Ladies and gentlemen, good day and welcome to the Jupiter Life Line Hospitals Limited Q4 and FY 2026 earnings call. This conference call may contain forward-looking statements about the company, which are based on the beliefs, opinions, and expectations of the company as on the date of this call. These statements are not the guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. As a reminder, all participant lines will be in the listen-only mode, and there will be an opportunity for you to ask questions after the presentation concludes. Should you need assistance during the conference call, please signal an operator by pressing star then zero on your touch-tone phone. Please note that this conference is being recorded. I now hand the conference over to Dr. Ankit Thakker, Joint Managing Director and CEO. Thank you, and over to you, sir.
Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us this Monday morning for Jupiter Hospitals' earnings call for the 2025-2026 financial year. With me today are Sivasis Sen , our CFO, Suma Upparatti, our Company Secretary and Compliance Officer, and Aditya Gupta, our Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs. I hope you had a chance to go through the investor presentation and financials we uploaded on the exchanges and our website. Before I get into the numbers, I'd like to take you through the year, what we accomplished and where we are headed. FY 2026 was in many ways a momentous year for us. The inauguration of Dombivli in February marked the fulfillment of a commitment. It was the first greenfield hospital we have launched since listing.
We had set ourselves a target of commissioning it by Q1 FY 2024, sorry, Q1 FY 2027, and I'm very pleased that we beat that and opened ahead of schedule. To give you a sense of the scale, we built 750,000 sq ft, the entire superstructure for 500 beds and completed fit-outs for approximately 300 beds, all in just over 24 months. We did it without any cost escalations. On time, on budget, no surprises. The early response from doctors and the local community has been very encouraging. Accreditation and insurance empanelment processes are underway, and we remain confident about achieving the year two breakeven that we guided to. Even as Dombivli ramps up, our other projects are moving along well. Pune South is on track to open in calendar year 2028 as we had committed.
Mira Road has completed its architectural drawings and is undergoing regulatory clearances. We expect excavation to begin by the end of the year. Dombivli, Pune South, and Mira Road were all commitments we had made explicitly. BKC, however, is something a little different. BKC is one of the most prominent addresses in the country. Putting up a 400-bed quaternary care hospital on over 1 lakh sq ft of land there is not just another hospital. It's a declaration that Jupiter is ready to compete at the very highest levels in India's most consequential healthcare market. We will build it the way we build everything else: patient-centric, clinically efficient, and with responsible CapEx. The goal from day one will be to earn the trust of patients who will have every option in the world available to them.
With BKC in the pipeline, we are looking at approximately 1,700 new beds in this expansion cycle, taking our long-term capacity to nearly 3,000 beds. That's a network we believe will be genuinely differentiated and will cement our position as the leading hospital group in Western India. We are not trying to just grow fast; w e are trying to grow right. Every project in our pipeline is greenfield. Each one is designed as a full-scale hub, not a spoke, not a satellite, but a flagship facility in its own right. Every one of them is in a densely populated urban geography in Mumbai and Pune, and we pretty much own all the real estate. This is an asset-heavy model by deliberate choice. We believe owned infrastructure gives us the stability of operations for the long-term value of what we are building.
Across the four hospitals in this cycle, from Dombivli all the way to BKC, the 1,700 beds will come up at an average cost of around INR 1.5 crore per bed. A quick word on the balance sheet before moving to the P&L numbers. We deployed around INR 500 crore in CapEx this year, Dombivli, BKC land payment, ongoing Pune and Mira Road projects. Yet, on a net basis, we are still cash positive. The gross debt stood at around INR 500 crore while the cash on hand was around INR 545 crore. This has been possible because of the strong operating cash flows coming in from our hospitals in Thane, Pune, and Indore. Our current view is that the internal accruals over the next four- odd years, combined with debt at under 3x EBITDA, should be sufficient to fund everything that we have announced.
Now to the numbers. Total income for FY 2026 is INR 1,499.8 crore, up 15.2% year-on-year. EBITDA came in at INR 343.3 crore, up 14.4%, with margins at 22.9%. PAT for the full year was INR 194.2 crore. For the quarter, the revenue was INR 387.8 crore, up 15.1%. EBITDA INR 89.2 crore, representing a 23% margin, and the PAT was INR 50.2 crore, up 11.5%. ARPOB grew 11.7% to INR 67,700. ALOS was 3.87 days, and the bed occupancy for the three pre-existing hospitals stood at 61.2%. Overall volumes were up 9.9% to INR 10.8 lakh, with both OP and IP numbers reporting growth.
The insurance revenues now make up 55.4% of our revenue mix, while government stands at just 1%. Jupiter has had a strong year. We remain focused on where we are going and excited about what lies ahead. Thank you, and I will now be happy to take questions.
Thank you very much. We will now begin the question- and- answer session. Anyone who wishes to ask a question may press star and one on their touch-tone telephone. If you wish to remove yourself from the question queue, you may press star and two. Participants are requested to use handsets while asking a question. Ladies and gentlemen, we will wait for a moment while the question queue assembles. The first question is from the line of [Krupa Shah] from [AS Capital]. Please go ahead.
Hello, sir. Thank you for the opportunity. My first question is, could you please help us understand how the recently commissioned hospital is ramping up in terms of occupancy and revenue contribution? Also, by when we can expect the major insurance tie-ups to be in the place?
Good morning. It's still very early days to talk about occupancy and numbers. We are just about two months into operation. It is, you know, the initial response, as I said, from the patients and the doctors quite eager to join the team has been quite good. The occupancy status we could probably meaningfully discuss in a quarter or two when we have had some time under the belt. The insurance tie-ups typically get linked to the accreditation, which needs at least six months of operational data before you can proceed with that. We have started with the process of engaging both the accreditation and NABH committees as well as the insurance, but it is likely to happen between 6- 12 months.
Okay, sir. Moving to my second question. As the overall bed capacity increases from around 1,200 beds currently to nearly 2,900 beds over the next few years, how are you planning to manage the overall CapEx and funding requirement over the next five years?
Our internal accruals that we'll generate over the next five years, along with some debt, as I said, with a currently self-imposed ceiling of 3x of EBITDA, we believe that a combination of these two should take us over there.
Okay, sir. Thank you, sir.
Thank you.
Thank you. Before we take the next question, a reminder to all the participants, if you wish to ask a question, please press star and one. We will take our next question from the line of Amey Chalke from JM Financial. Please go ahead.
Yeah, thank you for taking my question and congrats on the good numbers. I have first question, Ankit , on the unit-wise occupancy and ARPOB for full year at least can be provided, t hat would be helpful.
Hi, Amey.
Hi.
For Thane, the occupancy has been around 75%, Pune close to 65%, and Indore, between 45% and 50% because of the added capacity that we did last year.
Sure. Going ahead, apart from Dombivli, for our base business, how should we look at it? Like, Thane would be able to grow at 10%, driven by little bit of mix as well as some bit of volumes, or you think it would be lower than 10%?
Thane essentially should have inflation linked growth at the current capacity, whatever the inflation number comes to.
Sure.
Pune, as I said, still has a room to grow in terms of capacity utilization as well. Pune will have occupancy and inflation as a driver besides, of course, Indore, which will have all the drivers.
Right. For the base business, at least, more than 10% growth should be possible, right? For next two years.
I mean, in the current world situation, I don't want to take a guess of how inflation will play out. But qualitatively.
Sure.
That is what I want to tell you, that Thane inflation, Pune inflation and occupancy, Indore inflation, occupancy and case mix.
Sure. On the cost side, what are the metrics should we watch out? How the doctor or cost, et cetera, is evolving in each of these region? Are you facing any competitive pressure in any of these region which we should keep in mind?
On the cost side, the only thing that I am watching out for very keenly is the depreciating rupee and the cost of CapEx. That is kind of a national reality. That is something, if the situation does not, you know, come under good control, threatens to really balloon. Apart from that, nothing really to say in terms of doctor costs. Some consumable costs, again, linked to global supply chain disruptions. Not meaningfully impacted yet, but those are some things on the cost side that we are watching out for.
Sure. The last question I have is on the Mumbai asset. Like, have we finalized the plan for how the CapEx and all would be funded, et cetera?
Qualitatively, what I just said earlier, back of the envelope, 3x of EBITDA and internal accruals over the next four, five years should take us through the line of everything, including BKC and the other two projects. Detailed calculations, of course, we will do subsequently. Currently, the land we are still, it has been allotted to us. We have paid some initial money, but it is still in the regulatory clearance, and pre-possession formalities are underway with MMRDA. Once all of that happens, we sit down on the drawing board, figure out what the exact scope is before we can finalize specific CapEx numbers.
Sure. So, that INR 300+ crore, which was initial amount that is already been in our CapEx, right, for this year, or something is left for next year?
No, we have paid 25% of the land cost as per the interpretation.
Okay. So, remaining will be paid next year or it will also be in a staggered manner?
It should be paid in this financial year. Everything will be paid in this financial year.
Sure. Sure. Thank you so much. I will join back the queue .
Thank you.
Thank you. Next question is from the line of [Priya Kulkarni] from [PM Capital]. Please go ahead.
Hello sir, am I audible?
Yes.
Yes. Thanks, thank you, sir, for this opportunity. I would like to ask a question on the Thane hospital expansion. Could you please provide an update on the approval process for the additional floors? Also, by when do you expect the approvals to come through and the expansion work to begin?
Yes, the approval processes are underway. We have received some interim approvals, but not final. That is why I have not specifically pointed it out. I can't really predict regulatory timelines, but I think sometime in this financial year we should have the approvals with us. Once I have them, I will be happy to inform everyone about the exact scope and scale of expansion.
Okay, sir. Understood. That answers my question. Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you. A reminder to all the participants, anyone who wishes to ask a question, may press star and one. We will take our next question from the line of Gourav Bhama from JM Financial. Please go ahead.
Hi, sir. Good morning. Am I audible?
Yes, Gourav.
Yes, sir. Thank you for the opportunity. I had a small bookkeeping question, actually. The INR 9.4 crore from the Dombivli unit, that is completely baked in in the quarter four result, right?
Yes.
Okay, that's all for my end, sir. Thank you.
Thank you. Participants, anyone who wishes to ask a question, may press star and one. We will take our next question from the line of [Hetri Sangvi] from [HS Investment]. Please go ahead.
Hi. Thank you for the opportunity. I had question regarding the second phase of Indore expansion involving the addition of 111 beds. By when until you expect this phase to come operational?
[Hetri], as I said, the occupancy currently is just under 50%, now. Once the occupancy crosses 60% or near 60%, then we will think about the next phase of bed addition.
Okay. Noted. Another question I had was about ARPOB. The ARPOB has increased from around INR 60,600 to INR 67,600 during the financial year. Could you help us understand what is driving the strong improvement? Is it largely because of better case mix and specialty contribution or the pricing improvements also play a role?
It is combination of two things. Indore is maturing and improving in case mix is definitely, you know, adding to the ARPOB. We have had a couple of renewals from the insurance company, which happen once in two years, so s ome price increase that has kicked in after a two-year period as well. So, combination of some inflation [audio distortion].
Got it. Got it. Thank you, sir, o nce again.
Thank you. Participants, you may please press star and one to ask a question. Next question is from the line of Dikshant Gupta from Geojit PMS. Please go ahead.
Yeah. Good evening, sir, and thank you for the opportunity. I just wanted to know how, about how much is the EBITDA burn for Dombivli this year?
We are saying between INR 2 crore-INR 3 crore a month on an average for the whole year is what.
Yeah. By Q1 of FY 2028, can we expect an EBITDA breakeven?
Around 20, yeah, so e nd of two years, we should expect an EBITDA breakeven.
Oh, end of two years, so that would be, Q4 FY 2028, right?
Two years of operation. 2026, calendar year 2026 we have started, so c alendar year, end of yeah, 2027, 2028, you should expect it, yes.
Okay. Okay. Thank you, sir.
Thank you. A reminder to all the participants, anyone who wishes to ask a question may press star and one now. We will take our next question from the line of Karan Sharma from Sharma Securities. Please go ahead.
Hello. Good morning, sir.
Good morning, Karan.
Sir, I have one question. When is the next insurance renewal is lined up for all our existing hospitals, Thane, Pune, Indore, across?
This is an ongoing process and there are, you know, government insurances and multiple different private insurances. Each of them have their own cycles. Essentially, every year there are a few in contracts which are up for renewal, so t here is no specific month or season in which all of them get renewed. It's on a rolling basis.
Yeah. Sir, yes, you were saying to me?
No, I said it's on a rolling basis. There is no specific date.
Okay, sir. Yeah. Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you. As there are no further questions from the participants, I now hand the conference back to the management for closing comments. I'm sorry, sir, we have questions. Can we take them?
Yes, go ahead.
We'll take our next question from the line of [Vani Shah] from DSC. Please go ahead.
Hi. Am I audible?
Yes, go ahead.
Hi. I actually wanted some qualitative direction on the Indore facility. I think in the last year, if I think about your subsidiary revenues, those are mainly from Indore except for the last quarter. The EBITDA as well, it seems to have seen a very strong ramp up. If you can just explain the levers going forward. I understand you've mentioned case mix occupancy, but a little more detail on the same.
[Vani], you managed to catch the important bits. Unfortunately, I don't have too much more to say. Currently, Indore is in its ramp-up phase. The new beds that we added last year have slowly started getting occupied.
Essentially, that is what it is. The occupancy has to improve and the case mix, you know, over the next one or two years, we still believe has the potential to improve a little more. Combined both these factors, should, you know, take it to a near maturity state in the next two or three years.
Understood. One more thing on the Dombivli asset, i s all doctor hiring and the fixed cost now in the phase, or will there be some additional costs coming in on the fixed side going forward?
There will be some additional, definitely coming in. Though a large part of the team, we have had in place for the launch. But it is, team building is not a one-time event. It will keep on happening for the next couple of years. You know, we'll keep adding more and more doctors because it's a large facility. Yeah, you should expect more fixed costs.
Understood. Okay. Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Thank you. Next question is from the line of [Anuj Keshav] from [Mitri Capital]. Please go ahead.
Hello, I'm audible?
Yes, [Anuj].
Yes, sir, I wanted to know as we are in MMR region, so, what is the percentage of revenue we derive from the foreign premium patients?
Very little. We have very little reliance on international medical tourism. We, predominantly, our model is catering to local residential communities, and all our hospitals are designed such that the capacity is sufficient to cater to the immediate 45-minute, you know, driving distance community. We don't have too much of reliance on foreign medical tourism.
Sir, one more forward-looking question I have is, like the central government is taking the initiative like to just to bring in more foreign patients into our systems. Sir, do Jupiter as an, you know, hospital chain is focusing on that very thing, like what the government is trying to do?
Personally, from an organizational standpoint, no, we are not very focused on international medical tourism.
Sir, just add on to it, sir, like, is it margin accretive, like the international tourism, the medical tourism?
I mean, depends on your individual P&L. As far as we are concerned, most of the facilities have enough local demand and we don't find it very margin accretive or we don't find the need to, you know, focus on international. We'd rather focus on domestic and local.
Thank you, sir. Thank you.
Thank you. This was the last question for today. I now hand the conference over to the management for closing comments. Thank you.
Thank you everyone for joining us today on this call. If you have any further questions that I was not able to answer, please feel free to get in touch with us through SGA, our investment relations advisors. Thank you.
Thank you very much. On behalf of Jupiter Life Line Hospitals Limited, that concludes this conference. Thank you all for joining us today and you may now disconnect your lines.