8 August 2024
1QFY25 Results Update | Sector: Hotels
Lemon Tree Hotels
Estimate change
TP change
Rating change
Bloomberg
Equity Shares (m)
M.Cap.(INRb)/(USDb)
52-Week Range (INR)
1, 6, 12 Rel. Per (%)
12M Avg Val (INR M)
LEMONTRE IN
792
100 / 1.2
158 / 93
-13/-20/10
781
CMP: INR126
TP: INR170 (+34%)
Buy
Higher renovation and business development expenses
hurt margins
Operating performance below our estimates
Lemon Tree Hotels (LEMONTRE) reported strong revenue growth of 21% YoY
in 1QFY25, primarily led by healthy growth in ARR (up 9% YoY) and the
opening of Aurika Mumbai (669 rooms) in Oct’23.
However, EBITDA margins remained under pressure (down 410bp YoY),
primarily due to an increase in renovations and business development
expenses. The company is renovating its entire room inventory by FY26 end,
thereby improving its ARR. We believe that margins will improve after the
renovations are completed.
We largely maintain our FY25/FY26 EBITDA estimates and retain our
BUY
rating on the stock with our SoTP-based TP of INR170.
Financials & Valuations (INR b)
Y/E Mar
2024 2025E
Sales
10.7
13.4
EBITDA
5.2
6.4
PAT
1.49
1.93
EBITDA (%)
48.6
47.8
EPS (INR)
1.9
2.5
EBITDA Gr. (%)
25.7
29.8
BV/Sh. (INR)
12.4
14.8
Ratios
Net D/E
1.9
1.3
RoE (%)
16.3
18.1
RoCE (%)
10.2
12.1
Payout (%)
-
-
Valuations
P/E (x)
66.4
51.1
EV/EBITDA (x)
23.7
18.8
Div Yield (%)
-
-
FCF Yield (%)
1.3
5.7
2026E
15.6
8.0
3.03
51.0
3.9
57.1
18.7
0.7
23.1
16.5
-
32.5
14.6
-
7.0
Rising ARR and ramp-up of Aurika Mumbai boost sales
Shareholding pattern (%)
As On
Promoter
DII
FII
Others
Jun-24 Mar-24 Jun-23
22.8
22.9
23.6
15.2
15.4
10.4
27.7
27.2
25.6
34.3
34.6
40.5
Revenue grew 21% YoY to INR2.7b (in line), led by higher ARR of INR5,686
(up 9% YoY) and incremental contributions from Aurika Mumbai. Occupancy
declined 360bp YoY to 66.6%, due to the elections and extreme heatwaves.
RevPAR was up 3% YoY at INR3,787.
EBITDA grew 10% YoY to INR1.2b (est. INR1.3b). EBITDA margin declined
410bp YoY to 42.9% (est. 45%), led by an increase in other expenses as % of
sales by 370bp YoY to 23.2%. Margins declined on a YoY basis due to the
planned increase in renovation expenses, higher fixed costs of Aurika
Mumbai, investment in digital capabilities, the expansion of the business
development team and overall annual payroll increase. Adj. PAT declined
16% YoY to INR198m (est. INR244m).
In 1QFY25, Keys Hotels generated a revenue of INR205m (up 6% YoY), with
EBITDA of INR39m (down 11% YoY), aided by high renovation expenses. It
operated at 55.7% occupancy (down 150bp YoY), with ARR of INR3,542 (up
7% YoY).
As of 30th Jun’24, total operational inventory comprised 107 hotels with
10,125 rooms and the pipeline comprised 61 hotels with 4,036 rooms.
Guidance:
The company expects to clock revenue of INR12.5b in FY25 and
EBITDA of ~INR9b by FY25 or FY26. It targets RoCE of ~20%. After the
renovations, the company expects EBITDA of INR600m annually from ‘Keys’
portfolio with ARR of ~INR4,500.
Near-term outlook:
LEMONTRE is confident of achieving healthy RevPAR
growth in FY25/FY26, once renovated rooms become operational. It has also
invested in business development (team up 4x) and manpower (sales force
increased by 50% in last three months).
Aurika Mumbai Sky City
clocked an occupancy rate of ~45.9% in 1Q with
ARR of ~INR8,900. The company is expected to see a healthy pick-up from
MICE activities from 3Q onward. It expects the hotel to clock ~2-2.5x higher
revenue in 2H compared to 1HFY25.
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Highlights from the management commentary
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Sumant Kumar - Research Analyst
(Sumant.Kumar@MotilalOswal.com)
Research Analyst: Meet Jain
(Meet.Jain@MotilalOswal.com) /
Omkar Shintre
(Omkar.Shintre@MotilalOswal.com)
14 November 2022