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HT Media

₹27.5 0.4 | 1.4%

Market Cap ₹640 Cr.

Stock P/E 45.1

P/B 0.4

Current Price ₹27.5

Book Value ₹ 71.1

Face Value 2

52W High ₹28.2

Dividend Yield 0%

52W Low ₹ 14.5

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Overview Inc. Year: 2002Industry: Printing And Publishing

HT Media Ltd is an India- based mass media employer engaged in the printing and publishing of newspapers. Its segments consist of Printing & Publishing of Newspaper & periodicals, Radio Broadcast and Entertainment & Digital. Its virtual information presents Hindustantimes.Com, Livehindustan.Com and Livemint.Com. The print portfolio includes Hindustan, Mint and Hindustan Times. Its radio portfolio includes Radio Nasha, Radio One, FAB Market, Fever Frequency modulation (FM), and FAB Play. Its lifestyle and enjoyment provides health shots and desi martini. The Company's task portal consists of Shine.Com which provides opportunities with jobs and enables to build capability with abilities. For the recruiter, Shine.Com enables to discover up-skilled candidates. Its subsidiaries comprises Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd (HMVL), HT Music and Entertainment Company Ltd (HT Music), HT Mobile Solutions Ltd, HT Overseas Pte. Ltd (HT Overseas), Next Mediaworks Ltd and Next Radio Ltd (NRL).

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HT Media Quarterly Results

#(Fig in Cr.) Mar 2023 Jun 2023 Sep 2023 Dec 2023 Mar 2024 Jun 2024 Sep 2024 Dec 2024 Mar 2025 Jun 2025
Net Sales 441 393 394 443 464 379 424 490 514 412
Other Income 53 52 33 44 63 49 56 41 74 39
Total Income 494 445 427 486 527 427 479 530 588 451
Total Expenditure 481 419 428 458 463 420 447 484 488 442
Operating Profit 14 26 -1 28 64 7 33 46 100 10
Interest 17 17 20 21 20 17 18 16 16 15
Depreciation 31 30 30 29 31 27 24 24 23 23
Exceptional Income / Expenses 0 0 -32 0 -31 0 0 0 -6 0
Profit Before Tax -34 -21 -82 -22 -17 -36 -9 6 55 -28
Provision for Tax -14 -2 -24 -6 -17 -9 -3 10 3 -17
Profit After Tax -21 -19 -57 -15 -0 -28 -6 -3 51 -11
Adjustments 6 1 7 2 2 2 -1 -3 -10 -2
Profit After Adjustments -15 -18 -50 -13 1 -26 -8 -6 41 -13
Adjusted Earnings Per Share -0.6 -0.8 -2.2 -0.6 0.1 -1.1 -0.3 -0.3 1.8 -0.6

HT Media Profit & Loss

#(Fig in Cr.) Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025 TTM
Net Sales 2282 2502 2452 2346 2199 2083 1117 1500 1711 1695 1806 1840
Other Income 176 156 229 418 236 227 214 177 151 191 219 210
Total Income 2457 2658 2682 2764 2435 2310 1331 1678 1862 1886 2025 2048
Total Expenditure 2021 2179 2154 2119 2215 1940 1241 1474 1851 1767 1838 1861
Operating Profit 436 479 528 645 220 370 90 204 12 118 187 189
Interest 47 63 95 82 114 99 56 55 76 78 67 65
Depreciation 100 102 125 123 108 182 137 135 132 119 98 94
Exceptional Income / Expenses -14 0 0 3 -35 -432 -3 0 0 -62 -6 -6
Profit Before Tax 275 314 308 444 -36 -344 -106 14 -193 -140 15 24
Provision for Tax 57 80 67 86 -52 -2 -45 -7 58 -49 1 -7
Profit After Tax 218 234 241 358 16 -342 -61 21 -252 -91 14 31
Adjustments -38 -60 -70 -51 -28 -4 -10 -4 24 11 -12 -16
Profit After Adjustments 180 173 170 307 -12 -346 -71 18 -227 -81 2 14
Adjusted Earnings Per Share 7.8 7.5 7.4 13.3 -0.5 -15 -3.1 0.8 -9.8 -3.5 0.1 0.6

Growth Rates

# 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year
Sales CAGR 7% 6% -3% -2%
Operating Profit CAGR 58% -3% -13% -8%
PAT CAGR 0% -13% 0% -24%
# 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year
Share Price CAGR 12% 9% 16% -10%
ROE Average 1% -6% -4% 2%
ROCE Average 4% -1% -1% 4%

HT Media Balance Sheet

#(Fig in Cr.) Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025
Shareholder's Funds 1902 2082 2232 2544 2511 2155 2089 2084 1800 1714 1666
Minority's Interest 192 234 300 342 363 400 407 399 355 343 383
Borrowings 68 39 17 6 293 180 107 185 72 95 26
Other Non-Current Liabilities 45 42 7 20 -42 45 -53 -96 48 -3 -11
Total Current Liabilities 1185 1924 1986 2026 1786 1467 1622 1639 1758 1798 1710
Total Liabilities 3392 4321 4542 4937 4913 4248 4172 4211 4032 3947 3774
Fixed Assets 699 988 1092 970 944 980 840 738 752 599 536
Other Non-Current Assets 1482 1829 2472 2462 1710 1941 2220 1627 1791 1404 1175
Total Current Assets 1211 1504 977 1505 2259 1327 1113 1837 1435 1846 1999
Total Assets 3392 4321 4542 4937 4913 4248 4172 4211 4032 3947 3774

HT Media Cash Flow

#(Fig in Cr.) Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025
Opening Cash & Cash Equivalents 119 184 151 129 166 148 23 55 42 37 68
Cash Flow from Operating Activities 409 210 306 309 73 38 203 -36 -47 -53 57
Cash Flow from Investing Activities -179 -879 -266 -245 115 420 -60 55 248 142 170
Cash Flow from Financing Activities -157 636 -62 -9 -206 -585 -112 -32 -207 -57 -253
Net Cash Inflow / Outflow 73 -33 -22 54 -18 -127 31 -13 -6 31 -27
Closing Cash & Cash Equivalent 191 151 129 166 148 23 55 42 37 68 42

HT Media Ratios

# Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025
Earnings Per Share (Rs) 7.8 7.53 7.39 13.32 -0.52 -14.99 -3.07 0.77 -9.83 -3.48 0.08
CEPS(Rs) 13.81 14.57 15.86 20.85 5.36 -6.92 3.31 6.78 -5.19 1.2 4.85
DPS(Rs) 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Book NAV/Share(Rs) 82.55 90.31 96.82 110.33 108.93 93.44 90.55 90.07 77.78 74.09 72.02
Core EBITDA Margin(%) 11.41 12.9 12.17 9.5 -0.72 6.86 -11.09 1.77 -8.17 -4.29 -1.76
EBIT Margin(%) 14.11 15.06 16.43 21.95 3.52 -11.74 -4.53 4.58 -6.88 -3.7 4.46
Pre Tax Margin(%) 12.06 12.55 12.56 18.55 -1.64 -16.5 -9.52 0.94 -11.3 -8.29 0.83
PAT Margin (%) 9.55 9.34 9.82 14.95 0.72 -16.41 -5.46 1.43 -14.71 -5.39 0.77
Cash Profit Margin (%) 13.94 13.43 14.91 20.09 5.62 -7.67 6.83 10.45 -7.02 1.64 6.05
ROA(%) 6.65 6.06 5.43 7.55 0.32 -7.46 -1.45 0.51 -6.11 -2.29 0.37
ROE(%) 11.94 11.73 11.16 14.99 0.63 -14.65 -2.88 1.03 -12.97 -5.2 0.84
ROCE(%) 14.35 13.84 12.34 14.83 2.11 -7.46 -1.76 2.41 -4.36 -2.53 3.52
Receivable days 47.9 49.92 51.94 50.64 62.29 71.23 109.28 69.01 70.13 79.69 77.67
Inventory Days 30.26 22.93 23.54 21.36 23.96 26.69 46.34 35.93 33.05 35.83 29.2
Payable days 215.96 230.37 217.73 208.03 159.46 201.34 396.59 237.13 169.17 226.85 255.86
PER(x) 15.88 10.11 11.21 6.33 0 0 0 43.29 0 0 194.66
Price/Book(x) 1.5 0.84 0.86 0.76 0.41 0.11 0.23 0.37 0.19 0.36 0.23
Dividend Yield(%) 0.32 0.53 0.48 0.47 0.89 0 0 0 0 0 0
EV/Net Sales(x) 1.33 1.07 1.18 1.26 0.86 0.44 0.98 0.97 0.56 0.72 0.5
EV/Core EBITDA(x) 6.95 5.59 5.49 4.59 8.63 2.47 12.16 7.13 82.31 10.38 4.83
Net Sales Growth(%) 3.67 9.64 -1.98 -4.32 -6.28 -5.29 -46.35 34.29 14.04 -0.96 6.54
EBIT Growth(%) -17.25 17.02 6.98 30.37 -85.27 -415.94 79.32 235.91 -271.29 46.74 232.03
PAT Growth(%) -6.25 7.28 3.01 48.66 -95.56 -2251.35 82.14 135.17 -1272.57 63.7 115.54
EPS Growth(%) -12.48 -3.56 -1.85 80.38 -103.92 -2768.68 79.51 125.04 -1377.63 64.55 102.42
Debt/Equity(x) 0.19 0.52 0.5 0.46 0.44 0.36 0.35 0.39 0.39 0.43 0.35
Current Ratio(x) 1.02 0.78 0.49 0.74 1.26 0.9 0.69 1.12 0.82 1.03 1.17
Quick Ratio(x) 0.93 0.71 0.41 0.68 1.17 0.81 0.6 1.03 0.73 0.93 1.1
Interest Cover(x) 6.89 6.01 4.24 6.44 0.68 -2.47 -0.91 1.26 -1.56 -0.81 1.23
Total Debt/Mcap(x) 0.13 0.62 0.58 0.6 1.06 3.37 1.52 1.04 2.03 1.2 1.52

HT Media Shareholding Pattern

# Jun 2023 Sep 2023 Dec 2023 Mar 2024 Jun 2024 Sep 2024 Dec 2024 Mar 2025 Jun 2025 Sep 2025
Promoter 69.51 69.51 69.51 69.51 69.51 69.51 69.51 69.5 69.5 69.5
FII 0.12 0.13 0.25 0.09 0.07 0 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.09
DII 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
Public 30.33 30.32 30.2 30.36 30.38 30.45 30.44 30.43 30.43 30.36
Others 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

Pros

  • Stock is trading at 0.4 times its book value
  • Company has reduced debt.
  • Company is almost debt free.

Cons

  • Company has a low return on equity of -6% over the last 3 years.
  • Debtor days have increased from 226.85 to 255.86days.

* The pros and cons are machine generated. Pros / cons are based on a checklist to highlight important points. Please exercise caution and do your own analysis.

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