Lemon Tree Hotels
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Credit ratings
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Adequate safety
Rated AA- to A+ by 2 agencies- ICRA raised its rating on 17 Aug 2026. CRISIL may follow.
| Agency | Current rating | Outlook | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| ICRA | [ICRA]AA- | Stable | 17 Aug 2026 |
| CRISIL | Crisil A+/Watch Developing | Watch: Developing | 17 Jul 2026 |
| Rating | Details | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 2026 | Financial Results/Other business matters | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended Jun 30, 2026 and other business matters. |
| 28 May 2026 | Financial Results/Other business matters | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended March 31, 2026 and other business matters |
| 6 Feb 2026 | Financial Results | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended December 31, 2025 |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Financial Results | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended September 30, 2025 |
| 8 Aug 2025 | Financial Results/Other business matters | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended Jun 30, 2025 and other business matters |
| 29 May 2025 | Financial Results/Other business matters | To 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. |
Financials
Consolidated figures in ₹ crore.
| ₹ Cr. | Sep 2023 | Dec 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 | Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 227 | 290 | 327 | 268 | 284 | 355 | 379 | 316 | 306 | 406 | 416 | 345 |
| Expenses | 125 | 149 | 156 | 153 | 154 | 171 | 175 | 176 | 176 | 201 | 202 | 195 |
| Operating Profit | 102 | 141 | 171 | 115 | 131 | 184 | 203 | 140 | 131 | 205 | 215 | 149 |
| OPM % | 45% | 49% | 52% | 43% | 46% | 52% | 54% | 44% | 43% | 50% | 52% | 43% |
| Other Income | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | −30 | 1 | 2 |
| Interest | 47 | 53 | 53 | 52 | 51 | 50 | 47 | 45 | 42 | 41 | 39 | 36 |
| Depreciation | 23 | 33 | 33 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 36 |
| Profit before tax | 35 | 56 | 89 | 29 | 45 | 100 | 122 | 63 | 56 | 99 | 142 | 79 |
| Tax % | 25% | 21% | 6% | 31% | 23% | 20% | 12% | 23% | 25% | 17% | 18% | 28% |
| Net Profit | 26 | 44 | 84 | 20 | 35 | 80 | 108 | 48 | 42 | 82 | 116 | 57 |
| EPS in Rs | 0.29 | 0.45 | 0.85 | 0.25 | 0.37 | 0.79 | 1.07 | 0.48 | 0.44 | 0.79 | 1.15 | 0.58 |
Growth and returns
Compounded yearly rates over each period.
- 10 Years
- 15%
- 5 Years
- 42%
- 3 Years
- 18%
- TTM
- 10%
- 10 Years
- 27%
- 5 Years
- 32%
- 3 Years
- 29%
- TTM
- 19%
- 10 Years
- —
- 5 Years
- 23%
- 3 Years
- 0%
- TTM
- —
- 10 Years
- 6%
- 5 Years
- 12%
- 3 Years
- 18%
- TTM
- —
P/E and EPS over time
Daily P/E and trailing 12-month EPS. EPS updates with each result.
Peers
Listed companies in the same business.
| Lemon Tree Hotels | ₹ 107.87 | ₹ 8,715 Cr. | 33.2x | 6.3x | 19% | — |
| ITC Hotels | ₹ 156.05 | ₹ 32,505 Cr. | 40.7x | 3.1x | — | 20.4% |
| EIH | ₹ 290.25 | ₹ 18,151 Cr. | 33.6x | 4x | 12.7% | 22.4% |
| Chalet Hotels | ₹ 790.00 | ₹ 17,306 Cr. | 29.2x | 5.1x | 19.1% | 23.3% |
| Leela Palaces Hotels & Resorts | ₹ 575.10 | ₹ 19,317 Cr. | 38.6x | 2.5x | — | 26.4% |
| Ventive Hospitality | ₹ 558.20 | ₹ 13,049 Cr. | 33.7x | 2.6x | 8.3% | 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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