Aster DM Healthcare Limited is one of the largest integrated private healthcare service providers operating in GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries and an emerging player in India. With an inherent emphasis on clinical excellence, it is one of the few entities in the world with a strong presence across primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary healthcare.[1]
Merger of Aster DM & Quality Care[1]Aster DM and Blackstone-backed Quality Care are to merge and create one of the top 3 hospital chains in India with 10,360+ beds. The merged listed entity will be named Aster DM Quality Care Limited and will be one of the largest M&A in the hospital space in India based on number of operational beds. Aster acquired a 5.0% stake in QCIL from Blackstone and TPG in consideration of primary share issuance by Aster for 3.6% stake followed by merger of QCIL into Aster by way of a scheme of amalgamation.Inter-se shareholding between Aster DM and Quality Care shareholders would be 57.3% and 42.7% respectively. The merger is cash neutral and is expected to be EPS accretive from 1st full year of operations.
| S.No. | Name | Current Price (Rs.) | Price to Earning | Market Capitalization (Rs.Cr.) | Dividend yield (%) | Net Profit latest quarter (Rs.Cr.) | YOY Quarterly profit growth (%) | Sales latest quarter (Rs.Cr.) | YOY Quarterly sales growth (%) | Return on capital employed (%) | Sales (Rs.Cr.) | OPM (%) | Profit after tax (Rs.Cr.) | Profit after tax latest quarter (Rs.Cr.) | Price to book value | Return on assets (%) | Debt to equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Apollo Hospitals | 7348.00 | 63.19 | 105652.97 | 0.26 | 494.00 | 25.98 | 6303.50 | 12.78 | 16.64 | 23264.70 | 14.29 | 1671.90 | 477.20 | 11.62 | 7.77 | 0.88 |
| 2. | Max Healthcare | 1051.60 | 72.62 | 102320.83 | 0.14 | 491.30 | 74.34 | 2135.47 | 25.07 | 14.88 | 7941.09 | 26.56 | 1409.01 | 491.30 | 10.17 | 8.32 | 0.33 |
| 3. | Fortis Health. | 945.00 | 70.82 | 71343.54 | 0.11 | 328.82 | 40.23 | 2331.44 | 17.25 | 11.96 | 8433.62 | 22.03 | 1007.34 | 304.11 | 7.57 | 6.67 | 0.34 |
| 4. | Narayana Hrudaya | 1936.40 | 46.54 | 39572.43 | 0.23 | 258.49 | 29.64 | 1643.79 | 20.28 | 20.75 | 5961.09 | 23.53 | 850.33 | 258.16 | 9.75 | 12.22 | 0.58 |
| 5. | Global Health | 1208.90 | 54.35 | 32494.07 | 0.04 | 158.40 | 21.09 | 1099.22 | 14.91 | 19.74 | 4004.75 | 23.87 | 597.87 | 158.44 | 8.76 | 11.46 | 0.25 |
| 6. | Aster DM Health. | 625.65 | 95.96 | 32416.24 | 0.80 | 104.61 | 16.75 | 681.81 | 12.76 | 139.44 | 2445.03 | 20.84 | 337.81 | 104.89 | 7.31 | 123.80 | 0.28 |
| 7. | Krishna Institu. | 629.05 | 76.58 | 25170.74 | 0.00 | 72.00 | -37.45 | 960.70 | 23.59 | 15.00 | 3401.60 | 22.98 | 328.68 | 67.18 | 11.09 | 8.32 | 1.40 |
| – | Median: 28 Co. | 476.43 | 52.33 | 5223.68 | 0.0 | 33.23 | 20.55 | 333.23 | 16.03 | 15.83 | 1257.97 | 21.44 | 105.7 | 29.83 | 6.11 | 8.32 | 0.34 |
Standalone figures in ₹ crores
| Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Jun 2023 | Jun 2024 | Jun 2025 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Sep 2022 | Sep 2023 | Sep 2024 | Sep 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sales | 399 | 524 | 576 | 457 | 566 | 613 | 429 | 546 | 574 | 378 | 509 | 605 | 682 |
Expenses | 328 | 433 | 465 | 374 | 464 | 480 | 344 | 446 | 459 | 301 | 423 | 476 | 532 |
Operating Profit | 71 | 92 | 111 | 83 | 101 | 134 | 85 | 100 | 115 | 77 | 86 | 129 | 150 |
Other Income | 11 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 5,992 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 47 | 44 |
Profit before tax | 41 | 53 | 68 | 53 | 6,037 | 108 | 54 | 47 | 63 | 57 | 57 | 120 | 132 |
Tax % | 17% | 0% | 27% | 0% | 0% | 25% | 4% | 117% | 2% | 0% | -4% | 25% | 21% |
Net Profit | 35 | 53 | 50 | 53 | 6,008 | 81 | 52 | -8 | 61 | 57 | 59 | 90 | 105 |
EPS in Rs | 0.69 | 1.06 | 1.00 | 1.06 | 120.28 | 1.56 | 1.04 | -0.16 | 1.22 | 1.14 | 1.18 | 1.80 | 2.02 |
Standalone Figures in ₹ Crores / Yearly
| Mar 2014 | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | TTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sales | 1 | 53 | 189 | 380 | 530 | 595 | 760 | 747 | 1,116 | 1,534 | 2,036 | 2,320 | 2,445 |
Expenses | 12 | 114 | 227 | 427 | 519 | 554 | 686 | 704 | 963 | 1,240 | 1,671 | 1,858 | 1,936 |
Operating Profit | -11 | -60 | -38 | -47 | 12 | 41 | 74 | 42 | 153 | 293 | 366 | 463 | 509 |
Other Income | 86 | 40 | 51 | 390 | 14 | 83 | 113 | 21 | 82 | 50 | 48 | 6,061 | 101 |
Interest | 3 | 34 | 135 | 228 | 54 | 11 | 33 | 36 | 47 | 56 | 83 | 91 | 89 |
Depreciation | 1 | 22 | 48 | 68 | 59 | 64 | 89 | 95 | 99 | 104 | 121 | 145 | 150 |
Profit before tax | 72 | -77 | -170 | 47 | -87 | 49 | 65 | -68 | 90 | 182 | 209 | 6,288 | 371 |
Net Profit | 70 | -78 | -170 | 47 | -87 | 48 | 61 | -69 | 90 | 173 | 157 | 6,209 | 296 |
EPS in Rs | 1.86 | -2.00 | -4.21 | 1.16 | -1.73 | 0.95 | 1.21 | -1.38 | 1.81 | 3.47 | 3.14 | 124.30 | 5.80 |
Dividend Payout % | 89% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3,819% | 4% | – |
Standalone figures in ₹ crores
| Mar 2014 | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Sep 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Equity Capital | 375 | 389 | 403 | 403 | 505 | 505 | 497 | 497 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 518 |
Reserves | 103 | 209 | 535 | 1,925 | 2,421 | 2,475 | 2,434 | 2,367 | 2,081 | 2,257 | 2,420 | 2,466 | 3,917 |
Borrowings | 266 | 384 | 1,914 | 645 | 110 | 125 | 349 | 417 | 895 | 1,072 | 1,216 | 1,574 | 1,231 |
Other Liabilities | 24 | 124 | 168 | 251 | 257 | 271 | 273 | 307 | 286 | 274 | 402 | 425 | 456 |
Total Liabilities | 768 | 1,105 | 3,021 | 3,224 | 3,293 | 3,376 | 3,552 | 3,589 | 3,762 | 4,102 | 4,538 | 4,965 | 6,122 |
Fixed Assets | 37 | 469 | 547 | 714 | 772 | 753 | 1,016 | 1,009 | 1,013 | 1,008 | 1,333 | 1,760 | 1,852 |
Gross Block | 38.21 | 492.88 | 618.64 | 853.97 | 970.10 | 1,010.96 | 1,362.61 | 1,449.56 | 1,552.39 | 1,646.20 | 2,088.46 | 2,666.91 | – |
Accumulated Depreciation | 1.65 | 23.96 | 72.06 | 139.63 | 197.77 | 257.70 | 346.78 | 440.66 | 539.13 | 637.91 | 755.60 | 906.47 | – |
CWIP | 287 | 100 | 130 | 63 | 17 | 70 | 20 | 11 | 23 | 67 | 39 | 55 | 56 |
Investments | 266 | 317 | 2,037 | 2,137 | 2,086 | 2,095 | 2,150 | 2,151 | 2,166 | 2,141 | 2,176 | 1,009 | 2,127 |
Other Assets | 178 | 219 | 307 | 309 | 417 | 458 | 366 | 418 | 560 | 886 | 990 | 2,140 | 2,088 |
Total Assets | 768 | 1,105 | 3,021 | 3,224 | 3,293 | 3,376 | 3,552 | 3,589 | 3,762 | 4,102 | 4,538 | 4,965 | 6,122 |
Standalone Figures in ₹ Crores / Yearly
| Mar 2014 | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cash from Operating Activity | – | – | – | -51 | -3 | -51 | 98 | 42 | 78 | 246 | 413 | 367 |
Cash from Investing Activity | – | – | – | -251 | -18 | -36 | 40 | -38 | -49 | -332 | -342 | 6,023 |
Cash from Financing Activity | – | – | – | 222 | 95 | 7 | -126 | -12 | -18 | 92 | -67 | -6,298 |
Net Cash Flow | – | – | – | -80 | 74 | -80 | 12 | -9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 92 |
Standalone Figures in ₹ Crores / Yearly
| Mar 2014 | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Debtor Days | 742 | 41 | 28 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 26 | 23 | 22 |
Inventory Days | – | 171 | 100 | 66 | 42 | 38 | 49 | 38 | 32 | 38 | 39 | 33 |
Days Payable | – | 288 | 150 | 102 | 57 | 64 | 240 | 270 | 173 | 228 | 200 | 198 |
Cash Conversion Cycle | 742 | -75 | -22 | -13 | 6 | -4 | -170 | -210 | -122 | -163 | -139 | -143 |
Working Capital Days | -11,217 | -74 | -67 | -17 | -28 | 21 | -94 | -72 | -55 | -29 | -33 | -15 |
ROCE % | 12% | -5% | -4% | -4% | -1% | 2% | 3% | -1% | 4% | 7% | 7% | 139% |
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Aster DM Healthcare Limited is one of the largest integrated private healthcare service providers operating in GCC countries and an emerging player in India. With an inherent emphasis on clinical excellence, it is one of the few entities in the world with a strong presence across primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary healthcare.
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