RRico AutoExecutive Cockpit

Strategy & Goals

Rico Auto's stated priorities — the four strategic pillars — turned into measurable goals, each owned and wired to the view that moves it.

Rico Auto Industries Limited · FY26 (Mar'26, actuals)
Leading Indian aluminium high-pressure die-casting auto-components maker
7,500 employees · 8+ plants & units · 12 export markets
Executive read· the answer, then the moves

6 of 10 goals are on track at 82% average progress to target, but 4 are behind — concentrated in Margin Expansion & Operational Excellence, Deleverage & Returns, Customer Diversification & Exports. Pull the laggards back to plan before they break the 10-goal pillar thesis.

6 of 10 goals on track · 82% avg progress to target · 4 behind

Do now — ranked by urgency
  1. 1
    Recover "Lift EBITDA margin via machining/value-add, automation, energy & yield"Watch
    Why it matters

    EBITDA margin sits at 9% vs a 12% target (75% of plan) — a core pillar off trajectory.

    What's driving it
    • EBITDA margin 9% → 12% target
    • Pillar: Margin Expansion & Operational Excellence · status Behind
    FYI

    Owner: CFO

  2. 2
    Recover "Delever the balance sheet via FCF & disciplined capex"Watch
    Why it matters

    Net debt / EBITDA sits at 3.08x vs a 2x target (65% of plan) — a core pillar off trajectory.

    What's driving it
    • Net debt / EBITDA 3.08x → 2x target
    • Pillar: Deleverage & Returns · status Behind
    FYI
    • Owner: CFO
    • Furthest from target of all goals
  3. 3
    Recover "Lift plant OEE / capacity utilization"Watch
    Why it matters

    Capacity utilization sits at 82% vs a 90% target (91% of plan) — a core pillar off trajectory.

    What's driving it
    • Capacity utilization 82% → 90% target
    • Pillar: Margin Expansion & Operational Excellence · status Behind
    FYI

    Owner: Chief Manufacturing Officer

  4. 4
    Recover "Cut Hero concentration & grow exports 22%→30%"Watch
    Why it matters

    Hero share of revenue sits at 26% vs a 20% target (77% of plan) — a core pillar off trajectory.

    What's driving it
    • Hero share of revenue 26% → 20% target
    • Pillar: Customer Diversification & Exports · status Behind
    FYI

    Owner: Chief Sales & Marketing Officer

⚙️ Margin & operational excellenceStep 1 of 7 · the four pillars & OKRs the plan rests onValue Creation PlanAll journeys
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Rico Auto runs on four strategic pillars — Margin Expansion & Operational Excellence, EV & New Mobility, Customer Diversification & Exports and Deleverage & Returns. This is the layer that connects all 10 goals to the views: every objective has an owner, a target, a live number, and a one-click path to act.

Data backing: goal (OKRs) · live KPIs from every 360 · Rico Auto strategy (public) · value-creation plan
10
Goals tracked
across 4 pillars + growth
6
On track
at/above target trajectory
4
Behind
need attention
82%
Avg progress to target
weighted equally
The four pillars

Rico Auto's core priorities

Margin Expansion & Operational Excellence · EV & New Mobility · Customer Diversification & Exports · Deleverage & Returns — the engine of the strategy.

Margin Expansion & Operational ExcellenceBehind
Lift EBITDA margin via machining/value-add, automation, energy & yield
EBITDA margin9% 12%
CFOopen →
Margin Expansion & Operational ExcellenceOn track
Bank cost & capex-ROI savings (energy / scrap / automation)
Savings realized72% 100%
Chief Operating Officeropen →
Customer Diversification & ExportsOn track
Grow content & repeat orders across the OEM base
Program / repeat-order rate109% 113%
Chief Sales & Marketing Officeropen →
EV & New MobilityOn track
Scale EV / new-mobility & lightweighting content (designed-in wins)
Growth initiatives in funnel7 10
Chief Quality / EV-Tech Officeropen →
Customer Diversification & ExportsOn track
Deliver double-digit profitable revenue growth
Revenue growth12% 12%
Chief Sales & Marketing Officeropen →
Margin Expansion & Operational ExcellenceOn track
Grow machined & value-added (annuity-like) revenue
Machined & value-added revenue₹545 Cr ₹700 Cr
President, Machining, Assemblies & New Mobilityopen →
Deleverage & ReturnsBehind
Delever the balance sheet via FCF & disciplined capex
Net debt / EBITDA3.08x 2x
CFOopen →
Margin Expansion & Operational ExcellenceBehind
Lift plant OEE / capacity utilization
Capacity utilization82% 90%
Chief Manufacturing Officeropen →
Customer Diversification & ExportsBehind
Cut Hero concentration & grow exports 22%→30%
Hero share of revenue26% 20%
Chief Sales & Marketing Officeropen →
Deleverage & ReturnsOn track
Free working capital (net WC days 33→7) & improve returns
DSO55d 50d
Treasuryopen →