Lemon Tree Hotels

NSE: LEMONTREEBSE: 541233
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₹ 107.87▲ 1.34 (+1.26%)28 Oct, 03:29 pm IST
Market cap
₹ 8,715 Cr.
P/E
33.2x
P/B
6.31x
52-week range
99.61 – 170.68
ROE
19%
ROCE
14%
Dividend yield
0%
Debt / equity
1.44
Sector
Leisure Services
Industry
Hotels & Resorts
Listed on
NSE, BSE

About

Lemon Tree Hotels Limited is an India-based hotel chains company. The Company owns, leases, operates, franchises hotels across the upscale, upper-midscale, midscale and economy segments. Its brands include Aurika Hotels & Resorts, Lemon Tree Premier, Lemon Tree Hotels, Red Fox Hotels by Lemon Tree Hotels, Keys Prima by Lemon Tree Hotels, Keys Select by Lemon Tree Hotels and Keys Lite by Lemon Tree Hotels. Aurika Hotels & Resorts offers Mirasa, which is an all-day dining restaurant. It also offers fitness and wellness facilities, a rejuvenating spa, fitness center, swimming pool and recreation room. Lemon Tree Premier offers Citrus Cafe, which is a coffee shop offering an Indian and international menu. It also offers banquet halls, meeting rooms and business facilities. Red Fox by Lemon Tree Hotels offers Clever Fox Cafe, which is a casual restaurant. It also offers banquet halls, meeting rooms and a cyber kiosk.

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Compared with its industry

Hotels & Resorts: 74 companies →

Lemon Tree Hotels against the typical company in its industry. The rank is out of the companies that report each figure; green means the better quarter of the pack, red the worse quarter.

  • Valuation (P/E)33.2 against a typical 25.5: pricier than most peers (1st = cheapest).48th of 74
  • Sales growth+9.2% against a typical +10.3% from a year earlier.39th of 70
  • Profit growth+18.8% against a typical +17.9% from a year earlier.24th of 50
  • Share price, 3 months−2.1% against a typical −7.9%.17th of 67
  • Size₹ 8,714.7 Cr. market value against a typical ₹ 232.8 Cr. (1st = largest).7th of 64

Latest announcements

Exchange filings and their impact on the company.

  • 27 Oct 2026Press ReleaseLow impactPositivePrice +1.3% on 28 Oct
    Lemon Tree signed a 76-room managed hotel in Sirhind, adding marginal fee income.

    Lemon Tree Hotels signed a license agreement for Lemon Tree Hotel, Sirhind with 76 rooms, a restaurant, banquet and wellness facilities. The property will be managed by its wholly-owned subsidiary Carnation Hotels. With this, the group will have 4 operational and 10 upcoming hotels in Punjab, part of 130+ operational and 140+ pipeline hotels overall. As an asset-light managed deal, it adds small fee income with no owned capex.

    Filing
  • 23 Oct 2026Press ReleaseLow impactPositivePrice +1.1% on 26 Oct
    Signed 63-room asset-light managed hotel in Bhilwara, adding marginal fee income.

    Lemon Tree Hotels signed Keys Lite by Lemon Tree Hotels, Bhilwara with 63 rooms, a restaurant, banquet and meeting facilities. The hotel will be managed by its wholly-owned subsidiary Carnation Hotels, taking the group's Rajasthan footprint to 24 hotels (14 operational and 10 upcoming). As an asset-light management contract, it adds small recurring fee income with no owned investment.

    Filing
  • 16 Oct 2026Press ReleaseLow impactPositivePrice +0.8% that day
    Lemon Tree signed its largest asset-light deal to operate ~4,000 Omaxe keys, lifting its pipeline to ~16,000 keys.

    Lemon Tree Hotels and its subsidiary Carnation Hotels have signed an MOU with Omaxe to operate about 4,000 hotel rooms across Lucknow, Vrindavan, Amritsar, NCR and other destinations. The company says this is its largest single operating arrangement and takes its total development pipeline to nearly 16,000 rooms. As an asset-light management deal where Omaxe will develop the properties, it boosts Lemon Tree's long-term growth without major capital spending, though meaningful revenue will come only as hotels open over the next few years.

    Filing
  • 13 Oct 2026Press ReleaseLow impactPositivePrice −0.4% on 14 Oct
    Lemon Tree signed a 52-room Keys Select franchise in Bareilly, adding to its UP pipeline with negligible near-term earnings.

    Lemon Tree Hotels signed a franchise agreement for Keys Select by Lemon Tree Hotels, Bareilly with 52 rooms, a restaurant, banquet and conference facilities. It will be its 26th property in Uttar Pradesh with 8 operational and 18 upcoming hotels. Being franchise-based, it expands the network without company capital investment and will contribute only a small management fee once opened.

    Filing

Credit ratings

Every rating action on file, newest first, including reaffirmations. Open a row for the agency's reasoning. All credit rating updates

Adequate safety

Rated AA- to A+ by 2 agencies
A+
DefaultRiskyModerateSafeVery safe
  • ICRA raised its rating on 17 Aug 2026. CRISIL may follow.
AgencyCurrent ratingOutlookAs of
ICRA[ICRA]AA-Stable17 Aug 2026
CRISILCrisil A+/Watch DevelopingWatch: Developing17 Jul 2026
Credit rating actions
RatingDetails
17 Aug 2026
▲ Upgrade1 notch
[ICRA]A+ /[ICRA]A1 → [ICRA]AA-—ICRA₹ 146 Cr.
17 Jul 2026
Reaffirmed
Crisil A+/Watch Developing—CRISIL₹ 250 Cr.
20 Apr 2026
Reaffirmed
Crisil A+/Watch Developing—CRISIL₹ 250 Cr.
20 Jan 2026
Reaffirmed
Crisil A+ → Crisil A+/Watch Developing—CRISIL₹ 250 Cr.
20 Jan 2026
Rating action
[ICRA]A+ /[ICRA]A1—ICRA₹ 146 Cr.

Board meetings

Results dates and other board meetings. Full calendar

Details
7 Aug 2026Financial Results/Other business mattersTo consider and approve the financial results for the period ended Jun 30, 2026 and other business matters.
28 May 2026Financial Results/Other business mattersTo consider and approve the financial results for the period ended March 31, 2026 and other business matters
6 Feb 2026Financial ResultsTo consider and approve the financial results for the period ended December 31, 2025
12 Nov 2025Financial ResultsTo consider and approve the financial results for the period ended September 30, 2025
8 Aug 2025Financial Results/Other business mattersTo consider and approve the financial results for the period ended Jun 30, 2025 and other business matters
29 May 2025Financial Results/Other business mattersTo consider and approve Audited Financial Results for the Quarter and Financial Year ended March 31, 2025 and any other business with the permission of chair.

Share price

1Y change −35.02%
0 of 4 filing days came with a big price move
Volume (shares)Price (₹)
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Financials

Consolidated figures in ₹ crore.

Quarterly results
₹ Cr.Sep 2023Dec 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026
Sales227290327268284355379316306406416345
Expenses125149156153154171175176176201202195
Operating Profit102141171115131184203140131205215149
OPM %45%49%52%43%46%52%54%44%43%50%52%43%
Other Income314011122−3012
Interest475353525150474542413936
Depreciation233333353535353434353536
Profit before tax355689294510012263569914279
Tax %25%21%6%31%23%20%12%23%25%17%18%28%
Net Profit26448420358010848428211657
EPS in Rs0.290.450.850.250.370.791.070.480.440.791.150.58

Growth and returns

Compounded yearly rates over each period.

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years
15%
5 Years
42%
3 Years
18%
TTM
10%
Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years
27%
5 Years
32%
3 Years
29%
TTM
19%
Stock Price CAGR
10 Years
—
5 Years
23%
3 Years
0%
TTM
—
Return on Equity
10 Years
6%
5 Years
12%
3 Years
18%
TTM
—

Shareholding

Latest: Jun 2026.

Promoters
22.32%
+0.04 pts in a year
FIIs
19.44%
−1.89 pts in a year
DIIs
14.35%
−5.63 pts in a year
Public
43.83%
+7.47 pts in a year
Others
0.05%
0 pts in a year

P/E and EPS over time

Daily P/E and trailing 12-month EPS. EPS updates with each result.

P/E 33.2xEPS (12 months) ₹ 3.23Median P/E 77.6x
P/E (times)EPS (₹)

Peers

Listed companies in the same business.

Peer comparison
Lemon Tree Hotels₹ 107.87₹ 8,715 Cr.33.2x6.3x19%—
ITC Hotels₹ 156.05₹ 32,505 Cr.40.7x3.1x—20.4%
EIH₹ 290.25₹ 18,151 Cr.33.6x4x12.7%22.4%
Chalet Hotels₹ 790.00₹ 17,306 Cr.29.2x5.1x19.1%23.3%
Leela Palaces Hotels & Resorts₹ 575.10₹ 19,317 Cr.38.6x2.5x—26.4%
Ventive Hospitality₹ 558.20₹ 13,049 Cr.33.7x2.6x8.3%20.4%

Management

Patanjali Govind Keswani
Executive Chairman of the Board
Kapil Sharma
Chief Financial Officer, Executive Director
Davander Singh Tomar
Executive Vice President - Corporate Affairs
Rajeev Janveja
Senior Vice President and Corporate Chef
Vivek Jhawar
Senior Vice President - Business Development
Sareena Kochar
Senior Vice President - Housekeeping
Aradhana Lal
Senior Vice President - Sustainability and ESG
Ritu Ranjan
Senior Vice President, Chief Design Officer

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