As of 6 Nov 2026, Kovai Medical Center & Hospital trades at 25.8× trailing earnings, below the industry P/E of 47.7×. Its ROCE of 21% is the highest among the 7 largest Medical Care Facilities peers, and sales and net profit grew 18% and 28% a year over 3 years. Its dividend yield is 0.3%, and debt is 0.31× equity. It is a small-cap company with a market cap of ₹6,509 Cr, ranked 14th of 40 Medical Care Facilities companies by market cap; the shares rose 131% over the past year.
- ₹5,912.50
- ₹6,010.00
- ₹5,854.00
- ₹5,882.50
- 2.6K
Health check
- ReturnsAhead
+130.9% over a year, better than 7 of 7 peers.
- Price tagCheaper
P/E 25.8 vs industry 47.7.
- GrowthStrong
Sales +18.2%, profit +28.3% a year over 3 years.
- ProfitabilityStrong
ROCE 20.6% vs peer median 11.9%.
- Balance sheetSolid
Debt 0.31× equity, interest covered 11.2×, Piotroski 8 of 9.
- Red flagsNone found
No warning signs in the headline numbers.
Small cap
Defensive
Key metrics
- Market cap
- ₹6,509 Cr
- Small cap
- P/E
- 25.8
- Industry 47.7
- Price to book
- 4.93
- Peers 8.06
- Dividend yield
- 0.25%
- ROE
- 20.3%
- Peers 12.8%
- ROCE
- 20.6%
- Peers 11.9%
- Debt to equity
- 0.31
- Debt ₹403 Cr
- EPS (TTM)
- ₹230.90
- Face value ₹10
- OPM (TTM)
- 27.9%
- Net margin 15.6%
- Sales growth
- +15.3%
- Latest quarter vs a year ago
- Profit growth
- +20.7%
- Latest quarter vs a year ago
- Price to sales
- 3.96
- EV/EBITDA 14.5
Strengths and risks
Strengths
- Return on equity of 20.3%.
- Return on capital employed of 20.6%.
- Quarterly profit up 20.7% on a year ago.
- Quarterly sales up 15.3% on a year ago.
- P/E of 25.8 against an industry P/E of 47.7.
About Kovai Medical Center & Hospital
Kovai Medical Center and Hospital Limited operates a multispecialty hospital and its satellite centers in India. It operates through two segments, Healthcare Services and Education Services. The company offers outpatient and inpatient medical services in the fields of cardiology, cardiac anesthesiology, cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, comprehensive cancer center, critical care medicine, dentistry/faciomaxillary surgery, dermatology and cosmetic…
- Headquarters
- Coimbatore
- Employees
- 6,885
- Sector
- Healthcare
- ISIN
- INE177F01017
- Website
- kmchhospitals.com
Price range
- Avg volume (3M)
- 5.2K
- 1-year return
- plus 130.9%
- From 52-week high
- minus 7.7%
Peers · Medical Care Facilities
| Company | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APOLLOHOSPApollo Hospitals Enterprise | 8,446.00 | plus 0.90% | 1,21,441 | 54.0 | 11.45 | 19.2% | 22.5% | 15.4% | 14.8% | 33.3% | 0.24% | plus 7.2% |
| MAXHEALTHMax Healthcare Institute | 934.00 | plus 0.21% | 90,909 | 66.1 | 8.03 | 12.6% | 12.8% | 26.8% | 22.4% | 9.3% | 0.21% | minus 18.1% |
| MANIPALHOSManipal Health Enterprises | 646.70 | minus 1.61% | 85,065 | 133.6 | 9.05 | 9.8% | 9.2% | 17.8% | – | – | 0.00% | minus 3.0% |
| ASTERDMAster DM Quality Care | 713.15 | minus 0.89% | 62,092 | 90.7 | 8.06 | 9.4% | 9.7% | 17.4% | 15.7% | −3.0% | 0.42% | plus 4.5% |
| FORTISFortis Healthcare | 766.90 | minus 6.45% | 57,898 | 55.7 | 5.52 | 11.9% | 10.4% | 22.2% | 13.3% | 20.9% | 0.13% | minus 19.6% |
| NHNarayana Hrudayalaya | 1,903.00 | minus 0.65% | 38,650 | 44.7 | 7.73 | 11.4% | 19.1% | 18.5% | 20.5% | 9.9% | 0.24% | plus 4.7% |
| MEDANTAGlobal Health | 1,387.60 | minus 0.15% | 37,264 | 60.4 | 8.63 | 15.0% | 15.2% | 22.1% | 17.2% | 19.5% | 0.04% | plus 11.2% |
| KOVAIKovai Medical Center & Hospital | 5,948.50 | plus 1.12% | 6,509 | 25.8 | 4.93 | 20.6% | 20.3% | 27.9% | 18.2% | 28.3% | 0.25% | plus 130.9% |
| Median of 7 peers | – | −0.65% | 62,092 | 60.4 | 8.06 | 11.9% | 12.8% | 18.5% | 16.5% | 14.7% | 0.21% | 4.5% |
Quarterly results
| ₹ Cr | Jun 25 | Sep 25 | Dec 25 | Mar 26 | Jun 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 374 | 391 | 407 | 413 | 431 | |
| 268 | 284 | 291 | 302 | 307 | |
| 106 | 107 | 116 | 111 | 124 | |
| 28.3% | 27.4% | 28.5% | 26.9% | 28.8% | |
| 5.7 | 6.4 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 7.3 | |
| 9.2 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 5.7 | 8 | |
| 25.9 | 26.8 | 27.6 | 29.1 | 31.7 | |
| 76.4 | 77.9 | 87.1 | 84.3 | 91.5 | |
| 25.1% | 24.4% | 25.4% | 29.2% | 24.5% | |
| 57.2 | 58.9 | 65 | 59.7 | 69.1 | |
| 52.30 | 53.79 | 59.42 | 54.55 | 63.14 |
Profit & loss
- Sales CAGR 3Y
- +18.2%
- Profit CAGR 3Y
- +28.3%
- ROE
- 20.3%
| ₹ Cr | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 958 | 1,134 | 1,370 | 1,584 | |
| – | +18.3% | +20.8% | +15.7% | |
| 686 | 789 | 981 | 1,141 | |
| 273 | 344 | 389 | 443 | |
| 28.5% | 30.4% | 28.4% | 28.0% | |
| 13.8 | 18.3 | 19.8 | 26.2 | |
| 40 | 32.8 | 32.7 | 32 | |
| 89.1 | 92.1 | 97.6 | 109 | |
| −2.2 | −0.3 | −0.9 | −2.2 | |
| 155 | 238 | 278 | 326 | |
| 25.4% | 24.3% | 24.7% | 24.9% | |
| 116 | 180 | 209 | 244 | |
| – | +55.3% | +16.3% | +17.0% | |
| – | 164.25 | 190.95 | 223.41 |
Forecast
Balance sheet
| ₹ Cr | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.9 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 10.9 | |
| 708 | 878 | 1,075 | 1,308 | |
| 511 | 310 | 415 | 403 | |
| 208 | 239 | 298 | 344 | |
| 1,438 | 1,438 | 1,800 | 2,066 | |
| 1,112 | 1,168 | 1,443 | 1,616 | |
| 25.8 | 51.4 | 164 | 151 | |
| 13.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 2.6 | |
| 247 | 208 | 271 | 345 | |
| 40.5 | 10.3 | −79.4 | −48.4 | |
| 1,438 | 1,438 | 1,800 | 2,066 |
Cash flow
| ₹ Cr | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 263 | 344 | 335 | 362 | |
| −127 | −138 | −334 | −230 | |
| −85.7 | −243 | 62.1 | −58.4 | |
| 50.4 | −37.5 | 62.9 | 73.3 | |
| −127 | −138 | −353 | −252 | |
| 136 | 206 | −18.5 | 110 | |
| −6.6 | −10.9 | −10.7 | −10.9 |
Shareholding pattern
NSE hasn’t returned a shareholding pattern for this company. Institutions hold about 3.2% (Yahoo estimate).
Major shareholders
Filings & events
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