New Delhi, April 29 -- UltraTech Cement Ltd has two primary goals in FY26: to gain more market share and boost cost efficiencies. The company, which has been on an acquisition spree, eyes double-digit like-to-like volume growth in FY26, ahead of the industry's estimated 7-8% growth.

UltraTech saw some demand weakness when FY26 began due to heatwaves and urban real estate slowdown. However, it expects the demand situation to improve.

Industry volume likely grew 4% year-on-year in FY25 and UltraTech did a tad better with about mid-single digit like-to-like growth. The company has recently concluded acquisitions of The India Cements Ltd and cement assets of Kesoram Industries Ltd. Faster integration of these should buoy volume growth prosp...