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Business Insider
01-06-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
Ambit Holdings Remains a Buy on Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd. (LEMONTREE)
Ambit Holdings analyst Karan Khanna maintained a Buy rating on Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd. (LEMONTREE – Research Report) yesterday and set a price target of INR205.00. The company's shares closed last Friday at INR139.33. Confident Investing Starts Here: Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd. has an analyst consensus of Moderate Buy, with a price target consensus of INR210.00, a 50.72% upside from current levels. In a report released on May 30, Investec also maintained a Buy rating on the stock with a INR170.00 price target. The company has a one-year high of INR162.25 and a one-year low of INR110.55. Currently, Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd. has an average volume of 178.1K.
Reuters
12-02-2025
- Business
- Reuters
India's travel boom enters the departure lounge
BENGALURU, Feb 12 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Indian Hotels ( opens new tab, owner of the luxury Taj brand, is emerging as a flag bearer of the South Asian country's tourism boom. The $12 billion company on Monday unveiled a fifth hotel under development in Mumbai. Overall it plans to more than double its footprint of properties to over 700 by 2030, and at least 10%, opens new tab of the additions will be overseas. But as domestic room tariffs hit the roof, Indians are increasingly eyeing overseas destinations. The company shows no sign of being affected by a domestic consumption slowdown that is rippling across the economy. Revenue hit 25.9 billion rupees ($296 million) in the three months to the end of December, up 29% year-on-year, and its EBITDA margin grew 80 basis points to over 39%. Over the past 12 months, the stock outperformed the rallying Nifty 50 (.NSEI), opens new tab by 34 percentage points and Indian Hotels is valued at 63 times its earnings for financial year 2025, roughly double the multiple for Marriot International (MAR.O), opens new tab and Hilton Hotel (HLT.N), opens new tab. Rich Indians are splurging on weddings and events, and people are hungry for experiences. Coldplay's concert in Ahmedabad in January had an audience, opens new tab of 134,000, and room rates, opens new tab for one nearby Taj property leapt as high as 120,000 rupees, roughly $1,386, for a double-occupancy two-night stay. It's not a one-off: a shortage of hotels in prime locations is pushing up prices across the board even though foreigners are visiting India in fewer numbers than before the Covid pandemic. Overseas destinations start to look relatively attractive to domestic travellers beyond a certain expense, says Amit Kumar at HDFC Securities. India may become the world's fourth-largest market for outbound tourism after the United States, China and Germany, up from 10th, by 2035, says Capital Economics. Popular destinations for the South Asian country's travellers include the Maldives, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Thailand. Concerns about the sustainability of room rates within India are growing, however. Karan Khanna, an analyst at Ambit Capital, warns of a potential faster-than-expected surge in domestic supply as rivals including ITC Hotels ( opens new tab announce significant expansion plans in smaller cities. To address those worries, Indian Hotels is talking up its capital-light investment strategy. For now, it is on the move with rich India. Follow @ujjainidutta_, opens new tab CONTEXT NEWS Indian Hotels Company on January 17 reported revenue of 25.9 billion rupees ($296 million) in the three months to the end of December, up 29% from the same period last year. Net profit for the period also rose 29% to 5.8 billion rupees. For more insights like these, click here, opens new tab to try Breakingviews for free. Editing by Una Galani and Aditya Srivastav Breakingviews Reuters Breakingviews is the world's leading source of agenda-setting financial insight. As the Reuters brand for financial commentary, we dissect the big business and economic stories as they break around the world every day. A global team of about 30 correspondents in New York, London, Hong Kong and other major cities provides expert analysis in real time. Sign up for a free trial of our full service at and follow us on Twitter @Breakingviews and at All opinions expressed are those of the authors.
