HT Media Limited

Media Entertainment & Publication · Media

NSE: HTMEDIA BSE: 532662

₹23.02

Sept. 30, 2026 · NSE · nse_bhavcopy

Peers in Media

The largest companies in the same industry by market cap. This company ranks #7 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	3,126	9.3	13.7%	-34.9%	3.99%	70	94	7
Signpost India Limited	1,400	19.1	24.1%	-2.6%	0.19%	70	62	32
Jagran Prakashan Limited	1,356	6.2	8.7%	-12.9%	11.24%	65	100	67
The Sandesh Limited	756	6.9	4.6%	-15.3%	0.50%	43	100	30
Hindustan Media Ventures Limited	560	4.3	3.1%	-9.5%	—	58	100	31
OnMobile Global Limited	538	—	-1.8%	-25.8%	—	32	100	65
HT Media Limited (this stock)	536	—	-2.4%	-15.0%	—	30	100	29
R K Swamy Limited	455	23.2	8.4%	-37.4%	2.22%	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

₹1,123 Cr

EV / EBITDA

Data unavailable.

EV / Sales

1.07x

Market cap / Sales

0.51x

Earnings yield

Data unavailable.

Quarterly Financials

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Standalone Consolidated

↑ Positive

Quarterly Revenue

Jun 2026 quarterly revenue is Rs 248 Cr, up 5.6% YoY.

Period end	Revenue (₹ Cr)	PBT (₹ Cr)	Net profit (₹ Cr)	Basic EPS
June 30, 2026	236	-12	-8	₹-0.3400
March 31, 2026	288	-46	-40	₹-1.7200
Dec. 31, 2025	278	-22	-18	₹-0.7800
Sept. 30, 2025	244	-45	-51	₹-2.2100
June 30, 2025	222	-31	-13	₹-0.5500
March 31, 2025	302	-45	-48	₹-2.0700
Dec. 31, 2024	286	15	7	₹
Sept. 30, 2024	228	-14	-10	₹-0.4400
June 30, 2024	195	-23	-14	₹-0.6200
March 31, 2024	252	-24	-20	₹-0.8700
Dec. 31, 2023	239	-16	-10	₹-0.4400
Sept. 30, 2023	211	-76	-69	₹-2.9800
June 30, 2023	206	-25	-20	₹-0.8500

Quarterly income statement (standalone, ₹ Cr)

Indicator	Jun 26	Mar 26	Dec 25	Sep 25	Jun 25	Mar 25	Sep 24	Jun 24	Mar 24	Dec 23	Sep 23	Jun 23	Mar 23
Total income (before exceptional items)	248	320	290	259	235	333	253	227	288	264	230	228	258
Operating revenue	236	288	278	244	222	302	228	195	252	239	211	206	235
Other income	13	33	12	14	13	31	25	32	36	25	20	22	23
Operating expenses	234	265	258	235	237	280	235	217	232	243	224	219	261
Operating profit	1	23	19	9	-15	22	-6	-22	20	-4	-13	-13	-26
Operating profit margin	0.4%	8.0%	6.9%	3.7%	-6.6%	7.2%	-2.8%	-11.1%	7.8%	-1.7%	-6.3%	-6.3%	-10.9%
Depreciation	15	17	16	18	17	16	17	18	22	20	19	20	21
Interest	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	16	17	16	15	14
Exceptional items, gain / (loss)	1	-73	-24	-38	—	-67	—	—	-42	—	-48	—	-72
Profit before tax	-12	-46	-22	-45	-31	-45	-14	-23	-24	-16	-76	-25	-109
Tax	-5	-6	-4	6	-18	3	-4	-9	-4	-6	-8	-6	-11
Net profit	—	—	—	-51	—	-48	-10	-14	-20	-10	-69	-20	-98
EPS	-0.34	-1.72	-0.78	-2.21	-0.55	-2.07	-0.44	-0.62	-0.87	-0.44	-2.98	-0.85	-4.25
Net profit (TTM)	—	—	—	—	—	-93	-55	-114	-119	-197	-202	-286	-275
EPS (TTM)	-5.05	-5.26	-5.61	-5.27	-3.68	-4.00	-2.37	-4.91	-5.14	-8.52	-8.72	-12.39	-11.90

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	1,032	-144	-122
March 31, 2025	1,036	-66	-65
March 31, 2024	907	-141	-119
March 31, 2023	921	-209	-275

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)	2.9%	11.9%	1,104^†	—	1,010^†	1,012^†	875^†	629^†	1,368^†	1,433^†	1,599^†	1,589^†
Operating revenue	3.8%	14.3%	1,032	1,036	907	921	751^†	528^†	1,241^†	1,288^†	1,389^†	1,432^†
Other income	—	—	73^†	—	103^†	91^†	124^†	101^†	127^†	145^†	210^†	157^†
Operating expenses	—	—	995^†	—	918^†	974^†	735^†	635^†	1,125^†	1,311^†	1,168^†	1,288^†
Operating profit	—	—	36^†	—	-11^†	-53^†	16^†	-106^†	116^†	-24^†	221^†	144^†
Operating profit margin	—	—	3.5%^†	—	-1.2%^†	-5.7%^†	2.1%^†	-20.2%^†	9.3%^†	-1.9%^†	15.9%^†	10.0%^†
Depreciation	—	—	67^†	—	80^†	85^†	90^†	91^†	113^†	83^†	97^†	97^†
Interest	—	—	51^†	—	64^†	59^†	44^†	46^†	103^†	98^†	70^†	79^†
Exceptional items, gain / (loss)	—	—	-135^†	—	-89^†	-103^†	-34^†	7^†	-443^†	-112^†	-14^†	0^†
Profit before tax	—	—	-144	-66	-141	-209	-28^†	-135^†	-417^†	-172^†	251^†	64^†
Tax	—	—	-22^†	—	-22^†	66^†	-8^†	-54^†	-20^†	-33^†	37^†	3^†
Net profit	—	—	-122	-65	-119	-275	-20^†	-81^†	-397^†	—	214^†	62^†
EPS	—	—	-5.26^†	—	-5.14^†	-11.90^†	-0.86^†	-3.53^†	-17.17^†	—	—	—

^† 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	3.5%^†	—	-1.2%^†	-5.7%^†	2.1%^†	-20.2%^†	9.3%^†	-1.9%^†	15.9%^†	10.0%^†
EBIT margin	-8.9%^†	—	-8.5%^†	-16.3%^†	2.1%^†	-17.0%^†	-25.3%^†	-5.7%^†	23.1%^†	10.0%^†
PBT margin	-13.9%	-6.4%	-15.5%	-22.7%	-3.8%^†	-25.6%^†	-33.6%^†	-13.4%^†	18.1%^†	4.5%^†
Net margin	-11.8%	-6.2%	-13.1%	-29.9%	-2.7%^†	-15.4%^†	-32.0%^†	—	15.4%^†	4.3%^†
Interest coverage	-1.79x^†	—	-1.21x^†	-2.56x^†	0.35x^†	-1.95x^†	-3.03x^†	-0.75x^†	4.60x^†	1.82x^†
Dividend payout	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Earnings retention	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Current ratio	0.74x	0.71x	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Quick ratio	0.67x	0.62x	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Debt to equity	1.18x	0.91x	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Return on equity	-23.3%	-10.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Return on assets	-7.6%	-3.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Return on capital employed	-15.3%^†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Asset turnover	0.65x	0.59x	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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	33	12	-36	28	5
March 31, 2025	30	162	-192	18	12
March 31, 2024	-62	108	-47	27	-89
March 31, 2023	-99	206	-111	10	-110
March 31, 2022	11	54	-66	9	2

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	1,591	521	475	612	0	734	986	25	148	72
March 31, 2025	1,745	639	593	558	26	698	986	26	160	88
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.