Shriram Pistons & Rings Limited
NSE: SHRIPISTONAuto Components & Equipments
Share price
₹4,270.40
-3.20% close of 8 Oct 2026
Business score
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67
out of 100 · worked out 8 Oct 2026
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Market cap
₹18,790 Cr
P/E ratio
32.2
P/B ratio
6.5
ROCE
20.8%
ROE
21.3%
Dividend yield
0.2%
Price & valuation chart
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Answers
Simple answers to the questions investors ask most, from the company's own numbers.
How fast it has been growing
Sales grew 35.2% over the past year, and 10.5% a year over its longer record. Meanwhile what it keeps of every 100 rupees of sales improved from 15.0% to 19.1% over the last four years.
Whether it grew faster than its sector
It grew 10.5% a year against a sector median of 10.5% — 0 percentage points faster.
Room to re-rate, or risk of de-rating
At 32.2× earnings against a market that pays 23.9× across 2199 companies we can price. Its own industry sits at 51.0×, across 5 companies. It is against its own five-year median of 18.1×, the 95th percentile of its own range.
Whether growth justifies the valuation
Priced at 1.3 times its growth rate, on earnings growth of 25%.
| Profit growth | Price per ₹1 profit | Per 1% growth | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shriram Pistons & Rings Limited — this one | 25%/yr | 32.2× | ₹1.3 |
| Samvardhana Motherson International Limited | 40%/yr | 35.3× | ₹0.88 |
| Bosch Limited | 14%/yr | 54.8× | ₹3.9 |
| Bharat Forge Limited | 33%/yr | 85.2× | ₹2.6 |
| UNO Minda Limited | 23%/yr | 51.0× | ₹2.2 |
| Schaeffler India Limited | 10%/yr | 46.2× | ₹4.6 |
Compared with companies filed under the same label. That grouping comes from the exchange's filing category, so some of them may not be real rivals.
How it compares with its peers
Against companies the exchange files under the same label (Auto Components & Equipments), it ranks 33 of 101 on returns, 50 of 99 on growth, 14 of 101 on margin. That grouping comes from the exchange's filing category, so some of them may not be real rivals.
What makes it hard to beat — and is that still true?
A narrow advantage: it earns 20.8% on capital, ahead of 67% of companies filed under the same label. That grouping comes from the exchange's filing category, so some of them may not be real rivals.
Whether its growth pays for itself
Yes — Over the last five years it made ₹2160 crore of cash from the business and spent ₹686 crore on plant and equipment, with ₹1474 crore to spare; it still raised ₹1111 crore mostly borrowed — borrowings rose from ₹157 crore to ₹1968 crore. And the profit is real: of every 100 rupees it reported over 12 years, about 132 arrived as cash (before interest, which is why it can exceed the profit). Its cash comes back faster than it used to: it went from being waiting 44 days for its cash to waiting 1 days for its cash.
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Latest result · Q1 FY27
What the last results showed. Whether management kept its word is in Pro.
Revenue up 51% as the acquired interiors business joins in, profit up 9%
Announced 4 Aug 2026 · Consolidated · Unaudited
Revenue
₹1,474 Cr
Revenue vs last year
+53.1%
Revenue vs last quarter
+1.3%
Net profit
₹148 Cr
Profit vs last year
+9.4%
Profit vs last quarter
-7.1%
Net margin
10.0%
EPS
₹32.78
Earnings call transcript · 5 Aug 2026
Checklist before you investPRO
Points for and against, in one list.
Key numbers & peers
The main numbers grouped by topic, and how the company compares with similar ones.
Price
- Market cap
- ₹18,790 Cr
- Prev close
- ₹4,270.40
- 52w High
- ₹4,843
- 52w Low
- ₹2,526
- Enterprise value
- ₹19,598 Cr
- Beta
- 1.2
- Price CAGR 1y
- 61.0%
- Price CAGR 3y
- 65.0%
- Price CAGR 5y
- 56.0%
- Price CAGR 10y
- —
Ratios
- Return on assets
- 9.1%
- PEG ratio
- 1.4
- P/E ratio
- 32.2
- P/B ratio
- 6.5
- EV / EBITDA
- 20.9
- Industry P/E
- 30.6
- ROCE
- 20.8%
- ROCE 5y average
- 23.4%
- ROE
- 21.3%
- Debt / Equity
- 0.7
- Interest coverage
- 13.1
- Dividend yield
- 0.2%
- ROE 3y average
- 23.0%
- ROE last year
- 21.0%
Annual P&L
- Annual revenue
- ₹4,459 Cr
- Annual profit
- ₹561 Cr
- Operating margin
- 20.0%
- Net profit margin
- 12.6%
- EBITDA margin
- 19.6%
- Sales growth 3y
- 19.6%
- Sales growth 5y
- 22.8%
- Profit growth 3y
- 25.0%
- Profit growth 5y
- 45.0%
- EPS
- ₹125
- Sales growth TTM
- 35.0%
- Profit growth TTM
- 11.0%
- Dividend payout
- 8.0%
Quarter P&L
- Sales latest quarter
- ₹1,474 Cr
- Profit latest quarter
- ₹148 Cr
- YoY quarterly sales growth
- 53.1%
- YoY quarterly profit growth
- 9.6%
- OPM latest quarter
- 17.5%
Balance Sheet
- Book Value
- ₹659
- Face Value
- ₹10.0
- Total debt
- ₹1,968 Cr
- Total cash
- ₹1,036 Cr
- Borrowings
- ₹1,968 Cr
- Reserves / Equity
- 64.9
Cash Flow
- Operating cash flow
- ₹625 Cr
- Free cash flow
- ₹437 Cr
- FCF yield
- 2.0%
- Net cash flow
- ₹63 Cr
Shareholding
- Promoter holding
- 41.5%
- FII holding
- 8.4%
- DII holding
- 16.0%
- Public holding
- 34.0%
Peer comparison
| Company | Price ₹ | P/E | Mkt cap ₹ Cr | Div yield % | Profit qtr ₹ Cr | Profit var % | Sales qtr ₹ Cr | Sales var % | ROCE % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samvardh. Mothe. | 155.15 | 35.8 | 1,63,752 | 0.38 | 1,075.7 | 81.5 | 35,243.8 | 16.6 | 13.4 |
| Bosch | 43,270.20 | 54.0 | 1,27,630 | 0.61 | 706.1 | 5.2 | 5,841.9 | 22.0 | 21.5 |
| Bharat Forge | 1,793.60 | 86.7 | 87,648 | 0.46 | -89.9 | -57.7 | 4,639.9 | 18.7 | 12.6 |
| Uno Minda | 1,096.00 | 51.8 | 63,290 | 0.24 | 315.5 | 1.8 | 5,556.9 | 23.8 | 19.6 |
| Schaeffler India | 3,733.00 | 45.2 | 58,348 | 0.93 | 336.7 | 13.7 | 2,681.4 | 17.5 | 27.9 |
| Sona BLW Precis. | 792.95 | 63.7 | 49,494 | 0.42 | 220.1 | 73.4 | 1,157.2 | 50.8 | 15.1 |
| Tube Investments | 2,271.00 | 70.1 | 43,960 | 0.15 | 294.0 | -15.3 | 6,215.3 | 17.1 | 17.1 |
| SPR Auto Technologies | 4,300.45 | 34.2 | 19,948 | 0.23 | 147.7 | 8.0 | 1,474.4 | 53.1 | 20.8 |
| Median | 447.10 | 29.2 | 1,571 | 0.32 | 12.3 | 22.3 | 265.5 | 21.0 | 16.4 |
Competes with: Bharat Forge Limited, Bosch Limited, Samvardhana Motherson International Limited, Schaeffler India Limited, Sona BLW Precision Forgings Limited, Tube Investments of India Limited, UNO Minda Limited
Quarterly results
Sales and profit for each of the last 13 quarters. Newest on the right. ₹ crore.
| Line item | Jun 2023 | Sep 2023 | Dec 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 | Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 716 | 752 | 766 | 856 | 837 | 877 | 848 | 988 | 963 | 1,017 | 1,023 | 1,456 | 1,474 |
| Expenses | 570 | 594 | 604 | 679 | 672 | 699 | 677 | 778 | 768 | 809 | 817 | 1,188 | 1,216 |
| Material Cost | 397 | 410 | 421 | 447 | 714 | 763 | |||||||
| Change in Inventories | 7.82 | -25 | 4.90 | -12 | 11 | -34 | |||||||
| Purchases of Stock-in-Trade | 26 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 24 | |||||||
| Employee Cost | 132 | 142 | 140 | 135 | 158 | 169 | |||||||
| Other Expenses | 215 | 220 | 222 | 227 | 280 | 296 | |||||||
| Operating Profit | 146 | 158 | 161 | 177 | 165 | 178 | 170 | 210 | 195 | 207 | 206 | 268 | 258 |
| OPM % | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 |
| Other Income | 19 | 23 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 8 | 23 | 25 |
| Exceptional items (within Other Income) | 0 | 0 | 0 | -25 | -1.90 | 0 | |||||||
| Interest | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 34 |
| Depreciation | 23 | 22 | 29 | 34 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 28 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 52 | 53 |
| Profit before tax | 136 | 151 | 143 | 158 | 154 | 168 | 159 | 201 | 183 | 192 | 169 | 206 | 195 |
| Tax % | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 24 |
| Net Profit | 101 | 113 | 108 | 116 | 117 | 126 | 121 | 152 | 135 | 142 | 126 | 159 | 148 |
| EPS in Rs | 23 | 26 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 33 | 30 | 32 | 28 | 35 | 33 |
| Diluted EPS in Rs | 33 | 30 | 32 | 28 | 35 | 33 |
Profit & loss
Yearly sales, costs and profit for 12 years, plus the last 12 months (TTM). ₹ crore.
| Line item | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 | TTM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 1,244 | 1,393 | 1,463 | 1,729 | 1,955 | 1,607 | 1,597 | 2,065 | 2,609 | 3,089 | 3,550 | 4,459 | 4,970 |
| Expenses | 1,054 | 1,161 | 1,207 | 1,436 | 1,660 | 1,425 | 1,381 | 1,760 | 2,149 | 2,447 | 2,826 | 3,583 | 4,031 |
| Material Cost | 1,436 | 1,992 | |||||||||||
| Change in Inventories | -34 | -21 | |||||||||||
| Purchases of Stock-in-Trade | 86 | 86 | |||||||||||
| Employee Cost | 514 | 576 | |||||||||||
| Other Expenses | 824 | 949 | |||||||||||
| Operating Profit | 190 | 232 | 255 | 293 | 295 | 182 | 216 | 304 | 460 | 642 | 724 | 876 | 939 |
| OPM % | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 |
| Other Income | 17 | 18 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 29 | 47 | 85 | 111 | 85 | 82 |
| Exceptional items (within Other Income) | 0 | -27 | |||||||||||
| Interest | 32 | 26 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 34 | 62 | 87 |
| Depreciation | 96 | 93 | 90 | 90 | 94 | 103 | 103 | 102 | 95 | 108 | 120 | 149 | 170 |
| Profit before tax | 79 | 131 | 171 | 211 | 209 | 86 | 120 | 220 | 393 | 589 | 682 | 751 | 763 |
| Tax % | 28 | 30 | 31 | 34 | 34 | 15 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 25 | |
| Net Profit | 57 | 92 | 118 | 139 | 138 | 73 | 89 | 164 | 294 | 439 | 516 | 561 | 575 |
| EPS in Rs | 13 | 21 | 26 | 31 | 31 | 16 | 20 | 37 | 67 | 100 | 115 | 125 | 128 |
| Diluted EPS in Rs | 115 | 125 | |||||||||||
| Dividend Payout % | 14 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
Compounded growth
Average yearly growth over different spans, as stored. A span can cross a demerger or an acquisition.
Compounded sales growth
- 10 years
- 12%
- 5 years
- 23%
- 3 years
- 20%
- TTM
- 35%
Compounded profit growth
- 10 years
- 20%
- 5 years
- 45%
- 3 years
- 25%
- TTM
- 11%
Stock price CAGR
- 10 years
- —
- 5 years
- 56%
- 3 years
- 65%
- 1 year
- 61%
Return on equity
- 10 years
- 18%
- 5 years
- 21%
- 3 years
- 23%
- Last year
- 21%
Balance sheet
What the company owns and what it owes, at the end of each year. ₹ crore.
| Line item | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity Capital | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 44 | 44 | 44 |
| Reserves | 585 | 673 | 772 | 891 | 1,004 | 1,048 | 1,126 | 1,233 | 1,505 | 1,882 | 2,350 | 2,857 |
| Borrowings | 310 | 289 | 226 | 179 | 97 | 135 | 146 | 157 | 333 | 487 | 508 | 1,968 |
| Other Liabilities | 272 | 308 | 334 | 398 | 445 | 352 | 409 | 438 | 512 | 723 | 821 | 1,273 |
| Minority Interest | 104 | 117 | ||||||||||
| Total Liabilities | 1,189 | 1,292 | 1,354 | 1,491 | 1,568 | 1,558 | 1,704 | 1,850 | 2,373 | 3,136 | 3,723 | 6,142 |
| Fixed Assets | 667 | 597 | 577 | 555 | 613 | 741 | 703 | 689 | 733 | 934 | 1,203 | 2,976 |
| CWIP | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 58 | 96 |
| Investments | 0 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 61 | 34 | 32 | 72 | 115 | 36 | 135 |
| Other Assets | 518 | 672 | 760 | 904 | 934 | 737 | 959 | 1,124 | 1,563 | 2,056 | 2,425 | 2,935 |
| Total Assets | 1,189 | 1,292 | 1,354 | 1,491 | 1,568 | 1,558 | 1,704 | 1,850 | 2,373 | 3,136 | 3,723 | 6,142 |
Cash flows
Real money coming in and going out each year — from the business, from investments and from loans. ₹ crore.
| Line item | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from Operating Activity | 129 | 255 | 183 | 175 | 157 | 297 | 190 | 219 | 395 | 487 | 434 | 625 |
| Cash from Investing Activity | -45 | -67 | -55 | -65 | -157 | -214 | -10 | -56 | -209 | -422 | -385 | -1,815 |
| Cash from Financing Activity | -111 | -113 | -89 | -88 | -61 | -111 | -28 | -91 | 53 | -42 | -61 | 1,252 |
| Net Cash Flow | -27 | 75 | 39 | 21 | -62 | -28 | 152 | 72 | 240 | 23 | -11 | 63 |
| Free Cash Flow | 85 | 205 | 111 | 104 | -18 | 126 | 145 | 158 | 273 | 340 | 266 | 437 |
Ratios
How fast customers pay, how long stock sits, and how well capital earns — year by year.
| Line item | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debtor Days | 63 | 58 | 59 | 68 | 66 | 54 | 74 | 63 | 55 | 56 | 60 | 68 |
| Inventory Days | 196 | 175 | 213 | 190 | 184 | 182 | 175 | 155 | 113 | 114 | 116 | 111 |
| Days Payable | 129 | 157 | 185 | 178 | 144 | 144 | 184 | 142 | 115 | 104 | 101 | 121 |
| Cash Conversion Cycle | 130 | 75 | 87 | 80 | 107 | 92 | 65 | 75 | 53 | 66 | 75 | 58 |
| Working Capital Days | 44 | 36 | 38 | 41 | 64 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 27 | 21 | 29 | 1 |
| ROCE % | 12 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 21 |
Price trend
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Industry numbers
The numbers that matter most in this industry, from the company's own filings.
1 when an audit qualification is filed as repetitive
0.00flag
2026-03-31
the company's own unlisted debt securities in default at period end
0.00cr
2026-06-30
exports as % of revenue
15.45
the company's own loans / revolving facilities in default at period end (standalone filing)
0.00cr
2026-06-30
net debt from the filed balance sheet at the newest year end: Borrowings − Cash Equivalents − Investments (Current); negative = net cash
808inr_cr
2026-03-31
guarantees / comfort given for promoter, promoter group, directors and KMP
0.00cr
2026-03-31
loans outstanding to promoter, promoter group, directors and KMP (governance filing)
0.00cr
2026-03-31
security given for the borrowing of promoter, promoter group, directors and KMP
0.00cr
2026-03-31
FY revenue / permanent employees + workers, same basis (calc)
92,15,051inr
2026-03-31
News
News and filings about Shriram Pistons & Rings Limited. Open one to see why it matters.
4 Sept, 18:05 IST · Company event · medium impact
SPR Auto Technologies Limited — Resignation of Ms Nidhi Kandwal as Compliance Officer of the company w.e.f. September 04, 2026.
21 Aug, 18:05 IST · Company event · medium impact
SPR Auto Technologies Limited — allotment of 2336448 securities pursuant to Qualified Institution Placement at its Finance and Investment Committee meeting held on August 20, 2026
Supply chain
Who it buys from, sells to and competes with — as recorded in our map of company links.
Competes with
Uses as raw material
- alloy steel
- aluminium alloy ingots
- chromium / chrome-plating inputs
- engineering plastics (Takahata/TGPEL injection moulding)
- grey/alloyed/SG cast iron
- imported hollow tubes for gasoline piston pins
- molybdenum coating material
- packing material
Depends on the price of
- aluminium
- steel
Exports to
- Germany
- Italy
- Japan
- United Kingdom
- United States
Sells to
- Ashok Leyland · pistons, piston pins, piston rings, engine valves (OEM supply)
- Bajaj Auto · pistons, piston pins, piston rings, engine valves (OEM supply)
- Escorts Kubota Limited · pistons, piston pins, piston rings, engine valves (OEM supply)
- Greaves Cotton Limited · pistons, piston pins, piston rings, engine valves (OEM supply)
- Hero MotoCorp · pistons, piston pins, piston rings, engine valves (OEM supply)
- Hyundai Motor India Limited · pistons, piston pins, piston rings, engine valves (OEM supply)
- Mahindra & Mahindra · pistons, piston pins, piston rings, engine valves (OEM supply)
- Maruti Suzuki India · pistons, piston pins, piston rings, engine valves (OEM supply)
- Swaraj Engines Limited · pistons, piston pins, piston rings, engine valves (OEM supply)
- TVS Motor Company · pistons, piston pins, piston rings, engine valves (OEM supply)
- Tata Motors Limited · pistons, piston pins, piston rings, engine valves (OEM supply)
- Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited · pistons, piston pins, piston rings, engine valves (OEM supply)
Supplies parts to
- Ashok Leyland
- Bajaj Auto
- Denso
- Hero MotoCorp
- Hitachi Astemo
- Mahindra & Mahindra
- Maruti Suzuki India
- Mitsubishi Electric
- TVS Motor Company
- Tata Motors Limited
- Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited
About
What the company is, from our own records: where it sits, where it makes things, and what it is made of.
- Sector
- Automobile and Auto Components
- Industry
- Auto Components & Equipments
- Classification
- Automobile and Auto Components › Auto Components & Equipments
- ISIN
- INE526E01018
Plants
- SPR EMF Innovations Pvt. Ltd. · Neelambur, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
- SPR Engenious Limited, Smart Industrial Park, Pithampur · Pithampur, Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh
- SPR Takahata Precision India Pvt. Ltd. · Neemrana, Rajasthan
- Shriram Pistons & Rings Ltd., Industrial Area, Bulandshahr Road · Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
- Shriram Pistons & Rings Ltd., Industrial Area, Meerut Road · Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
- Shriram Pistons & Rings Ltd., RIICO Industrial Area, Pathredi · Pathredi / Alwar district, Rajasthan
- TGPEL Precision Engineering, Sector 68
News impact
Big market events that reach Shriram Pistons & Rings Limited, and how the effect spreads.
1 Oct, 15:00 IST · Market event · high impact
Two tractor stocks: Escorts Kubota shares fall 6%; VST Tillers shares rally 5% after September sales
Escorts Kubota's September tractor sales fell 16.7% and its shares dropped 6%, while VST Tillers' sales jumped 33% and its shares rose 5%, splitting tractor demand toward small machines, hurting Escorts and its parts suppliers.
Who it hits first
- Escorts Kubota, a tractor maker, sold 16.7% fewer tractors this September than a year ago and its shares fell 6%.
- V.S.T Tillers Tractors, a maker of small tractors and tillers, grew total sales 33% and its shares rose 5%.
- Escorts blamed a high year-ago base, a shifted festival calendar, patchy monsoon and lower Kharif crop sowing for the miss.
- Fellow tractor maker Mahindra & Mahindra has no fundamentals row in the pack so it gets no signal here despite the clear sector read-through.
Who may gain
- V.S.T Tillers Tractors (small tractors and tillers): September sales up 33%, shares up 5%.
- Village dealers stocking VST machines: roughly a third more units moving this September.
- Farmers buying small machines ahead of festivals: stronger supply and choice from VST's volume jump.
Along the supply chain
Downstream
No listed downstream buyers in the pack — both firms sell through dealers to farmers — so Escorts dealers absorb a weak September while VST dealers move a third more machines, with festive buying deciding October.
Upstream
Makers feeding Escorts Kubota — including Tube Investments of India, Sona BLW Precision Forgings, Craftsman Automation, Shriram Pistons & Rings and Minda Corporation, all listed as its suppliers — face softer near-term orders after the 16.7% volume drop; VST Tillers' four listed suppliers see firmer orders on its 33% jump.
Where demand moves
Business
Farm demand for tractors split: buyers skipped Escorts Kubota's lineup in September (volumes down 16.7% on weak monsoon and sowing) but bought far more VST small tractors and tillers (up 33%), so real product demand moved toward smaller machines.
Capital
Investor money rotated the same way — selling Escorts shares down 6% and buying VST up 5% — while Escorts' parts suppliers face thinner near-term orders and VST's small supplier chain sees firmer ones.
How it spreads across sectors
Automobile and Auto Components
Mixed: Escorts-linked parts makers face softer near-term orders while VST's chain firms; car, bike and bus makers are unaffected.
Capital Goods
Split verdict: Escorts Kubota weak on the 16.7% miss, VST Tillers strong on +33%; both sit in this sector per the data.
FMCG
Watch rural demand: the patchy monsoon and weak Kharif sowing behind Escorts' miss can also dent village spending on daily goods.
A pattern seen before
Cascade chain
- Patchy monsoon + lower Kharif sowing → softer September tractor demand (Escorts -16.7%)
- Festival-calendar shift + high year-ago base → magnify the miss; shares -6%
- Small-machine demand holds → VST Tillers +33% volumes, +5% shares
- Festive buying + rural liquidity → October volumes decide the wider auto read-through
Pattern name
Monsoon Cascade
Patterns
- Monsoon Cascade
Sectors queried
- FMCG
When it plays out
Immediate
Escorts shares stay soft and VST firm for a few days as the 16.7% miss and 33% beat sink in; Escorts parts suppliers trim dispatches.
Medium term
Rabi sowing, rural cash and liquidity decide tractor demand into early 2027; brokerages' auto-volume view hinges on this recovery.
Short term
Festive buying and October sales show whether Escorts rebounds or monsoon-driven weakness lingers; VST confirms whether +33% was real demand or dealer stocking.
1 Oct, 10:50 IST · Market event · high impact
M&M Share Price Falls 4%, Hits 52-Week Low As Tractor Sales Miss Estimates
M&M's September tractors missed estimates, knocking the stock 4% down to a 52-week low despite 15% overall auto growth, pressuring its financier and farm suppliers while car and two-wheeler peers barely budge.
Who it hits first
- M&M sold 1,14,874 vehicles in September, up 15% on the year, but tractor sales missed estimates.
- The stock fell 4% to a 52-week low as the farm-side miss overshadowed the strong auto print.
- Tractor-finance growth at Mahindra Finance cools alongside the slower tractor billings.
Who may gain
- Rival tractor makers, but only if M&M's miss is share loss rather than weak demand; the pack does not say which
- Bargain hunters in M&M, getting the SUV franchise cheaper on a farm-side wobble
- No direct winner: a demand miss helps nobody outright
Along the supply chain
Downstream
Tractor dealers carry the miss directly: fewer machines billed means thinner commissions until festive buying picks up.
Upstream
Parts suppliers face slightly thinner tractor-linked orders, with piston, forging and hydraulics shops feeling it first, though strong SUV volumes offset most of it.
Where demand moves
Business
Farm buyers held back on tractors: weak rural demand shows up first in big-ticket farm machines.
Capital
Auto investors rotate away from farm exposure; M&M slides 4% to its yearly low while money waits for festive-season volumes.
How it spreads across sectors
Automobile and Auto Components
Negative tilt for farm-exposed names; car and two-wheeler demand reads as soft only at the rural margin.
Financial Services
Mildly negative for rural lenders as tractor-loan growth cools for a month.
When it plays out
Immediate
M&M stays heavy for 1-7 days as the miss sinks in; suppliers drift with it.
Medium term
Over 1-6 months a rural recovery heals volumes; a second straight miss would force estimate cuts.
Short term
Over 1-4 weeks festive-season tractor bookings decide whether this was a blip or a trend.
Dividends, splits & big trades
Money paid out, share splits and buybacks, and big buys or sells by funds and insiders.
Dividends
| 20 Jul 2026 | unspecified | ₹5 |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Feb 2026 | interim | ₹5 |
| 25 Jul 2025 | unspecified | ₹5 |
| 7 Feb 2025 | interim | ₹5 |
| 16 Jul 2024 | unspecified | ₹5 |
| 9 Feb 2024 | interim | ₹5 |
| 24 Jul 2023 | bonus | ₹0 |
| 23 Jun 2023 | unspecified | ₹5 |
Splits, bonuses & buybacks
- daily-prices repair: 9 rows from NSE's archive (replace 2, delete 1, insert 6), 2016-10-30..2026-02-01 (docs/flat_day_repair.md)1× · 30 Oct 2016
Documents
Annual reports, results presentations and earnings calls, straight from the source.
- Earnings call · Q1FY275 Aug 2026
- Annual report · 2025-263 Jul 2026
- Earnings call · Q4FY2612 May 2026
- Earnings call · Q3FY263 Feb 2026
Facts from company filings and exchange data. Not investment advice: nothing here tells you to buy or sell.