Overall consumer trend still is towards buying SUVs and it is too early to say if the rise in demand for small car witnessed by automobile manufacturers in GST 2.0 era will be sustained, according to tyre maker CEAT Ltd MD and CEO Arnab Banerjee. The company is maintaining its guidance for a double digit growth for the ongoing fiscal although GST 2.0 has provided an impetus, and it is looking to tap rural markets, specially for farm and two-wheeler tyres, Banerjee told PTI. "It is too early to say... Overall consumer trend still is towards buying SUVs," Banerjee said when asked about the continuation of the impact of GST 2.0 in the passenger cars segment, specially rise in small car demand. In the last few years, SUV sales have driven passenger cars segment and small cars sales have declined due to affordability issues. In 2025, SUVs continued strong traction going up to 55.8 per cent of total PVs sold in India from 53.8 per cent in 2024, even as small cars showed signs of recovery
In Q3FY26, Ceat reported a 60 per cent jump in its consolidated net profit to ₹155.77, as compared to ₹97.11 crore a year ago
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Ceat's profit, however, slumped 16.2 per cent sequentially due to costs related to the implementation of new labour codes and an exceptional-item profit in Q2FY26
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Since December 11, the stock price of JK Tyre has appreciated by 10 per cent after the HDFC Mutual Fund acquired 257,305 equity shares or 0.09 per cent stake in the company via open market purchase.
The brokerage said most major OEMs reported double-digit year-on-year volume growth, aided by festive spillover, GST 2.0-led affordability, improved rural sentiment and robust export demand
JK Tyre & Industries, TVS Srichakra, Apollo Tyres and Balkrishna Industries were up in the range of 3 per cent to 8 per cent on the BSE in Monday's intra-day trade.
RPG Group-owned Ceat reports strong double-digit growth in Q2FY26 as Camso integration, festive demand, and robust OEM volumes drive profits and revenue
Revenue from operations increased 14.2 per cent. Total expenses rose 12.2 per cent, with the cost of materials consumed climbing 9.6 per cent
Among other tyre makers, Balkrishna Industries, Apollo Tyres and Ceat were up 2 per cent to 3 per cent on the BSE in intra-day trade.
In the past one month, the BSE Auto index has outperformed the market by soaring nearly 15 per cent, as compared to 1.4 per cent gain in BSE Sensex.
Analysts see the deal as transformative for CEAT's positioning in the high-margin off-highway tyre (OHT) space, upgrading the stock to a 'Buy'.
CEAT expects a 10-15% topline boost after acquiring Michelin's Camso compact construction line in a $225 mn deal, gaining Sri Lanka plants and global brand rights
Tyre maker Ceat on Tuesday said it expects the Camso brand integration with itself to give a 10-15 per cent boost to its topline. The Mumbai-headquartered firm reported revenue of Rs 13,218 crore for FY25. Last December, Ceat entered into a definitive agreement with Michelin to acquire its Camso brand's off-highway construction equipment bias tyres and tracks business for about USD 225 million. Ceat is currently in the process of integrating Camso with itself. "Once we integrate it fully across the supply chain, the immediate topline impact could be 10-15 per cent. The bottom line impact in terms of margin accretion, etc, would take some time to kick in about four to six quarters," Ceat MD and CEO Arnab Banerjee said in a virtual press conference. The company expects the deal to be overall margin accretive for it, he added. The Camso acquisition, according to the tyre maker, is significant for its ambition to become a leading global player in the high-margin off-highway tyres (OH
Ceat shares jumped 4 per cent it acquired Michelin Group's Camso Construction Compact Line business, which includes two plants in Sri Lanka
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The investment is aimed at expanding manufacturing capacity for off-highway tyres (OHT) and tracks at the Midigama and Kotugoda facilities