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Travel Food Services Ltd reported robust first-quarter results for FY27 on Thursday, with consolidated profit after tax rising 35.6 per cent year-on-year to ₹128.8 crore and system-wide sales growing 18 per cent to ₹843.7 crore. Despite the strong numbers, the stock is trading lower on Friday afternoon.As of 2.32 pm, shares of TFS were down 1.81 per cent at ₹1,369 on the NSE, having opened at ₹1,362.20. The stock touched an intraday high of ₹1,385 and a low of ₹1,340 during the session. Sell orders are outpacing buys, with 57.7 per cent of the order book on the sell side. Traded volume stood at around 0.60 lakh shares, with a traded value of approximately ₹8.10 crore.The company’s consolidated sales rose 20.6 per cent to ₹452.2 crore in Q1FY27, while EBITDA came in at ₹161.9 crore, up 11 per cent year-on-year. PAT margin improved by 315 basis points to 28.5 per cent. Earnings per share grew 38.1 per cent to ₹9.60. The company carries no debt and held a cash balance of ₹969.8 crore as of June 30, 2026.Like-for-like sales growth was a muted 0.8 per cent at the system-wide level, weighed down by passenger traffic disruptions linked to the West Asia conflict and terminal migration at airports including Mumbai and Guwahati. Excluding these affected markets, the company said LFL growth would have been approximately 7 per cent. EBITDA margins contracted 308 basis points to 35.8 per cent, partly due to higher employee and other costs from newly commissioned outlets.On the operational front, TFS expanded its network to 580 outlets and lounges across 21 airports as of June 2026, including the launch of operations at Noida International Airport in June. The company added 87 Travel QSR outlets and 2 lounges over the past 12 months, taking the total brand count to 153.The stock hit its 52-week high of ₹1,470.90 just a week ago on August 7 and has since pulled back. Year-to-date, it is up nearly 18 per cent, outperforming the Nifty 500’s negative return of 1.24 per cent over the same period. The stock trades at a price-to-earnings multiple of 37.77. Total market capitalisation stands at approximately ₹18,003 crore.Published on August 14, 2026