M&M vs MARUTI
Side-by-side comparison of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.. Descriptive only — not investment advice.
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
Auto
Quality Score: 63/100
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.
Auto
Quality Score: 63/100
At a glance
| Metric | M&M | MARUTI |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Score | 63/100 | 63/100 |
| P/E (trailing) | 21.3 | 30.7 |
| Forward P/E | 22.2 | 23.1 |
| ROE | — | — |
| Profit margin | +8.6% | +7.3% |
| Debt-to-equity | 125.28 | 0.10 |
| Dividend yield | +0.94% | +0.99% |
| 1Y price return | +10.2% | +11.9% |
| From 52w high | -7.8% | -18.6% |
| Analyst rating1 = Strong Buy, 5 = Strong Sell | 1.23 | 1.58 |
Highlighted value = better on the metric (lower for P/E, D/E, drawdown, analyst rating; higher elsewhere). Descriptive only.
Snapshots
M&M trades at Rs 3,502, up 10.17% over the past year and 13.72% over the past three months, sitting 7.84% below its 52-week high after Q1 FY27 net profit rose 34% YoY to Rs 5,455 crore on 23% revenue growth. The stock carries a PE of 21.3x -- the lowest among 6 quoted Auto peers -- against a mean analyst rating of 1.23 across 35 analysts (1-5 scale, lower = more constructive), while free cash flow was positive in only 1 of the tracked years alongside a rising consolidated debt trend.
Maruti Suzuki trades at a PE of 30.72 (forward PE 23.14) with a composite quality score of 33, ranking 4th of 6 tracked Auto peers, against a mean analyst rating of 1.58 across 38 analysts (1-5 scale, lower = more constructive). The stock closed at ₹13,990, up 11.86% over 1 year and 6.88% over 3 months, but remains 18.65% below its 52-week high and 2.55% below the 200-DMA while trading above the 50-DMA. News flow over the tracked window skews positive (4 positive/2 neutral/2 negative of 8 headlines) following reports of record July 2026 wholesale volumes.
Pros
- ✓Q1 FY27 net profit rose 34% YoY to Rs 5,455 crore on 23% revenue growth, with news coverage citing strength in the auto and farm segments (reported July 30, 2026).
- ✓5-year revenue growth of 27.5% and earnings growth of 33.4%; ROE exceeded 15% in 4 of the tracked years per persistence data.
- ✓Trades at a PE of 21.3x, the lowest among 6 quoted Auto peers (Bajaj Auto 27.7x, Maruti Suzuki 30.8x, Eicher Motors 38.2x, Bosch 45.7x).
- ✓Trading above both the 50-day (Rs 3,137.89) and 200-day (Rs 3,327.99) moving averages, with a mean analyst rating of 1.23 across 35 analysts (1-5 scale, lower = more constructive).
- ✓Debt-to-equity is very low (raw metric 0.096, i.e. roughly 0.00096x on the standard scale) with a "falling" debt trend per the persistence data.
- ✓Free cash flow was positive in 4 of the last 5 tracked years, alongside a consistency score of 84.
- ✓July 2026 wholesale volumes hit records across multiple sources: ET Auto reported sales up 42.4% to over 200,000 units, and BusinessLine reported overall sales up 34% to 241,421 units.
- ✓Mean analyst rating of 1.58 across 38 analysts (1-5 scale, lower = more constructive).
Cons
- ✗Free cash flow was positive in only 1 of the tracked years alongside a rising debt trend.
- ✗Consolidated debt-to-equity of 1.25x is on a rising trajectory; the financing-subsidiary consolidation is a structural factor for the group but the debt trend itself is still climbing.
- ✗RSI of 69.39 sits just below the conventional 70 overbought threshold after a 13.72% three-month rally, and no resistance levels were identified in the current technical dataset.
- ✗Quality score of 42 ranks 4th of 6 quoted Auto peers, and 4 of 5 peers have null ROE/1-year price-change data, limiting cross-peer comparison on those metrics.
- ✗Five-year earnings growth of -9.1% runs counter to five-year revenue growth of 35.9%, with a current profit margin of 7.27%.
- ✗ROE exceeded 15% in only 2 of the last 5 tracked years, and ROE itself is unavailable in the current fundamental data pull.
- ✗Composite quality score of 33 ranks 4th of 6 tracked Auto peers, behind Bajaj Auto (57), Eicher Motors (56) and Mahindra & Mahindra (42).
- ✗Price sits 18.65% below its 52-week high and 2.55% below the 200-DMA (₹14,356.41), despite trading 2.93% above the 50-DMA.
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