Hindustan Media Ventures Limited share price

Hindustan Media Ventures Limited engages in the publishing business in India. The company publishes under various brands, including Hindustan, a newspaper which covers international, national, and local news relating to politics, business, entertainment, sports, and other general interests; Live Hindustan, a Hindi news website; Nandan, a monthly children's magazine that offers traditional and modern stories, poems, interactive and educative columns, and facts; and Kadambini, a monthly socio-cultural magazine, which provides a range of subjects, such as literature, art, culture, health, technology, fashion, travel, and beauty. It also operates HT Media Labs, which offers OTTplay, Slurrp, Min…Read more

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Communication ServicesPublishingNSE: HMVLISIN INE871K01015

16 Oct 2026, 3:29 PM IST₹77.39▼ 1.29 (1.64%)

Market Cap₹ 570 Cr.
Current Price₹ 77.39
High / Low₹ 108 / 55
Stock P/E4.4
Book Value₹ 215
Dividend Yield0.00 %
ROCE10.4 %
ROE3.10 %
Face Value₹ 10.0

More figures (10)

EPS (TTM)₹ 17.44
Price / Book0.36
OPM14.2 %
Debt / Equity0.05
Sales growth (5Y)6.3 %
Profit growth (5Y)-6.9 %
Promoter holding86.8 %
EV / EBITDA-2.4
Beta0.33
All-time high₹ 314

Price chart

Price on NSE 50 DMA 200 DMA Volume

Returns	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3Y CAGR	5Y CAGR
HMVL	-1.17%	-15.28%	+12.39%	+12.42%	-5.69%	-2.44%	-0.31%
Nifty 50	-0.31%	-3.85%	-4.34%	-11.42%	-9.53%	+5.46%	+4.76%

Price returns only (dividends not included). Prices from NSE via Yahoo Finance; may be delayed.

Quick take

Hindustan Media Ventures Limited is in the Publishing industry (Communication Services), with a market value of ₹570 crore.
It trades at 4.4 times its last 12 months' earnings and 0.4 times book value.
Revenue grew 6.3% a year over the last 5 years, profit -6.9% a year.
Return on equity was 3.1% and return on capital employed 10.4% in the latest year.
Debt was 0.05 times shareholders' equity.
The share price is 28.5% below its 52-week high and down 5.7% over one year.
Promoters and insiders hold about 86.8%; institutions about 0.0%.

Pros

Company is almost debt-free (debt is 0.05 times equity).
Trades at 4.4 times earnings, below its 3-year median of 10.3.
Promoters hold a large stake of 74.40%.

Cons

Return on equity has been low: 3.0% on average over the last 3 years.
Profit growth has been weak: -6.9% a year over the last 5 years.
Other income makes up 74% of profit before tax.
The company has not paid a dividend recently.

Pros and cons are generated automatically from the reported figures. They are observations, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

AI analysis

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About Hindustan Media Ventures Limited

Employees: 1,047
Head office: New Delhi

Communication ServicesPublishing

S.No.	Company	CMP ₹	P/E	Mar Cap ₹ Cr	Div Yld %	NP Qtr ₹ Cr	Qtr Profit Var %	Sales Qtr ₹ Cr	Qtr Sales Var %	ROCE %	ROE %	P/B	OPM %	Debt / Eq	Prom. Hold. %	Sales ₹ Cr	Sales Var 3Yrs %
1.	Hindustan Media Ventures	77.39	4.4	570	0.00	51	399.71	197	7.75	10.4	3.1	0.36	14.2	0.05	86.75	740	6.3
2.	The Sandesh	983.35	6.9	744	0.51	99	71.41	458	524.85	6.5	4.7	0.52	18.1	—	87.93	440	9.1
3.	S Chand And Company	137.85	6.8	486	2.86	-19	—	115	11.62	10.0	7.4	0.46	13.1	0.13	55.02	799	9.6
	Median: 3 Co.	137.85	6.8	570	0.51	51	235.56	197	11.62	10.0	4.7	0.46	14.2	0.09	86.75	740	9.1

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Quarterly Results

Consolidated figures in ₹ crore /

₹ Cr	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
	169	165	183	188	162	172	197	201	183	197	212	216	197
YOY Sales Growth %		-6.31%	0.76%	-0.04%	-3.79%	4.53%	7.94%	7.02%	12.83%	14.47%	7.48%	7.10%	7.75%
	180	191	198	209	180	186	196	202	192	207	213	150	169
Material Cost %	42%	39%	33%	30%	31%	28%	28%	26%	29%	29%	26%	26%	33%
Employee Cost %	23%	25%	23%	25%	28%	26%	23%	22%	26%	22%	20%	15%	18%
Other Expenses %	42%	52%	52%	56%	52%	54%	47%	53%	50%	55%	54%	29%	35%
Operating Profit	-12	-26	-15	-21	-18	-14	2	-1	-9	-10	-1	65	28
OPM %	-7%	-16%	-8%	-11%	-11%	-8%	1%	-1%	-5%	-5%	0%	30%	14%
	31	22	24	29	27	36	24	53	27	28	24	14	47
Exceptional items											-16	-1
Interest	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2
Depreciation	7	7	7	7	6	5	4	5	4	5	4	4	4
Profit before tax	10	-15	-2	-2	1	15	20	46	12	11	1	72	69
	38%				4%	6%	9%	0%	13%	11%	34%	14%	19%
Current tax												16	4
Deferred tax	4	-8	-1	-13	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	-6	9
	6	-6	-1	11	1	14	18	45	10	10	1	27	51
Profit from associates		0	0
Profit to shareholders		-6	-1		1	14	18		10	10	1	27	51
YOY Profit Growth %				-11.09%	-91.82%			322.72%	1,869.23%	-27.33%	-95.05%	-39.47%	399.71%
EPS in Rs	0.86	-0.86	-0.11	1.46	0.07	1.88	2.44	6.16	1.39	1.37	0.12	3.73	6.95
Raw filing

₹ Cr	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
	169	165	183	188	162	172	197	201	183	197	212	216	197
YOY Sales Growth %	0.29%	-6.31%	0.76%	-0.04%	-3.79%	4.53%	7.94%	7.02%	12.83%	14.47%	7.48%	7.10%	7.75%
	180	191	198	209	180	186	196	202	192	207	213	150	169
Material Cost %	42%	39%	33%	30%	31%	28%	28%	26%	29%	29%	26%	26%	33%
Employee Cost %	23%	25%	23%	25%	28%	26%	23%	22%	26%	22%	20%	15%	18%
Other Expenses %	42%	52%	52%	56%	52%	54%	47%	53%	50%	55%	54%	29%	35%
Operating Profit	-12	-26	-15	-21	-18	-14	2	-1	-9	-10	-1	65	28
OPM %	-7%	-16%	-8%	-11%	-11%	-8%	1%	-1%	-5%	-5%	0%	30%	14%
	30	22	24	29	27	36	24	53	27	27	24	14	47
Exceptional items				1						3	-16	-1
Interest	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Depreciation	7	7	7	7	6	5	4	5	4	5	4	4	4
Profit before tax	9	-15	-2	-2	0	15	19	45	12	13	1	72	69
	44%				5%	6%	9%	0%	13%	9%	41%	14%	20%
Current tax												16	4
Deferred tax	4	-8	-1	-13	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	-6	9
	5	-7	-1	11	0	14	18	45	10	12	1	28	51
YOY Profit Growth %				13.27%	-92.84%			306.94%	2,765.71%	-14.62%	-96.28%	-38.70%	407.18%
EPS in Rs	0.66	-0.94	-0.14	1.51	0.05	1.86	2.41	6.13	1.36	1.59	0.09	3.76	6.90
Raw filing

Source: the company's results filed with NSE, as reported. Tap a row marked + for its breakdown. Latest quarter on the right.

Profit & Loss

Consolidated figures in ₹ crore /

₹ Cr	Mar 2018	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	TTM
	880	796	545	669	713	704	733	740	822
YOY Sales Growth %		-9.58%	-31.46%	22.69%	6.60%	-1.31%	4.09%	0.92%
	699	697	539	660	800	779	765	627	739
Material Cost %	41%	35%	32%	36%	44%	36%	28%	30%	28%
Employee Cost %	11%	16%	24%	23%	22%	24%	25%	19%	19%
Other Expenses %	28%	36%	43%	39%	46%	51%	51%	36%	43%
Operating Profit	181	99	6	9	-87	-75	-32	112	83
OPM %	21%	12%	1%	1%	-12%	-11%	-4%	15%	10%
	93	109	118	78	78	107	140	92	113
Exceptional items								-16	-17
Interest	11	9	9	9	17	13	7	8	9
Depreciation	20	31	30	30	31	27	21	17	17
Profit before tax	243	168	85	47	-56	-8	81	163	154
	24%	29%	14%	9%			3%	13%	16%
Current tax	57	29	16	6	0			16
Deferred tax	1	20	-4	-1	-16	-18	3	6
	175	116	69	41	-38	10	78	49	90
Profit from associates	-9	-3	-4	-2	2	1
Profit to shareholders					-38			49	90
YOY Profit Growth %		-33.66%	-40.29%	-41.55%	-193.84%		681.71%	-37.40%
EPS in Rs	23.89	15.79	9.43	5.51	-5.17	1.35	10.56	6.61	12.17

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:: 6%
3 Years:: 1%
TTM:: 9%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:: -7%
TTM:: 2%

Stock Price CAGR

5 Years:: 0%
3 Years:: -2%
1 Year:: -6%

Return on Equity

4 Years:: 2%
Last Year:: 3%

₹ Cr	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	TTM
	880	866	796	545	669	713	704	733	740	822
YOY Sales Growth %		-1.62%	-8.09%	-31.46%	22.69%	6.60%	-1.31%	4.09%	0.92%
	699	815	697	539	660	799	779	765	627	739
Material Cost %	41%	46%	35%	32%	36%	44%	36%	28%	30%	28%
Employee Cost %	11%	13%	16%	24%	23%	22%	24%	25%	19%	19%
Other Expenses %	28%	35%	36%	43%	39%	46%	51%	51%	36%	43%
Operating Profit	181	51	99	7	10	-86	-75	-32	112	83
OPM %	21%	6%	12%	1%	1%	-12%	-11%	-4%	15%	10%
	79	90	109	119	80	77	105	140	90	112
Exceptional items					-4	-8	1		-13	-14
Interest	11	18	9	9	9	17	14	8	9	10
Depreciation	20	21	31	30	29	30	27	21	17	17
Profit before tax	230	102	168	87	48	-63	-10	80	164	155
	25%	30%	29%	14%	9%			3%	13%	16%
Current tax	57	23	29	16	6	0			16
Deferred tax	1	7	20	-4	-1	-16	-18	3	6
	171	72	119	75	44	-47	8	77	50	91
YOY Profit Growth %		-58.01%	65.47%	-37.25%	-41.65%	-209.02%		864.29%	-34.94%
EPS in Rs	23.33	9.80	16.15	10.13	5.91	-6.45	1.08	10.45	6.80	12.34

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:: 6%
3 Years:: 1%
TTM:: 9%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:: -8%
TTM:: 5%

Stock Price CAGR

5 Years:: 0%
3 Years:: -2%
1 Year:: -6%

Return on Equity

4 Years:: 2%
Last Year:: 3%

Financial years ending March; TTM = the last four quarters. Source: the company's results filed with NSE, as reported. Tap a row marked + for its breakdown. Dividend payout = dividends paid in the year ÷ net profit.

Balance Sheet

Consolidated figures in ₹ crore, as at 31 March

₹ Cr	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Equity Capital	74	74	74	74
Reserves	1,402	1,405	1,461	1,514
	107	85	40	85
Short term borrowings	57	55	13	66
	604	684	711	794
Trade payables	106	112	96	136
Current liabilities	667	737	723	833
Total Liabilities	2,186	2,248	2,285	2,466
	225	153	131	113
Gross block	361	315	297	284
Accumulated depreciation	137	162	166	171
Goodwill & intangibles	71	71	71	70
CWIP	39	4	2	2
	1,923	2,091	2,152	2,351
Inventories	64	49	32	32
Trade receivables	118	128	106	126
Cash & equivalents	18	39	22	17
Current assets	821	1,104	1,262	1,259
Total Assets	2,186	2,248	2,285	2,466

Source: Yahoo Finance (compiled from the annual reports). Tap a row marked + for its breakdown.

Cash Flows

Consolidated figures in ₹ crore, financial years ending March

₹ Cr	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	52	16	38	72
Profit for the year	-38	10	78	49
Working capital changes	151	92	89	113
Direct taxes paid	-8	-3	2	-2
	36	29	-3	-123
Fixed assets purchased	-14	-15	-4	-3
Fixed assets sold	2	22	9	22
Investments purchased	-594	-113	-401	-419
Investments sold	559	142	360	298
	-90	-9	-58	51
Proceeds from borrowings	675	408	54	374
Repayment of borrowings	-738	-395	-102	-315
Interest paid	-17	-13	-7	-8
Net Cash Flow	-2	36	-23	0
Free Cash Flow	38	2	33	70

Free cash flow = cash from operations − capital expenditure. Source: Yahoo Finance.

Ratios

Ratio	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
ROE	—	-2.6%	0.7%	5.2%	3.1%
ROCE	—	-2.5%	0.3%	11.4%	10.4%
Operating margin	—	-15.9%	-13.5%	6.3%	14.2%
Net margin	—	-5.7%	1.5%	12.3%	7.2%
Debt / equity	—	0.07	0.06	0.03	0.05
Current ratio	—	1.23	1.50	1.75	1.51
Debtor days	—	65	69	61	68
Inventory days	—	50	40	35	32
Days payable	—	84	93	104	139
Cash conversion cycle	—	31	16	-8	-39
Working capital days	—	84	198	311	231

Computed from the reported statements: ROE on average equity; ROCE = EBIT / (total assets − current liabilities). Debtor days = receivables ÷ sales × 365; inventory and payable days use cost of goods sold; cash conversion cycle = debtor + inventory − payable days; working capital days = (current assets − current liabilities) ÷ sales × 365.

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages · as filed with NSE each quarter

Promoters 74.40%
FIIs 0.10%
DIIs 0.07%
Public 25.22%

%	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
Promoters	74.40%	74.40%	74.40%	74.40%	74.40%	74.40%	74.40%	74.40%	74.40%	74.40%	74.40%	74.40%
	0.16%	0.32%	0.18%	0.19%	0.20%	0.20%	0.16%	0.16%	0.16%	0.11%	0.10%	0.10%
Foreign portfolio investors (Cat. I)	0.16%	0.32%	0.18%	0.19%	0.16%	0.20%	0.16%	0.16%	0.16%	0.11%	0.10%	0.10%
Foreign portfolio investors (Cat. II)					0.04%
DIIs										0.07%	0.07%	0.07%
	25.13%	24.97%	25.21%	25.20%	25.19%	25.19%	25.23%	25.23%	25.23%	25.22%	25.22%	25.22%
Retail (up to ₹2 lakh)	9.98%	8.61%	8.72%	8.28%	8.55%	8.63%	8.01%	7.97%	7.78%	7.79%	7.37%	6.72%
HNIs (above ₹2 lakh)	9.33%	10.88%	11.70%	12.00%	11.65%	11.70%	12.55%	12.58%	12.87%	6.46%	7.12%	6.81%
NRIs	0.45%	0.41%	0.36%	0.38%	0.36%	0.36%	0.37%	0.39%	0.42%	0.43%	0.27%	0.26%
Bodies corporate	2.82%	2.81%	2.53%	2.70%	2.78%	2.60%	2.55%	2.60%	2.39%	8.74%	8.64%	9.58%
IEPF	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.10%	0.10%	0.10%
No. of Shareholders	21,982	19,504	19,870	18,458	18,998	18,840	18,669	18,389	17,941	17,885	17,277	16,498

Source: shareholding patterns filed by the company with NSE. Public = non-institutional holders. Tap a row marked + for its breakdown.

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Key dates

Ex-dividend date: 9 Sep 2019
Latest quarter: 30 Jun 2026
Financial year end: 31 Mar 2026

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