.

What the numbers say: Usha Martin Ltd has the lowest comparable Guarded PEG at 3.3×, 15.4% below Bansal Wire Industries Ltd. Only 2 of 3 companies pass the guard, so no broad “cheapest stock” conclusion is defensible unless the current multiple, own-history position and growth durability agree.

Investor read: Treat valuation as permission to investigate, never as a standalone reason to buy.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/e signal.

Enterprise Value & Book Value

Bharat Wire Ropes Ltd has the lowest EV/EBITDA among the 3 Steel - Wires companies compared here, at 9.5×. Bansal Wire Industries Ltd is next at 16.9×. Bansal Wire Industries Ltd has the lowest P/BV at 3.54×, so level and change sit with different companies. 3 of 3 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.

What the numbers say: Bharat Wire Ropes Ltd leads ev/ebitda at 9.5×; Bansal Wire Industries Ltd leads p/bv at 3.54×.

Investor read: Treat valuation as permission to investigate, never as a standalone reason to buy.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/bv signal.

Market action

Usha Martin Ltd has the strongest one-year price move in Steel - Wires at +29.8%. It also leads on Mansfield relative strength against NIFTY at +12.2%. 2 of 3 covered companies are above zero on that measure. Every line covers 313 weekly closes through 2026-07-17.

What can make this comparison misleading?

This Steel - Wires comparison names 6 specific ways its own evidence can mislead, all listed below. All 3 companies here report on comparable dates, so no rank carries a stale marker. 1 draws at least one figure from a second feed with too little overlap to cross-check. A high growth rate can still be a low-base artefact.

Which companies are included?

All 3 companies in the canonical Steel - Wires membership are listed below, largest market value first — nothing is silently dropped, even where a company reports too little to rank. The charts above default to a selective view; this register is the complete set, with each company's own latest reporting date beside it.

AHEAD means the company is beating the index by 5% or more over three months. LAGGING, FUNDAMENTALS UP means it is 20% or more behind over a year while its trailing twelve-month earnings grew 20% or more. Both rules are fixed and applied the same way in every sector.

How was this comparison built?

This comparison is built from the reported filings of 3 Steel - Wires companies, normalized to a common ₹ scale and a shared quarter axis of up to 20 quarters each. Fundamentals run through Jun 2026 and market data through 2026-07-24. A second data feed fills gaps only after identity and scale reconciliation, and missing observations are never interpolated.

A second feed is read only after its reported income is matched against the primary source on at least three overlapping periods. Where the two agree the figures fill silently. Where there is too little shared history to compare, the figures are still drawn — they are the only evidence there is — and marked ⚠ unverified everywhere they appear. Where the two are known to disagree, nothing from the second feed is drawn and the affected company is named under the chart it is missing from. Every company's standing is listed in the register above.

Steel - Wires company comparison FAQs

These 17 answers restate the Steel - Wires comparison above in question form. Every one is computed from the same 3 companies and the same reported filings as the rankings and charts, current through Jun 2026. Price and relative-strength answers run through 2026-07-24. Nothing here is estimated, and none of it is a recommendation.