Quint Digital Ltd

₹ 42.5 -1.00%

07 Nov - close price

About

Incorporated in 1985, Quint Digital Ltd is in
the business of running websites through
web, digital or mobile media and which may include various information including current affairs, lifestyle, entertainment etc.^[1]

Key Points

Business Overview:^[1]^[2]
QDL is a multi brand, digital and media-tech, AI-focused company. It offers various solutions ranging from news to tech innovations. It is the only new-age digital media and technology player listed on an Indian stock exchange, operating with 2 prominent digital platforms, www.thequint.com, and www.hindi.thequint.com

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Market Cap ₹ 201 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 42.5
High / Low ₹ 85.0 / 41.5
Stock P/E 13.3
Book Value ₹ 60.0
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE 3.14 %
ROE -0.73 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Company has reduced debt.
Company is almost debt free.
Stock is trading at 0.71 times its book value
Market value of investments Rs.286 Cr. is more than the Market Cap Rs.201 Cr.
Debtor days have improved from 83.7 to 63.8 days.

Cons

Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
The company has delivered a poor sales growth of -4.94% over past five years.
Company has a low return on equity of 4.29% over last 3 years.
Promoters have pledged or encumbered 59.8% of their holding.
Earnings include an other income of Rs.34.0 Cr.
Company's cost of borrowing seems high

* 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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Quarterly Results

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025
	11.24	11.02	8.42	7.83	8.66	8.30	8.45	2.88	3.11	2.73	2.15	2.00	1.76
	6.26	6.03	4.78	5.26	4.60	5.07	6.41	5.94	4.49	4.03	4.11	3.95	3.98
Operating Profit	4.98	4.99	3.64	2.57	4.06	3.23	2.04	-3.06	-1.38	-1.30	-1.96	-1.95	-2.22
OPM %	44.31%	45.28%	43.23%	32.82%	46.88%	38.92%	24.14%	-106.25%	-44.37%	-47.62%	-91.16%	-97.50%	-126.14%
	0.55	1.08	1.69	5.36	4.28	5.63	8.55	-5.72	9.09	16.54	6.55	7.18	3.75
Interest	0.57	0.87	0.49	1.79	2.41	2.70	3.81	4.92	4.86	6.17	4.60	1.07	0.49
Depreciation	2.28	2.43	2.51	2.75	2.86	2.83	2.13	0.38	0.43	0.29	0.29	0.25	0.11
Profit before tax	2.68	2.77	2.33	3.39	3.07	3.33	4.65	-14.08	2.42	8.78	-0.30	3.91	0.93
Tax %	24.63%	18.05%	44.64%	25.07%	25.73%	27.93%	36.34%	-26.07%	25.62%	-2.51%	-40.00%	-34.02%	12.90%
	2.03	2.27	1.28	2.54	2.28	2.40	2.96	-10.41	1.80	9.00	-0.18	5.24	0.81
EPS in Rs	0.43	0.48	0.27	0.54	0.48	0.51	0.63	-2.21	0.38	1.91	-0.04	1.11	0.17
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Profit & Loss

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	TTM
	0	1	0	2	1	0	14	21	36	41	33	11	9
	0	1	0	2	1	0	41	20	22	24	22	19	16
Operating Profit	-0	-0	-0	-0	-0	-0	-27	2	14	17	11	-8	-7
OPM %		-32%		-15%	-26%		-190%	7%	39%	41%	33%	-71%	-86%
	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	4	60	28	34
Interest	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	11	21	12
Depreciation	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	9	11	1	1
Profit before tax	0	0	0	0	0	0	-28	-2	6	9	50	-1	13
Tax %	20%	13%	12%	25%	27%	14%	-0%	-4%	26%	28%	21%	-209%
	0	0	0	0	0	0	-27	-2	5	6	39	2	15
EPS in Rs	0.09	0.23	0.08	0.10	0.28	0.13	-31.97	-0.40	1.03	1.36	8.28	0.33	3.15
Dividend Payout %	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	30%
5 Years:	-5%
3 Years:	-33%
TTM:	-62%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	%
5 Years:	14%
3 Years:	%
TTM:	78%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	%
5 Years:	-15%
3 Years:	-36%
1 Year:	-40%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	1%
5 Years:	4%
3 Years:	4%
Last Year:	-1%

Balance Sheet

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Sep 2025
Equity Capital	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	22	22	47	47	47	47
Reserves	3	3	3	3	4	4	33	9	14	120	265	253	236
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	22	50	219	153	21
	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	21	5	12	5	3
Total Liabilities	5	5	5	5	6	6	39	54	79	222	543	458	307
	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	13	15	14	1	1
CWIP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Investments	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	28	40	117	369	440	282
	4	4	5	5	6	6	37	16	26	90	159	18	24
Total Assets	5	5	5	5	6	6	39	54	79	222	543	458	307

Cash Flows

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
	1	-2	1	-1	1	2	-1	-2	16	6	12	-7
	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	-62	-20	-142	-180	88
	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	35	4	149	122	-53
Net Cash Flow	1	-1	3	-1	2	3	23	-29	0	14	-46	28

Ratios

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
Debtor Days		0		0	0		110	190	82	114	73	64
Inventory Days		0		0	0
Days Payable
Cash Conversion Cycle		0		0	0		110	190	82	114	73	64
Working Capital Days		1,868		817	868		56	-118	-190	-177	-290	-3,743
ROCE %	1%	5%	1%	2%	6%	3%	-131%	-2%	15%	8%	11%	3%

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025
	57.18%	57.80%	57.72%	57.67%	58.66%	62.00%	61.94%	61.93%	61.92%	61.91%	62.60%	62.60%
	9.45%	7.53%	7.52%	7.46%	7.45%	11.59%	11.58%	11.78%	11.77%	11.77%	11.77%	11.77%
	33.37%	34.68%	34.75%	34.87%	33.89%	26.41%	26.49%	26.29%	26.29%	26.32%	25.63%	25.62%
No. of Shareholders	6,254	6,197	6,059	6,169	6,065	6,183	6,525	6,851	6,720	6,439	6,425	6,436

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Sep 2025
	66.48%	66.48%	66.42%	66.42%	55.34%	56.55%	57.80%	62.00%	61.91%	62.60%
	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	9.89%	9.88%	7.53%	11.59%	11.77%	11.77%
	33.53%	33.53%	33.59%	33.59%	34.78%	33.57%	34.68%	26.41%	26.32%	25.62%
No. of Shareholders	1,539	1,543	1,256	1,305	2,197	3,470	6,197	6,183	6,439	6,436

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