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Maruti Suzuki IndiaMARUTI.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Auto & Ancillaries›Motor Vehicles

India's largest car maker, selling Suzuki-designed small cars, SUVs and hybrids through the biggest dealer network.

≈ India's Toyota for mass-market carsMomentum neutral 53
Mkt cap
$42.3B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
42%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$64.5M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
30.1×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-2.2 pp
WACC 12.1%
Hurdle
+7 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
81 days
26 Jan 2027
Close · INR₹12,750
1D+0.8%
1W+11.9%
1M+11.3%
3M-9.4%
6M-7.4%
YTD-23.6%
1Y-21.3%
ATR %2.3%
Beta1.12
52w lowhigh26.6% off high

What Maruti Suzuki India does

India's largest car maker, selling Suzuki-designed small cars, SUVs and hybrids through the biggest dealer network.

Sells through its dealer network to Indian buyers and pays its Japanese parent a royalty for Suzuki designs and technology. Suzuki owns the majority and also owns the Gujarat plant that supplies Maruti with cars. Maruti exports to Japan, Europe and Africa and builds some models for Toyota under a partnership.

In one line: India's Toyota for mass-market cars.

Products and services

  • Small/compact cars (Swift, Baleno)
  • SUVs (Brezza, Grand Vitara)
  • CNG & hybrid vehicles
  • Commercial/light vehicles (Super Carry)

Customers

  • Middle-class Indian car buyers
  • First-time car owners
  • Rural/semi-urban customers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Automobiles
  • Passenger vehicle manufacturing
  • Small cars, SUVs, hybrids, CNG vehicles

What could go right

  • Rising Indian car penetration from a low base
  • Export growth to Africa/Latin America/Japan

What could go wrong

  • Slow-to-launch EV lineup versus rivals
  • Rural demand cyclicality

Moat: narrow (scale, distribution, brand). Largest dealer/service network and decades of low-cost small-car manufacturing scale in India.

Headquarters: New Delhi, India · Founded: 1981 · Employees: 70,528

Named competitors

Maruti Suzuki India at a glance

Size Maruti Suzuki India (MARUTI.NS) is an India Consumer Discretionary company (Motor Vehicles) with a market value of $42.3B, the 19th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹12,750 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 7.4%, against +1.2% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 29.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.9%); the operating margin is 6.5% (peer median 6.4%).

Valuation It trades at 30.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 9.7× (5th most expensive of 20).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 28% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +21%, so the hurdle is +7 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.2 points below its cost of capital (12.1% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 26 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

809010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 102MARUTI.NS 93
Six months, rebased to 100: Maruti Suzuki India against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Maruti Suzuki India financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹2.08T₹1.83T₹1.53T₹1.42T₹1.18T
Revenue growth—+20%+8%+20%—
Gross profit₹359B₹324B₹306B₹288B₹210B
EBITDA₹208B₹213B₹200B₹188B₹132B
Net income₹135B₹147B₹145B₹135B₹82.6B
Free cash flown/a₹91.5B₹62.4B₹81.2B₹31.1B
Capital expendituren/a₹104B₹106B₹92.0B₹80.6B
Total debt₹830M₹1.72B₹1.17B₹2.39B₹12.8B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Maruti Suzuki India competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%-10%0%+10%M&MBMWMBG7267VOW005380P911FDTGBAJAJ-AUTO0002707269GMTVSMOTOREICHERMOT0175RIVNRACE8TRAHYUNDAIMARUTI.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Maruti Suzuki India is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%20×40×M&MBMWMBG7267VOW005380P911FDTGBAJAJ-AUTO0002707269TVSMOTOREICHERMOT0175RACEHYUNDAIMARUTI.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Maruti Suzuki India is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%0%20%M&MMBG7267P911FDTGBAJAJ-AUTO0002707269EICHERMOT0175RACEMARUTI.NSGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Maruti Suzuki India is the large dot.

Maruti Suzuki India competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (MARUTI.NS vs HYUNDAI.NS vs TMPV.NS vs M&M.NS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Maruti Suzuki India MARUTI.NS$42.3B-7%+30%7%30.1×27.7%
Hyundai Motor India HYUNDAI.NS$18.3B+16%+8%7%33.0×26.6%
Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles TMPV.NS$11.4B-19%-22%0%10.7×n/a
Mahindra & Mahindra M&M.NS$43.1B-2%+26%15%24.0×13.6%

How Maruti Suzuki India compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Maruti Suzuki India against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureMARUTI.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+11.3%+7.5%5th highest of 21
6-month return-7.4%+1.2%7th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-26.6%-16.4%9th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+29.6%+4.9%3rd highest of 21
Operating margin6.5%6.4%10th highest of 21
Forward P/E30.1×9.7×5th most expensive of 20
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)27.7%17.8%2nd most demanding of 15
Growth delivered (Del g)+21.1%+12.9%4th highest of 15
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+6.7 pp+7.4 pp7th least demanding of 15
ROIC minus cost of capital-2.2 pp-0.9 pp8th lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA18.9×10.6×7th most expensive of 17
Net debt / EBITDA-0.3×3.6×4th least indebted of 17

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Maruti Suzuki India MARUTI.NSIndia$42.3B-7%+30%7%30.1×27.7%+21.1%
Mahindra & Mahindra M&M.NSIndia$43.1B-2%+26%15%24.0×13.6%+21.5%
Bayerische Motoren Werke BMW.DEGermany$40.3B-22%-6%6%9.7×n/an/a
Mercedes-Benz MBG.DEGermany$44.9B-19%-7%5%7.9×4.5%+1.7%
Honda Motor 7267.TJapan$45.2B+45%+4%-1%11.7×18.2%+10.6%
Volkswagen VOW.DEGermany$39.1B-24%-3%7%5.5×n/an/a
HyundaiMtr 005380.KSSouth Korea$47.5B-47%+1%5%7.3×n/an/a
Porsche P911.DEGermany$47.8B0%-10%6%22.9×17.3%+4.8%
Ford Motor FUnited States$48.8B+2%-1%2%7.0×25.6%+8.1%
Daimler Truck DTG.DEGermany$34.7B-1%-14%5%10.6×9.8%+4.8%
Bajaj Auto BAJAJ-AUTO.NSIndia$31.7B+3%+48%19%24.0×27.3%+17.4%
Kia 000270.KSSouth Korea$28.3B-34%+8%7%5.4×-12.9%+14.0%
Suzuki Motor 7269.TJapan$27.3B+26%+14%9%9.1×-0.8%+14.6%
General Motors GMUnited States$72.7B+10%0%2%6.1×23.9%+8.6%
TVS Motor TVSMOTOR.NSIndia$22.6B+21%+34%12%42.5×n/an/a
Eicher Motors EICHERMOT.NSIndia$22.3B+5%+28%21%33.0×36.0%+21.8%
Geely Auto 0175.HKHong Kong$20.1B-34%+27%4%6.5×-9.3%+29.3%
Rivian Automotive RIVNUnited States$19.9B-4%+11%-53%n/an/an/a
Ferrari RACE.MIItaly$92.2B+30%+6%30%37.7×22.8%+15.6%
Traton 8TRA.DEGermany$18.9B+2%+1%6%6.1×n/an/a
Hyundai Motor India HYUNDAI.NSIndia$18.3B+16%+8%7%33.0×26.6%+11.8%

Questions

Who are Maruti Suzuki India's main competitors?
Named competitors: Hyundai Motor India (HYUNDAI.NS), Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles (TMPV.NS), Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M.NS), Toyota Kirloskar Motor (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M.NS), Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW.DE), Mercedes-Benz (MBG.DE), Honda Motor (7267.T), Volkswagen (VOW.DE), HyundaiMtr (005380.KS).
Is Maruti Suzuki India expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 30.1× against a peer median of 9.7×, 5th most expensive of 20 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 28% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +21%, so the hurdle is +7 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
How has Maruti Suzuki India stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -7.4% against +1.2% for the median peer; over one year -21.3%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.