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Arihant Foundations & Housing Ltd

ARIHANT

NSE

₹904.75-1.76%19 Oct 2026

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Realty Construction and Contracting

Arihant Foundations & Housing Ltd

ARIHANT

NSE

₹904.75

-1.76%

19 Oct 2026

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Business Overview: What the company does, in plain English.Growth Catalysts: The forward growth drivers and triggers.Deep Dive Report: In-depth business analysis.

Arihant Foundations & Housing is a Chennai real estate developer that has spent four decades turning family land into premium addresses, having been founded by the Lunawath family in 1984 and listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange since 1995. It pioneered Chennai’s IT corridor with Technopolis in 2005, introduced organized senior living to the city with Ashiana Housing in 2014, and has now partnered with Prestige Estates to pursue mega mixed-use projects - a recurring pattern of spotting a gap and bringing in a specialist partner to fill it. The engine underneath all of this is an asset-light, joint-development model: nearly 95% of projects are done with landowner families who contribute the land, keeping the company’s fixed costs low and its balance sheet free to chase the next opportunity.

Business segments

Four engines built on the same chassis - residential, commercial, senior living, and redevelopment - all running on a joint-development model with Chennai’s landowner families, with a fifth engine in plotted developments consolidated under a single holding company.

1. Residential development: the core engine that builds homes for every Chennai buyer

From first-time apartments to ultra-luxury bungalows on Poes Garden, residential projects are the company’s bread and butter - roughly three-quarters of everything it builds, almost entirely on land it does not own.

Landowners bring the land, Arihant brings everything else - projects are executed through joint development agreements where the landowning family contributes the plot and the company handles design, construction, marketing and sales, with revenue shared on arm’s-length terms, so capital stays free for the next deal.
A brand that commands a premium - the company says its “design-first” approach and four decades of delivery track record let it charge more than comparable projects, and that premium compounds as buyers return across generations of developments.
Ultra-luxury on the city’s most coveted streets - projects like Chirla at Poes Garden (33,600 sq ft) and Aurelia on Harrington Road sit on what the company calls “the most memorable locations,” serving buyers for whom the address is the amenity.
A pipeline fed by landmark land deals - through its Canopy Living joint venture with Prestige Estates, the company has acquired 36.192 acres across Velachery, Korattur and Padi in a single year, with one Padi parcel alone carrying an estimated revenue potential of roughly ₹5,000 crore.

2. Commercial and IT park development: the relationship business with Fortune 500 tenants

Grade-A offices built for global capability centres and corporate headquarters - a smaller but strategically potent engine that creates a captive base of high-income residents for the company’s nearby residential projects.

Deep corporate relationships that go back decades - the company leased its first building to Verizon in 2003 and its Technopolis IT Park to HCL in 2005, pioneering Chennai’s OMR technology corridor, and those relationships with Fortune 500 firms and leading Indian corporates continue to generate large, complex briefs.
Office space bundled with hospitality - a partnership with the owners of Hilton Chennai is developing roughly 300,000 square feet of Grade-A commercial space adjacent to the hotel in Guindy, integrating office and hotel services in a single offering.
Riding Chennai’s GCC wave - the city is now India’s third-largest office market with 305 global capability centres employing over 213,000 professionals, and the Tamil Nadu government is proposing payroll subsidies to attract more, which feeds demand for both the company’s offices and its homes.

3. Senior living: the pioneer that brought organized retirement housing to Chennai

A 50:50 joint venture with Ashiana Housing that builds gated communities for residents aged 55 and above - a niche the company created in Chennai and now intends to scale.

Introduced the category in 2014 - the partnership with Ashiana Housing, a specialist in senior living, brought the first organized retirement community to Chennai, giving the company a decade-plus head start in a market growing at roughly 7.8% a year.
Two flagship projects, equal economics - the ventures are run through Kairav Developers Ltd, a jointly controlled entity where both partners share investment and returns equally, including the land cost.
An expected launch of 0.5 mn sq.ft of elder-care housing, signalling that the company sees senior living as a distinct growth vertical rather than a one-off experiment.

4. Redevelopment: the regulatory unlock that turns old buildings into new pipeline

Chennai’s 2023 apartment ownership reforms cut the consent threshold for redevelopment from 100% to 75% and allowed up to four times the original floor space - and the company’s four decades of landowner relationships give it first call on the opportunities.

The law changed, and the pipeline opened - the Tamil Nadu Apartment Ownership Act of 2023 reduced the voting requirement for housing societies to approve redevelopment, making stalled projects viable and creating a new supply of land in a city where vacant parcels are scarce.
Forty years of family relationships as a moat - the company describes its network of multi-generational landowner families as “irreplicable,” and because redevelopment deals require trust that the builder will deliver new homes for old, that history is a genuine competitive advantage.
The joint-development model fits perfectly - redevelopment means the land is already occupied, so the company’s approach of partnering with the landowner (in this case, the housing society) rather than buying the land outright is the natural structure, keeping capital intensity low.
Multi-segment credibility widens the funnel - because the company has delivered residential towers, commercial offices, and senior living communities, it can pursue redevelopment mandates across all three asset classes rather than being confined to one.

Group structure and partners

A publicly listed parent surrounded by a constellation of project-specific SPVs and joint ventures - the legal architecture that makes the asset-light model work.

The listed entity is the hub - Arihant Foundations & Housing Ltd trades on the Bombay Stock Exchange (its board approved a proposal for voluntary delisting from the NSE in August 2020), with promoters holding roughly 43% of the equity and the Lunawath family involved in day-to-day operations.
Every project gets its own vehicle - wholly owned subsidiaries like Arihant Griha Limited, Varenya Constructions Limited, and Verge Realty Private Limited serve as special purpose vehicles for individual developments, ring-fencing risk and making capital allocation transparent.
Plotted developments under one roof - the company transferred its stake in Escapade Real Estates Private Limited to Varenya Constructions Limited in 2021, consolidating all plotted-development projects under a single holding company structure.
Two landmark partnerships define the growth story - the 2014 joint venture with Ashiana Housing (Kairav Developers Ltd) created Chennai’s senior living market, while the 2025 framework agreement with Prestige Estates Projects (Canopy Living LLP) has already deployed capital into 36.192 acres of premium residential land across Velachery, Korattur and Padi, with a corporate guarantee of up to ₹250 crores approved to secure project-level debt.

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Market Capitalization

₹983Cr

Close Price

₹904.75

Industry

Realty Construction and Contracting

Price To Earnings

13.54

Price To Sales

2.08

Revenue

₹472Cr

Rev Gr TTM

Revenue Growth TTM

88.55%

PAT Gr TTM

PAT Growth TTM

37.96%

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Standalone

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Percentage

Quarter	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
Revenue RevenueCr	9	33	45	39	48	52	67	83	88	102	148	134
Growth YoY Revenue Growth YoY%	-59.8	212.5	233.9	4.7	427.2	60.0	48.4	113.4	81.8	96.8	118.9	62.6
Expenses ExpensesCr	6	20	41	24	32	34	51	61	64	75	136	98
Operating Profit Operating ProfitCr	3	13	4	14	16	18	17	22	24	27	11	36
OPM OPM%	34.4	39.7	8.9	37.0	32.8	33.9	24.6	26.5	27.2	26.8	7.6	27.1
Other Income Other IncomeCr	3	3	3	3	3	2	7	2	2	2	10	1
Interest Expense Interest ExpenseCr	5	5	3	4	4	4	9	3	1	2	12	6
Depreciation DepreciationCr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PBT PBTCr	2	11	4	14	15	16	14	21	25	28	9	31
Tax TaxCr	1	2	3	4	4	5	3	5	5	8	4	7
PAT PATCr	1	9	1	10	11	11	11	16	20	20	4	24
Growth YoY PAT Growth YoY%	-81.4	864.9	4.7	301.3	810.3	23.1	1,174.4	71.9	89.8	78.5	-62.6	47.3
NPM NPM%	12.7	27.9	2.0	24.6	21.9	21.5	17.0	19.8	22.8	19.5	2.9	17.9
EPS EPS₹	1.4	10.6	1.0	11.1	12.3	12.3	12.6	17.9	20.1	20.0	4.3	22.4

Quarter	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
Revenue RevenueCr	9	33	45	39	48	52	67	83	88	102	148	134
Growth YoY Revenue Growth YoY%	-59.8	212.5	233.9	4.7	427.2	60.0	48.4	113.4	81.8	96.8	118.9	62.6
Expenses ExpensesCr	6	20	41	24	32	34	51	61	64	75	136	98
Operating Profit Operating ProfitCr	3	13	4	14	16	18	17	22	24	27	11	36
OPM OPM%	34.4	39.7	8.9	37.0	32.8	33.9	24.6	26.5	27.2	26.8	7.6	27.1
Other Income Other IncomeCr	3	3	3	3	3	2	7	2	2	2	10	1
Interest Expense Interest ExpenseCr	5	5	3	4	4	4	9	3	1	2	12	6
Depreciation DepreciationCr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PBT PBTCr	2	11	4	14	15	16	14	21	25	28	9	31
Tax TaxCr	1	2	3	4	4	5	3	5	5	8	4	7
PAT PATCr	1	9	1	10	11	11	11	16	20	20	4	24
Growth YoY PAT Growth YoY%	-81.4	864.9	4.7	301.3	810.3	23.1	1,174.4	71.9	89.8	78.5	-62.6	47.3
NPM NPM%	12.7	27.9	2.0	24.6	21.9	21.5	17.0	19.8	22.8	19.5	2.9	17.9
EPS EPS₹	1.4	10.6	1.0	11.1	12.3	12.3	12.6	17.9	20.1	20.0	4.3	22.4

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Percentage

Financial Year	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	TTM
Revenue RevenueCr	125	68	66	80	47	56	83	64	124	206	420	472
Growth Revenue Growth%		-45.7	-3.5	21.9	-41.4	20.6	46.6	-22.4	93.1	66.4	103.6	88.5
Expenses ExpensesCr	129	60	58	82	65	62	86	51	99	142	323	373
Operating Profit Operating ProfitCr	-4	8	8	-2	-18	-6	-3	13	25	64	98	99
OPM OPM%	-3.2	11.4	12.0	-2.2	-39.1	-10.2	-4.1	21.0	20.2	31.2	23.2	20.9
Other Income Other IncomeCr	11	10	14	31	31	16	12	20	12	15	11	16
Interest Expense Interest ExpenseCr	20	23	19	24	18	23	11	21	17	21	25	21
Depreciation DepreciationCr	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
PBT PBTCr	-15	-7	2	4	-5	-13	-3	13	20	58	82	92
Tax TaxCr	-2	0	4	3	2	3	2	3	7	16	23	24
PAT PATCr	-12	-7	-1	1	-7	-16	-5	10	14	43	59	68
Growth PAT Growth%		43.3	79.6	173.5	-786.8	-125.9	70.3	310.3	35.4	216.3	38.1	38.0
NPM NPM%	-9.7	-10.1	-2.1	1.3	-15.1	-28.3	-5.7	15.5	10.9	20.7	14.0	14.5
EPS EPS₹	-13.5	-11.2	-1.6	1.2	-8.2	-18.6	-5.5	11.6	14.8	46.9	59.2	66.8

Financial Year	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	TTM
Revenue RevenueCr	125	68	66	80	47	56	83	64	124	206	420	472
Growth Revenue Growth%		-45.7	-3.5	21.9	-41.4	20.6	46.6	-22.4	93.1	66.4	103.6	88.5
Expenses ExpensesCr	129	60	58	82	65	62	86	51	99	142	323	373
Operating Profit Operating ProfitCr	-4	8	8	-2	-18	-6	-3	13	25	64	98	99
OPM OPM%	-3.2	11.4	12.0	-2.2	-39.1	-10.2	-4.1	21.0	20.2	31.2	23.2	20.9
Other Income Other IncomeCr	11	10	14	31	31	16	12	20	12	15	11	16
Interest Expense Interest ExpenseCr	20	23	19	24	18	23	11	21	17	21	25	21
Depreciation DepreciationCr	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
PBT PBTCr	-15	-7	2	4	-5	-13	-3	13	20	58	82	92
Tax TaxCr	-2	0	4	3	2	3	2	3	7	16	23	24
PAT PATCr	-12	-7	-1	1	-7	-16	-5	10	14	43	59	68
Growth PAT Growth%		43.3	79.6	173.5	-786.8	-125.9	70.3	310.3	35.4	216.3	38.1	38.0
NPM NPM%	-9.7	-10.1	-2.1	1.3	-15.1	-28.3	-5.7	15.5	10.9	20.7	14.0	14.5
EPS EPS₹	-13.5	-11.2	-1.6	1.2	-8.2	-18.6	-5.5	11.6	14.8	46.9	59.2	66.8

Consolidated

Standalone

Numbers

Percentage

Financial Year	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Equity Capital Equity CapitalCr	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10
Reserves ReservesCr	140	171	142	151	102	91	109	169	183	290	351
Current Liabilities Current LiabilitiesCr	285	121	140	69	329	274	399	168	135	147	317
Non Current Liabilities Non Current LiabilitiesCr	169	159	141	132	230	215	121	146	116	123	329
Total Liabilities Total LiabilitiesCr	603	465	437	368	654	558	607	492	442	581	1,018
Current Assets Current AssetsCr	377	261	251	204	403	344	362	278	256	387	741
Non Current Assets Non Current AssetsCr	226	204	186	165	251	215	245	214	187	195	277
Total Assets Total AssetsCr	603	465	437	368	654	558	607	492	442	581	1,018

Financial Year	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Equity Capital Equity CapitalCr	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10
Reserves ReservesCr	140	171	142	151	102	91	109	169	183	290	351
Current Liabilities Current LiabilitiesCr	285	121	140	69	329	274	399	168	135	147	317
Non Current Liabilities Non Current LiabilitiesCr	169	159	141	132	230	215	121	146	116	123	329
Total Liabilities Total LiabilitiesCr	603	465	437	368	654	558	607	492	442	581	1,018
Current Assets Current AssetsCr	377	261	251	204	403	344	362	278	256	387	741
Non Current Assets Non Current AssetsCr	226	204	186	165	251	215	245	214	187	195	277
Total Assets Total AssetsCr	603	465	437	368	654	558	607	492	442	581	1,018

Consolidated

Standalone

Financial Year	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Operating Cash Flow Operating Cash FlowCr	-38	-4	-1	-28	-220	147	-34	147	30	-39	49
Investing Cash Flow Investing Cash FlowCr	-24	20	8	43	29	3	30	20	10	-6	-168
Financing Cash Flow Financing Cash FlowCr	40	-16	-2	-20	209	-166	6	-146	-61	59	115
Net Cash Flow Net Cash FlowCr	-22	-1	5	-6	18	-16	1	21	-20	15	-4
Free Cash Flow Free Cash FlowCr	-60	-5	-1	-16	-211	147	-35	147	30	-38	32
CFO To PAT CFO To PAT%	310.1	60.1	44.2	-2,707.3	3,111.0	-919.9	725.1	1,478.6	224.9	-90.6	83.4
CFO To EBITDA CFO To EBITDA%	938.7	-53.3	-7.9	1,584.8	1,202.6	-2,558.2	1,013.9	1,093.0	121.3	-60.1	50.5

Financial Year	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Operating Cash Flow Operating Cash FlowCr	-38	-4	-1	-28	-220	147	-34	147	30	-39	49
Investing Cash Flow Investing Cash FlowCr	-24	20	8	43	29	3	30	20	10	-6	-168
Financing Cash Flow Financing Cash FlowCr	40	-16	-2	-20	209	-166	6	-146	-61	59	115
Net Cash Flow Net Cash FlowCr	-22	-1	5	-6	18	-16	1	21	-20	15	-4
Free Cash Flow Free Cash FlowCr	-60	-5	-1	-16	-211	147	-35	147	30	-38	32
CFO To PAT CFO To PAT%	310.1	60.1	44.2	-2,707.3	3,111.0	-919.9	725.1	1,478.6	224.9	-90.6	83.4
CFO To EBITDA CFO To EBITDA%	938.7	-53.3	-7.9	1,584.8	1,202.6	-2,558.2	1,013.9	1,093.0	121.3	-60.1	50.5

Consolidated

Standalone

Financial Year	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	Current
Valuation Ratios Valuation Ratios
Market Cap Market CapitalizationCr	33	42	41	28	13	15	28	33	104	727	967	983
Price To Earnings Price To Earnings								3.3	7.7	17.0	16.4	13.5
Price To Sales Price To Sales	0.3	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.8	3.5	2.3	2.1
Price To Book Price To Book	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.5	2.4	2.7	2.4
EV To EBITDA EV To EBITDA	-60.5	22.3	21.9	-88.5	-20.4	-55.0	-92.6	10.8	8.5	12.5	14.4	14.6
Profitability Ratios Profitability Ratios
GPM GPM%	9.8	42.5	30.0	13.6	-14.9	10.0	25.6	45.2	34.6	42.7	30.4	30.4
OPM OPM%	-3.2	11.4	12.0	-2.2	-39.1	-10.2	-4.1	21.0	20.2	31.2	23.2	20.9
NPM NPM%	-9.7	-10.1	-2.1	1.3	-15.1	-28.3	-5.7	15.5	10.9	20.7	14.0	14.5
ROCE ROCE%	1.5	5.2	7.3	9.8	2.5	2.5	2.0	10.5	12.0	17.6	12.8	12.8
ROE ROE%	-8.2	-3.8	-0.9	0.6	-6.4	-16.0	-4.0	5.6	7.0	14.2	16.4	16.4
ROA ROA%	-2.0	-1.5	-0.3	0.3	-1.1	-2.9	-0.8	2.0	3.0	7.3	5.8	5.8
Operational Ratios Operational Ratios
Solvency Ratios Solvency Ratios
Liquidity Ratios Liquidity Ratios

Financial Year	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	Current
Valuation Ratios Valuation Ratios
Market Cap Market CapitalizationCr	33	42	41	28	13	15	28	33	104	727	967	983
Price To Earnings Price To Earnings								3.3	7.7	17.0	16.4	13.5
Price To Sales Price To Sales	0.3	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.8	3.5	2.3	2.1
Price To Book Price To Book	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.5	2.4	2.7	2.4
EV To EBITDA EV To EBITDA	-60.5	22.3	21.9	-88.5	-20.4	-55.0	-92.6	10.8	8.5	12.5	14.4	14.6
Profitability Ratios Profitability Ratios
GPM GPM%	9.8	42.5	30.0	13.6	-14.9	10.0	25.6	45.2	34.6	42.7	30.4	30.4
OPM OPM%	-3.2	11.4	12.0	-2.2	-39.1	-10.2	-4.1	21.0	20.2	31.2	23.2	20.9
NPM NPM%	-9.7	-10.1	-2.1	1.3	-15.1	-28.3	-5.7	15.5	10.9	20.7	14.0	14.5
ROCE ROCE%	1.5	5.2	7.3	9.8	2.5	2.5	2.0	10.5	12.0	17.6	12.8	12.8
ROE ROE%	-8.2	-3.8	-0.9	0.6	-6.4	-16.0	-4.0	5.6	7.0	14.2	16.4	16.4
ROA ROA%	-2.0	-1.5	-0.3	0.3	-1.1	-2.9	-0.8	2.0	3.0	7.3	5.8	5.8
Operational Ratios Operational Ratios
Solvency Ratios Solvency Ratios
Liquidity Ratios Liquidity Ratios

	CAPACITE	PVP	SHRIRAMPPS	ARIHANT	SURAJEST	ELDEHSG	GEECEE
Market CapitalizationMkt CapCr	1,428	1,187	1,124	983	928	782	771
Close PriceClose₹	168.76	45.59	65.85	904.75	194.33	794.95	368.55
IndustryIndustry	Realty Construction and Contracting	Realty Construction and Contracting	Realty Construction and Contracting	Realty Construction and Contracting	Realty Construction and Contracting	Realty Construction and Contracting	Realty Construction and Contracting
Price To EarningsPE	7.67	239.95	12.31	13.54	9.79	21.56	16.34
Price To SalesPS	0.54	10.05	0.90	2.08	1.63	4.22	7.40
RevenueRevenueCr	2,662	118	1,249	472	568	185	104
Revenue Growth TTMRev Gr TTM%	12.4%	181.9%	37.0%	88.5%	3.7%	38.9%	-6.5%
PAT Growth TTMPAT Gr TTM%	-5.8%	118.8%	13.5%	38.0%	0.6%	117.8%	20.0%

	CAPACITE	PVP	SHRIRAMPPS	ARIHANT	SURAJEST	ELDEHSG	GEECEE
Market CapitalizationMkt CapCr	1,428	1,187	1,124	983	928	782	771
Close PriceClose₹	168.76	45.59	65.85	904.75	194.33	794.95	368.55
IndustryIndustry	Realty Construction and Contracting	Realty Construction and Contracting	Realty Construction and Contracting	Realty Construction and Contracting	Realty Construction and Contracting	Realty Construction and Contracting	Realty Construction and Contracting
Price To EarningsPE	7.67	239.95	12.31	13.54	9.79	21.56	16.34
Price To SalesPS	0.54	10.05	0.90	2.08	1.63	4.22	7.40
RevenueRevenueCr	2,662	118	1,249	472	568	185	104
Revenue Growth TTMRev Gr TTM%	12.4%	181.9%	37.0%	88.5%	3.7%	38.9%	-6.5%
PAT Growth TTMPAT Gr TTM%	-5.8%	118.8%	13.5%	38.0%	0.6%	117.8%	20.0%