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Lemon Tree HotelsLEMONTREE.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Consumer & Retail›Hotels/Resorts/Cruise lines
Momentum strong 65
Mkt cap
$984M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
78%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$4.21M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
31.1×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+7.1 pp
WACC 13.0%
Hurdle
-24 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
95 days
9 Feb 2027
Close · INR₹117.39
1D-0.1%
1W+7.4%
1M+4.3%
3M+4.1%
6M-3.6%
YTD-26.3%
1Y-30.2%
ATR %3.0%
Beta1.21
52w lowhigh31.2% off high

What Lemon Tree Hotels does

Employees: 8,619

Lemon Tree Hotels at a glance

Size Lemon Tree Hotels (LEMONTREE.NS) is an India Consumer Discretionary company (Hotels/Resorts/Cruise lines) with a market value of $984M, the 600th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹117.39 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 3.6%, against -12.9% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 10.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.0%); the operating margin is 38.0% (peer median 15.8%).

Valuation It trades at 31.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.9× (3rd most expensive of 16).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 17% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +41%, so the hurdle is -24 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 7.1 points above its cost of capital (13.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 9 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

809010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026LEMONTREE.NS 97Peer median 84
Six months, rebased to 100: Lemon Tree Hotels against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Lemon Tree Hotels financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹14.7B₹14.2B₹12.6B₹10.1B₹8.75B
Revenue growth—+12%+25%+16%—
Gross profit₹9.14B₹7.68B₹6.66B₹5.19B₹4.57B
EBITDA₹7.00B₹6.72B₹6.16B₹4.66B₹4.48B
Net income₹2.35B₹2.27B₹1.97B₹1.48B₹1.15B
Free cash flown/a₹2.78B₹2.88B-₹207M₹853M
Capital expendituren/a₹1.38B₹958M₹3.31B₹1.62B
Total debtn/a₹20.0B₹21.5B₹23.4B₹21.8B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Lemon Tree Hotels competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%-25%0%+25%-40%-20%0%+20%008770VAC6000549722000524PPHTHOU83918KLSVENTIVE00412707SKIS-BITDC0051LEMONTREE.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Lemon Tree Hotels is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+10%+20%+30%+40%20×40×60×008770VAC6000549722000524PPHTHOU83918KLSVENTIVE9708SKIS-B032350LEMONTREE.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Lemon Tree Hotels is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+50%+100%0%50%100%008770VAC60005497220005240045PPHTH3918VENTIVE032350ITDC0051LEMONTREE.NSGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Lemon Tree Hotels is the large dot.

Lemon Tree Hotels competitors and peer comparison

How Lemon Tree Hotels compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Lemon Tree Hotels against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureLEMONTREE.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+4.3%-3.3%6th highest of 21
6-month return-3.6%-12.9%9th highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-31.2%-27.5%8th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+10.5%+6.0%7th highest of 21
Operating margin38.0%15.8%3rd highest of 21
Forward P/E31.1×15.9×3rd most expensive of 16
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)17.4%-0.7%4th most demanding of 19
Growth delivered (Del g)+41.3%+16.8%3rd highest of 19
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-23.9 pp-13.6 pp6th least demanding of 19
ROIC minus cost of capital+7.1 pp-0.6 pp4th highest of 21
EV / EBITDA13.3×12.9×9th most expensive of 18
Net debt / EBITDA2.6×2.4×8th most indebted of 18

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Lemon Tree Hotels LEMONTREE.NSIndia$984M-4%+10%38%31.1×17.4%+41.3%
HtlShilla 008770.KSSouth Korea$985M-46%+1%3%15.1×-7.6%+5.0%
Pierre et Vacances VAC.PAFrance$974M-1%+5%15%15.6×-0.6%+9.8%
Huangshan Tourism Development 600054.SSChina$926M-13%+2%20%23.0×-9.4%+23.2%
Fujita Kanko 9722.TJapan$1.08B+37%+3%16%12.9×-4.6%+25.2%
Guangzhou Lingnan 000524.SZChina$885M-19%+6%2%62.9×11.7%+19.4%
Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels 0045.HKHong Kong$1.11B-12%-4%13%n/a4.0%+24.1%
PPHE Hotel PPH.LUnited Kingdom$864M-2%+5%19%21.0×7.7%+35.6%
Target Hospitality THUnited States$1.13B-26%+12%-9%22.9×49.9%+7.3%
Centurion OU8.SISingapore$810M-18%+26%61%11.3×-3.8%+18.2%
NagaCorp 3918.HKHong Kong$1.21B-48%+12%58%4.7×-19.3%-4.1%
Kelsian KLS.AXAustralia$797M+5%+9%6%11.2×9.2%+15.4%
Ventive Hospitality VENTIVE.NSIndia$1.34B-17%+15%29%26.2×29.9%+78.5%
Great Eagle 0041.HKHong Kong$1.37B-24%+75%12%n/a-0.9%+13.8%
Waterways Leisure Tourism CORDELIA.NSIndia$677Mn/a-2%14%n/an/an/a
Formosa International Hotels 2707.TWTaiwan$668M+2%+6%26%13.3×-7.7%+4.7%
Imperial Hotel 9708.TJapan$666M-26%+10%3%47.6×n/an/a
SkiStar SKIS-B.STSweden$1.58B+27%+7%17%21.3×8.4%+12.5%
Lotte Tour Development 032350.KSSouth Korea$591M-51%+39%24%15.9×-6.4%+108.0%
India Tourism Development ITDC.NSIndia$572M+6%-9%16%n/a58.7%+24.6%
Harbour Centre Development 0051.HKHong Kong$557M+38%+1%20%n/a-3.9%-16.5%

Questions

Which companies are Lemon Tree Hotels's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: HtlShilla (008770.KS), Pierre et Vacances (VAC.PA), Huangshan Tourism Development (600054.SS), Fujita Kanko (9722.T), Guangzhou Lingnan (000524.SZ), Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels (0045.HK), PPHE Hotel (PPH.L), Target Hospitality (TH).
Is Lemon Tree Hotels expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 31.1× against a peer median of 15.9×, 3rd most expensive of 16 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 17% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +41%, so the hurdle is -24 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Lemon Tree Hotels stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -3.6% against -12.9% for the median peer; over one year -30.2%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.