Network 18 Media & Investments Ltd

₹ 36.3 1.57%

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network18online.com BSE: 532798 NSE: NETWORK18

About

Network 18 Media & Investments is engaged in activities spanning across Digital Content, Print and Allied Businesses.(Source : 202003-01 Annual Report Page No:15)

Key Points

India’s Most Diversified Media Group
Network18 Group is India’s only media and entertainment conglomerate with a presence across the complete spectrum of content genres – news, entertainment, sports, movies, and live entertainment, across multiple platforms like TV, digital, cinemas and on-ground. ^[1]

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Market Cap ₹ 5,596 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 36.3
High / Low ₹ 65.3 / 27.4
Stock P/E 152
Book Value ₹ 31.9
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE 3.02 %
ROE 0.76 %
Face Value ₹ 5.00

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Pros

Stock is trading at 1.14 times its book value

Cons

Company has low interest coverage ratio.
The company has delivered a poor sales growth of -14.7% over past five years.
Company has a low return on equity of -2.19% over last 3 years.
Earnings include an other income of Rs.449 Cr.
Debtor days have increased from 74.3 to 119 days.
Promoter holding has decreased over last 3 years: -18.1%

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Quarterly Results

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026
	1,484	3,239	1,866	1,774	2,419	3,141	1,825	1,360	561	468	498	539	616
	1,427	3,323	2,084	1,945	2,609	3,289	2,005	1,382	542	464	498	530	585
Operating Profit	57	-84	-218	-172	-190	-148	-179	-22	19	4	-0	10	30
OPM %	4%	-3%	-12%	-10%	-8%	-5%	-10%	-2%	3%	1%	-0%	2%	5%
	35	221	224	187	176	174	270	-1,225	40	231	124	69	26
Interest	79	68	66	74	114	150	170	102	55	52	48	50	54
Depreciation	36	41	57	43	69	70	69	52	33	34	34	33	32
Profit before tax	-23	27	-118	-102	-197	-194	-148	-1,400	-29	149	41	-5	-30
Tax %	54%	-6%	1%	0%	-1%	1%	3%	-0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	-35	29	-119	-102	-196	-195	-152	-1,400	-29	149	41	-5	-30
EPS in Rs	-0.35	-0.37	-0.79	-0.56	-1.05	-1.20	-0.92	-9.31	-0.20	0.96	0.26	-0.04	-0.20
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Profit & Loss

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	3,127	1,527	1,491	1,839	5,116	5,357	4,705	5,880	6,223	9,297	6,888	2,121
	3,294	1,474	1,647	1,876	5,049	4,786	3,933	4,799	6,086	9,955	7,224	2,077
Operating Profit	-167	53	-156	-37	68	571	772	1,081	137	-658	-337	44
OPM %	-5%	3%	-10%	-2%	1%	11%	16%	18%	2%	-7%	-5%	2%
	-735	98	55	110	42	-17	44	74	183	801	-734	449
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	133
Profit before tax	-1,090	26	-261	-111	-231	143	512	939	-16	-389	-1,771	155
Tax %	4%	63%	4%	56%	-23%	61%	-7%	11%	-1%	-17%	0%	0%
	-1,117	96	-271	-173	-178	56	547	838	-16	-325	-1,777	155
EPS in Rs	-10.12	0.92	-2.23	-1.47	-2.89	-2.26	0.31	1.98	-0.80	-1.97	-10.94	0.99
Dividend Payout %	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	3%
5 Years:	-15%
3 Years:	-30%
TTM:	-69%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	-9%
5 Years:	3%
3 Years:	35%
TTM:	111%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	-2%
5 Years:	-2%
3 Years:	-13%
1 Year:	-21%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	-4%
5 Years:	-2%
3 Years:	-2%
Last Year:	1%

Balance Sheet

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Equity Capital	523	518	518	518	518	518	518	518	518	518	765	765
Reserves	1,097	1,359	765	616	293	-1	29	237	157	14,710	3,977	4,153
	1,001	782	1,307	2,203	3,045	3,265	2,554	2,284	6,069	8,156	2,960	3,288
	3,080	2,929	2,457	4,172	4,594	4,834	5,156	6,101	7,236	16,498	795	790
Total Liabilities	5,701	5,588	5,046	7,509	8,450	8,616	8,257	9,140	13,980	39,881	8,498	8,996
	2,627	1,680	1,766	2,907	2,868	2,973	2,929	2,876	3,055	3,681	1,788	1,754
CWIP	19	16	5	25	47	87	126	259	916	11,627	0	0
Investments	739	2,681	2,182	669	923	796	771	869	958	4,188	5,682	6,123
	2,316	1,210	1,094	3,908	4,612	4,760	4,430	5,137	9,051	20,385	1,027	1,118
Total Assets	5,701	5,588	5,046	7,509	8,450	8,616	8,257	9,140	13,980	39,881	8,498	8,996

Cash Flows

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	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	-99	87	-178	90	-204	78	1,346	641	-2,804	-6,465	-1,912	-28
	135	-140	-362	-57	-445	-86	-85	-249	-718	9,929	-3,636	-20
	-81	-6	518	131	645	-62	-1,049	-381	3,411	1,139	720	83
Net Cash Flow	-45	-59	-22	164	-3	-71	212	12	-111	4,603	-4,828	35
Free Cash Flow	-124	-11	-337	28	-331	-68	1,263	457	-3,536	-8,869	-2,809	-77
CFO/OP	6%	382%	97%	-460%	-94%	18%	161%	52%	-2,143%	987%	540%	-64%

Ratios

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Debtor Days	72	85	78	255	93	105	99	72	76	69	35	119
Inventory Days
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Cash Conversion Cycle	72	85	78	255	93	105	99	72	76	69	35	119
Working Capital Days	-78	-263	-383	-216	-99	-88	-62	1	-32	173	-141	-481
ROCE %	-4%	2%	-4%	-0%	-1%	7%	10%	16%	2%	-0%	1%	3%

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Digital Reach (Monthly Unique Visitors)
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TV News Viewership Share (Network18 Group)
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CNBC TV18 Market Share (English Business News)
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Consolidated Annual YouTube Video Views
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Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

1 Recently

	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026
	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	56.89%	56.89%	56.89%	56.89%	56.89%	56.89%
	5.62%	5.64%	3.48%	3.54%	3.49%	2.34%	6.61%	6.98%	6.85%	6.54%	6.26%	6.29%
	0.59%	0.04%	0.53%	0.05%	0.06%	0.09%	0.18%	0.19%	0.22%	0.15%	0.15%	0.13%
	18.80%	19.34%	20.99%	21.42%	21.43%	22.57%	36.33%	35.94%	36.04%	36.42%	36.69%	36.68%
No. of Shareholders	1,29,170	1,30,909	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

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	56.89%	56.89%
	2.85%	3.48%	4.07%	3.15%	3.81%	4.80%	5.62%	3.54%	6.98%	6.29%
	2.94%	2.45%	1.33%	1.29%	0.08%	0.46%	0.58%	0.05%	0.19%	0.13%
	19.21%	19.07%	19.60%	20.56%	21.11%	19.74%	18.80%	21.42%	35.94%	36.68%
No. of Shareholders	73,416	65,528	65,334	69,316	1,02,128	1,29,004	1,32,357	1,45,302	5,74,548	5,31,580

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