Maruti Suzuki
Maruti Suzuki tops product launch news share of voice helped by Brezza, Ertiga
Maruti Suzuki topped the share of voice for product launch news coverage among the leading automakers in the past 30-days. At the same time, India’s largest passenger car manufacturer has also led the share of voice for web news coverage during the same period.
[Image 1: Web News Share of Voice]
The media frenzy around new car launches helped Maruti to lead the share of voice for the product launch news. Brezza and Ertiga dominated the product launch related news flow for Maruti in the past 30-days.
[Image 2: News Mentions for Maruti’s Car Models] Read the rest of this entry »
M&M races ahead of Maruti, Tata Motors with a surge in news sentiment to 5-yr high
Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), one of the leading automobile companies in India, witnessed a surge in news sentiment to a 5-year high helped by extremely positive media coverage in March 2018. A slew of new product launches by M&M over the past 1-month lifted news sentiment to the highest level in the past 5-years.
With buoyant media coverage, M&M has surpassed news sentiment of both Maruti Suzuki and Tata Motors in March 2018 for the first time in the last 16-months.
[Image 1: Compare screen highlights news sentiment 100-DMA]
A series of positive news items highlighting new product launches, alternative energy and partnerships during the past 1-month pushed M&M’s news sentiment 100-day moving average (DMA) to 84.11 on Apr. 7, 2018. Read the rest of this entry »
How Maruti Suzuki generated industry beating margins with volume cars?
Journey from stagnant unit sales and average profit margins
Maruti Suzuki recorded stagnant unit sales during FY13 (up 3.3% y-o-y) and FY14 (down 1.4% y-o-y). EBITDA margin stood in the range of 8% to 11% during FY13 and FY14.
… to industry beating growth rates
India’s top car manufacturer witnessed a substantial improvement in both unit sales growth and margins during the past 3-years. Annual unit sales growth was in the range of 9-12% during FY15 to FY17. At the same time, EBITDA margin has also improved from 10.9% in FY14 to 15.2% in FY17.
Maruti Suzuki’s progress over the past 10-quarters
Heckyl study shows sharp increase in share of voice for Ashok Leyland, Maruti in July
Heckyl’s analysis of media coverage for the leading automakers showed a significant rise in the share of voice for Ashok Leyland and Maruti Suzuki in July 2017 when compared with the previous month. Meanwhile, Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) witnessed a marginal rise in the share of voice during this month.
On the other hand, Tata Motors, which dominated the news coverage since April 2017, has recorded a steep fall in the share of voice in July 2017 from last month. Eicher Motors has also registered a drop in the share of voice during this month.
Here, the share of voice shows company’s news volume for the month as a percentage of total monthly news volume for 5 auto manufacturers.
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