Motilal Oswal retains Buy on Sapphire Foods, sees nearly 34% upside

Motilal Oswal has retained its Buy rating on KFC operator Sapphire Foods with a Rs 240 target price, citing improving same-store sales and margins. The brokerage also sees potential scale synergies from the proposed merger with Devyani International.

— Filed Mon, 27 Jul, 2026, 14:01 IST · Source Financial Express · BrandWagon · Updated

Motilal Oswal retained a Buy on QSR operator Sapphire Foods with a Rs 240 target, citing improving KFC same-store sales and margins. It expects the proposed Devyani International-Sapphire merger to create scale synergies across brands and geographies.

Why this matters

The call follows Sapphire Foods’ ₹99 KFC meals initiative, which lifted transactions 12% and helped the company return to positive profit.

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