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The BSE, founded in 1875, is Asia's oldest stock exchange — it started under a banyan tree on Dalal Street, where the bronze bull stands today.
The BSE, founded in 1875, is Asia's oldest stock exchange — it started under a banyan tree on Dalal Street, where the bronze bull stands today.
Lemon Tree Hotels Limited is an India-based hotel chain company. The Company offers hotel service including accommodation/rooms, dining, bar, banquets, conference, meeting rooms, spa, fitness center, swimming pool, and more. The Company’s portfolio covers hotels and resorts…
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A decent, fast-growing business, trading cheap versus its own history.
Lemon Tree Hotels is scored on the general / industrial framework. It keeps a healthy 19.9% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Those profits are backed by real cash — operating cash flow runs 1.88× reported profit. Free cash flow is worth about 4.0% of its market value.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 18%/yr and profit at 27%/yr. Book value has grown 14%/yr. Return on equity is a healthy 16.3%. In the latest quarter profit fell 51% versus the prior quarter.
At 41× earnings, the stock sits at the 15th percentile of its own 3.6-year range — the cheap end of where it has historically traded. Today's price implies ~13%/yr earnings growth for a decade. The books come through clean — a forensic grade of A, and Altman puts distress risk in the safe zone.
A plain-English restatement of the figures on this page — rules-based, for education and research context, not investment advice or a recommendation.
| Ratio | Company | Sector | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| P/E | 27.72 | 48.91 | better |
| P/B | 6.19 | — | — |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.62 | 6.42 | worse |
| ROE | 16.32 | — | — |
| ROCE | 15.49 | 5.53 | better |
| ROA | 6.88 | — | — |
| Quick Ratio | 1.17 | 3.39 | worse |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Indian Hotels Co. | 53.4 | 9.3 | 16.2% |
| ITC Hotels | 38.7 | 3.1 | 7.9% |
| Leela Palaces Hotels & Resorts | 50.0 | 3.5 | 7.1% |
Revenue has grown every year across all 4 financial years shown. 18% CAGR over 3 years — steady double-digit compounder. Growth is decelerating — latest year grew slower than the year before.
Net profit has risen every year — the hallmark of a compounder. Profit is growing faster than revenue (27% vs 18%) — margin expansion is at work.
Operating margin has expanded from 20% to 25% — the business is keeping more of each rupee earned.
ROE at 14% — a respectable return on shareholder capital. Low variance across years — a predictable business that earns steadily on its equity base.
EPS has grown every year — each share earns more than the last, consistently. 26% EPS CAGR — this is the rate at which each share's claim on earnings is compounding.
Operating cash flow has been positive every year — the business generates real cash, not just accounting profit. Cash conversion at 1.9× PAT — earnings are well-backed by cash; strong accrual quality. Heavy investing spend every year, but operations generate enough to cover it — the business self-funds its growth.
When operating cash keeps pace with reported profit, earnings are cash-backed; a persistent shortfall is a quality flag.
Revenue fell 17% QoQ — could be seasonality or a genuine slowdown.
Profit fell 51% QoQ — one-quarter drops can be noise, but a pattern matters. Quarterly net margins are expanding (14% → 17%) — profitability per rupee of revenue is improving.
How today's P/E compares to the stock's own historical range. Dashed line = the 3.6y median.
Promoters hold just 22.3% — widely held; sentiment-driven. FIIs trimmed 3.2pp — foreign money is rotating out. MF stake down 5.2pp — domestic funds are booking profits or rebalancing out.
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