Apollo Hospitals shares fall 1% after promoter sells stake worth ₹1,489 crore via block deal

Apollo Hospitals shares tumbled almost 1% to an intraday low of ₹7,852 apiece after promoter and Managing Director Suneeta Reddy offloaded 1.32% of her holding in the hospital chain via a block deal.

According to reports, shares worth ₹1,489 crore were offloaded in a block deal, and about 1.9 million shares were sold at a floor price of ₹7,850 apiece, a discount of nearly 1% to Thursday's closing level.

According to data from the National Stock Exchange on the company's shareholding pattern, Suneeta Reddy holds a 3.36% stake in Apollo Hospitals as of June 30, 2025.

Following the development, Apollo Hospitals shares were trading at ₹7,916 apiece, falling 0.13%.

Apollo Hospitals’ Q1 earnings

The country's largest private hospital chain operator had reported a net profit of ₹433 crore in the first quarter of the current financial year (Q1FY26), marking an upside of 42% from ₹305 crore in the same period last year.

Apollo Hospitals had posted stable operational performance, as its operating profit, also known as EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation), rose 26% to ₹852 crore from ₹675 crore in the corresponding period last year. The company's EBITDA margin expanded by 130 basis points to 14.58% from 13.27%.

The company earned ₹2,974 crore in revenue from healthcare services, ₹435 crore from retail health and diagnostics business, and revenue from digital health and pharmacy distribution came in at ₹2,472 crore.

Profit from healthcare services came in at ₹562 crore, and profit from the digital health and pharmacy distribution business came in at ₹69 crore.

Over the last five trading days, shares of Apollo Hospitals have gained 1%. For a month’s period, it has increased over 9%.

Since February 24, 2025, which is six months, the stock has climbed more than 26%. Year-to-date, it has increased 7%.

The company’s market capitalisation stands at ₹1.14 lakh crore.