Maruti Suzuki navigates near-term headwinds with medium-term growth plans. The automaker's March quarter profit declined 7% year-on-year due to mark-to-market investment losses, adverse input costs, and production capacity constraints. However, FY26 delivered record domestic and export volumes, net sales, and profit. The company faces a substantial backlog of 190,000 customer orders, with 130,000 in the small car segment. To address this, Maruti is expanding capacity significantly, adding 250,000 annual production units each through its Kharkoda plant in Haryana and Hansalpur facility in Gujarat. The company targets increasing overall capacity to four million units from 2.4 million currently. Management expects operating margins to expand to 10% by FY30, supported by seven upcoming SUV launches and capacity expansion.
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