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Travel Food ServicesTRAVELFOOD.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Consumer & Retail›Restaurants

Operates food and beverage outlets and airport lounges inside Indian and Malaysian airports, in a JV with SSP Group.

≈ An airport concessions/lounge operatorMomentum neutral 40
Mkt cap
$1.63B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
14%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$505,761
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
31.7×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+17.0 pp
WACC 9.3%
Hurdle
-3 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
26 days
2 Dec 2026
Close · INR₹1,175
1D-1.0%
1W+1.9%
1M-1.2%
3M-12.1%
6M-6.0%
YTD+0.2%
1Y-10.2%
ATR %3.1%
Beta0.53
52w lowhigh20.1% off high

What Travel Food Services does

Operates food and beverage outlets and airport lounges inside Indian and Malaysian airports, in a JV with SSP Group.

Operates outlets under concession agreements with airport operators, paying them a share of sales, so revenue follows passenger traffic and spend per passenger at each airport. SSP Group, the UK airport-food operator, is its partner, and the Kapur family are the other promoters.

In one line: An airport concessions/lounge operator.

Products and services

  • Airport F&B outlets
  • Airport lounges
  • Highway F&B outlets

Customers

  • Air travelers
  • Airport operators (concession partners)

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Airport concession contracts
  • F&B/lounge operations
  • Traveler services

What could go right

  • Air travel growth in India
  • New airport concession contracts

What could go wrong

  • Concession renewal/bidding risk
  • Air travel demand cyclicality

Moat: narrow (regulatory licence, distribution). Long-term airport concession contracts are limited in number and hard for new entrants to win.

Headquarters: Mumbai, India · Founded: 1988 · Employees: 4,477

Named competitors

  • SSP Group SSPG.L
  • Lite Bite Foods private or unlisted
  • Autogrill private or unlisted

Travel Food Services at a glance

Size Travel Food Services (TRAVELFOOD.NS) is an India Consumer Discretionary company (Restaurants) with a market value of $1.63B, the 429th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹1,175 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 6.0%, against +27.0% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 2nd lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 2.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.5%); the operating margin is 29.8% (peer median 5.5%).

Valuation It trades at 31.7× forward earnings against a peer median of 23.9× (6th most expensive of 19).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 13% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +16%, so the hurdle is -3 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 17.0 points above its cost of capital (9.3% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 2 Dec 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 126TRAVELFOOD.NS 94
Six months, rebased to 100: Travel Food Services against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Travel Food Services financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹17.2B₹16.5B₹16.9B₹14.0B₹10.7B
Revenue growth—-2%+21%+31%—
Gross profit₹10.5B₹6.93B₹6.50B₹4.25B₹3.69B
EBITDA₹6.73B₹6.74B₹5.64B₹4.35B₹3.85B
Net income₹4.76B₹4.41B₹3.63B₹2.88B₹2.44B
Free cash flown/a₹3.30B₹4.71B₹2.78B₹2.86B
Capital expendituren/a₹394M₹619M₹789M₹379M
Total debtn/a₹2.45B₹3.33B₹4.16B₹3.83B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Travel Food Services competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+20%+40%+60%0%+20%DEVYANIWEN76163097DMPGYGARCOCBRL9861SSPGSGJDW603043DOMBJRI099933879936WESTLIFE7581TRAVELFOOD.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Travel Food Services is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-10%0%+10%+20%0×100×200×300×DEVYANIWEN3097DMPGYGARCOCBRL9861SSPGJDW60304333879936WESTLIFE7581TRAVELFOOD.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Travel Food Services is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%DEVYANIWEN76163097DMPGYGARCOCBRL9861JDW603043BJRI099933879936WESTLIFE7581TRAVELFOOD.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. Travel Food Services is the large dot.

Travel Food Services competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (TRAVELFOOD.NS vs SSPG.L)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Travel Food Services TRAVELFOOD.NS$1.63B-6%-2%30%31.7×13.0%
SSP SSPG.L$1.87B+17%+5%7%13.9×2.6%

How Travel Food Services 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.

Travel Food Services against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureTRAVELFOOD.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-1.2%+4.2%5th lowest of 21
6-month return-6.0%+27.0%2nd lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-20.1%-10.2%5th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-2.4%+5.5%3rd lowest of 21
Operating margin29.8%5.5%highest of 21
Forward P/E31.7×23.9×6th most expensive of 19
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)13.0%9.5%9th most demanding of 20
Growth delivered (Del g)+15.6%+15.8%10th lowest of 20
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-2.6 pp-1.5 pp9th least demanding of 20
ROIC minus cost of capital+17.0 pp+0.1 pp2nd highest of 21
EV / EBITDA22.9×11.1×3rd most expensive of 17
Net debt / EBITDA-0.9×3.5×2nd least 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
Travel Food Services TRAVELFOOD.NSIndia$1.63B-6%-2%30%31.7×13.0%+15.6%
Devyani International DEVYANI.NSIndia$1.68B+8%+14%4%323.9×52.1%+37.6%
Wendy's WENUnited States$1.55B+12%-1%13%17.9×2.4%+4.7%
Colowide 7616.TJapan$1.51B+21%+16%4%n/a13.6%+12.3%
Monogatari 3097.TJapan$1.50B+43%+22%8%25.4×2.0%+18.8%
Domino's Pizza Enterprises DMP.AXAustralia$1.48B+48%-11%5%16.9×17.9%-1.4%
Guzman y Gomez GYG.AXAustralia$1.82B+55%+19%17%51.0×32.7%+34.2%
Arcos Dorados ARCOUnited States$1.45B-23%+11%6%9.1×-3.5%+18.7%
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store CBRLUnited States$1.45B+106%-5%0%30.3×14.0%+3.3%
Yoshinoya 9861.TJapan$1.84B+42%+10%4%45.5×11.2%+5.8%
SSP SSPG.LUnited Kingdom$1.87B+17%+5%7%13.9×2.6%+20.5%
Sweetgreen SGUnited States$1.43B+72%-1%-18%n/an/an/a
J D Wetherspoon JDW.LUnited Kingdom$1.33B+69%+5%5%19.6×7.7%+23.7%
Guangzhou Restaurant 603043.SSChina$1.31B0%+9%11%17.3×-3.5%+10.4%
Domino's Pizza DOM.LUnited Kingdom$1.19B+24%+6%15%13.1×9.5%+6.3%
BJ's Restaurants BJRIUnited States$1.18B+30%+4%3%22.5×26.8%+12.4%
Xiaocaiyuan International 0999.HKHong Kong$1.17B+16%+3%15%13.1×-9.6%+15.8%
create restaurants 3387.TJapan$2.34B+14%+3%5%65.7×17.8%+17.3%
Ohsho Food Service 9936.TJapan$1.11B-1%0%7%27.5×4.2%+7.7%
Westlife Foodworld WESTLIFE.NSIndia$1.08B+31%+10%5%343.5×49.0%+21.7%
Saizeriya 7581.TJapan$2.52B+60%+17%5%26.9×4.6%+19.0%

Questions

Who are Travel Food Services's main competitors?
Named competitors: SSP Group (SSPG.L), Lite Bite Foods (private or unlisted), Autogrill (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Devyani International (DEVYANI.NS), Wendy's (WEN), Colowide (7616.T), Monogatari (3097.T), Domino's Pizza Enterprises (DMP.AX), Guzman y Gomez (GYG.AX).
Is Travel Food Services expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 31.7× against a peer median of 23.9×, 6th most expensive of 19 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 13% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +16%, so the hurdle is -3 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Travel Food Services stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -6.0% against +27.0% for the median peer; over one year -10.2%.

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.