Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Ltd

Price story Before the numbers, the tape. A stock price moves through four repeating seasons: a flat base (stage 1), an advance (2), a top (3), a decline (4). Where the price sits in that cycle frames everything below.

Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Ltd trades at ₹118, in a downtrend and 53 weeks into that stage. That is −16.6% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 0% of a 52-week range of ₹118 to ₹163. On relative strength it is currently behind the NIFTY 500 on a trailing-13-week view (30 weeks and counting).

Today the stock is in a downtrend — week 53 of stage 4, confirmed. At ₹118 it trades −16.6% versus its 200-day average and sits at 0% of its 52-week range (₹118–₹163).

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 2.1 years the stock moved −39% while the NIFTY 500 moved +12% — behind the index over the full window. Recent form: on a trailing-13-week view the stock is currently behind (30 weeks and counting; last ahead the week of 2025-08-08) — the ribbon below is that same metric, week by week.

What would end the trend, mechanically: two Friday closes in a row below the 200-day line. That is the exit rule — no debates.

→ The trend is one thing; the bill is another. Are you paying up for it? Next: the P/E sits at the 5th percentile of its own range.

Valuation P/E is the price of ₹1 of annual profit: how many rupees the market pays for each rupee the company earns in a year.

Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Ltd trades at 29.8× P/E, near the bottom of its own range — cheaper only 5% of the time. Its long-run median P/E is 44.5×, measured across 2.1 years of weekly readings. This places the multiple against the stock’s own record, and says nothing about what the business is worth.

Today's P/E of 29.8× is near the bottom of its own range — cheaper only 5% of the time, against a long-run median of 44.5× measured over 2.1 years of weekly readings. This is a comparison against the stock's own history — not a claim about what it is worth.

Why the multiple sits where it does: over the past year annual EPS moved +29.2% against a −21.7% price move — earnings outran the price, pushing the multiple DOWN its own range.

Put together: the multiple is low against its own past, so the story rests on the earnings line underneath it, not the multiple.

→ Cheap or dear rides on the earnings. Are they actually growing? Next: the fundamental stage — where the business sits in its arc, and how growth has compounded.

Stage: Mixed Every business sits somewhere on a fundamental arc, and this page names the spot before anything else. The last twelve quarters of revenue, profit and EPS growth — plus the return the business earns on its capital — are read as curves: Deteriorating (the curves are falling), Turning around (a trough has just formed and the last few quarters lift off it), Improving (the climb off the trough is sustained), Consistent (steadily positive with healthy returns), Topping out (still high but decelerating from the peak). When the curves genuinely disagree the read is Mixed; too little history is No read. CAGR (compound annual growth rate) is the smooth yearly pace that turns the starting value into the latest one — the fairest way to compare growth across different time spans. Read the columns together: if the 1-year number towers over the 10-year, recent growth is running hotter than the long-run trend. A dash means that window is not held, or the base year was a loss (where a growth rate is not meaningful).

Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Ltd reads as mixed on its fundamental arc. Mixed — no clean majority across the growth curves, ROCE lifting at 12.0% — the per-curve reads carry the story. The read is built from 9 quarters across 3 curves, on partial evidence.

Why it matters: when the curves disagree, the per-curve reads above matter more than any single verdict.

One or more growth curves carry a base-effect spike — a large year-on-year move off a near-zero or loss-making comparable quarter. Those spikes are capped before the classifier reads the trajectory, and shown pinned on the chart, so a single distorted quarter does not drive the stage call.

Return readings here are annual, not quarterly — read as level and direction only; they can confirm the growth curves but never drive the stage on their own.

A partial read: at least one curve is short, or the returns curve is not the computed quarterly series — hold the stage word a little more loosely.

→ The stage names the trajectory. Next: the revenue line that produces it, quarter by quarter.

4-Factor Sector Score

No sector-relative score — Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Ltd is not present in the sector comparison for Hotels.

The score is a rank WITHIN a peer set: every metric is scored by percentile against the other members. Without the peer set there is no score to state, so none is invented here.

Revenue Revenue is the top line: everything the company billed its customers in the period.

Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Ltd reported ₹188 Cr of revenue in the Dec 25 quarter, +9.3% year on year. That is the 9th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 6 years it has compounded at 6.4% a year. The last full year, FY25, came in at ₹605 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹662 Cr.

Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Ltd reported ₹188 Cr of revenue in the Dec 25 quarter, +9.3% year on year. That is the 9th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 6 years it has compounded at 6.4% a year. The last full year, FY25, came in at ₹605 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹662 Cr.

FY25 revenue came in at ₹605 Cr (+9.0% on the year), capping 6 years at 6.4% compound. The latest quarter (Dec 25) printed ₹188 Cr, +9.3% year on year — the 9th consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +13.4% growth against the decade's 6.4% — the current year is running faster than its own long-run rate.

Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew +13.2% over the last 4 quarters against +10.1%/yr over the last 8 — accelerating; TTM profit +13.3% vs +19.0%/yr — rolling over.

→ Revenue grew — did margins hold as it scaled? Next: 36.0% this quarter (+0.0 pp YoY).

Operating margin Operating margin is what is left of every ₹100 of sales after running the business, before interest and tax. It is the cleanest read on pricing power and cost control.

Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Ltd's operating margin is 36.0% in the Dec 25 quarter, +0.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 7 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 9.0% to 33.0%. The current quarter is running above every full year in that window.

Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Ltd's operating margin is 36.0% in the Dec 25 quarter, +0.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 7 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 9.0% to 33.0%. The current quarter is running above every full year in that window.

The latest quarter's operating margin is 36.0%, +0.0 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 7 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 9.0%–33.0%.

🚨 Why the margin moved: operating margin went −0.2 pp year on year while gross margin went +0.0 pp — the loss came mostly below the gross line: operating leverage, with costs spread over a bigger revenue base.

→ Margins held — did that reach the bottom line? Next: profit −21.9% in the latest quarter.

Net profit Net profit is what survives every cost, interest and tax — the number EPS, dividends and book value all grow from.

Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Ltd earned ₹25.0 Cr of net profit in the Dec 25 quarter, −21.9% year on year. Full-year FY25 profit was ₹85.0 Cr. The 6-year compound rate is 40.6%. That is 13.3% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹32.0 Cr. 1 of the last 12 reported quarters were loss-making.

Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Ltd earned ₹25.0 Cr of net profit in the Dec 25 quarter, −21.9% year on year. Full-year FY25 profit was ₹85.0 Cr. The 6-year compound rate is 40.6%. That is 13.3% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹32.0 Cr. 1 of the last 12 reported quarters were loss-making.

Dec 25 profit was ₹25.0 Cr, −21.9% year on year. On the full year, FY25 printed ₹85.0 Cr (+28.8%), and the 6-year compound rate is 40.6%.

🚨 Why profit moved: revenue contributed +9.3% and the margin +0.0 pp — the quarter was revenue-led, with the margin roughly flat.

Pace comparison, last four quarters: profit −4.2% vs revenue +13.4%. Profit is growing slower than sales — costs are eating the growth before it reaches the bottom line.

→ Profit rose — but did the cash follow? Next: 244% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash.

Cash flow — the router The P&L says what was earned; the cash-flow statement says what actually arrived. Operating cash flow (CFO) against profit is the cleanest lie detector in the accounts.

Over the last 3 fiscal years 244% of Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash — the cash follows the profit. In FY25 that was ₹152 Cr of operating cash against ₹85.0 Cr of profit. After ₹58.0 Cr of capital spending, ₹94.0 Cr was left as free cash.

FY25: operating cash of ₹152 Cr against reported profit of ₹85.0 Cr, leaving free cash of ₹94.0 Cr after ₹58.0 Cr of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is 244% of profit.

Cash-flow readings here are annual — that is the resolution our series carries, so this section moves once a year.

Why conversion sits at 244%: the cash cycle held roughly steady between FY20 and FY25 — so conversion tracks profitability rather than the cycle.

Router verdict: the bigger cash user is investment — capital spending ran 1.6× depreciation over three years, so the next section's job is to check what that build-out is buying.

→ So follow the cash to where it goes. Next: ₹239 Cr of building over 3 years.

Where the cash goes Working capital is the cash tied up between paying suppliers and getting paid: debtor days (customers owe), inventory days (stock waits), and the cash conversion cycle (the whole loop, in days of sales).

Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Ltd's cash conversion cycle runs 21 days in FY25, up from 18 days in FY20. Capital spending ran ₹239 Cr over the last 3 years. At FY25 sales of ₹605 Cr each day of that cycle holds about ₹1.7 Cr, so roughly ₹35.0 Cr sits inside the business at any moment.

FY25: debtors at 21 days (an asset-light business — no inventory to speak of) — for a full cycle of 21 days, looser than FY20's 18.

In money terms: at FY25 sales of ₹605 Cr, each day of the cycle holds about ₹1.7 Cr — so the 21-day loop keeps roughly ₹35.0 Cr sitting inside the business at any moment.

On the investment side: capital spending of ₹239 Cr over the last 3 fiscal years against ₹154 Cr of depreciation — the company is building well ahead of wear-and-tear. Capital work-in-progress stands at ₹54.0 Cr (FY25) — capacity paid for but not yet earning.

The synthesis: the cash is going into capacity, not disappearing into the cycle — the question becomes whether the new capacity earns.

→ Does all this activity actually earn its cost of capital? Next: ROCE is 12%.

Return on capital Return on capital employed (ROCE) is the profit the whole business earns on all the money in it — equity and debt together. It is the single best test of whether growth creates value or just size.

Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Ltd earns a ROCE of 12% in FY25. That is up from a trough of −1% in FY21. A return-on-invested-capital spread against the cost of capital is not computable from what is held here. The wiring behind it is 14.0% net margin on 0.37× asset turns.

FY25 ROCE is 12%, recovered from a FY21 trough of −1% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.

Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY25): 14.0% net margin × 0.37× asset turns × 1.28× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 6.6% on equity. Margin does its share; leverage is modest — this is an earned return, not a borrowed one.

→ Returns like these — is the balance sheet borrowing to make them? Next: debt-to-equity is 0.12.

Debt Debt-to-equity says how much of the business is funded by borrowings; interest cover says how many times operating profit pays the interest bill. Low and high, respectively, is the safe corner.

Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Ltd carries ₹158 Cr of borrowings against ₹1,280 Cr of equity in FY25, a debt-to-equity of 0.12. Operating profit covers the interest bill 13×. Over 5 years borrowings went from ₹552 Cr to ₹158 Cr. Capital spending ran ₹239 Cr across the last 3 of those years.

FY25: borrowings of ₹158 Cr against equity of ₹1,280 Cr — a debt-to-equity of 0.12. Operating profit covers the interest bill 13×. Over 5 years borrowings went from ₹552 Cr to ₹158 Cr while capital spending ran ₹239 Cr in just the last 3 — the build-out is being paid for out of cash, not debt.

→ Who owns this, and are they adding or leaving? Next: Domestic institutions cut 6.9 points over 7 quarters.

Ownership Who owns the stock, quarter by quarter: promoters (the controlling owners), foreign and domestic institutions, and the public. Steady accumulation by people close to the numbers is a signal; a quiet register is also an answer.

Domestic institutions cut 6.9 points of Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Ltd over 7 quarters, the biggest move on the register. That takes domestic institutions to 9.5% of the company. Foreign institutions moved −1.8 points over the same window, to 3.3%. The register is read on the four disclosed classes only; nothing is inferred between filings.

The register over the last two years — Domestic institutions: −6.9 points over 7 quarters to 9.5%; Foreign institutions: −1.8 points over 7 quarters to 3.3%; Promoters: +0.0 points over 7 quarters to 68.1%.

🚨 Why the register moved: domestic institutions drove it (−6.9 points), alongside foreign institutions (−1.8 points) — distribution into the market’s bid.

→ One last check: does the safety math agree? Next: the balance-sheet safety line.

Safety line The Z-score estimates how far a company sits from balance-sheet distress — above roughly 3 is safe, below roughly 1.8 is the danger zone. It was built for manufacturers, so it is not applied to banks and lenders.

Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Ltd: the Z-score is not available for this stock, so we say so rather than invent one. It is a distance-to-distress estimate from the balance sheet, not a forecast of failure. The debt, cash-flow and return sections above carry the balance-sheet evidence this page does hold, and each of them states its own reporting date.

The safety line in one sentence: the Z-score is not available for this stock, so we say so rather than invent one.

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