Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Press Release / Media Release 14 Oct - Sterling Holiday Resorts opens Leopard Haven Jawai in Rajasthan with 19 cottages, suites and villas.
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Thomas Cook (India) Ltd is a diversified travel services company with 145+ years of legacy, operating across 28 countries. It has four main engines: Financial Services, Travel & Related Services, Leisure Hospitality (Sterling Holiday Resorts), and Digital Imaging Solutions (DEI). Part of Fairfax Group.
full bear SMA stack · SMA20 -6.3% / mo · MACD + · sector -3.7pp vs Nifty 500 (3M)
Latest mapped FPI equity flow was not positive. View sector evidence
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Mixed fundamentals, management evidence is still limited to a financial-only Trust Lite signal, price trend argues for patience, and recent execution is weak.
Fundamental lens: valuation, quality, growth, balance sheet, and cash flow.
Revenue -13.1% · PAT -13.5% YoY
Price trend and sector-relative-strength timing.
Legacy margin-of-safety estimate; the revised evidence label remains in shadow validation.
Financial-only signal; management claim evidence is not sufficient yet.
Fundamentals, quarterly history, margins, returns and balance-sheet evidence
Rev -13% YoY · PAT -14% YoY · margin compression · +18% QoQ
| Metric | This quarter | YoY | QoQ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹2,092 Cr | -13.1% | +18.1% |
| EBITDA | ₹93 Cr | -26.8% | +19.2% |
| Operating margin | 4.5% | -50 bps | +10 bps |
| PAT | ₹64 Cr | -13.5% | +106.5% |
| PAT margin | 3.1% | -1 bps | +131 bps |
NDF means not disclosed in the current structured filing feed. It is intentionally not treated as zero.
Updated 20/10/2026
Trend interpretation, Stage 2, relative strength, volume and indicator evidence
Signals are conflicting — long-term trend down. RSI 44. Wait for confirmation.
Mechanical read from the price + indicator series above. Not a recommendation — technical setups can reverse without warning, especially around earnings and macro events.
U-Score 50 · legacy U-Score band FAIR VALUE · valuation evidence and comparable companies
Top U-Score contributors and drags from the latest stored fundamentals.
Consumer franchises can deserve higher multiples, but only when growth quality supports them.
This shows the stored score trend when snapshots exist, and also compares the latest stored nightly score with a live recompute from current fundamentals and price.
12 stored score snapshots. Latest stored move: +0 points.
Business-comparable peers in Consumer — ranked by industry, sub-sector, theme-tag overlap, market cap, and U-Score similarity. Green cells mark the best available peer metric in this table.
Growth engines, risks, management commitments and evidence-backed delivery
FY26 consolidated income grew 3.3% YoY to Rs 85.6 Bn, but EBIT declined 10.9% due to geopolitical disruptions, elevated costs, and negative currency volatility. Q4 saw a sharper decline in total income (-10.7%) and EBIT (-38.6%), primarily impacting Travel and Digital Imaging segments.
The company's overall profitability was significantly impacted in Q4 and FY26 due to geopolitical disruptions, particularly in the Middle East, affecting its Travel and Digital Imaging segments. While Financial Services and Leisure Hospitality showed resilience, the material headwinds pose a challenge to sustained growth and margin expansion.
Latest issuer-disclosed distribution across 4 reported categories.
Retail sales growth of 27% YoY in Q4 FY26, driven by Holiday (29% YoY) and Education (25% YoY) segments, leveraging AD II license and omnichannel distribution.
Sterling Holiday Resorts achieved record Q4 revenue with 19% YoY growth, driven by 38% growth in Room Revenue, signaling business model transformation and growth phase.
B2C Outbound revenue grew 10% YoY in FY26 and 12% in Q4 FY26, with Short Haul growing 21% YoY in Q4 FY26, indicating strong demand in this segment.
Corporate Travel revenue grew 19% YoY in FY26 and 28% in Q4 FY26, with 8 new accounts acquired in Q4 FY26 and global footprint expanded into the EU via Cyprus.
Opened 7 new outlets in Q4 FY26 (5 GCP, 1 owned, 1 airport counter). Quick-commerce expansion via Blinkit in 6 additional cities, increasing digital distribution to 12 cities.
Signed 9 new partnerships and renewed 12 key partnerships in Q4 FY26 across India, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore. Operational launch of 4 partnerships.
Launched Bhutan charter flights ex Bengaluru & Ahmedabad to capitalize on direct air connectivity and growing travel interest.
India outbound tourism projected to grow at ~14% CAGR through 2030, reaching 50M+ travellers and a ₹5 Trillion market by 2030.
Indian overseas education spend projected to grow at ~13% CAGR through 2030, with a growing base of 800K+ students abroad driving repeat forex flows.
Corporate travel market projected to double to ~$21bn by FY2030, driven by enterprise expansion and outbound activity, creating non-discretionary demand.
FY26 was marked by significant geopolitical disruptions at both the start and close of the FY, effectively truncating the sales & operating period from 12 to less than 9 months.
Geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, including travel disruptions and airspace closures, impacted Overseas DMS (sales declined 24% YoY in Q4 FY26) and Digital Imaging Solutions.
Challenging environment characterized by elevated costs and significant negative currency volatility impacted overall profitability.
Temporary suspension of operations in the UAE, which contributes approximately 50% of DEI’s total revenue, significantly impacted sales and EBIT in Q4 FY26.
Ongoing geopolitical disruptions and regional escalation, particularly in the Middle East, pose a risk to travel demand, connectivity, and operational stability.
Significant negative currency volatility and elevated operating costs can continue to pressure margins across segments.
High dependence on the UAE market for Digital Imaging Solutions (approx. 50% of revenue) makes the segment vulnerable to regional disruptions.
Issuer guidance and extracted claims are tracked against later reported outcomes. Treat these as management statements, not IndiaPulse forecasts.
YoY comparison is crucial for assessing annual growth and the impact of geopolitical events over a full year. QoQ is important to understand sequential momentum and the immediate impact of Q4 disruptions on specific segments like Travel and Digital Imaging.
Retail sales grew 27% YoY in Q4 FY26 and 16% in FY26. Holiday sales grew 29% YoY in Q4 FY26 and 13% in FY26. Education sales grew 25% YoY in Q4 FY26 and 17% in FY26.
Digital adoption rate moved to 22.8% in Q4 FY26 from 22% YoY. WhatsApp transactions grew 2.2x in Q4 FY26 and 2.6x in FY26. App transactions grew 4.9x in Q4 FY26 and 3.5x in FY26.
Corporate Travel Air Volume grew over 7.3% YoY in Q4 FY26 and 4.8% in FY26. International Air Volume grew over 19.4% YoY in Q4 FY26 and 7.4% in FY26.
Sterling Holiday Resorts delivered highest ever Q4 Revenue of Rs 1,385 Mn, a 19% growth YoY. Room Revenue was up nearly 38% YoY, and F&B Revenue grew 14% YoY.
Management states that while the environment remains uncertain, they are cautiously optimistic that peace will endure.
Focus will remain on prudent fiscal management and leveraging technology for increased productivity to deliver sustainable growth and value.
| Checkpoint | Current evidence | What to verify next |
|---|---|---|
| Digital Imaging Solutions (DEI) Recovery | Q4 FY26 sales below prior year, EBIT negative due to Middle East disruptions and increased WeC costs. | Signs of recovery in UAE operations and sales, and improved profitability as geopolitical tensions ease and WeC costs are absorbed. |
| Travel & Related Services EBIT Margin | EBIT margin declined to 1.8% in Q4 FY26 from 3.7% in Q4 FY25, and to 3.3% in FY26 from 3.8% in FY25. | Stabilization and improvement in EBIT margins, indicating effective cost management and recovery in high-margin travel segments. |
| Financial Services Digital Adoption Rate | Digital adoption rate at 22.8% in Q4 FY26, with strong growth in WhatsApp and App transactions. | Continued increase in digital adoption and transaction volumes, which are key for scalable, low-capex growth and margin expansion. |
Verification checkpoints are IndiaPulse research interpretation, not investment advice.
Trust asks: does management behaviour match later outcomes? Higher is better, but confidence and evidence depth matter as much as the number.
Limited evidence: Claim history is still being built. It ranks around the 59th percentile of the scored universe and 63rd percentile within Consumer. Main check: results consistency is weak at 42/100.
This is a financial-behaviour screen, not a claim-tested management reliability verdict.
Financial behaviour is scored, but management claims do not yet have enough outcome checks.
overall median 67 · Consumer: 63rd pctile, median 66 · Micro: 38th pctile, median 73
124 documents have extracted text, but claim history is not strong enough yet.
0 claims extracted · No contradicted claim yet
Read Trust alongside U-Score, result consistency, and technical trend. A cheap stock with weak Trust needs a larger margin of safety; a high Trust score does not make an expensive stock attractive by itself.
Read low sub-scores as due-diligence warnings, not automatic sell signals.
Trust Lite uses financial behaviour only. Prefer claim-tested Trust when enough concall claims have later outcomes.
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