** Shares of India's Mahindra and Mahindra MAHM.NS reverse course to rise 1.8% to 3162 rupees
** Automaker beats fourth-quarter profit estimates, driven by steady demand for its high-margin sports utility vehicles (SUV) and tractors
** Posts profit of 37.37 billion rupees ($391.7 million), above analysts' expectation of 34.32 billion rupees, per data complied by LSEG
** Rev up 26% to 395.54 billion rupees, surpassing analysts' estimates of 384.02 billion rupees.
** Stock was down around 0.3% ahead of the results
** In Q4, SUV revenue share increased 60 bps y/y, MAHM says
** Stock down 15% so far in 2026 vs ~8% drop in Nifty Auto Index .NIFTYAUTO
($1 = 95.3963 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Surbhi Misra in Bengaluru)
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