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What is the PE ratio of Benares Hotels Ltd?

Benares Hotels Ltd has a price-to-earnings (PE) ratio of 31.2 in the Leisure Services sector.

What is the market capitalisation of Benares Hotels Ltd?

Benares Hotels Ltd has a market capitalisation of approximately ₹1,339 crore.

Benares Hotels Ltd

BENARESHOTELSLTD·NSE·Leisure Services

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Leisure Services · Hotels & Resorts

Debt-free and consistently profitable

52W₹9000

₹11001-450%

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Snapshot

Key fundamentals

Market Cap

₹1,339 Cr

P/E Ratio

31.20Fair

P/B Ratio

6.35

EPS

₹332.69

Book Value

₹1635.61

ROE

22.50%Strong

ROCE

37.00%Efficient

Dividend Yield

0.24%

Debt / Equity

0.02Low

Face Value

₹10.00

52W High

₹11001.00

52W Low

₹8999.95

Sector

Leisure Services

Industry

Hotels & Resorts

Fairly Valued

Narrow moatMedium uncertainty

Fair value estimate

₹2,558

No recent traded price

BearFair valueBull

₹2,175₹2,558₹3,200

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Business quality — Solid

Growth 50Profitability 94Efficiency 100Valuation 73

Plain English

Our view

Debt-free and consistently profitable
Virtually debt-free balance sheet

Strengths

Virtually debt-free balance sheet
Strong returns on equity (23%)
Capital is working hard (ROCE 37%)
Promoters hold a controlling stake

How we got there

Fair value methods

Residual income

20% ROE fading to 12% over ~10 yrs, on ₹1636 book

₹2,380

Relative P/E

Needs ≥3 peers with P/E

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Graham floor

Conservative floor: √(22.5 × EPS × book value/share)

₹3,200

Analyst target

No analyst coverage

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Blended fair value₹2,558

What the numbers say

Investment thesis

Bull case

Virtually debt-free balance sheet
Strong returns on equity (23%)
Capital is working hard (ROCE 37%)
Promoters hold a controlling stake

Bear case

No notable red flags from the current metrics.

Free — see our deterministic Fair Value range, business quality score, and the full bull/bear case for this stock.

Snapshot

Key statistics

P/E

31.2Fair

Below 15× is value territory; above 35× prices in strong growth

ROE

22.5%Strong

Above 15% is considered healthy for Indian equities

ROCE

37.0%Efficient

Above 18% means capital is working hard

Debt/Eq

0.02Low

Below 0.5 is comfortable; above 1.5 strains the balance sheet

Mkt Cap

₹1,339 Cr

P/B

6.35

EPS

₹332.69

Div Yield

0.24%

What changed

Recent changes

No notable changes to report.

What matters

News impact

Overview

Valuation

Reasonable

P/E 31.2×

Growth

Strong

+16% rev CAGR

Profitability

Excellent

22.5% ROE

Financial health

Rock solid

D/E 0.02

Momentum

N/A

No technicals

Today

Trading activity

Delivery %—

Turnover—

Trades—

VWAP—

Face value₹10.00

Market depth

Market depth available during market hours

Snapshot

Technical signals

Compounded annual growth

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue

+15.9%

+43.3%

10Y

+11.2%

Profit

+23.4%

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10Y

+18.4%

EPS

+15.7%

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10Y

+15.6%

Profile

Pros

Company is almost debt free.
Company has delivered good profit growth of 59.4% CAGR over last 5 years
Company has a good return on equity (ROE) track record: 3 Years ROE 26.6%

Forecast

News

Peers

Financials

Growth

Shareholding

Ownership

Ownership breakdown

Quarter ending 31 Mar 2026

Ownership was broadly stable versus the previous quarter. The QoQ column shows each group's change versus the prior quarter.

63%

Promoter

Promoters

62.6%0.00

Public

30.5%-0.10

FII / FPI

0.0%-0.01

DII

0.0%0.00

Others

6.9%

Total shareholders

6,647-90 QoQ

Quarterly trend

Ownership over time

Q4 FY26

Promoter62.58%

FII0.01%

DII0.01%

Public30.51%

Others6.89%

Corporate Actions

Bulk & Block Deals

Filings

MF Holdings

Technicals

FAQs

Quick reference

Frequently asked questions

Incorporated in 1971, Benares Hotels Limited (BHL) operates its hotels, viz. Taj Ganges and Taj Nadesar Palace in Varanasi, and Ginger, Gondia in Maharashtra. [1]