Jagran Prakashan Limited

Media Entertainment & Publication · Media

NSE: JAGRAN BSE: 532705

₹61.33

Oct. 5, 2026 · NSE · nse_bhavcopy

Peers in Media

The largest companies in the same industry by market cap. This company ranks #3 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 (this stock)	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	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

₹1,321 Cr

EV / EBITDA

3.8x

EV / Sales

0.78x

Market cap / Sales

0.79x

Earnings yield

16.45%

Quarterly Financials

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Standalone Consolidated

↑ Positive

Quarterly Revenue

Jun 2026 quarterly revenue is Rs 466 Cr, up 5.2% YoY.

↓ Negative

Quarterly Net Profit

Jun 2026 quarterly net profit is Rs 53 Cr, down 25.0% YoY.

Period end	Revenue (₹ Cr)	PBT (₹ Cr)	Net profit (₹ Cr)	Basic EPS
June 30, 2026	442	70	53	₹2.4600
March 31, 2026	417	66	52	₹2.3900
Dec. 31, 2025	418	68	52	₹2.4100
Sept. 30, 2025	414	78	62	₹2.8300
June 30, 2025	398	95	71	₹3.2800
March 31, 2025	411	82	60	₹2.7600
Dec. 31, 2024	433	78	60	₹
Sept. 30, 2024	376	69	47	₹2.1800
June 30, 2024	370	60	44	₹2.0200
March 31, 2024	430	108	78	₹3.5900
Dec. 31, 2023	434	97	74	₹3.4000
Sept. 30, 2023	391	60	45	₹2.0600
June 30, 2023	386	61	47	₹2.1800

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)	466	427	438	437	443	437	396	386	448	454	402	401	439
Operating revenue	442	417	418	414	398	411	376	370	430	434	391	386	392
Other income	24	10	20	23	45	27	20	16	17	20	12	15	47
Operating expenses	381	343	354	344	333	339	312	312	321	341	326	323	322
Operating profit	62	74	64	70	65	71	64	58	110	93	65	62	70
Operating profit margin	13.9%	17.7%	15.4%	16.9%	16.2%	17.4%	17.1%	15.7%	25.5%	21.5%	16.5%	16.1%	17.8%
Depreciation	13	15	14	13	12	14	13	12	14	14	13	13	11
Interest	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	4	3	5	8
Exceptional items, gain / (loss)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Profit before tax	70	66	68	78	95	82	69	60	108	97	60	61	97
Tax	17	14	16	16	23	21	22	16	30	23	15	13	19
Net profit	53	—	52	—	71	60	47	44	78	74	45	47	78
EPS	2.46	2.39	2.41	2.83	3.28	2.76	2.18	2.02	3.59	3.40	2.06	2.18	3.01
Net profit (TTM)	—	—	—	—	223	230	244	241	245	244	221	231	229
EPS (TTM)	10.09	10.91	11.28	11.05	10.24	10.55	11.19	11.07	11.23	10.65	9.15	9.19	8.72

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	1,647	307	237
March 31, 2025	1,590	288	211
March 31, 2024	1,641	325	245
March 31, 2023	1,594	299	229

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)	1.3%	8.3%	1,745^†	—	1,706^†	1,679^†	1,451^†	1,171^†	1,790^†	1,965^†	1,925^†	1,944^†
Operating revenue	1.1%	7.8%	1,647	1,590	1,641	1,594	1,401^†	1,133^†	1,772^†	1,940^†	1,898^†	1,900^†
Other income	—	—	98^†	—	65^†	85^†	50^†	37^†	18^†	25^†	27^†	44^†
Operating expenses	—	—	1,374^†	—	1,311^†	1,298^†	1,044^†	879^†	1,397^†	1,533^†	1,430^†	1,350^†
Operating profit	-2.7%	1.4%	273^†	—	330^†	296^†	357^†	254^†	375^†	407^†	468^†	550^†
Operating profit margin	—	—	16.6%^†	—	20.1%^†	18.6%^†	25.5%^†	22.4%^†	21.2%^†	21.0%^†	24.7%^†	29.0%^†
Depreciation	—	—	54^†	—	53^†	49^†	60^†	69^†	84^†	75^†	82^†	82^†
Interest	—	—	9^†	—	16^†	33^†	28^†	28^†	21^†	20^†	12^†	28^†
Exceptional items, gain / (loss)	—	—	0^†	—	0^†	0^†	6^†	-11^†	0^†	0^†	0^†	0^†
Profit before tax	0.9%	10.7%	307	288	325	299	325^†	184^†	288^†	338^†	401^†	461^†
Tax	—	—	69^†	—	81^†	70^†	77^†	49^†	26^†	118^†	135^†	147^†
Net profit	1.3%	11.9%	237	211	245	229	248^†	136^†	262^†	220^†	266^†	314^†
EPS	7.8%	17.7%	10.91^†	—	11.23^†	8.72^†	9.40^†	4.82^†	8.88^†	—	—	—

^† 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	16.6%^†	—	20.1%^†	18.6%^†	25.5%^†	22.4%^†	21.2%^†	21.0%^†	24.7%^†	29.0%^†
EBIT margin	19.2%^†	—	20.8%^†	20.8%^†	25.2%^†	18.8%^†	17.4%^†	18.4%^†	21.7%^†	25.7%^†
PBT margin	18.6%	18.1%	19.8%	18.7%	23.2%^†	16.3%^†	16.3%^†	17.4%^†	21.1%^†	24.3%^†
Net margin	14.4%	13.3%	14.9%	14.3%	17.7%^†	12.0%^†	14.8%^†	11.3%^†	14.0%^†	16.5%^†
Interest coverage	34.69x^†	—	20.98x^†	9.97x^†	12.77x^†	7.50x^†	15.01x^†	18.17x^†	34.38x^†	17.42x^†
Dividend payout	55.0%^†	—	0.0%^†	45.9%^†	0.0%^†	0.0%^†	39.4%^†	—	—	—
Earnings retention	45.0%^†	—	100.0%^†	54.1%^†	100.0%^†	100.0%^†	60.6%^†	—	—	—
Current ratio	3.38x	3.32x	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Quick ratio	3.28x	3.16x	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Debt to equity	0.02x	0.00x	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Return on equity	13.1%	12.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Return on assets	10.0%	9.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Return on capital employed	16.0%^†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Asset turnover	0.70x	0.71x	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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	246	-127	-119	39	206
March 31, 2025	206	-7	-209	42	164
March 31, 2024	264	42	-292	23	241
March 31, 2023	255	254	-502	21	234
March 31, 2022	304	-194	-113	7	296

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	2,365	1,811	1,767	32	0	1,303	385	46	271	39
March 31, 2025	2,228	1,703	1,659	0	0	1,193	359	46	271	57
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.