Investment Rating - The investment rating for the steel industry is "Positive" [2] Core Insights - The steel sector has shown resilience with a weekly increase of 1.01%, outperforming the broader market [10] - The supply situation indicates a high furnace capacity utilization rate of 86.4%, with a slight increase of 0.72 percentage points week-on-week [27] - Demand has decreased, with a total consumption of 689.1 million tons of steel, down 9.41% week-on-week [36] - Social inventory of steel has increased by 9.17% week-on-week, totaling 1,026.7 million tons, while factory inventory has also risen by 4.71% [45] - Steel prices have shown a slight decline, with the comprehensive index for ordinary steel at 3,409.5 CNY/ton, down 0.14% week-on-week [51] - Profit margins for rebar steel have improved, with a profit of 80 CNY/ton, an increase of 23.08% week-on-week [59] Supply Summary - As of February 13, the average daily pig iron production was 2.3049 million tons, reflecting a week-on-week increase of 1.91% [27] - The capacity utilization for electric furnaces has decreased significantly by 27.11 percentage points to 21.0% [27] - The total production of the five major steel products was 6.96 million tons, down 3.45% week-on-week [27] Demand Summary - The consumption of the five major steel products was 6.891 million tons, a decrease of 71.58 million tons week-on-week [36] - The transaction volume of construction steel by mainstream traders was 35,000 tons, down 48.24% week-on-week [36] - The transaction area of commercial housing in 30 major cities was 1.443 million square meters, down 21.2% week-on-week [36] Inventory Summary - Social inventory of the five major steel products reached 10.267 million tons, with a week-on-week increase of 86.26 million tons [45] - Factory inventory of the five major steel products was 4.161 million tons, up 4.71% week-on-week [45] Price & Profit Summary - The comprehensive index for ordinary steel is 3,409.5 CNY/ton, down 4.73 CNY/ton week-on-week [51] - The comprehensive index for special steel is 6,579.7 CNY/ton, down 2.29 CNY/ton week-on-week [51] - The average cost of pig iron is 2,343 CNY/ton, down 8.0 CNY/ton week-on-week [59] - The profit for electric furnace steel was -48 CNY/ton, while the profit for rebar steel was 80 CNY/ton [59] Investment Recommendations - Focus on regional leading companies with advanced equipment and environmental standards such as Hualing Steel, Shougang, and Shandong Steel [3] - Consider companies with excellent growth potential and restructuring plans like Baosteel and Nanjing Steel [3] - Pay attention to special steel companies benefiting from the new energy cycle [3]
淡季累库有限,板块配置安全边际高
Xinda Securities·2026-02-15 00:25