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Network 18 Media Inv Overview

Network18 Media & Investments Ltd is an totally India-based media and entertainment organisation. The Company is engaged in activities, which include television, virtual content, filmed entertainment, virtual commerce, print and allied companies. The Company's subsidiary, TV18 Broadcast Ltd, manages its primary business of broadcasting. It runs a news network in India, which includes commercial enterprise information, general news and nearby news. Its information brands consist of CNBC-TV18, CNBC Awaaz, and CNN-News18. Its entertainment portfol...Read More

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Network 18 Media Inv Key Financials

Market Cap ₹6194 Cr.

Stock P/E -3.5

P/B 1.3

Current Price ₹40.2

Book Value ₹ 31.5

Face Value 5

52W High ₹65.3

Dividend Yield 0%

52W Low ₹ 39.6

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Network 18 Media Inv Quarterly Results

#(Fig in Cr.) Sep 2023 Dec 2023 Mar 2024 Jun 2024 Sep 2024 Dec 2024 Mar 2025 Jun 2025 Sep 2025 Dec 2025
Net Sales 1866 1774 2419 3141 1825 1361 561 468 498 539
Other Income 187 157 161 151 234 82 3 10 3 14
Total Income 2052 1930 2580 3292 2059 1443 565 478 501 553
Total Expenditure 2084 1945 2609 3289 2005 1382 542 464 498 530
Operating Profit -32 -15 -29 3 55 61 22 14 3 24
Interest 66 74 114 150 170 102 55 52 48 50
Depreciation 57 43 69 70 69 52 33 34 34 33
Exceptional Income / Expenses 0 0 0 0 0 -1426 -10 151 0 -21
Profit Before Tax -155 -132 -212 -217 -184 -1519 -76 79 -79 -81
Provision for Tax 1 0 -1 1 5 -0 0 0 0 0
Profit After Tax -156 -133 -211 -219 -188 -1519 -76 79 -79 -81
Adjustments 73 74 101 93 92 83 45 70 120 75
Profit After Adjustments -83 -59 -110 -125 -96 -1435 -30 148 41 -6
Adjusted Earnings Per Share -0.8 -0.6 -1.1 -1.2 -0.9 -9.4 -0.2 1 0.3 -0

Network 18 Media Inv 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 3127 1527 1491 1839 5116 5357 4705 5880 6223 9297 6888 2066
Other Income 64 100 55 113 51 79 44 52 100 697 487 30
Total Income 3191 1627 1546 1952 5167 5437 4749 5932 6323 9994 7375 2097
Total Expenditure 3037 1476 1629 1881 5003 4785 3909 4803 6088 9962 7235 2034
Operating Profit 154 151 -83 71 164 652 840 1129 235 33 140 63
Interest 113 67 80 96 198 236 157 97 209 322 477 205
Depreciation 75 58 80 89 142 175 147 120 128 210 223 134
Exceptional Income / Expenses -1055 0 0 0 0 -50 0 0 0 0 -1436 120
Profit Before Tax -1090 113 -261 -111 -231 143 512 939 -16 -389 -1771 -157
Provision for Tax 39 16 10 62 -53 87 -35 102 -0 -64 6 0
Profit After Tax -1129 96 -271 -173 -178 56 547 838 -16 -325 -1777 -157
Adjustments 69 -71 37 19 -125 -293 -514 -630 -69 118 90 310
Profit After Adjustments -1060 25 -233 -154 -303 -237 32 208 -84 -206 -1687 153
Adjusted Earnings Per Share -10.1 0.2 -2.3 -1.5 -2.9 -2.3 0.3 2 -0.8 -2 -11 1.1

Growth Rates

# 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year
Sales CAGR -26% 5% 5% 8%
Operating Profit CAGR 324% -50% -26% -1%
PAT CAGR 0% NAN% NAN% 0%
# 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year
Share Price CAGR -29% -15% 2% -2%
ROE Average -18% -8% 41% 11%
ROCE Average -9% -2% 10% 3%

Network 18 Media Inv 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 1620 1876 1283 1133 811 516 547 755 675 15227 4743
Minority's Interest 1807 1962 1627 2288 2413 2702 3220 3852 3920 12987 66
Borrowings 155 0 0 5 222 1 0 0 0 0 0
Other Non-Current Liabilities 28 -16 -11 29 21 120 192 317 538 946 240
Total Current Liabilities 2082 1714 2095 4021 4934 5228 4283 4284 8985 10717 3450
Total Liabilities 5691 5537 4994 7477 8401 8567 8241 9209 14118 39877 8498
Fixed Assets 2627 1680 1766 2907 2868 2973 2929 2876 3055 3681 1788
Other Non-Current Assets 1231 3178 2622 1382 1761 1497 1447 1560 2274 13004 5803
Total Current Assets 1833 679 606 3188 3772 4097 3864 4772 8790 23191 906
Total Assets 5691 5537 4994 7477 8401 8567 8241 9209 14118 39877 8498

Network 18 Media Inv 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 296 105 47 25 189 186 115 327 339 228 4831
Cash Flow from Operating Activities -99 87 -178 90 -204 78 1346 641 -2804 -6465 -1912
Cash Flow from Investing Activities 134 -141 -362 -155 -445 -88 -85 -250 -722 -5169 1313
Cash Flow from Financing Activities -81 -5 518 131 645 -62 -1049 -381 3411 1139 720
Net Cash Inflow / Outflow -46 -59 -21 66 -3 -73 212 10 -115 -10495 121
Closing Cash & Cash Equivalent 251 47 25 189 186 115 327 339 228 4831 3

Network 18 Media Inv 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) -10.12 0.25 -2.25 -1.49 -2.93 -2.29 0.31 2 -0.81 -1.99 -11.02
CEPS(Rs) -10.06 1.49 -1.84 -0.82 -0.34 2.23 6.7 9.25 1.08 -1.11 -10.15
DPS(Rs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Book NAV/Share(Rs) 15.3 18.12 12.39 10.95 7.83 4.99 5.28 7.29 6.52 141.64 30.99
Core EBITDA Margin(%) 2.88 3.34 -9.26 -2.27 2.21 10.69 16.91 18.32 2.18 -7.14 -5.04
EBIT Margin(%) -31.23 11.75 -12.14 -0.82 -0.63 7.08 14.22 17.62 3.1 -0.72 -18.79
Pre Tax Margin(%) -34.85 7.38 -17.52 -6.06 -4.51 2.67 10.88 15.97 -0.26 -4.18 -25.71
PAT Margin (%) -36.1 6.3 -18.16 -9.43 -3.47 1.05 11.62 14.25 -0.25 -3.49 -25.79
Cash Profit Margin (%) -33.69 10.08 -12.8 -4.6 -0.69 4.31 14.74 16.28 1.8 -1.23 -22.55
ROA(%) -18.31 1.71 -5.14 -2.78 -2.24 0.66 6.5 9.6 -0.14 -1.2 -7.35
ROE(%) -52.9 5.53 -17.14 -14.35 -18.27 8.46 102.86 128.74 -2.2 -4.23 -18.31
ROCE(%) -30.74 6.8 -6.9 -0.51 -0.89 9.93 19.84 35.26 4.1 -0.46 -8.61
Receivable days 67.74 116.41 82.57 159.04 92.3 96.94 109.46 75.48 71.87 60.01 64.12
Inventory Days 43.52 50.09 1.56 133.59 115.87 134.27 152.14 138.87 248.69 316.06 270.76
Payable days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6095.79 5756.87 5514.79 3826.1
PER(x) 0 179.02 0 0 0 0 116.9 42.45 0 0 0
Price/Book(x) 3.27 2.42 2.86 5.45 4.55 3.69 6.9 11.67 8.32 0.61 1.4
Dividend Yield(%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
EV/Net Sales(x) 1.9 3.45 3.32 4.45 1.28 0.94 1.24 1.81 1.8 1.26 1.37
EV/Core EBITDA(x) 38.45 35.02 -59.45 115.14 39.88 7.75 6.98 9.41 47.6 356.47 67.15
Net Sales Growth(%) 16.13 -51.15 -2.37 23.34 178.2 4.71 -12.17 24.97 5.83 49.4 -25.92
EBIT Growth(%) -804.99 118.38 -200.85 91.62 -112.27 1277.97 76.46 54.86 -81.38 -134.53 -1843.35
PAT Growth(%) 0 108.52 -381.46 35.99 -2.46 131.61 873.62 53.25 -101.88 -1960.89 -447.36
EPS Growth(%) -2782.1 102.42 -1018.41 34.06 -96.83 21.9 113.64 542.88 -140.6 -144.81 -453.23
Debt/Equity(x) 0.62 0.42 1.02 1.94 3.76 6.33 4.42 2.86 8.61 0.49 0.59
Current Ratio(x) 0.88 0.4 0.29 0.79 0.76 0.78 0.9 1.11 0.98 2.16 0.26
Quick Ratio(x) 0.69 0.39 0.29 0.46 0.38 0.39 0.46 0.51 0.32 1.21 0.26
Interest Cover(x) -8.63 2.69 -2.26 -0.16 -0.16 1.61 4.26 10.72 0.92 -0.21 -2.71
Total Debt/Mcap(x) 0.19 0.17 0.35 0.35 0.82 1.7 0.63 0.24 1.02 0.81 0.42

Network 18 Media Inv Shareholding Pattern

# Sep 2023 Dec 2023 Mar 2024 Jun 2024 Sep 2024 Dec 2024 Mar 2025 Jun 2025 Sep 2025 Dec 2025
Promoter 75 75 75 75 75 56.89 56.89 56.89 56.89 56.89
FII 5.64 3.48 3.53 3.5 2.34 6.61 6.98 6.85 6.54 6.26
DII 0.04 0.53 0.05 0.06 0.1 0.18 0.18 0.21 0.15 0.15
Public 19.33 20.99 21.41 21.44 22.56 36.33 35.94 36.05 36.42 36.7
Others 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

Network 18 Media Inv News

Network 18 Media Inv Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Debtor days have improved from 5514.79 to 3826.1days.

Cons

  • Company has a low return on equity of -8% over the last 3 years.
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