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Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd

KOVAI
Hospitals

Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd's earnings have outrun its stock. EPS grew +17.0% in a year against a −2.4% price move.

The sharpest disagreement: the engine is strong, but at the 82nd percentile of its own range you are paying full price for it.

The price is building a base (5 weeks in) while the P/E sits at the 82nd percentile of its own 10-year range. Underneath, the last four quarters read improving — profit +14.5% year on year, and 167% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash. What settles it: whether the earnings grow into the multiple.

Stage
Consistent
fundamental trajectory, 12 quarters
Price
₹5,988
−2.4% 1Y
P/E
26.2×
82nd pctile
of its own 10-year range
Revenue (Mar 26)
₹414 Cr
+16.0% YoY
Profit (Mar 26)
₹63.0 Cr
+14.5% YoY
Operating margin
27.0%
−1.0 pp YoY
ROCE
22%
FY26
ROIC
18.6%
vs WACC 12.0% → +6.6 pp
Cash conversion
167%
of profit, last 3 FY
01 · Price story

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.

Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd trades at ₹5,988, building a base and 5 weeks into that stage. That is +5.5% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 56% of a 52-week range of ₹5,098 to ₹6,685. On relative strength it has been ahead of the NIFTY 500 on a trailing-13-week view for 18 straight weeks.

Today the stock is building a base — week 5 of stage 1. At ₹5,988 it trades +5.5% versus its 200-day average and sits at 56% of its 52-week range (₹5,098–₹6,685).

Jul 26: ₹5,988 Weekly closing price (₹) with 50- and 200-day averages; shaded bands mark the price stage (grey base, green advance, amber top, red decline). 3-year window.
+5.5% versus the 200-day line, week 5 of stage 1
Price50-day avg200-day avg
S2S4₹7,065₹5,689₹4,314₹2,938₹1,563₹5,988₹5,678Jul 23Apr 24Feb 25Nov 25Jul 26
S2S4₹7,065₹5,689₹4,314₹2,938₹1,563₹5,988₹5,678Jul 23Feb 25Jul 26
Beating or trailing, week by week since 2016 Each cell is one week from 2016 to now (546 weeks): the stock's trailing 13-week return minus the NIFTY 500's, green ahead / red behind (±25% ramp). Grey cells are the 13-week warm-up or weeks where the NIFTY 500 reading is not held.
trailing 13-week return vs the NIFTY 500
Mar 16Jul 26

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 10.3 years the stock moved +815% while the NIFTY 500 moved +274% — ahead of the index over the full window. Recent form: on a trailing-13-week view the stock has been ahead for 18 straight weeks — 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 82nd percentile of its own range.

02 · Valuation

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.

Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd trades at 26.2× P/E, at the pricey end of its own range (82nd percentile). Its long-run median P/E is 19.6×, measured across 10.4 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 26.2× is at the pricey end of its own range (82nd percentile), against a long-run median of 19.6× measured over 10.4 years of weekly readings. This is a comparison against the stock's own history — not a claim about what it is worth.

P/E 26.2× vs a 19.6× long-run median P/E, weekly (left axis); earnings per share, trailing twelve months, weekly (right axis). 10.4-year window; loss-period spikes above 32× shown pinned at the top. The eps (ttm) bars are red where the reading is lower than the quarter before.
at the pricey end of its own range (82nd percentile)
P/EMedianEPS (TTM) (quarterly)
34.1×₹24226.9×₹18119.8×₹12112.7×₹60.45.5×₹0.0×26.20×₹223Mar 16Oct 18Jun 21Jan 24Jul 26
34.1×₹24226.9×₹18119.8×₹12112.7×₹60.45.5×₹0.0×26.20×₹223Mar 16Jun 21Jul 26
PEG 1.32 PEG ratio per quarter — the P/E divided by the earnings-growth rate. The dashed line marks 1.0: below it the growth is cheap against the multiple, above it the price already prices the growth in. Computed here as quarter-end P/E ÷ trailing-twelve-month EPS growth (only quarters with positive growth), because a reported quarterly PEG is not held for this stock. Last 12 quarters.
above 1.0, the multiple already banks the growth
PEGPEG = 1.0
2.4×1.8×1.3×0.8×0.3××1.32×Q1 FY24Q3 FY24Q2 FY25Q1 FY26Q4 FY26
2.4×1.8×1.3×0.8×0.3××1.32×Q1 FY24Q2 FY25Q4 FY26
P/E
26.2×
82nd percentile of 10y
PEG
n/m
not derivable — 3-year earnings growth unavailable

Why the multiple sits where it does: over the past year annual EPS moved +17.0% against a −2.4% price move — earnings outran the price, pushing the multiple DOWN its own range.

The price move, decomposed: over 5y, of the +33.8%/yr price move, ~+25.7%/yr came from earnings growth and ~+8.1 pp from the multiple (expanding); over 10y, of the +24.2%/yr price move, ~+18.5%/yr came from earnings growth and ~+5.7 pp from the multiple (expanding). The split is the honest approximate (price return minus earnings growth); it makes the rally itself visible instead of hiding it behind the percentile.

Put together: the multiple is full 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.

03 · Stage: Consistent

Stage: Consistent 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).

Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd reads as consistent on its fundamental arc. Consistent — revenue, profit and EPS growth have stayed positive through the window, with ROCE at 21.8% and holding. The read is built from 12 quarters across 4 curves, on full evidence.

Three growth curves, twelve quarters Year-on-year growth of trailing-twelve-month revenue (left axis), profit and EPS (right axis — they swing far wider), % at each quarter-end. A missing point means that reading is not held for the quarter.
the trajectory the stage is read from
RevenueProfitEPS
21%62%18%49%16%36%14%23%12%9.7%%%15.8%16.2%17%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
21%62%18%49%16%36%14%23%12%9.7%%%15.8%16.2%17%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
ROCE Trailing-twelve-month operating profit (before interest and tax) as a share of average capital employed — total assets minus current liabilities, the standard textbook basis, %.
the return curve, computed quarterly
ROCE
24%22%19%17%15%%21.8%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
24%22%19%17%15%%21.8%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
Revenue growth
Steady high
latest +15.8% · span +12.4% to +20.0%
Profit growth
Steady high
latest +16.2% · span +13.4% to +57.7%
EPS growth
Steady high
latest +17.0% · span +13.3% to +58.0%
ROCE
Steady high
latest 21.8% · span 15.2%–23.7%

Why it matters: steady curves with healthy returns are the compounding setup — the risk is the price, not the business.

Growth, year by year: revenue +15.7% in FY26, profit +16.7% Year-over-year growth per fiscal year, %: revenue (left axis); net profit and EPS (right axis — profit growth swings far wider). Zero line drawn.
Revenue YoYProfit YoYEPS YoY
34%64%24%42%14%20%4.1%−1.9%−5.8%−24%%%15.7%16.7%FY16FY21FY26
34%64%24%42%14%20%4.1%−1.9%−5.8%−24%%%15.7%16.7%FY16FY21FY26
TTM growth by quarter Trailing-twelve-month growth versus the year-ago TTM, per quarter, %: revenue (left axis); profit and EPS (right axis). The acceleration read compares the last 4 quarters (+15.8%) with the last 8 annualized (+14.1%).
revenue stabilising, profit stabilising
Revenue TTM YoYProfit TTM YoYEPS TTM YoY
21%62%18%49%16%36%14%23%12%9.7%%%15.8%16.2%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
21%62%18%49%16%36%14%23%12%9.7%%%15.8%16.2%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
Compound annual growth rate (%) Compound annual growth rate over each window, %. Revenue, profit and EPS from fiscal-year figures; share price is the price CAGR over the same spans. A dash = that window is not held, or the base was a loss.
1yr3yr5yr10yr
Revenue+15.7%+15.9%+18.1%+13.1%
Profit+16.7%+28.1%+25.6%+19.8%
EPS+17.0%+28.3%+25.8%+19.7%
Share price−2.4%+31.5%+33.8%+24.2%
Revenue YoY (Mar 26)
+16.0%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Profit YoY (Mar 26)
+14.5%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Revenue 10y
13.1%
long-run compound pace

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

04 · 4-Factor Sector Score

4-Factor Sector Score

53.1/100 — rank 8 of 19 in Hospitals · 96% evidence confidence

Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd scores 53.1 out of 100 against the 19 companies it is compared with in Hospitals, ranking 8. Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.

The four contributions add to the total exactly: 17.7 + 21.1 + 10.9 + 3.4 = 53.1. This is the SAME number shown on the sector comparison — it is computed once, for the whole peer set, and read here.

What would change it: The read weakens if profit growth turns negative or margin improvement reverses while sector-relative strength deteriorates.

05 · Revenue

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

Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd reported ₹414 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +16.0% year on year. That is the 12th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 10 years it has compounded at 13.1% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹1,586 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹1,587 Cr.

Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd reported ₹414 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +16.0% year on year. That is the 12th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 10 years it has compounded at 13.1% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹1,586 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹1,587 Cr.

FY26 revenue came in at ₹1,586 Cr (+15.7% on the year), capping 10 years at 13.1% compound. The latest quarter (Mar 26) printed ₹414 Cr, +16.0% year on year — the 12th consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.

FY26 revenue ₹1,586 Cr (+15.7% YoY) Revenue bars, ₹ Cr (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 11-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
13.1% a year over 10 years
RevenueYoY growth
1.7k34%1.3k24%85614%4284.1%0−5.8%₹ Cr%₹1,58615.7%FY16FY21FY26
1.7k34%1.3k24%85614%4284.1%0−5.8%₹ Cr%₹1,58615.7%FY16FY21FY26
Mar 26: ₹414 Cr (+16.0% YoY) Quarterly revenue bars, ₹ Cr (left); YoY growth-% line (right). Last 12 quarters. A bar is red when it is lower than the quarter before.
12th straight quarter of growth
Revenue (quarterly)YoY growth
44722%33519%22416%11213%09.7%₹ Cr%₹41416%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
44722%33519%22416%11213%09.7%₹ Cr%₹41416%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +15.8% growth against the decade's 13.1% — the current year is running faster than its own long-run rate.

Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew +15.8% over the last 4 quarters against +14.1%/yr over the last 8 — stabilising; TTM profit +16.2% vs +16.8%/yr — stabilising.

→ Revenue grew — did margins hold as it scaled? Next: 27.0% this quarter (−1.0 pp YoY).

06 · Operating margin

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.

Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd's operating margin is 27.0% in the Mar 26 quarter, −1.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 20.0% to 29.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd's operating margin is 27.0% in the Mar 26 quarter, −1.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 20.0% to 29.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

The latest quarter's operating margin is 27.0%, −1.0 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 20.0%–29.0%.

🚨 Why the margin moved: operating margin went −1.5 pp year on year while gross margin went +0.3 pp — the loss came mostly below the gross line: operating leverage, with costs spread over a bigger revenue base.

FY26: 28.0% Operating margin by fiscal year, %, line (left); year-on-year change in the margin, in percentage points, line (right). 13-year window.
within a 20.0–29.0% band over 13 years
operating marginYoY change (pp)
30%4.6%27%2.5%25%0.5%22%−1.5%19%−3.6%%%28%0%FY14FY20FY26
30%4.6%27%2.5%25%0.5%22%−1.5%19%−3.6%%%28%0%FY14FY20FY26
Mar 26: 27.0% operating margin (−1.0 pp YoY) Quarterly operating margin, %, line (left); year-on-year change in the margin, in percentage points, line (right). Last 12 quarters. Operating profit as a share of revenue, per quarter.
Operating marginYoY change (pp)
30%4.4%29%3.0%28%1.5%26%0.0%25%−1.4%%%27%−1%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
30%4.4%29%3.0%28%1.5%26%0.0%25%−1.4%%%27%−1%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

→ Margins slipped — did that reach the bottom line? Next: profit +14.5% in the latest quarter.

07 · Net profit

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

Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd earned ₹63.0 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +14.5% year on year. It is the 12th consecutive quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹244 Cr. The 10-year compound rate is 19.8%. That is 15.2% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹55.0 Cr.

Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd earned ₹63.0 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +14.5% year on year. It is the 12th consecutive quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹244 Cr. The 10-year compound rate is 19.8%. That is 15.2% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹55.0 Cr.

Mar 26 profit was ₹63.0 Cr, +14.5% year on year — the 12th consecutive quarter of growth. On the full year, FY26 printed ₹244 Cr (+16.7%), and the 10-year compound rate is 19.8%.

FY26 profit ₹244 Cr (+16.7% YoY) Net profit bars, ₹ Cr (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 11-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
19.8% a year over 10 years
Net profitYoY growth
26464%19842%13220%66−1.9%0−24%₹ Cr%₹24416.7%FY16FY21FY26
26464%19842%13220%66−1.9%0−24%₹ Cr%₹24416.7%FY16FY21FY26
Mar 26: ₹63.0 Cr (+14.5% YoY) Quarterly net profit bars, ₹ Cr (left); YoY growth-% line (right). Last 12 quarters. A bar is red when it is lower than the quarter before.
12th straight quarter of growth
Net profit (quarterly)YoY growth
7076%5357%3538%1819%00.0%₹ Cr%₹6314.5%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
7076%5357%3538%1819%00.0%₹ Cr%₹6314.5%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

Why profit moved: revenue contributed +16.0% and the margin −1.0 pp — the quarter was revenue-led, with the margin roughly flat.

Pace comparison, last four quarters: profit +16.5% vs revenue +15.8%. Profit and revenue are moving roughly in step.

→ Profit rose — but did the cash follow? Next: 167% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash.

08 · Cash flow — the router

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 167% of Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash — the cash follows the profit. In FY26 that was ₹362 Cr of operating cash against ₹244 Cr of profit. After ₹281 Cr of capital spending, ₹81.0 Cr was left as free cash.

FY26: operating cash of ₹362 Cr against reported profit of ₹244 Cr, leaving free cash of ₹81.0 Cr after ₹281 Cr of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is 167% of profit.

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

FY26: CFO ₹362 Cr vs profit ₹244 Cr Operating cash flow and net profit by fiscal year, ₹ Cr; the line is free cash flow (CFO minus capital spending). 11-year window, annual resolution.
167% of 3-year profit arrived as cash
Operating cashNet profitFree cash
403254106−42−191₹ Cr₹362₹244₹81FY16FY21FY26
403254106−42−191₹ Cr₹362₹244₹81FY16FY21FY26
FY26: CFO = 148% of profit (three-year rate 167%) Operating cash as a share of net profit, per fiscal year, % (line). Dashed line = 100% — every unit of profit arriving as cash.
Conversion100%
264%220%176%132%88%%148%FY16FY21FY26
264%220%176%132%88%%148%FY16FY21FY26

Why conversion sits at 167%: the cash cycle held roughly steady between FY21 and FY26 — so conversion tracks profitability rather than the cycle.

Router verdict: the bigger cash user is investment — capital spending ran 2.7× 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: ₹797 Cr of building over 3 years.

09 · Where the cash goes

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).

Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd's cash conversion cycle runs 5 days in FY26, up from −2 days in FY21. Capital spending ran ₹797 Cr over the last 3 years. At FY26 sales of ₹1,586 Cr each day of that cycle holds about ₹4.3 Cr, so roughly ₹22.0 Cr sits inside the business at any moment.

FY26: debtors at 9 days, inventory at 16 days — roughly 0.5 months of stock waiting to sell; that is where the cash sits while it waits — for a full cycle of 5 days, looser than FY21's −2.

The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0; stock waits 16 days to sell; customers pay about 9 days after that; and suppliers themselves are paid at 20 days — netting out to the 5-day cycle.

In money terms: at FY26 sales of ₹1,586 Cr, each day of the cycle holds about ₹4.3 Cr — so the 5-day loop keeps roughly ₹22.0 Cr sitting inside the business at any moment.

FY26: a 5-day cash cycle Debtor days, inventory days, payable days and the cash conversion cycle by fiscal year. 13-year window.
+7 days vs FY21
Cash cycleInventory daysDebtor daysPayable days
593716−5−27days5d16d9d20dFY14FY17FY20FY23FY26
593716−5−27days5d16d9d20dFY14FY20FY26

On the investment side: capital spending of ₹797 Cr over the last 3 fiscal years against ₹299 Cr of depreciation — the company is building well ahead of wear-and-tear. Capital work-in-progress stands at ₹135 Cr (FY26) — capacity paid for but not yet earning.

FY26: capex ₹281 Cr, work-in-progress ₹135 Cr Capital spending per fiscal year, ₹ Cr (bars); capital work-in-progress, ₹ Cr (line). Quarterly capital-spending history is not held for India — annual is the honest resolution.
a build-out
CapexWork-in-progress
4083062041020₹ Cr₹281₹135FY16FY18FY21FY23FY26
4083062041020₹ Cr₹281₹135FY16FY21FY26

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 22% and the ROIC − WACC spread is +6.6 pp.

10 · Return on capital

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.

Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd earns a ROCE of 22% in FY26. That is up from a trough of 13% in FY21. Return on invested capital clears the cost of that capital by +6.6 percentage points, so growth here adds value rather than only size. The wiring behind it is 15.4% net margin on 0.77× asset turns.

FY26 ROCE is 22%, recovered from a FY21 trough of 13% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.

Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY26): 15.4% net margin × 0.77× asset turns × 1.57× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 18.6% on equity. Margin is doing the heavy lifting; leverage is modest — this is an earned return, not a borrowed one.

The capstone test — ROIC − WACC: 18.6% − 12.0% = a +6.6 pp spread. The 12.0% is a standing assumption for the cost of capital in India, not a per-stock estimate — read the sign and the size of the spread, not the decimals. A spread this wide means every rupee reinvested creates more than a rupee of value — the engine compounds.

FY26: ROCE 22% Return on capital employed by fiscal year, % (line); ROIC by fiscal year, % (line). 13-year window, dips included. Dashed line = the 12.0% cost of capital used on this page.
the climb back from FY21's 13%
ROCEROIC (annual)WACC
33%27%22%16%10%%22%19%FY14FY20FY26
33%27%22%16%10%%22%19%FY14FY20FY26
Q4 FY26: ROCE 19.0% (TTM) vs WACC 12.0% Trailing-twelve-month ROCE and ROIC, per quarter, %; dashed line = the cost of capital. Last 12 quarters, put on a trailing-twelve-month basis and anchored to the annual figure.
ROCE (TTM)ROIC (TTM)WACC
21%19%16%14%11%%19%19.6%Q1 FY24Q2 FY25Q4 FY26
21%19%16%14%11%%19%19.6%Q1 FY24Q2 FY25Q4 FY26

→ Returns like these — is the balance sheet borrowing to make them? Next: debt-to-equity is 0.31.

11 · Debt

Debt Debt-to-equity says how much of the business is funded by borrowings. Low is the safe corner; the trend matters as much as the level.

Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd carries total debt of ₹403 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹1,319 Cr as of Mar 26, a debt-to-equity of 0.31. On the annual view that ratio went from 0.90 in FY22 to 0.31 in FY26. Read the returns elsewhere on this page with that leverage in mind.

Mar 26: total debt of ₹403 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹1,319 Cr — a debt-to-equity of 0.31. On the annual view, debt-to-equity went from 0.90 (FY22) to 0.31 (FY26). Read the returns on this page with that leverage in mind.

FY26: debt ₹403 Cr at 0.31× equity Total debt by fiscal year, ₹ Cr (bars); debt-to-equity, × (line). 5-year window.
Total debtDebt-to-equity
5940.9×4460.8×2970.6×1490.4×00.3×₹ Cr×₹4030.31×FY22FY24FY26
5940.9×4460.8×2970.6×1490.4×00.3×₹ Cr×₹4030.31×FY22FY24FY26
Mar 26: debt ₹403 Cr, debt-to-equity 0.31 Total debt per quarter, ₹ Cr (bars); debt-to-equity, × (line). Last 12 quarters. India reports the full balance sheet half-yearly, so the intervening quarter carries the prior reading forward.
Total debt (quarterly)Debt-to-equity
5520.7×4140.6×2760.5×1380.4×00.3×₹ Cr×₹4030.31×Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
5520.7×4140.6×2760.5×1380.4×00.3×₹ Cr×₹4030.31×Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

→ Who owns this, and are they adding or leaving? Next: the register is quiet.

12 · Ownership

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.

No holder of Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd moved a full percentage point over the last two years — the register is quiet. Promoters moved +0.0 points over the same window, to 56.5%. The register is read on the four disclosed classes only; nothing is inferred between filings.

The register over the last two years — Foreign institutions: +0.9 points over 8 quarters to 1.3%; Promoters: +0.0 points over 8 quarters to 56.5%; Domestic institutions: +0.0 points over 8 quarters to 4.2%.

Fiscal-year ends: promoters +0.1 pts from Mar 24 to Mar 26 Shareholding at each fiscal-year end (March quarter), % of the company. 3 year-ends held.
PromotersForeign inst.Domestic inst.Public
61%45%28%12%−4.2%%56.5%1.2%4.5%37.8%Mar 24Mar 25Mar 26
61%45%28%12%−4.2%%56.5%1.2%4.5%37.8%Mar 24Mar 25Mar 26
A quiet register: no holder moved a full point in two years Shareholding by holder class, % of the company, quarterly, last 13 quarters.
PromotersForeign inst.Domestic inst.Public
61%45%28%12%−4.2%%56.5%1.3%4.2%38.0%Jun 23Dec 24Jun 26
61%45%28%12%−4.2%%56.5%1.3%4.2%38.0%Jun 23Dec 24Jun 26

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

13 · 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.

Kovai Medical Center & Hospital 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.

Related companies · same sector · Hospitals Every company is compared on the shape of its own curves, not static ratios. The Revenue, EPS and ROCE columns each draw that company's last 12 quarters as a mini line of the ACTUAL level (trailing-twelve-month revenue and EPS, and the ROCE itself) — so a line that climbs is a business getting bigger, a line that sinks is one shrinking. The colour tracks the same line: green when it is rising or steadily healthy, amber when it is rolling over from a high (still elevated but turning down), red when it is falling, grey when flat or stuck. Colour and direction always agree — a green line never points down. The ROCE curve is the return on capital (annual readings for peers, so a slightly coarser line than the quarterly one at the top of this page). The Stage column then runs the same 12-quarter trajectory classifier used at the top of the page on each company and names where it sits. What lands a company in each bucket: CONSISTENT — growth stays positive across the window and returns are healthy (ROCE ≥ 15%, or ROE ≥ 12% for lenders); IMPROVING — profit or EPS fell into real decline, bottomed a few quarters back, and has climbed back to positive and held there; TURNING AROUND — the same kind of trough but more recent, with the latest quarters just lifting off it (an early, unconfirmed turn); TOPPING OUT — growth is still positive but decelerating hard from its own peak while returns have stopped rising; DETERIORATING — two or more growth curves are shrinking (latest below zero) and staying there, not one soft quarter; MIXED — the curves genuinely disagree, or no clean majority, so no single word fits; NO READ — fewer than eight usable quarters. It is a like-for-like read of every company against its own past, not a ranking against the group.
CompanyP/EMkt capRevenueEPSROCEStage
Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd this page26.2×₹6,394 CrConsistent
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd64.7×₹1.3L CrConsistent
Max Healthcare Institute Ltd70.9×₹1.1L CrTopping out
Fortis Healthcare Ltd67.8×₹71,623 CrMixed
Aster DM Healthcare Ltd168.0×₹68,483 CrNo read
Narayana Hrudayalaya Ltd47.1×₹40,085 CrTurning around
Global Health Ltd66.2×₹36,862 CrConsistent
Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Ltd135.0×₹33,510 CrMixed
Rainbow Childrens Medicare Ltd59.8×₹14,806 CrMixed
Jupiter Life Line Hospitals Ltd55.9×₹10,595 CrMixed
Healthcare Global Enterprises Ltd346.0×₹9,952 CrMixed
Yatharth Hospital & Trauma Care Services Ltd46.1×₹8,082 CrMixed
Artemis Medicare Services Ltd41.2×₹4,365 CrConsistent
Indraprastha Medical Corporation Ltd18.2×₹3,342 CrMixed
Dr Agarwals Eye Hospital Ltd34.6×₹2,427 CrMixed
KMC Speciality Hospitals (India) Ltd45.0×₹2,102 CrTurning around
Sakar Healthcare Ltd49.5×₹1,785 CrImproving
Shalby Ltd47.1×₹1,762 CrTurning around
KMC Speciality Hospitals (India) Ltd37.0×₹1,354 CrTurning around
GPT Healthcare Ltd30.4×₹1,310 CrTurning around
12 · Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

What is Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd's share price today?

Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd trades at ₹5,988, −2.4% over the past year. The company is valued at ₹6,394 Cr. The stock sits at 56% of its 52-week range of ₹5,098–₹6,685, +5.5% versus its 200-day average. On the tape, the price is building a base, 5 weeks in. — as of 24 July 2026.

What were Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd's latest quarterly results?

Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd reported revenue of ₹414 Cr and net profit of ₹63.0 Cr for the Mar 26 quarter. Revenue rose 16.0% and profit rose 14.5% year on year. Earnings per share were ₹57.89. The operating margin was 27.0%, 1.0 pp lower than a year earlier. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd's revenue?

Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd reported revenue of ₹414 Cr in the Mar 26 quarter, +16.0% year on year. For the full FY26 fiscal year, revenue was ₹1,586 Cr (+15.7%). Over the last 10 years revenue compounded at 13.1% a year. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd's profit?

Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd earned ₹63.0 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +14.5% year on year — the 12th straight quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹244 Cr. The operating margin ran 27.0% in the latest quarter. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd's market cap?

Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd's market capitalisation is ₹6,394 Cr at a share price of ₹5,988. Market cap is the share price multiplied by shares outstanding, so it is restated whenever the price moves. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd's P/E ratio?

Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd trades at a P/E of 26.2×, at the 82nd percentile of its own 10-year range, against a long-run median of 19.6×. This is a comparison with the stock's own history, not a value call — as of 24 July 2026.

Does Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd pay a dividend?

Yes — Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd's dividend payout was 7% of profit in FY26, and it recorded a payout in each of its last 13 reported fiscal years. This page holds the payout ratio, not a per-share amount. — as of 24 July 2026.

Is Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd overvalued?

On its own history, Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd looks expensive against its own history: its P/E of 26.2× sits at the 82nd percentile of its 10-year range (long-run median 19.6×). That is a percentile read against the stock's own past, not a price opinion or a direction call. — as of 24 July 2026.

Is Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd growing?

Yes — Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd is growing: latest-quarter revenue +16.0% year on year, profit +14.5%, and the margin −1.0 pp at 27.0%. The 10-year compound rates are 13.1% (revenue) and 19.8% (profit). The earnings engine currently reads: improving — as of 24 July 2026.

How is Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd performing?

Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd is building a base, 5 weeks in. Its latest quarter's revenue rose 16.0% and profit rose 14.5% year on year. Against the NIFTY 500 it has been ahead on a trailing-13-week view for 18 weeks. This describes what the data did, not a rating. — as of 24 July 2026.

What stage is Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd in?

Consistent — revenue, profit and EPS growth have stayed positive through the window, with ROCE at 21.8% and holding. The read comes from the last 12 quarters of growth (revenue growth +15.8% latest, profit growth +16.2% latest, eps growth +17.0% latest) plus the ROCE curve, classified by deterministic rules — a trajectory read, not a buy or sell call — as of 24 July 2026.

Is Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd in an uptrend?

No — the price is building a base (week 5 of stage 1), trading +5.5% versus its 200-day average and at 56% of its 52-week range. Price stages cycle base → advance → top → decline, and the stage names where this stock sits in that cycle — as of 24 July 2026.

Is Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd beating the market?

On recent form, yes — Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd has been ahead of the NIFTY 500 on a trailing-13-week view for 18 straight weeks, the same metric the week-by-week ribbon on this page draws. Separately, on the cumulative view: over the last 10.3 years the stock moved +815% against the NIFTY 500's +274% — ahead of the index over the full window. — as of 24 July 2026.

Will Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd's share price go up?

This page publishes no price forecast for Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd. What it measures instead: the share price is ₹5,988, the price is building a base 5 weeks in. Its P/E of 26.2× sits at the 82nd percentile of its own 10-year range. — as of 24 July 2026.

Who owns Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd?

Promoters hold 56.5% of Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd, foreign institutions 1.3%, domestic institutions 4.2% and the public 38.0% (latest quarter). No holder moved a full point over the last two years — the register is quiet. — as of 24 July 2026.

Does Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd have too much debt?

It is moderate — Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd's debt-to-equity is 0.31, and operating profit covers the interest bill 14×. FY26 borrowings were ₹403 Cr against equity of ₹1,319 Cr. Read the returns on this page with that leverage in mind — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd's capex?

Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd spent ₹797 Cr on capital expenditure over the last 3 fiscal years, a figure derived from the change in fixed assets plus depreciation. In FY26 alone that was ₹281 Cr, with ₹135 Cr in capital work-in-progress — capacity paid for but not yet earning. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd's cash flow?

Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd generated ₹362 Cr of operating cash flow in FY26 and ₹81.0 Cr of free cash flow after ₹281 Cr of capital spending. Reported profit that year was ₹244 Cr, so operating cash ran ahead of profit. Cash-flow resolution for India is annual. — as of 24 July 2026.

Is Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd's profit real cash?

Yes — over the last 3 fiscal years, 167% of Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash. In FY26, operating cash was ₹362 Cr against reported profit of ₹244 Cr. The cash then goes mostly into building capacity. Cash-flow resolution is annual — as of 24 July 2026.

Where is Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd in its business cycle?

Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd's FY26 operating margin was 28.0%, against a 13-year band of 20.0%–29.0%: mid-band by its own history — neither the peak that precedes mean-reversion nor the trough that precedes recovery. The latest quarter ran 27.0%. Profitability versus a company's own long band is the cleanest cycle clock this page holds — as of 24 July 2026.

What could break the Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd story?

The sharpest disagreement: the engine is strong, but at the 82nd percentile of its own range you are paying full price for it. Mechanically, two Friday closes in a row below the 200-day average would end the price trend — that is the exit rule this page tracks — as of 24 July 2026.

Is Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd a stock worth studying right now?

This is not investment advice. The machine read: Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd's earnings have outrun its stock. EPS grew +17.0% in a year against a −2.4% price move. The sharpest open question: whether the earnings grow into the multiple. Every number on this page is drawn deterministically from the raw series, with no forecasts and no price opinions — as of 24 July 2026.

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