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Sumeet Singh
EUR 85.33 For Business Accounts Only

Vulcan Steel Limited IPO

Vulcan Steel Limited (Vulcan), a pure-play value-added steel distributor and processor, aims to raise around US$273m (A$371m) in its Australia and NZ IPO.

Vulcan operates as a link between steel producers and bulk traders, and end-users. It has a network of 29 operating sites, 16 in Australia and 13 in New Zealand, through which it services over 7,000 customers, as of Jun 21.

Vulcan distributes steel products, including carbon steel, stainless steel and engineering steel to a diversified customer base including customers in engineering, manufacturing, fabricating, transport, mining and other segments. It also provides value-added processing services for steel coils, steel plates, stainless steel and engineering steel.

The company has put in a steady performance, especially in FY21 with margins hitting recent highs, and expects it to continue in FY22. However, its suppliers, the steel manufacturers, are trading at much cheaper valuation and analysts are building in a decline in their earnings for FY23 as they expect earnings to decline along with steel prices.
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Aequitas Research
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Since 2015, we have covered 400+ IPOs and 450+ placements with a hit rate of 73% and 65%, respectively. We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic analysis.
 
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Sumeet Singh

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