Network18 Media & Investments Limited share price

Network18 Media & Investments Limited engages in broadcasting, digital content, print, and allied businesses in India. The company operates business news channels, such as CNBC-TV18, CNBC Awaaz, and CNBC Bajar; general news channels, including CNN News18 and News18 India; and regional news channels comprising News18 network. It also operates factual entertainment and lifestyle channels, such as HistoryTV18. In addition, the company operates digital content websites, including MoneyControl, CNBCTV18.com, and Firstpost. Further, it publishes Forbes India and Overdrive magazines; and engages in film distribution and syndication. The company was formerly known as Network18 Fincap Private Limite…Read more

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Media Entertainment & PublicationEntertainmentNifty Microcap 250NSE: NETWORK18ISIN INE870H01013

16 Oct 2026, 3:29 PM IST₹26.46▼ 0.22 (0.82%)

Market Cap₹ 4,087 Cr.
Current Price₹ 26.46
High / Low₹ 52 / 24
Stock P/E—
Book Value₹ 32
Dividend Yield0.00 %
ROCE6.8 %
ROE3.20 %
Face Value₹ 5.0

More figures (10)

EPS (TTM)₹ -0.22
Price / Book0.82
OPM-4.4 %
Debt / Equity0.67
Sales growth (5Y)-14.7 %
Profit growth (5Y)-22.3 %
Promoter holding61.5 %
EV / EBITDA127.4
Beta0.27
All-time high₹ 682

Price chart

Price on NSE 50 DMA 200 DMA Volume

Returns	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3Y CAGR	5Y CAGR
NETWORK18	+1.30%	-12.70%	-25.76%	-39.02%	-48.78%	-30.47%	-20.60%
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

Network18 Media & Investments Limited is in the Entertainment industry (Communication Services), with a market value of ₹4,087 crore.
Revenue grew -14.7% a year over the last 5 years, profit -22.3% a year.
Return on equity was 3.2% and return on capital employed 6.8% in the latest year.
Debt was 0.67 times shareholders' equity.
The share price is 47.5% below its 52-week high and down 48.8% over one year.
Promoters and insiders hold about 61.5%; institutions about 1.9%.

Pros

No standout strengths in the reported figures.

Cons

Return on equity has been low: -5.4% on average over the last 3 years.
Interest cover is thin: operating earnings are -0.3 times the interest cost.
Sales growth has been slow: -14.7% a year over the last 5 years.
Profit growth has been weak: -22.3% a year over the last 5 years.
Latest quarter (Jun 2026): profit fell 126% from a year ago.

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 Network18 Media & Investments Limited

Employees: 4,905
Head office: Mumbai
NSE industry: Media Entertainment & Publication

Communication ServicesMedia Entertainment & PublicationEntertainment

Part ofNifty Microcap 250

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1.	Network18 Media & Investments	26.46	—	4,087	0.00	-38	-125.77	516	10.34	6.8	3.2	0.82	-4.4	0.67	61.52	2,121	-14.7
2.	Prime Focus	290.30	163.1	22,608	0.00	-46	-141.44	1,267	23.82	23.0	15.4	10.80	16.7	2.74	85.56	4,676	-0.3
3.	PVR INOX	1,401.00	50.6	13,468	0.00	57	—	1,622	31.90	7.1	4.6	1.87	12.5	0.92	29.40	6,604	20.9
4.	Saregama India	504.00	43.8	9,675	0.91	52	42.10	264	27.48	16.0	12.6	5.82	27.0	0.04	64.70	985	10.6
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6.	Media Matrix Worldwide	22.80	380.0	2,583	0.00	3	84.48	428	83.37	9.8	6.8	38.58	1.6	1.61	89.67	1,257	10.6
7.	Sunshine Pictures	454.35	2,524.2	1,415	0.00	0	—	6	—	37.8	32.0	8.25	73.0	0.07	84.59	74	41.1
8.	Balaji Telefilms	90.83	—	1,107	0.00	22	—	240	229.93	-9.9	-7.7	1.75	-33.1	0.03	72.66	211	-29.0
9.	Dish TV India	2.13	—	392	0.00	-286	—	266	-19.29	13.3	22.2	-0.10	-33.5	-0.01	31.97	1,163	-20.0
10.	Cineline India	91.43	25.3	348	1.40	-1	—	59	30.88	10.3	7.7	2.02	8.6	0.78	82.24	237	19.0
	Median: 14 Co.	190.87	47.2	1,261	0.00	1	42.10	265	30.88	11.8	6.8	2.17	1.6	0.37	69.19	1,074	10.6

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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
	3,239	1,866	1,774	2,419	3,141	1,825	1,361	561	468	498	539	616	516
YOY Sales Growth %		20.44%	-4.15%	63.06%	-3.03%	-2.16%	-23.30%	-76.80%	-85.10%	-72.73%	-60.36%	9.70%	10.34%
	3,323	2,084	1,945	2,609	3,289	2,005	1,382	542	464	498	530	585	509
Employee Cost %	10%	19%	19%	13%	11%	19%	20%	33%	40%	43%	36%	32%	40%
Other Expenses %	93%	93%	91%	95%	93%	91%	82%	64%	59%	57%	62%	63%	58%
Operating Profit	-84	-218	-172	-190	-148	-179	-22	19	4	-1	10	30	8
OPM %	-3%	-12%	-10%	-8%	-5%	-10%	-2%	3%	1%	0%	2%	5%	1%
	193	187	157	161	151	234	82	3	10	3	14	0	4
Exceptional items							-1,426	-10	151		-21	-12
Interest	68	66	74	114	150	170	102	55	52	48	50	54	57
Depreciation	41	57	43	69	70	69	52	33	34	34	33	32	31
Profit before tax	-1	-155	-132	-212	-217	-184	-1,519	-76	79	-79	-81	-67	-76
	29	-111	-108	-207	-198	-152	-1,400	-29	149	41	-5	-30	-38
Profit from associates	28	37	30	16	23	36	119	46	70	121	75	37	38
Minority share	68	-50	-50	-111	-95	-56	36	1	1	1	1	1	0
Profit to shareholders	-39	-61	-58	-96	-102	-96	-1,435	-30	148	41	-6	-31	-39
YOY Profit Growth %			-1,323.02%		-777.44%								-125.77%
EPS in Rs	-0.25	-0.39	-0.37	-0.62	-0.66	-0.42	-9.38	-0.20	0.97	0.27	-0.04	-0.20	-0.25
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
	40	49	52	69	56	445	476	522	430	477	500	547	475
YOY Sales Growth %		14.88%	2.17%	28.73%	38.98%	811.32%	818.29%	661.14%	668.43%	7.17%	5.04%	4.85%	10.43%
	61	70	70	89	82	438	466	508	426	470	489	525	471
Employee Cost %	67%	67%	63%	47%	69%	40%	38%	34%	42%	44%	38%	34%	42%
Other Expenses %	85%	76%	72%	84%	78%	58%	60%	63%	57%	55%	60%	62%	57%
Operating Profit	-21	-21	-18	-21	-26	7	11	13	4	7	12	22	4
OPM %	-52%	-43%	-35%	-30%	-47%	2%	2%	3%	1%	2%	2%	4%	1%
	2	1	1	1	1	2	8	2	8	2	13	-0	3
Exceptional items							3,498		587		-52	-12
Interest	43	44	46	48	49	53	54	55	52	48	50	54	57
Depreciation	1	3	0	1	1	31	31	30	31	31	30	29	29
Profit before tax	-64	-67	-63	-68	-75	-74	3,432	-69	516	-70	-108	-73	-78
	-64	-67	-63	-68	-75	-74	3,432	-69	516	-70	-108	-73	-78
YOY Profit Growth %											-103.14%		-115.10%
EPS in Rs	-0.41	-0.43	-0.40	-0.43	-0.48	-0.32	22.26	-0.45	3.35	-0.45	-0.70	-0.47	-0.51
Raw filing

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

Profit & Loss

Consolidated figures in ₹ crore /

₹ Cr	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	TTM
	5,116	5,357	4,705	5,880	6,223	9,297	6,888	2,121	2,169
YOY Sales Growth %		4.71%	-12.17%	24.97%	5.83%	49.40%	-25.92%	-69.21%
	4,904	4,740	3,909	4,801	6,086	9,962	7,218	2,077	2,122
Material Cost %	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Employee Cost %	21%	19%	20%	18%	19%	14%	17%	37%	38%
Other Expenses %	74%	69%	63%	64%	78%	93%	88%	61%	60%
Operating Profit	212	617	796	1,079	137	-664	-330	44	47
OPM %	4%	12%	17%	18%	2%	-7%	-5%	2%	2%
	-48	35	44	50	98	697	471	28	22
Exceptional items		-50					-1,436	118	-33
Interest	198	236	157	97	209	322	477	205	209
Depreciation	142	175	147	120	128	210	223	133	129
Profit before tax	-176	191	536	913	-101	-500	-1,996	-148	-303
		45%	-6%	11%
Current tax	-56	86	-72	43	-15	1	6	0
Deferred tax	3	1	37	59	15	7
	-178	56	547	838	-16	-397	-1,777	155	-32
Profit from associates	-54	-48	-24	26	85	111	224	303	271
Minority share	125	293	514	630	69	-143	-90	3	3
Profit to shareholders	-303	-237	32	208	-84	-254	-1,687	152	-35
YOY Profit Growth %			873.62%	53.25%	-101.88%
EPS in Rs	-1.95	-1.53	0.21	1.33	-0.54	-1.63	-11.02	0.99	-0.22

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:: -15%
3 Years:: -30%
TTM:: -49%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:: -22%

Stock Price CAGR

5 Years:: -21%
3 Years:: -30%
1 Year:: -49%

Return on Equity

4 Years:: -7%
Last Year:: 3%

₹ Cr	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	TTM
	112	111	119	167	187	210	1,896	1,955	2,000
YOY Sales Growth %		-0.13%	6.38%	41.15%	11.88%	11.95%	804.72%	3.10%
	211	194	151	162	242	289	1,863	1,909	1,954
Material Cost %	2%	3%	1%	0%	0%
Employee Cost %	87%	85%	62%	47%	60%	60%	38%	39%	39%
Other Expenses %	100%	86%	64%	50%	69%	78%	60%	58%	59%
Operating Profit	-99	-82	-33	5	-54	-80	33	46	46
OPM %	-89%	-74%	-27%	3%	-29%	-38%	2%	2%	2%
	-66	-20	9	9	6	4	17	23	18
Exceptional items	-346	-234					3,498	523	-64
Interest	116	128	103	99	134	181	213	205	209
Depreciation	7	7	7	5	4	6	122	122	119
Profit before tax	-634	-471	-133	-90	-187	-262	3,213	266	-328
	-635	-472	-133	-90	-187	-262	3,213	266	-328
YOY Profit Growth %								-91.72%
EPS in Rs	-4.04	-3.01	-0.85	-0.57	-1.19	-1.67	20.84	1.72	-2.13

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:: 75%
3 Years:: 119%
TTM:: 7%

Compounded Profit Growth

TTM:: -109%

Stock Price CAGR

5 Years:: -21%
3 Years:: -30%
1 Year:: -49%

Return on Equity

4 Years:: -7%
Last Year:: 3%

Financial years ending March; TTM = the last four quarters. Source: the company's results filed with NSE, as reported. EPS restated for bonus issues and splits. 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	518	518	765	765
Reserves	157	14,710	3,977	4,153
	6,069	8,156	2,960	3,288
Short term borrowings	5,815	7,317	2,787	3,113
	7,240	16,498	795	790
Trade payables	2,108	2,416	443	345
Minority interest	3,920	12,987	66	69
Current liabilities	8,985	10,717	3,450	3,737
Total Liabilities	13,984	39,881	8,498	8,996
	594	1,496	509	463
Gross block	1,322	2,261	898	903
Accumulated depreciation	727	765	389	440
Goodwill & intangibles	3,382	13,868	1,280	1,292
CWIP	92	160	0
	13,298	38,226	7,988	8,533
Inventories	5,891	10,210	9	2
Trade receivables	1,297	1,760	660	690
Cash & equivalents	228	4,831	3	39
Current assets	8,790	23,191	906	981
Total Assets	13,984	39,881	8,498	8,996

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
	-2,804	-6,465	-1,912	-28
Profit for the year	-84	-206	-1,687	152
Working capital changes	-3,161	-5,899	-1,500	-69
Direct taxes paid	138	24	-95	-28
	-722	-5,169	1,313	-20
Fixed assets purchased	-732	-2,404	-899	-51
Fixed assets sold	0	0	1	3
Investments purchased	-2,389	-12,139	-15,131	-1,436
Investments sold	2,399	9,335	16,977	1,464
	3,411	1,139	720	83
Repayment of borrowings	-0
Interest paid	-202	-315	-449	-204
Net Cash Flow	-115	-10,495	121	35
Free Cash Flow	-3,536	-8,869	-2,811	-79

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

Ratios

Ratio	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
ROE	—	-12.5%	-2.6%	-16.9%	3.2%
ROCE	—	3.6%	-0.3%	-25.7%	6.8%
Operating margin	—	0.3%	-9.4%	-7.1%	-4.4%
Net margin	—	-1.4%	-2.2%	-24.8%	7.5%
Debt / equity	—	8.99	0.54	0.62	0.67
Current ratio	—	0.98	2.16	0.26	0.26
Debtor days	—	77	70	35	124
Inventory days	—	683	584	1	2
Days payable	—	245	138	39	261
Cash conversion cycle	—	515	516	-3	-135
Working capital days	—	-12	496	-137	-494

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 56.89%
FIIs 2.76%
DIIs 0.12%
Public 40.24%

%	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026	Sep 2026
Promoters	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	56.89%	56.89%	56.89%	56.89%	56.89%	56.89%	56.89%	56.89%
	3.48%	3.53%	3.50%	2.34%	6.61%	6.98%	6.85%	6.54%	6.26%	6.29%	4.33%	2.76%
Foreign portfolio investors (Cat. I)	2.93%	2.99%	2.94%	2.10%	6.38%	6.78%	6.66%	6.41%	6.11%	5.99%	3.64%	2.56%
Foreign portfolio investors (Cat. II)	0.55%	0.55%	0.55%	0.24%	0.23%	0.20%	0.19%	0.13%	0.15%	0.30%	0.69%	0.20%
	0.53%	0.05%	0.06%	0.10%	0.18%	0.19%	0.22%	0.15%	0.15%	0.13%	0.12%	0.12%
Mutual funds	0.53%	0.05%	0.06%	0.08%	0.15%	0.18%	0.19%	0.15%	0.15%	0.13%	0.12%	0.12%
Insurance companies					0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
Alternative investment funds				0.01%	0.02%		0.02%
	20.99%	21.41%	21.44%	22.56%	36.32%	35.94%	36.05%	36.42%	36.70%	36.69%	38.66%	40.24%
Retail (up to ₹2 lakh)	5.57%	5.39%	5.93%	7.41%	15.29%	15.18%	15.30%	15.66%	15.69%	15.49%	15.98%	16.43%
HNIs (above ₹2 lakh)	3.82%	4.01%	3.96%	3.59%	8.58%	8.31%	8.38%	8.25%	8.25%	8.22%	9.22%	10.10%
NRIs	0.26%	0.30%	0.28%	0.33%	1.16%	1.06%	1.03%	1.01%	0.99%	0.97%	0.97%	1.01%
Bodies corporate	9.64%	10.06%	9.58%	9.40%	9.01%	9.11%	9.03%	9.17%	9.43%	9.63%	10.07%	10.20%
IEPF	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
No. of Shareholders	1,35,191	1,45,302	1,56,009	1,75,662	5,84,608	5,74,548	5,70,692	5,65,429	5,47,579	5,31,580	5,25,106	5,14,808

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

Mutual funds & institutions holding Network18 Media & Investments

No single fund or institution holds more than 1%.

As named in the shareholding pattern for Sep 2026 filed with NSE; mutual funds together hold 0.12% of the company. Shareholders below 1% are not named in the filing.

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Filings made by the company with NSE; documents open on NSE's website.

Key dates

Ex-dividend date: 14 Feb 2008
Latest quarter: 30 Jun 2026
Financial year end: 31 Mar 2026

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