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Sun TV Network Overview

Sun TV Network Ltd is an India-based tv broadcaster. The Company operates via Media and Entertainment section. It operates its satellite television (TV) channels throughout five languages. The Company operates television channels in four South Indian languages and additionally in Bangla to viewers in India, and additionally to visitors in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, United Kingdom, Europe, Middle East, United States, Australia, South Africa and Canada. The Company's channel is Sun TV. Its other satellite channels are Udaya TV, Sun Bangla, S...Read More

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Sun TV Network Key Financials

Market Cap ₹22963 Cr.

Stock P/E 13.5

P/B 1.8

Current Price ₹582.7

Book Value ₹ 321.5

Face Value 5

52W High ₹691

Dividend Yield 2.57%

52W Low ₹ 485.1

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Sun TV Network 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 1048 923 961 1314 936 829 941 1290 1300 862
Other Income 112 136 137 147 172 140 239 189 140 137
Total Income 1160 1059 1099 1460 1107 969 1180 1479 1440 999
Total Expenditure 321 334 438 595 395 384 512 671 515 443
Operating Profit 840 725 660 866 713 585 668 808 924 557
Interest 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 4 4 3
Depreciation 219 115 108 113 196 113 117 108 404 113
Exceptional Income / Expenses 0 0 0 0 0 0 -56 0 0 -5
Profit Before Tax 619 608 550 750 513 468 492 697 516 436
Provision for Tax 154 158 140 193 104 111 106 165 131 112
Profit After Tax 465 450 410 557 409 357 386 532 385 324
Adjustments -0 4 5 2 1 6 -15 -3 -31 0
Profit After Adjustments 465 454 415 559 409 363 372 529 354 324
Adjusted Earnings Per Share 11.8 11.5 10.5 14.2 10.4 9.2 9.4 13.4 9 8.2

Sun TV Network 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 2395 2474 2646 2963 3783 3520 3177 3585 3772 4282 4015 4393
Other Income 99 116 204 142 241 261 308 256 377 505 698 705
Total Income 2494 2590 2850 3105 4024 3781 3484 3841 4149 4787 4713 5098
Total Expenditure 718 741 926 959 1190 1244 1106 1297 1379 1644 1882 2141
Operating Profit 1776 1849 1924 2146 2834 2537 2378 2543 2770 3143 2830 2957
Interest 2 2 1 1 2 13 27 33 9 9 13 14
Depreciation 615 497 400 450 663 700 404 306 486 532 539 742
Exceptional Income / Expenses 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -56 -61
Profit Before Tax 1159 1399 1551 1718 2185 1819 1941 2195 2278 2613 2217 2141
Provision for Tax 376 477 520 582 751 434 416 553 571 687 513 514
Profit After Tax 783 922 1031 1136 1434 1385 1525 1642 1707 1926 1704 1627
Adjustments -1 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 1 -1 -1 -49
Profit After Adjustments 782 922 1030 1135 1433 1385 1525 1642 1708 1925 1702 1579
Adjusted Earnings Per Share 19.8 23.4 26.1 28.8 36.4 35.1 38.7 41.7 43.3 48.8 43.2 40

Growth Rates

# 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year
Sales CAGR -6% 4% 3% 5%
Operating Profit CAGR -10% 4% 2% 5%
PAT CAGR -12% 1% 4% 8%
# 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year
Share Price CAGR 1% 11% 4% 5%
ROE Average 15% 18% 20% 23%
ROCE Average 20% 24% 27% 33%

Sun TV Network 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 3442 3474 4028 4688 5526 5724 7054 8155 9272 10536 11647
Minority's Interest 55 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 7
Borrowings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Non-Current Liabilities 27 35 65 89 117 167 -279 -202 -178 -124 -81
Total Current Liabilities 222 247 281 492 549 611 828 665 824 839 865
Total Liabilities 3745 3759 4378 5273 6197 6507 7608 8624 9923 11257 12438
Fixed Assets 1179 845 1212 1141 1101 1137 938 1758 1699 1679 1546
Other Non-Current Assets 562 592 904 1032 1051 1095 1472 1581 2273 2780 2814
Total Current Assets 2004 2322 2263 3100 4045 4274 5198 5285 5951 6798 8078
Total Assets 3745 3759 4378 5273 6197 6507 7608 8624 9923 11257 12438

Sun TV Network 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 40 398 558 662 264 379 406 214 219 131 292
Cash Flow from Operating Activities 1162 1299 1296 1371 1824 1656 1464 1634 2096 2171 1663
Cash Flow from Investing Activities -518 -401 -716 -1295 -1113 -408 -1151 -1027 -1554 -1313 -1066
Cash Flow from Financing Activities -635 -737 -475 -475 -596 -1222 -249 -603 -631 -697 -618
Net Cash Inflow / Outflow 9 160 104 -399 115 25 63 4 -89 161 -21
Closing Cash & Cash Equivalent 48 558 662 264 379 406 469 219 131 292 273

Sun TV Network 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) 19.84 23.39 26.14 28.8 36.37 35.15 38.7 41.66 43.33 48.84 43.2
CEPS(Rs) 35.47 36.01 36.32 40.23 53.2 52.93 48.95 49.43 55.65 62.36 56.91
DPS(Rs) 11.25 15.5 10 10 12.5 25 5 13.75 15 16.75 15
Book NAV/Share(Rs) 84.96 88.16 102.22 118.97 140.24 145.25 178.99 206.94 235.27 267.36 295.56
Core EBITDA Margin(%) 70.02 70.05 65 67.63 68.54 64.66 65.18 63.81 63.44 61.61 53.12
EBIT Margin(%) 48.46 56.65 58.66 58.02 57.8 52.05 61.94 62.17 60.65 61.22 55.55
Pre Tax Margin(%) 48.37 56.56 58.62 57.98 57.76 51.69 61.1 61.24 60.4 61.02 55.21
PAT Margin (%) 32.67 37.29 38.96 38.32 37.9 39.36 48.01 45.8 45.25 44.97 42.43
Cash Profit Margin (%) 58.36 57.37 54.09 53.51 55.43 59.26 60.72 54.34 58.14 57.39 55.86
ROA(%) 21.42 24.58 25.33 23.53 25 21.81 21.61 20.23 18.41 18.18 14.38
ROE(%) 24.29 27.04 27.48 26.05 28.07 24.63 23.87 21.59 19.59 19.45 15.36
ROCE(%) 35.02 40.53 41.37 39.44 42.81 32.57 30.8 29.31 26.25 26.47 20.11
Receivable days 105.74 113.15 106.83 113.02 105.97 129.68 160.92 147.63 142.26 116.29 112.58
Inventory Days 0.08 0.12 0.14 0.07 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0
Payable days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PER(x) 22.2 16.08 30.58 29.39 17.24 8.13 12.15 11.77 9.59 12.3 15.07
Price/Book(x) 5.19 4.27 7.82 7.12 4.47 1.97 2.63 2.37 1.77 2.25 2.2
Dividend Yield(%) 2.55 4.12 1.25 1.18 1.99 8.75 1.06 2.81 3.61 2.79 2.3
EV/Net Sales(x) 6.97 5.63 11.61 11.13 6.38 3 5.49 5.07 4.18 5.44 6.29
EV/Core EBITDA(x) 9.4 7.53 15.97 15.37 8.51 4.16 7.34 7.15 5.7 7.4 8.92
Net Sales Growth(%) 7.72 3.27 6.96 11.99 27.66 -6.94 -9.74 12.84 5.22 13.52 -6.24
EBIT Growth(%) 3.98 20.71 10.75 10.77 27.19 -16.2 7.41 13.25 2.65 14.6 -14.93
PAT Growth(%) 5.01 17.85 11.75 10.17 26.26 -3.36 10.09 7.65 3.96 12.82 -11.54
EPS Growth(%) 4.55 17.88 11.76 10.18 26.27 -3.36 10.1 7.66 4 12.71 -11.54
Debt/Equity(x) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Current Ratio(x) 9.03 9.39 8.06 6.3 7.37 7 6.28 7.94 7.23 8.11 9.34
Quick Ratio(x) 9.03 9.38 8.06 6.3 7.37 7 6.28 7.94 7.23 8.11 9.34
Interest Cover(x) 506.92 639.86 1506.75 1591.69 1325.08 143.7 73.26 67.03 242.84 306.27 166.32
Total Debt/Mcap(x) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sun TV Network 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 75 75 75 75 75
FII 10.58 9.01 8.87 7.89 7.22 7.12 6.87 6.91 6.71 6.47
DII 4.47 6.58 6.5 8.23 10 10.17 10.46 10.35 10.19 10.64
Public 9.96 9.41 9.62 8.88 7.78 7.71 7.67 7.74 8.1 7.89
Others 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

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Sun TV Network Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Company is almost debt free.

Cons

  • The company has delivered a poor profit growth of 4% over past five years.
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