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Specialist pediatric and maternity/obstetrics hospital chain operating across major Indian cities.
Specialist pediatric and maternity/obstetrics hospital chain operating across major Indian cities.
Earns charges for inpatient care, deliveries and specialist outpatient visits, using a hub-and-spoke model in which large hospitals take complex cases referred from smaller clinics nearby. It began in Hyderabad, still its home base, and runs a separate BirthRight by Rainbow brand for maternity.
In one line: India's dedicated children's-hospital operator.
Moat: narrow (brand, process know-how). Focused pediatric specialization builds trust and a referral network that general hospitals lack.
Headquarters: Hyderabad, India · Founded: 1998 · Employees: 6,397
Size Rainbow Childrens Medicare (RAINBOW.NS) is an India Health Care company (Hospital/Nursing Management) with a market value of $1.34B, the 505th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹1,244 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 3.7%, against -2.2% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 22.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.7%); the operating margin is 22.3% (peer median 8.8%).
Valuation It trades at 39.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 27.8× (7th most expensive of 17).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 30% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +21%, so the hurdle is +9 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.4 points above its cost of capital (12.3% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 9 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹19.2B | ₹17.0B | ₹15.2B | ₹13.0B | ₹11.7B |
| Revenue growth | — | +12% | +17% | +11% | — |
| Gross profit | ₹7.50B | ₹5.61B | ₹5.04B | ₹4.47B | ₹4.36B |
| EBITDA | ₹5.96B | ₹5.54B | ₹4.99B | ₹4.39B | ₹4.05B |
| Net income | ₹2.92B | ₹2.78B | ₹2.43B | ₹2.17B | ₹2.11B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ₹1.37B | ₹2.72B | -₹90.7M | ₹2.00B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ₹2.16B | ₹1.46B | ₹3.54B | ₹1.41B |
| Total debt | ₹9.68B | ₹8.91B | ₹7.64B | ₹7.65B | ₹5.70B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Childrens Medicare RAINBOW.NS | $1.34B | -4% | +23% | 22% | 39.4× | 30.2% |
| Global Health MEDANTA.NS | $3.95B | +15% | +26% | 17% | 51.1× | n/a |
| Apollo Hospitals Enterprise APOLLOHOSP.NS | $12.8B | +8% | +19% | 12% | 49.3× | 32.2% |
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.
| Measure | RAINBOW.NS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -2.1% | 0.0% | 8th lowest of 20 |
| 6-month return | -3.7% | -2.2% | 10th lowest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -22.7% | -17.6% | 8th lowest of 20 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +22.8% | +8.7% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 22.3% | 8.8% | highest of 20 |
| Forward P/E | 39.4× | 27.8× | 7th most expensive of 17 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 30.2% | 12.4% | 2nd most demanding of 15 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +21.2% | +9.5% | highest of 15 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +9.0 pp | +1.5 pp | 6th most demanding of 15 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +1.4 pp | -2.3 pp | 6th highest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 22.2× | 14.3× | 5th most expensive of 16 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.0× | 3.0× | 6th least indebted of 17 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Childrens Medicare RAINBOW.NS | India | $1.34B | -4% | +23% | 22% | 39.4× | 30.2% | +21.2% |
| Spire Healthcare SPI.L | United Kingdom | $1.34B | +68% | +2% | 8% | 19.5× | 9.8% | +11.4% |
| Raffles Medical BSL.SI | Singapore | $1.25B | -15% | -3% | 11% | 27.3× | -2.4% | +6.1% |
| CVS CVSG.L | United Kingdom | $1.23B | +20% | +6% | 11% | 14.3× | 13.7% | +6.9% |
| Sanbo Hospital Management 301293.SZ | China | $1.48B | -21% | +17% | 6% | 148.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Aevis Victoria AEVS.SW | Switzerland | $1.49B | +9% | +15% | -6% | 107.9× | 26.6% | +10.2% |
| Xi'an International Medical Investment 000516.SZ | China | $1.54B | 0% | -1% | -2% | n/a | 13.6% | +20.6% |
| Park Medi World PARKHOSPS.NS | India | $1.15B | +2% | +21% | n/a | 28.3× | 30.5% | +10.2% |
| Sienna Senior Living SIA.TO | Canada | $1.63B | -11% | +16% | 10% | 38.1× | 19.6% | +8.6% |
| Ramsay Generale de Sante GDS.PA | France | $1.09B | -15% | +3% | 4% | n/a | 6.3% | +6.0% |
| Rhon-klinikum RHK.DE | Germany | $1.08B | +14% | +5% | 3% | 22.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Yatharth Hospital and Trauma Care Services YATHARTH.NS | India | $1.05B | +25% | +50% | 16% | 41.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Jupiter Life Line Hospitals JLHL.NS | India | $1,000M | +14% | +17% | 16% | 48.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Extendicare EXE.TO | Canada | $1.87B | -9% | +31% | 9% | 19.4× | 11.2% | +8.5% |
| Thomson Medical A50.SI | Singapore | $953M | -21% | +6% | 10% | n/a | 20.9% | +11.8% |
| HealthCare Global Enterprises HCG.NS | India | $950M | -2% | +14% | 8% | 67.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Clinica Baviera CBAV.MC | Spain | $940M | -7% | +11% | 20% | 18.2× | 0.7% | +19.7% |
| Huaxia Eye Hospital 301267.SZ | China | $1.92B | -16% | +2% | 15% | 24.7× | 3.8% | +10.4% |
| Paras Healthcare PARASHLTH.NS | India | $844M | n/a | +24% | 11% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Brookdale Senior Living BKD | United States | $2.15B | -31% | -4% | 5% | 127.7× | 22.4% | -1.4% |
| Ardent Health ARDT | United States | $2.44B | +71% | +3% | 4% | 14.5× | 4.0% | +8.7% |