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Chalet Hotels Ltd.

Consumer ServicesNifty 500Statement-builtBalanced risk
₹811.85
−40.15 (−4.71%)
Close 2026-11-09
52-week range
₹702−11.0% from high₹912
Last 6 months +3.1%
Trend
vs 50-DMA −4.4%vs 200-DMA −3.3%Volatility 29%
Analyst view from the market data feed
57% bullish
22 analystsmean rating 1.45
Price
₹811.85
Mkt cap
₹18,629 cr
P/E (TTM)
33.8xexcl. exceptional items
P/B
4.99x
Book value
₹161.2
ROE
11.4%
Op margin
34.2%
Net margin
22.1%
D/E
0.64
Div yield
0.24%
Q2 FY27 results2 questions to askHide
Revenue₹502 cr▼ 31.7%on the year▼ 2.0%on the quarter
EBITDA₹218 cr▼ 27.3%on the yearmargin 43.3% (+264 bps)
Net profit₹216 cr▲ 39.7%on the year▲ 151.1%on the quarter
EPS₹9.88▲ 39.5%on the year
  1. Revenue ₹502 cr, −31.7% on the year (this quarter has averaged +57.4% over the last 2 years); EBITDA margin 43.3%, +264 bps.
  2. Reported profit +39.7%; core profit, before other income, exceptional items and tax, −41.6%.
  3. Most of the profit growth did not come from the business. What lifted the gap? Reported profit +39.7% on the year; profit before other income, exceptional items and tax −41.6%.
!Most of the profit growth did not come from…?A tax credit added to profit this quarter. Deferred…✓Profit is backed by cash: operating cash flow exceeded…
Management said
  • Core Business Revenue grew 11% YoY to ₹5,110 mn with EBITDA up 13% YoY to ₹2,274 mn.presentation
  • RevPAR up 7.2% YoY despite the ongoing West Asia geopolitical scenario, increase in fuel prices, airfares and rationalization of flights on select routes.presentation
  • ADR up 11.3% YoY with occupancy at 64.2% (down 2.44 pp YoY).presentation
Market today: Funded rallyBhav 58 · Dhan 70 · 6 NovBhav Dhan Index →
Consolidatedstandalone figures are read separately and never mixed into these tables
What this company actually does

A plain-language read of the business, how it actually earns, where the edge is, and the economics of every reported segment — taken from the annual report and investor presentation, not a one-line industry label.

  • Business model in plain language
  • The revenue engine — what actually generates cash
  • Segment revenue, PBIT, margin and capital employed
  • Operating KPIs — volumes, capacity, utilisation
Live once this company's filings, calls and disclosures have been read.

What's newsince the last filing we processed

Annual report Annual Report 2005 Open
Earnings call Sep 2019 Open

Price in context split-adjusted

1M−5.6%
6M+7.6%
1Y−10.2%-10.2% a year
From high−16.8%worst -28%
vs Nifty, 1Y−8.3 ptsNifty −1.8%
Beta0.97vs Nifty 50
Volatility29%a year

Trading at 33.6x earnings against its own median of 75.5x: 0.5 standard deviations below its usual range. This compares the company with its own history, not with other companies.

How to read this: Price shows the closing price with its 50-day (amber) and 200-day (grey) averages; bars at the bottom are daily volume, green on up days and red on down days; dashed lines mark the 52-week high and low. vs Nifty 50 starts both at 100 so you can see which did better over the period. P/E shows what the market paid for each rupee of profit, inside the band it usually trades in. Drawdown shows how far below its best price the share has been. Hover anywhere for the numbers on that day.

What you must understand

The three to six things that actually matter about this company, each with the exact filing and note it came from — never a fact without the context that makes it meaningful.

  • Reported profit vs operating profit
  • Management narrative vs the numbers
  • Standalone vs consolidated divergence
  • Audit opinion vs headline optimism
Live once this company's filings, calls and disclosures have been read.

Reading the Statements forensic interpretation

What the numbers mean when read together — computed from the filings, not a score.

Operating cash flow backs the profit

Operating cash is 165% of trailing profit — the earnings are converting to real cash, not just accruals.

Why this reading: A positive signal: cash conversion at or above ~0.9 means reported profit is showing up as actual cash.

Full read

Operating cash ₹1,067 cr against trailing net profit ₹645 cr. Consistent conversion near or above 1.0 is a hallmark of genuine earnings.

Profit growing with revenue

Both revenue and profit grew over the last year (6% and 85.3%) — growth is translating to the bottom line.

Why this reading: A positive signal in the numbers, shown for balance alongside the concerns.

Full read

Trailing revenue ₹2,387 cr, trailing profit ₹528 cr. Profit growing at least as fast as revenue indicates operating leverage or pricing power.

Deleveraging

Borrowings have fallen 21% over two years — the balance sheet is getting lighter.

Why this reading: A positive signal in the numbers, shown for balance alongside the concerns.

Full read

Borrowings down to ₹2,368 cr from ₹3,005 cr. Falling debt reduces finance cost and financial risk.

Free cash flow is variable

Free cash flow swings between positive and negative across the cycle.

Why this reading: Surfaced for context, not as a concern — it only becomes meaningful if it persists or pairs with other signals.

Full read

Latest ₹729 cr, negative in 2 of 11 years.

Forensic modelscomputed from the filed statements

Every score below is calculated here from the reported numbers — none of it is asserted. Open the notebook at the foot of the section to see each formula with this company's figures in it.

Altman Z″

Needs current assets and current liabilities.

Piotroski F

7 / 8 1 not testable
  • Profitable this year
  • Operating cash positive
  • Return on assets improved
  • Cash exceeds profit
  • Leverage reduced
  • Liquidity improved
  • No share dilution
  • Margin improved
  • Assets working harder
What is this, and how do I read it?

Piotroski F-Score — fundamental momentum — Joseph Piotroski, University of Chicago, 2000, in a study of whether accounting signals could improve returns among cheap stocks.

Nine yes-or-no tests across profitability, leverage and operating efficiency. Each pass scores one. It asks a narrow question: is this business getting better or worse on its own terms, year over year?

Profitability (4 tests)
Positive profit, positive operating cash, improving return on assets, and cash exceeding profit. The last is the quality test — profit that outruns cash is the one to question.
Leverage and liquidity (3 tests)
Falling debt, improving current ratio, no new shares issued. Growth funded by dilution scores zero here.
Operating efficiency (2 tests)
Improving margin and improving asset turnover.

How to read it7 or more suggests improving fundamentals; 3 or fewer suggests deterioration. It measures direction, not quality — a weak company improving can score higher than a strong one holding steady.

Where it failsA single year of comparison, so one unusual year distorts it. Says nothing about valuation, competitive position or management. Piotroski designed it to rank already-cheap stocks, not to judge a company in isolation.

Beneish M

Needs trade receivables, current assets, other expenses.

Cash vs profit

4.27× 11-year cumulative

Accruals are -5.9% of assets. Free cash flow negative in 2 of 11 years.

DuPont — return on equity FY2026

Net margin23.3%× Asset turnover0.38×× Leverage1.97×= ROE17.4%
What is this, and how do I read it?

DuPont decomposition — Devised inside the DuPont Corporation in the 1920s and still the standard way to read a return on equity.

Splits return on equity into its three sources, so the same headline number can be traced to very different businesses.

Net margin
What the company keeps from each rupee of sales. High margin points to pricing power or a genuine cost advantage.
Asset turnover
Sales generated per rupee of assets. High turnover points to efficiency — a retailer earns this way, a utility never will.
Leverage (equity multiplier)
Assets divided by equity. This multiplies whatever the first two produce, in both directions.

How to read itA 20% ROE built on margin and turnover is a different proposition from a 20% ROE built on 3× leverage. The first survives a downturn; the second amplifies it.

Where it failsA single year. Negative equity makes it meaningless. Leverage is structural for lenders, so the third term carries no signal there.

Leverage & coverage FY2026

Debt / equity0.64×
Interest coverage5.55×
ROCE17.0%

Capital that builds FY2023 → FY2026

Capital deployed+47%
Revenue produced+146%
Still in CWIP₹132 cr

Revenue grew faster than the capital behind it, which is what operating leverage looks like: the existing asset base is working harder.

The formula notebook — every number above, worked out
Cash vs profit cumulative operating cash flow ÷ cumulative net profit ₹4,452 cr ÷ ₹1,042 cr, over 11 years 4.27× Above 1.0 means cash exceeds reported profit — the healthier reading.
Accruals (Sloan) (net profit − operating cash flow) ÷ average total assets (₹645 − ₹1,067) cr ÷ average assets -5.9% Negative means cash exceeded profit — the healthier reading. Positive above ~10% is where accruals start to dominate earnings.
DuPont — return on equity net margin × asset turnover × leverage 23.3% × 0.38 × 1.97 17.4% Splits ROE into whether returns come from operations or from borrowing.
Interest coverage EBIT ÷ finance cost ₹999 cr ÷ ₹180 cr 5.55× How many times operating profit covers the interest bill.
Debt to equity borrowings ÷ net worth ₹2,368 cr ÷ ₹3,698 cr 0.64× Read against the sector — infrastructure carries more than software.
Capital that builds growth in fixed assets + CWIP, against growth in revenue capital +47% vs revenue +146%, FY2023 to FY2026 -98pp gap Money going in far faster than revenue coming out. For an incubator this is expected — the test is whether it eventually converts.

Going deepersame statements, harder questions

Montier C-Score

Needs more balance-sheet detail (only 3 of 6 flags testable).

Return on invested capital FY2026

ROIC12.4%
On new capital since FY2023 25.7%
Capital employed₹6,066 cr

NOPAT over equity plus debt less cash, at a notional 25% tax. Incremental ROIC is the return on money put in since then — the number that decides whether growth creates value or consumes it.

What is this, and how do I read it?

Return on invested capital, and incremental ROIC — Standard in corporate finance; the incremental form was popularised by Michael Mauboussin as the test of whether growth creates value.

ROIC measures what the business earns on all the capital it employs — equity plus debt, less cash. Incremental ROIC asks a sharper question: what has it earned on the money put in since a chosen year?

NOPAT
Operating profit after a notional tax charge, so the figure is independent of how the company is financed. We use 25%.
Invested capital
Equity plus borrowings less cash — the money actually at work.
Incremental ROIC
Change in NOPAT divided by change in invested capital. If it sits below the cost of capital, growth is destroying value however fast revenue rises.

How to read itROIC comfortably above the cost of capital — call it 11–13% in India — means growth compounds. Below it, growth consumes. Incremental below headline means recent investment is earning less than the legacy business.

Where it failsDistorted in the year of a large acquisition. Understated for companies mid-build, where capital is deployed but capacity has not yet been commissioned — an incubator will look poor until it does not.

Earnings quality ladder FY2026

Cash ÷ EBITDA0.90×
Cash ÷ profit1.65×
Free cash ÷ profit1.13×

Read downward. Cash can cover EBITDA and still not survive capex — the third rung is where a capital-hungry business shows itself.

What is this, and how do I read it?

The earnings quality ladder — Not a named model — the standard sequence an analyst walks when testing whether reported profit is real.

Three ratios read in order, each stricter than the last.

Cash ÷ EBITDA
Does operating profit arrive as cash? Below 0.8 points to working capital absorbing it.
Cash ÷ profit
Does bottom-line profit arrive as cash? Below 1.0 persistently is the classic warning.
Free cash ÷ profit
Does anything survive capex? This is where capital-hungry businesses reveal themselves — a company can pass the first two and still never generate spendable cash.

How to read itRead downward. Each rung failing where the one above passed tells you exactly where the cash is going.

Where it failsA single year of heavy capex depresses the third rung legitimately. Judge it across a cycle.

What the price implies

12.4% free cash flow growth, every year for ten years

The growth rate that makes today's market value equal the discounted cash flows, at a 11.5% discount rate and 4.0% terminal growth. Not a forecast — the arithmetic of what is already in the price. Compare it with what the business has actually delivered.

What is this, and how do I read it?

Reverse DCF — the growth already in the price — A standard inversion of discounted cash flow, used to avoid the forecasting problem entirely.

Instead of forecasting cash flows and deriving a value, it takes today's market value as given and solves for the growth rate that would justify it. The output is not a view — it is the arithmetic of what the market is currently assuming.

Discount rate
The return required for the risk taken. We use 11.5%, roughly the long-run cost of equity in India.
Terminal growth
Growth beyond the explicit ten years. We use 4%, near long-run nominal GDP.
The output
The free-cash-flow growth rate, every year for a decade, that makes the discounted total equal today's market value.

How to read itCompare it with what the business has actually delivered. A price implying 30% a year against a decade of 15% is a demanding assumption; the reverse is a modest one.

Where it failsUseless when free cash flow is negative or unusually depressed, which is common mid-capex. Highly sensitive to the discount rate — a point either way moves the answer materially.

Cost of debt FY2026

Interest ÷ average borrowings7.24%
Average borrowings₹2,486 cr

Against a policy rate near 6%, most sound Indian corporates borrow between 7% and 10%.

What is this, and how do I read it?

Cost of debt — Interest expense over average borrowings — the effective rate the company actually pays.

What the lenders charge, which is a market verdict on credit quality that no rating agency delay affects.

Well below the policy rate
Suggests interest is being capitalised into assets rather than expensed, or that funding comes from related parties on non-market terms.
Near the policy rate plus a normal spread
Ordinary bank funding. Nothing to explain.
Well above
Lenders are pricing risk the equity market may not yet be.

How to read itAgainst a policy rate near 6%, most sound Indian corporates borrow between 7% and 10%. Read the direction over years as much as the level.

Where it failsUnderstated where a large share of interest is capitalised into projects under construction. Not meaningful for lenders, where interest is cost of goods.

Reading the numbers on this pagetwo bases, both shown

Some figures appear twice on this page with different values. That is not an error — they sit on different bases. The live feed reports a rolling twelve months; everything computed here comes from the last audited statements. Both are shown so you can see which is which.

Operating margin
Trailing twelve months, live feed34.2%
FY2026, as filed42.9%
8.7% apart

Where the two disagree, every model, screen and ratio computed on this page uses the filed figure, because the rest of the page is on that basis.

What the filings we hold do not give

Models that need these lines are withheld rather than estimated: net worth, current assets, current liabilities, trade receivables, inventory, net block. Nothing on this page is back-solved from a figure the company did not publish.

Published screening frameworksrules applied, not opinions quoted

Each framework below is a set of stated, mechanical criteria from published work, run against this company's own filed numbers. Passing or failing a screen is not a verdict — different frameworks disagree by design, and that disagreement is itself informative.

Graham — defensive investor

1 / 4
  • Debt below net worth ₹2,368 cr vs ₹3,698 cr
  • Positive earnings every year 6 of 12 years
  • P/E below 15 33.8×
  • P/E × P/B below 22.5 168.5

Benjamin Graham's stated criteria for a defensive stock, applied to the filed numbers. A company failing several is not disqualified — Graham designed these to be deliberately strict.

Greenblatt — magic formula

0 / 2
  • Return on capital above 20% 16.5%
  • Earnings yield above 8% 3.0%

Two ratios only: what the business earns on its capital, and what you pay for those earnings. Designed to be ranked across a universe rather than read in isolation.

O'Neil — CAN SLIM growth tests

3 / 4
  • Annual earnings growth above 25% 351%
  • Revenue growth above 20% 61%
  • Return on equity above 17% 17.4%
  • Share count not expanding equity capital ₹219 cr

The fundamental half of William O'Neil's framework. The market and leadership components are judgement calls and are not scored here.

Quality — compounder tests

3 / 4
  • Cash conversion above 0.9× 4.27× over 11 years
  • ROCE above 15% 17.0%
  • Interest covered more than 4× 5.55×
  • Debt below half of equity 0.64×

The characteristics long-term holders commonly look for: cash-backed earnings, high returns on capital, and debt that never forces a decision.

Against the sector29 companies

Median of the companies we hold in the same sector (Consumer Services). Every figure on both sides is the live feed's trailing twelve months, so the two are measured the same way whatever depth of extraction this company has had. A number only means something next to something else — expensive against the market and cheap against peers are different facts.

P/E
33.8×
45.3×
-25%
P/B
5.0×
6.3×
-21%
Return on equity
11.4%
13.6%
-16%
Operating margin
34.2%
23.4%
+46%
Net margin
22.1%
20.3%
+9%
Dividend yield
0.2%
0.6%
-62%
this companysector median

The page in pictures

Revenue and what it leaves behind

Bars are revenue; the line is net margin. Revenue rising while the line falls is the shape worth noticing.

FY19 · 987FY19FY20 · 981FY20FY21 · 286FY21FY22 · 508FY22FY23 · 1,128FY23FY24 · 1,417FY24FY25 · 1,718FY25FY26 · 2,770FY26
Revenue (₹ cr)Net margin %

Where the year's cash went — FY2026

Operating cash first, then what the business spent and raised.

1,067Operating cash−575Investing−466Financing

Quality over time

One year is a snapshot. These are the two lines that matter across a cycle.

13-8.7-30-52FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Cash ÷ profit (×)ROCE (÷10)

Where cash gets stuck

Rising debtor or inventory days against flat sales is the earliest visible sign of stress.

7,4574,7081,960-789FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Debtor daysInventory daysPayable daysCash cycle
Growth & valuation workspace

Set your own assumptions and watch the numbers move. A scenario calculator — the outputs are the arithmetic of your inputs.

User-driven scenario tool. Implied value and CAGR follow only from the assumptions you set — not a FinMinutes forecast, recommendation, or target price.

Valuation & quality

One canonical set of figures — the same numbers used everywhere else on this page and on the screener.

What you payHow the price compares with earnings, book and sales.
P/E (TTM)
33.8x
trailing 12m, live feed
P/B
4.99x
P/S
7.73x
PEG
0.72
growth cheap
Dividend yield
0.24%
What it earnsMargins and returns as the live feed reports them, on a rolling twelve months. The models above compute the same measures from the last audited statements, so the two can differ.
Operating margin
34.2%
trailing 12m, live feed
Net margin
22.1%
trailing 12m, live feed
Return on equity
11.4%
trailing 12m, live feed
How it is fundedLeverage and what is returned to shareholders.
Debt / equity
0.64
moderate
Payout ratio
8.3%
Book value / share
₹161.2
Return on equity of 11.4% is built on a 22.1% net margin and debt of 0.64x equity. The full DuPont breakdown sits in the forensic models above.

Ownership & Skin in the Game

How the register has moved over recent quarters — the direction matters more than the level.

Promoter ― 0.05
Sep '2567.34% Dec '2567.33% Mar '2667.29% Jun '2667.29%

Promoter held steady from 67.34% to 67.29% across these quarters.

FII ▼ 1.47
Sep '255.73% Dec '255.08% Mar '264.71% Jun '264.26%

FII trimmed from 5.73% to 4.26% across these quarters.

MF ▲ 1.99
Sep '2521.79% Dec '2522.37% Mar '2622.71% Jun '2623.78%

MF rose from 21.79% to 23.78% across these quarters.

Other ▼ 0.47
Sep '255.14% Dec '255.22% Mar '265.29% Jun '264.67%

Other trimmed from 5.14% to 4.67% across these quarters.

Working capital12-year series

Where cash gets stuck. A rising inventory or debtor line against flat sales is the earliest sign of trouble in the numbers.

MeasureFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Debtor days
How long customers take to pay
181639311914179
Inventory days
How long stock sits before it sells
1,3051,8716,6593,0301,6051,9732,064199
Payable days
How long the company takes to pay suppliers
4014551,267602549716535122
Cash conversion cycle
Debtor + inventory − payable days
9211,4325,4312,4601,0751,2711,54586
Working capital days-77-58-270-184-152-292-275-93
ROCE %
Return on capital employed
8.0%8.0%-3.0%0.0%9.0%10.0%11.0%17.0%

Hotel vitalsthe numbers this business is run on

Quarter by quarter

MetricQ2 FY27Q2 FY26
Keys3,3893,193
Occupancy64.2%66.7%
ADR (₹)13,54612,170
RevPAR (₹)8,7028,115
Signed pipeline (keys)2,036—
Managed keys share44.5%—

From the quarterly results and the earnings call, read by FinMinutes. Latest quarter, read in full.

Read using the Hotels and hospitality framework (named in the filing read). Primary valuation lens: EV/EBITDA, owned and managed separately.

Read more closely in this sector: ADR against occupancy in RevPAR growth.

Trends

The shape of the business over time (annual) — read the direction, not the single print.

Revenue (₹ cr)
FY2021286FY2022508FY20231.1kFY20241.4kFY20251.7kFY20262.8k
Net profit (₹ cr)
FY2021-139FY2022-81.0FY2023183FY2024278FY2025142FY2026645

Annual Profit & Loss ₹ cr

LineFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Revenue from operations2865081,1281,4171,7182,770
Other income141192203641
Depreciation117118117138179230
Finance cost152144154197159180
Profit before tax-248-153273269434819
Net profit (owners)-139-81183278142645
EPS (₹)-6.78-3.988.9413.546.5329.46

Exceptional items, total income and EBITDA are read from the filed statements.

Quarterly Financials ₹ cr

MetricSep 2023Dec 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026
Revenue315374418361377458522895735582558512
Other Income46686715149713-1
Expenses189208235221228253281537436317292278
Depreciation353537394248505457586061
Finance cost504853323445484945464139
Profit before tax4489997879118159269205167178133
Net Profit36718261-1399712420315512416386
EPS1.773.444.012.78-6.354.425.679.307.085.677.443.93

Balance Sheet ₹ cr, annual

ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Equity Capital205205205205218219
Reserves1,2111,1361,3371,6462,8283,479
Borrowings2,0582,5972,8533,0052,6042,368
Net block3,0803,4133,8544,4065,2105,693
CWIP36329837183132
Investments4671010829
Total Assets4,0194,4654,9575,7787,0777,287

Cash Flow ₹ cr

LineFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Cash from operations60624776899501,067
Cash from investing-50-396-591-620-1,355-575
Cash from financing-34411126-108496-466
Free cash flow1323305262-14729
Net change in cash-247712-389125

Cash from operations is the number profit has to answer to. Free cash flow is what remains after the business pays for its own growth.

From the filings, calls & disclosures

The part no one reads: the auditor's opinion, the contingent liabilities buried in the notes, the covenants, and the claims in the deck placed beside the figures that test them.

  • Buried in the footnotes — what the notes disclose and the summary does not
  • Risk register — every dispute, probe and contingent liability with its amount
  • Audit & governance — opinion type, emphasis of matter, going concern, subsidiary coverage
  • Guidance & forward view
  • Narrative vs numbers
  • Segment intelligence
Live once this company's filings, calls and disclosures have been read.
The analyst grilling

Where analysts pressed management on the earnings call, and exactly how management answered — the questions that were hardest to answer are usually the ones that matter.

  • The question, and who asked it
  • Management's answer, in their own framing
Live once this company's filings, calls and disclosures have been read.

Disclosure & evidencewhat the filings actually show

These are coverage counts, not ratings. Each one asks a fixed set of questions of the filings and reports how many the company answered. A company that discloses nothing counts nothing here — that is a statement about the disclosure, not about the business.

Capital discipline

4 of 4 disclosed weighted 10 of 10
What was looked for
  • Profit converts to cash — 4.27× over 11 years
  • Free cash flow not persistently negative — 2 of 11 years negative
  • Capital converts into revenue — capital +47% vs revenue +146%
  • Interest comfortably covered — 5.55×

Others in Consumer Services

The same read, applied to the companies this one competes with.

Results · Q2 FY27July to September 2026

Open the full results page ↗
!1 serious?1 question to ask✓1 positive16 of 19 checks ran · read from the filing
Revenue₹502 cr▼ 31.7%on the year▼ 2.0%on the quarter
EBITDA₹218 cr▼ 27.3%on the yearmargin 43.3% (+264 bps)
Net profit₹216 cr▲ 39.7%on the year▲ 151.1%on the quarter
EPS₹9.88▲ 39.5%on the year

What changed

  1. Revenue ₹502 cr, −31.7% on the year (this quarter has averaged +57.4% over the last 2 years); EBITDA margin 43.3%, +264 bps.
  2. Reported profit +39.7%; core profit, before other income, exceptional items and tax, −41.6%.
  3. Most of the profit growth did not come from the business. What lifted the gap? Reported profit +39.7% on the year; profit before other income, exceptional items and tax −41.6%.

The quarter, explainedfrom the filing and the statements

Chalet Hotels Ltd. reported revenue of ₹502 cr for July to September 2026, −31.7% on the year and −2.0% on the quarter. That is slower than this quarter has grown in recent years (+57.4% on average). Over the last four quarters revenue comes to ₹2,154 cr, −17.5% on the four before.

Operating profit (EBITDA) was ₹218 cr, a margin of 43.3%, +264 bps on the year and −234 bps on the quarter. Over the last 8 quarters the margin has ranged from 39.9% to 47.7%, averaging 44.2%. Operating costs grew −34.8% against revenue growth of −31.7%, so more of each rupee of sales reached operating profit.

Net profit was ₹216 cr, +39.7% on the year and +151.1% on the quarter, with earnings per share of ₹9.88. Profit before other income, one-offs and tax fell 41.6%, so 81 points of the headline growth came from outside the core business. Profit over the last four quarters totals ₹589 cr, +1.8% on the four before.

Hotels are seasonal, with the second half of the financial year strongest, so a quarter is best read against the same quarter a year earlier.

On earnings per share of ₹26.92 over the last four quarters, the stock at ₹811.85 trades at 30.2 times trailing earnings.

Questions to askeach one with its numbers and source

!Serious

Most of the profit growth did not come from the business. What lifted the gap?

Reported profit +39.7% on the year; profit before other income, exceptional items and tax −41.6%.

Source: Results filing

?Question

A tax credit added to profit this quarter. Deferred tax recognised, or a reversal?

Profit before tax ₹124 cr; tax −₹92.2 cr, a credit.

Source: Results filing

Also worth knowing

✓Positive

Profit is backed by cash: operating cash flow exceeded profit.

Operating cash flow for the first half ₹484 cr against profit of ₹302 cr.

Source: Cash flow statement

Could not run on this quarter: Related-party transactions, Promoter pledges and allotments, Earlier promises against delivery. The filing did not carry these lines.

Where the profit change came fromSep '25 → Sep '26

₹155 crSep'25−₹81.7 crBusiness(EBITDA)−₹3.7 crDepreciation+₹3.7 crFinancecost+₹0.9 crOtherincome+₹142 crTax₹216 crSep'26

Net profit a year ago, each driver's change, and net profit now. Blue added profit, red took it away.

The half year: balance sheet and cashfiled with Q2

Balance sheetSep '26Last year endChange
Trade receivables₹85.4 cr₹68.7 cr▲ 24.2%
Inventory₹301 cr₹269 cr▲ 11.9%
Cash₹208 cr₹164 cr▲ 26.6%
Bank balances₹317 cr₹145 cr▲ 119.5%
Long-term borrowings₹2,045 cr₹1,884 cr▲ 8.6%
Short-term borrowings₹698 cr₹440 cr▲ 58.6%
Trade payables₹155 cr₹165 cr▼ 5.8%
Net block₹3,624 cr₹3,311 cr▲ 9.5%
Capital work in progress₹204 cr₹132 cr▲ 53.9%
Equity₹3,980 cr₹3,697 cr▲ 7.6%
Total assets₹8,077 cr₹7,309 cr▲ 10.5%
Cash flow, year to dateThis yearLast year
Operating cash flow₹484 cr₹428 cr
Capital expenditure−₹459 cr−₹222 cr
Investing cash flow−₹738 cr−₹242 cr
Financing cash flow₹303 cr−₹271 cr

Operating cash flow was 1.60× profit. Receivables at 15 days of sales (+6 days against the last year end). Inventory at 54 days of sales (+19 days).

From the filingauditor, IPO money, related parties, promoters

✓Auditor's reviewUnmodified conclusion · B S R & Co. LLP

Other matter: “

We did not review the interim financial results of three Subsidiaries included in the Statement, whose interim financial results reflect total assets (before consolidation adjustments) of Rs 4,888.93 million as at 30 September 2026 and total revenues (before consolidation adjustments)… Read in fullWe did not review the interim financial results of three Subsidiaries included in the Statement, whose interim financial results reflect total assets (before consolidation adjustments) of Rs 4,888.93 million as at 30 September 2026 and total revenues (before consolidation adjustments) of Rs 146.64 million and Rs 517.20 million, total net profit / (loss) after tax (before consolidation adjustments) of Rs (24.92) million and Rs 78.72 million and total comprehensive income/(loss) (before consolidation adjustments) of Rs (24.08) million and Rs 80.24 million, for the quarter ended 30 September 2026 and for the period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026 respectively, and cash outflows (net) (before consolidation adjustments) of Rs 29.22 million for the period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026 as considered in the Statement. These interim financial results has been reviewed by other auditor whose report has been furnished to us by the Parent's management and our conclusion on the Statement. in so far as it relates to the amounts and disclosures included in respect of these subsidiaries, is based solely on the report of the other auditor and the procedures performed by us as stated in paragraph 3 above.
”

Filing p. limited review report p.1-2

✓IPO moneyUsed as stated

₹0.0 cr still unused. “Security coverage ratio exceeds 1.75x of principal and interest on 8.35% NCDs as certified by Statutory Auditor; Commercial Papers of ₹100.00 crore issued on 29-Sep-26 at 6.60% p.a. were fully compliant with nil deviation.”

?Governance eventsOther

Regularised land at Vashi, Navi Mumbai following Supreme Court order dated May 26, 2026 upon payment of differential premium to CIDCO; CIDCO issued acknowledgment letter dated September 9, 2026. (p. standalone note 5)

Acquired 100% equity shares of Lakeview Mercantile Company Private Limited (LMCPL) on September 7, 2026 for a consideration of Rs. 992 million. (p. standalone note 5)

Composite Scheme of Arrangement and Amalgamation for merger of Sonmil Industries Private Limited and The Dukes Retreat Private Limited into the Company pending before NCLT. (p. standalone note 6)

Inside the profitother income, one-offs, tax

Other income, line by line

  • Interest income from instruments measured at amortised cost (6M consolidated): 12.85 crore (recurring)consolidated cash flow statement
  • Interest on income tax refund (6M consolidated): 1.38 crore (one-off)consolidated cash flow statement
  • Profit on sale of investment (6M consolidated): 1.23 crore (recurring)consolidated cash flow statement
  • Fair valuation gain on investment valued through P&L (6M consolidated): 0.05 crore (recurring)consolidated cash flow statement

One-offs

  • Provision for voluntary separation scheme (VSS) at hotel unit (6M FY27): 9.85 crore. Seen before: yesstandalone note 8, presentation slide 13

Tax: The Holding Company exercised option under Section 206 of Income-tax Act, 2025 (erstwhile Section 115BAA of Income-tax Act, 1961) for concessional corporate tax rate of 25.17% (vs 34.94%), remeasuring opening deferred tax liabilities as of April 1, 2026 and recognizing a deferred tax credit of ₹112.50 crore (Rs. 1,125 million) in Q2 FY27.

Hotel vitalsthe numbers this business is run on

MetricQ2 FY27Q2 FY26
Keys3,3893,193
Occupancy64.2%66.7%
ADR (₹)13,54612,170
RevPAR (₹)8,7028,115
Signed pipeline (keys)2,036—
Managed keys share44.5%—

Worked out from filed numbers. Proprietary Brand Pipeline Share (ATHIVA®): ATHIVA® brand pipeline keys (906) / Total hospitality pipeline keys (2,036) * 100

Checks this sector needs

✓ADR against occupancy in RevPAR growth

RevPAR expanded 7.2% YoY to ₹8,702 in Q2 FY27, driven entirely by an 11.3% YoY increase in Average Daily Rate (ADR to ₹13,546), which comfortably offset a 244 bps YoY dip in occupancy (to 64.2%). Resorts RevPAR grew 33.7% YoY with strong contribution from both ADR (+6.1% to ₹15,083) and occupancy (+853 bps to 41.2%).

Strong ADR pricing power drove healthy overall RevPAR expansion despite transient market occupancy softness.

Read using the Hotels and hospitality framework (named in the filing read). Primary valuation lens: EV/EBITDA, owned and managed separately.

1 standard read withheld or marked as expected here, and why
  • Quarters swing with the season or with project milestones here; read the year, not the quarter.

Read more closely in this sector: ADR against occupancy in RevPAR growth.

What management saidquoted, with source

  • Core Business Revenue grew 11% YoY to ₹5,110 mn with EBITDA up 13% YoY to ₹2,274 mn.presentation, slide 6
  • RevPAR up 7.2% YoY despite the ongoing West Asia geopolitical scenario, increase in fuel prices, airfares and rationalization of flights on select routes.presentation, slide 6
  • ADR up 11.3% YoY with occupancy at 64.2% (down 2.44 pp YoY).presentation, slide 6
  • Two new projects were announced (Hyderabad, Pune) during the quarter taking ATHIVA® key count, including pipeline, beyond 1,200 keys.presentation, slide 6

Guidance given this quarter

MetricGuidanceForAgainst earlier guidance
Koramangala Residential Project Phase II Handover168H2 FY27unchanged or first given
Commercial Real Estate Leased Run Rate30.00September 2026 onwardsunchanged or first given
GHG Emissions Net-Zero Target2040By 2040unchanged or first given

Held for next quarter's said-then-did check.

Segments

SegmentRevenueYoYResultYoY
Hospitality (Hotels)₹411 cr▲ 8.2%₹124 cr▲ 14.6%
Real Estate₹0.5 cr▼ 99.8%−₹0.5 cr▼ 100.5%
Rental / Annuity Business₹90.1 cr▲ 22.0%₹59.6 cr▲ 28.1%

Every quartersame rules, every quarter

Q3 FY24Q4 FY24Q1 FY25Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27Q2 FY27
Revenue₹374 cr₹418 cr₹361 cr₹377 cr₹458 cr₹522 cr₹895 cr₹735 cr₹582 cr₹558 cr₹512 cr₹502 cr
YoY——+16%+20%+22%+25%+148%+95%+27%+7%−43%−32%
EBITDA margin44.4%43.8%38.8%39.8%44.8%46.2%39.9%40.7%45.5%47.7%45.7%43.3%
Other income, % of PBT7%6%10%8%6%9%5%4%4%7%7%8%
Exceptional items——————————−₹9.9 cr—
Tax rate20%17%22%—18%22%24%24%26%8%35%—
Net profit₹71.0 cr₹82.0 cr₹61.0 cr−₹139 cr₹97.0 cr₹124 cr₹203 cr₹155 cr₹124 cr₹163 cr₹86.1 cr₹216 cr
YoY——−31%−486%+37%+51%+233%—+28%+31%−58%+40%
Core profit YoY——+112%+83%+34%+55%+264%+169%+44%+15%−48%−42%
EPS₹3.44₹4.01₹2.78−₹6.35₹4.42₹5.67₹9.30₹7.08₹5.67₹7.44₹3.93₹9.88
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