Hindustan Media Ventures Limited

Media Entertainment & Publication · Media

NSE: HMVL BSE: 533217

₹76.00

Oct. 5, 2026 · NSE · nse_bhavcopy

Peers in Media

The largest companies in the same industry by market cap. This company ranks #5 of 20. PE, ROE, 1Y return and scores come from the daily/weekly precomputed snapshot.

Company	Market cap (₹ Cr)	PE (TTM)	ROE	1Y return	Div. yield	Quality	Valuation	Momentum
D.B.Corp Limited	3,050	9.1	13.7%	-35.5%	4.09%	70	94	7
Signpost India Limited	1,394	19.0	24.1%	-0.2%	0.19%	70	62	32
Jagran Prakashan Limited	1,335	6.1	8.7%	-14.8%	11.41%	65	100	67
The Sandesh Limited	768	7.0	4.6%	-13.3%	0.49%	43	100	30
Hindustan Media Ventures Limited (this stock)	560	4.3	3.1%	-7.1%	—	58	100	31
HT Media Limited	515	—	-2.4%	-20.5%	—	30	100	29
OnMobile Global Limited	513	—	-1.8%	-28.9%	—	32	100	65
R K Swamy Limited	434	22.2	8.4%	-40.8%	2.32%	63	78	48

Valuation multiples

Current only. Market cap is the whole company's; sales/EBITDA are trailing-twelve-month standalone; debt and cash come from the latest filed standalone balance sheet (March 31, 2026). EBITDA = PBT + interest + depreciation.

Enterprise value

₹624 Cr

EV / EBITDA

3.4x

EV / Sales

0.76x

Market cap / Sales

0.68x

Earnings yield

23.18%

Quarterly Financials

Download CSV

Standalone Consolidated

↑ Positive

Quarterly Revenue

Jun 2026 quarterly revenue is Rs 244 Cr, up 16.4% YoY.

Period end	Revenue (₹ Cr)	PBT (₹ Cr)	Net profit (₹ Cr)	Basic EPS
June 30, 2026	197	69	51	₹7.5100
March 31, 2026	216	72	28	₹8.4300
Dec. 31, 2025	212	1	1	₹0.0900
Sept. 30, 2025	197	13	12	₹1.5900
June 30, 2025	183	12	10	₹1.3600
March 31, 2025	201	45	45	₹6.1300
Dec. 31, 2024	197	19	18	₹2.4090
Sept. 30, 2024	172	15	14	₹1.8600
June 30, 2024	162	0	0	₹0.0500
March 31, 2024	188	-2	11	₹1.5100
Dec. 31, 2023	183	-2	-1	₹-0.1430
Sept. 30, 2023	165	-15	-7	₹-0.9400
June 30, 2023	169	9	5	₹0.6600

Quarterly income statement (standalone, ₹ Cr)

Indicator	Jun 26	Mar 26	Dec 25	Sep 25	Jun 25	Mar 25	Dec 24	Sep 24	Jun 24	Mar 24	Dec 23	Sep 23	Jun 23
Total income (before exceptional items)	244	229	236	223	210	254	221	208	189	218	207	187	199
Operating revenue	197	216	212	197	183	201	197	172	162	188	183	165	169
Other income	47	14	24	27	27	53	24	36	27	29	24	22	30
Operating expenses	169	150	213	207	192	202	196	186	180	209	198	191	180
Operating profit	28	65	-1	-10	-9	-1	2	-14	-18	-21	-15	-26	-12
Operating profit margin	14.3%	30.3%	-0.4%	-4.9%	-4.9%	-0.6%	0.9%	-8.4%	-11.2%	-11.4%	-8.3%	-15.9%	-7.0%
Depreciation	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	5	6	7	7	7	7
Interest	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	3
Exceptional items, gain / (loss)	—	-1	-16	3	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
Profit before tax	69	72	1	13	12	45	19	15	0	-2	-2	-15	9
Tax	13	10	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	-13	-1	-8	4
Net profit	—	—	1	12	10	45	18	14	0	11	-1	-7	5
EPS	7.51	8.43	0.09	1.59	1.36	6.13	2.41	1.86	0.05	1.51	-0.14	-0.94	0.66
Net profit (TTM)	—	—	68	85	87	77	43	24	3	8	7	6	-22
EPS (TTM)	17.62	11.47	9.17	11.49	11.76	10.45	5.83	3.28	0.48	1.09	0.91	0.82	-3.04

Total income excludes exceptional items, which are shown on their own row. Trendlyne and Screener fold exceptional items into revenue or other income, so their totals differ from this table by exactly that row.

Annual Financials

Year ended	Revenue (₹ Cr)	PBT (₹ Cr)	Net profit (₹ Cr)
March 31, 2026	740	164	50
March 31, 2025	733	80	77
March 31, 2024	704	-10	8
March 31, 2023	713	-63	-47

Annual income statement (standalone, ₹ Cr; CAGR to the latest year)

Indicator	CAGR 3Y	CAGR 5Y	Mar 26	Mar 25	Mar 24	Mar 23	Mar 22	Mar 21	Mar 20	Mar 19	Mar 18	Mar 17
Total income (before exceptional items)	1.7%	4.6%	831^†	873^†	809^†	790^†	749^†	664^†	906^†	956^†	960^†	1,025^†
Operating revenue	1.2%	6.3%	740	733	704	713	669^†	545^†	796^†	866^†	880^†	933^†
Other income	—	—	91^†	140^†	105^†	77^†	80^†	119^†	110^†	90^†	79^†	92^†
Operating expenses	—	—	762^†	765^†	778^†	799^†	660^†	539^†	696^†	815^†	699^†	715^†
Operating profit	—	—	-22^†	-32^†	-74^†	-86^†	10^†	7^†	100^†	51^†	181^†	218^†
Operating profit margin	—	—	-3.0%^†	-4.4%^†	-10.6%^†	-12.0%^†	1.4%^†	1.3%^†	12.5%^†	5.8%^†	20.6%^†	23.4%^†
Depreciation	—	—	17^†	21^†	27^†	30^†	29^†	30^†	31^†	21^†	20^†	20^†
Interest	—	—	9^†	8^†	14^†	17^†	9^†	9^†	9^†	18^†	11^†	16^†
Exceptional items, gain / (loss)	—	—	-14^†	0^†	1^†	-8^†	-4^†	0^†	0^†	0^†	0^†	0^†
Profit before tax	—	13.6%	164	80	-10	-63	48^†	87^†	169^†	102^†	230^†	261^†
Tax	—	—	13^†	3^†	-18^†	-16^†	4^†	12^†	49^†	30^†	58^†	68^†
Net profit	—	-7.7%	50	77	8	-47	44^†	75^†	121^†	72^†	171^†	194^†
EPS	—	2.5%	11.47^†	10.45^†	1.09^†	-6.45^†	5.91^†	10.13^†	16.40^†	—	—	—

^† Derived: the sum of that fiscal year's four quarterly filings (a real annual filing is used wherever one exists). Checked against filed annual figures, the sum lands within 0.5% for about 94% of company-years.

Annual ratios (standalone)

Ratio	Mar 26	Mar 25	Mar 24	Mar 23	Mar 22	Mar 21	Mar 20	Mar 19	Mar 18	Mar 17
Operating margin	-3.0%^†	-4.4%^†	-10.6%^†	-12.0%^†	1.4%^†	1.3%^†	12.5%^†	5.8%^†	20.6%^†	23.4%^†
EBIT margin	23.3%^†	11.9%^†	0.7%^†	-6.6%^†	8.5%^†	17.5%^†	22.5%^†	13.8%^†	27.4%^†	29.7%^†
PBT margin	22.2%	10.9%	-1.4%	-8.9%	7.1%^†	15.9%^†	21.3%^†	11.8%^†	26.1%^†	28.0%^†
Net margin	6.8%	10.5%	1.1%	-6.7%	6.5%^†	13.7%^†	15.1%^†	8.3%^†	19.5%^†	20.7%^†
Interest coverage	19.83x^†	11.63x^†	0.33x^†	-2.82x^†	6.10x^†	10.95x^†	18.87x^†	6.82x^†	21.26x^†	17.19x^†
Dividend payout	0.0%^†	0.0%^†	0.0%^†	—	0.0%^†	0.0%^†	7.3%^†	—	—	—
Earnings retention	100.0%^†	100.0%^†	100.0%^†	—	100.0%^†	100.0%^†	92.7%^†	—	—	—
Current ratio	1.49x	1.75x	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Quick ratio	1.45x	1.70x	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Debt to equity	0.05x	0.02x	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Return on equity	3.2%	5.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Return on assets	2.0%	3.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Return on capital employed	10.6%^†	5.6%^†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Asset turnover	0.30x	0.32x	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Margins and asset turnover use operating revenue (interest earned for banks, excluding other income), not total income. Liquidity, leverage and return ratios need a filed standalone balance sheet, which exists only for recent years; returns use year-end equity/assets. Dividend payout is shown only for companies with a dividend record. † = built from a summed fiscal year.

Revenue Mix

Data unavailable.

Cash Flow

Year ended	Operating (₹ Cr)	Investing (₹ Cr)	Financing (₹ Cr)	Capex (₹ Cr)	Free Cash Flow (₹ Cr)
March 31, 2026	73	-124	52	3	70
March 31, 2025	38	-6	-55	4	34
March 31, 2024	16	23	-4	15	2
March 31, 2023	53	32	-87	14	39
March 31, 2022	51	-75	21	15	36

Balance Sheet (standalone)

Year ended	Total Assets (₹ Cr)	Total Equity (₹ Cr)	Reserves (₹ Cr)	Borrowings, Current (₹ Cr)	Borrowings, Non-current (₹ Cr)	Current Assets (₹ Cr)	Current Liabilities (₹ Cr)	Cash & Equivalents (₹ Cr)	Net Block (₹ Cr)	Inventory (₹ Cr)
March 31, 2026	2,480	1,587	1,514	81	0	1,259	848	17	69	32
March 31, 2025	2,282	1,533	1,459	25	0	1,261	721	22	77	32
March 31, 2024	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
March 31, 2023	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
March 31, 2022	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Financial charts

Trend charts drawn from the standalone income-statement and ratio tables above (oldest year on the left); a gap means that period has no figure. Annual years marked † in the tables are derived from four quarters.