[Stock idea]: GPT Healthcare – This 719-bed hospital chain is scaling to 1,000 beds — here’s the plan

GPT Healthcare hospital performance

GPT Healthcare (ILS Hospitals) just posted its Q4 & FY26 numbers — and on the surface, it looks like a mixed bag. Revenue grew a healthy 24% YoY in Q4, but full-year PAT actually fell 15%.

The reason isn’t operational weakness — it’s a single new hospital in Raipur that’s still ramping up. Strip that out, and the mature network is running at a 23%+ EBITDA margin.

Here are my notes from the results, but before that:

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GPT Health care hospital performance

 

1. The headline numbers (FY26)

  • Revenue: ₹478.5 Cr, up 15.1% YoY
  • EBITDA: ₹90.1 Cr, margin 18.84% (down from 22.1% in FY25)
  • PAT: ₹42.2 Cr, down 15.4% YoY
  • ARPOB: ₹39,243 (up from ₹37,180)

2. The Raipur effect — this explains almost the entire margin story

  • Raipur (commissioned May 2025) posted a negative EBITDA of ₹13.8 Cr in FY26
  • Mature hospitals alone did ₹103.9 Cr EBITDA at a 23.06% margin — actually better than FY25’s 22.1%
  • Depreciation and finance costs rose ₹12.8 Cr, entirely tied to Raipur capex
  • Raipur occupancy: just 12.35% for the year, 14.26% in Q4

3. Hospital-wise occupancy (FY26)

  • Salt Lake: 62% (flagship, robotic surgery hub, 800+ robotic surgeries)
  • Dum Dum: 66% — recovering after a specialty-mix restructuring, hit 71% in Q4
  • Howrah: 44% — fastest EBITDA breakeven in the network (8 months)
  • Agartala: 52% — only NABH+NABL accredited private hospital in Tripura
  • Raipur: 12% (new, ramping up)
  • Network-wide ex-Raipur: 55.9%

4. Management’s guidance for FY27 (from the concall)

  • Raipur expected to hit ~30% occupancy and reach monthly breakeven by Q3 FY27
  • Overall revenue growth guidance: ~15%
  • ARPOB growth guidance: ~7-8%
  • EBITDA margin guided to expand ~100 bps to ~20.2%
  • Jamshedpur (150-bed, ₹75 Cr investment) targeted for commissioning by end-FY27; land/building funded by developer, keeping it asset-light

5. Balance sheet stayed clean

  • Net debt-to-equity remains negative (net cash) despite the Raipur and Jamshedpur capex
  • ROCE moderated to 16.5% (from 23.5% in FY25) as new capacity gets absorbed
  • ~90% of revenue continues to come from cash + insurance patients — minimal government scheme dependence

6. Things to watch

  • Insurance empanelment delays at Raipur (typically ~15 months for a new hospital) have been holding back volumes — expected to clear next quarter
  • Bangladesh patient contribution at Agartala has fallen to ~3% from a historical ~10%, but management flagged early signs of recovery
  • Plans for further expansion (Tier-II cities, possible M&A) are being evaluated but nothing concrete yet

As always, this is not a stock recommendation — This note is for informational purposes only and not a buy/sell recommendation. Please do your own due diligence before investing.

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