HD 32518 has a stellar classification of K1 III, indicating that it is an orange giant star. Located in the cool end in the red clump, the object is currently on the horizontal branch. At present it has 1.2 the mass of the Sun but has expanded to a radius of . It shines at 46.4 times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,731 K, giving it an yellowish orange glow. HD 32518 is older than the Sun with an age of 6.4 billion years and spins slowly with a projected rotational velocity of 1.2 km/s−1. However, this amount is poorly constrained. As for its metallicity, studies place it around solar level.
