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Apollo Hospitals Enterprise (APOLLOHOSP)
India's largest private hospital group by revenue, plus Apollo HealthCo (India's largest pharmacy network, Keimed distribution and the Apollo 24/7 app) and Apollo Health & Lifestyle (clinics, diagnostics, Cradle)
Price
₹8,446
snapshot 6 Nov 2026
Strengths
Largest pan-India network with strong brand pull for high-acuity care and international patients
Integrated model: hospitals, pharmacies, distribution, diagnostics and digital feed each other
HealthCo is being demerged into Apollo Healthtech with a separate listing targeted for Q4 FY27 - unlocks value and makes the hospital business a cleaner story
Risks
Hospital occupancy dipped as new units opened (FY26); new beds take time to fill
A hospital medicine-margin cap from the Supreme Court case would hit both hospital pharmacy and retail
Demerger execution and continued Apollo 24/7 investment
Key stats — company snapshot as of 6 Nov 2026
Mkt Cap
₹1.22L Cr
Stock P/E
53.7x
Div Yield
0.24%
ROCE
17.4%
ROE
21.5%
P/B
11.4x
Revenue growth
+15.8%FY26
Profit growth
+33.1%FY26
Net margin
7.9%FY26
1Y vs Nifty
+11 ptsNifty −1.9%
Revenue, ₹ Cr (5-yr) — company table
14,663FY22
16,612FY23
19,059FY24
21,794FY25
25,228FY26
Stock price return · as of 6 Nov 2026
1Y price return
+9%
3Y CAGR
+18%
5Y CAGR
+14%
Trend65th percentile
52-week range as of 6 Nov 2026 vs snapshot price · 9.4% below its high
Note: Group figures combine hospitals, pharmacy distribution (HealthCo) and retail health
Market cap, ratios, CAGR and revenue: company table snapshot as of 6 Nov 2026 (the same figures on every page). Price: snapshot as of 6 Nov 2026. Not investment advice.
Where it fits
Owns or operates hospitals and turns beds into revenue: admits patients for surgery and complex care (cardiac, oncology, neuro, ortho, renal, transplants), runs outpatient clinics, in-house pharmacies and labs, and bills insurers, government schemes and cash patients. Most chains grow through brownfield bed additions, new greenfield hospitals and acquisitions of regional hospitals.
Why it matters
This is where most of India's healthcare spending is earned and where returns compound: a mature hospital fills its beds, raises its average revenue per occupied bed (ARPOB) with high-acuity work and earns 25%+ EBITDA margins with little extra capital. Listed chains hold only about a fifth of the market (Crisil), so they keep taking share from standalone and trust hospitals.
Where the value pool sits
Crisil (in the Manipal RHP) sizes healthcare delivery at ~₹7L Cr in FY25, growing 10-12% a year to ₹11.2-12.2L Cr by FY30, with inpatient care at 71-72% of value. ICRA (Jul 2026) expects its listed sample to grow revenue 13-15% in FY27 on 6-8% ARPOB growth. Mature metro hospitals earn 25-30% EBITDA margins; new hospitals lose money for 2-3 years before breaking even.
Key drivers
Low bed density - about 16 beds per 10,000 people (Crisil), far below global norms
Insurance penetration and GST-free retail health policies (Sep 2025) widen the paying base
CGHS rate revision (Oct 2025) and PM-JAY expansion to everyone aged 70+ (Oct 2024)
Shift to high-acuity specialties (oncology, transplants, robotic surgery) and medical tourism