Hospital industry

39 companies · ₹6.6 L cr · 15 with AI deep dives · Q1FY27 report

Volume inflection is sector-wide, but bed additions suppress blended margins even as mature units expand

Turning upmargin troughed at 19.1% and has risen for 2 quarters to 19.3%, on positive revenue growth
Revenue YoY
+25.7%
EBITDA margin
19.3%
-60bps YoY
Price, 1 year
+2.2%
65% of names up
P/E vs own 5y
+22.5%
50.8x now

Exhibit 1The quarter in numbers

constant panel of 18 companies above ₹500 cr
aggregate revenue (₹ cr)EBITDA margin (right axis)
Revenue
Jun 26
22,218 cr
Mar 26
20,638 cr
QoQ
+7.7%
Jun 25
17,676 cr
YoY
+25.7%
Peak
22,218 cr
vs peak
0.0%
EBITDA margin
Jun 26
19.3%
Mar 26
19.9%
QoQ
-60bps
Jun 25
19.9%
YoY
-60bps
Peak
20.7%
vs peak
-140bps

Breadth: 100% of 19 companies grew revenue year on year (was 100% a quarter earlier) and 42% expanded margin (was 53%).

Exhibit 2What it costs

41.69x - 66.36x across the panel today

The median name trades at 50.8x, +22.5% against this industry's own 5-year median of 41.5x, and -5.1% against its own peak of 53.6x.

Exhibit 3Structure

₹6.6 L cr

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd is 19% of this industry by market cap. The top 5 are 68.4% and the top 10 are 89.7%.

large 5mid 7small 11micro 1523 above ₹500 cr

Exhibit 4Screen

P/E below the sub-industry median of 50.84x, 5y ROCE above its median of 12.06%, and at least 2 growth triggers stated on the latest earnings call.

Which names clear this screen is premium

The screen runs on stated growth triggers from the latest earnings calls - the same guidance data the stock screener reserves for premium. Premium names every company in this industry that is cheap against its own median and has the triggers behind it.

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Exhibit 5Coverage (25 of 40)

Every company here with a deep dive, topped up by market cap. The rest of the industry is in the appendix.

Mcap
₹1.3 L cr
P/E
61.1x
EV/EBITDA
33.7x
ROCE
19.5%
Margin
15.7%
Rev YoY
+20.6%
Mcap
₹1.0 L cr
P/E
69.4x
EV/EBITDA
44.3x
ROCE
12.7%
Margin
27.6%
Rev YoY
+16.7%
Mcap
₹66,987 cr
P/E
65.0x
EV/EBITDA
33.1x
ROCE
12.0%
Margin
23.0%
Rev YoY
+17.5%
Mcap
₹66,652 cr
P/E
124.8x
EV/EBITDA
67.8x
ROCE
10.2%
Margin
18.9%
Rev YoY
+21.6%
Mcap
₹38,774 cr
P/E
70.4x
EV/EBITDA
39.3x
ROCE
15.0%
Margin
22.1%
Rev YoY
+26.5%
Mcap
₹38,215 cr
P/E
47.6x
EV/EBITDA
25.9x
ROCE
11.4%
Margin
19.7%
Rev YoY
+78.0%
Mcap
₹32,208 cr
P/E
153.0x
EV/EBITDA
43.4x
ROCE
8.1%
Margin
20.2%
Rev YoY
+35.3%
Mcap
₹16,198 cr
P/E
107.7x
EV/EBITDA
26.6x
ROCE
9.7%
Margin
29.0%
Rev YoY
+26.0%
Mcap
₹14,706 cr
P/E
51.9x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
16.8%
Margin
32.9%
Rev YoY
+33.2%
Mcap
₹12,144 cr
P/E
46.9x
EV/EBITDA
26.0x
ROCE
18.1%
Margin
27.8%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹10,356 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
25.3x
ROCE
7.1%
Margin
17.4%
Rev YoY
+13.4%
Mcap
₹9,298 cr
P/E
53.1x
EV/EBITDA
30.0x
ROCE
11.3%
Margin
25.8%
Rev YoY
+52.3%
Mcap
₹9,145 cr
P/E
49.4x
EV/EBITDA
25.0x
ROCE
13.2%
Margin
25.0%
Rev YoY
+18.2%
Mcap
₹5,458 cr
P/E
46.5x
EV/EBITDA
26.5x
ROCE
13.7%
Margin
20.0%
Rev YoY
+12.7%
Mcap
₹1,298 cr
P/E
27.9x
EV/EBITDA
14.6x
ROCE
16.4%
Margin
18.8%
Rev YoY
+17.8%
Mcap
₹94,549 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
-
Margin
-
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹6,805 cr
P/E
27.0x
EV/EBITDA
15.4x
ROCE
21.4%
Margin
28.9%
Rev YoY
+15.4%
Mcap
₹3,246 cr
P/E
17.6x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
31.5%
Margin
19.6%
Rev YoY
+11.2%
Mcap
₹2,566 cr
P/E
33.9x
EV/EBITDA
17.5x
ROCE
16.1%
Margin
31.7%
Rev YoY
+22.3%
Mcap
₹2,147 cr
P/E
40.4x
EV/EBITDA
23.9x
ROCE
24.6%
Margin
29.9%
Rev YoY
+37.9%
Mcap
₹1,557 cr
P/E
40.0x
EV/EBITDA
12.4x
ROCE
7.7%
Margin
14.5%
Rev YoY
+11.7%
Mcap
₹1,349 cr
P/E
86.8x
EV/EBITDA
49.1x
ROCE
8.6%
Margin
27.5%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹1,127 cr
P/E
41.9x
EV/EBITDA
19.5x
ROCE
24.6%
Margin
42.9%
Rev YoY
+105.7%
Mcap
₹376 cr
P/E
23.6x
EV/EBITDA
11.4x
ROCE
18.4%
Margin
21.6%
Rev YoY
+38.0%
Mcap
₹250 cr
P/E
22.8x
EV/EBITDA
10.7x
ROCE
15.5%
Margin
27.8%
Rev YoY
-

Exhibit 6What managements said

from this industry's latest earnings calls · as of 2026-06-30
tailwindBroad-based volume acceleration at IP and OP level10 managements

IP discharge growth of 13-28% and OP volume growth of 12-34% were reported across all major names this quarter. Apollo grew IP volumes 13% with established-unit occupancy at 72%…

  • APOLLOHOSP (Q1FY27): “Healthcare Services Revenue grew by 22% in Q1FY27. Overall Volume grew by 13%…
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AppendixThe other 15 companies

1-15
sort: mcap · composite · name
Mcap
₹236 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
54.3x
ROCE
2.0%
Margin
10.3%
Rev YoY
+26.2%
Mcap
₹199 cr
P/E
59.4x
EV/EBITDA
25.5x
ROCE
4.7%
Margin
32.1%
Rev YoY
+22.3%
Mcap
₹153 cr
P/E
42.8x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
8.3%
Margin
10.9%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹134 cr
P/E
11.2x
EV/EBITDA
9.4x
ROCE
6.6%
Margin
11.3%
Rev YoY
-44.4%
Mcap
₹83 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
1.9%
Margin
74.4%
Rev YoY
+2600.0%
Mcap
₹79 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
191.9x
ROCE
-2.8%
Margin
1.2%
Rev YoY
-5.2%
Mcap
₹74 cr
P/E
25.6x
EV/EBITDA
8.8x
ROCE
19.8%
Margin
8.1%
Rev YoY
+673.6%
Mcap
₹68 cr
P/E
15.9x
EV/EBITDA
8.4x
ROCE
12.8%
Margin
18.5%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹42 cr
P/E
60.0x
EV/EBITDA
19.0x
ROCE
3.9%
Margin
13.1%
Rev YoY
+22.5%
Mcap
₹30 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-46.7x
ROCE
-12.9%
Margin
-3.5%
Rev YoY
-37.5%
Mcap
₹29 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
-5.7%
Margin
9.9%
Rev YoY
-7.2%
Mcap
₹15 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
-4.2%
Margin
-189.9%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹9 cr
P/E
110.7x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
2.6%
Margin
9.1%
Rev YoY
+147.4%
Mcap
₹0 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
-
Margin
-
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹0 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
-
Margin
-
Rev YoY
-