Sun TV Network Ltd

₹ 453 -3.83%

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About

Sun TV Network was established in 1985 as Sumangali Publications Private Limited and was later renamed as Sun TV Network Limited. Sun TV, the flagship channel of the company, was started in 1993. STNL is primarily involved in television broadcasting. Besides, it produces/distributes movies under the banner Sun Pictures^[1]

Key Points

Business^[1]
Company is one of the largest Television Broadcasters in India operating Satellite Television Channels across six languages of Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi and Bangla and presently airing FM radio. The Company produces its own content / acquires the related rights. The Company is the owner of IPL franchise “SunRisers Hyderabad” & SunRisers Eastern Cape Cricket South Africa’s T20 League, and also opened a branch office in South Africa. The Company also operates an OTT platform “SUNNXT“

Website BSE NSE

Market Cap ₹ 17,846 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 453
High / Low ₹ 661 / 451
Stock P/E 11.5
Book Value ₹ 313
Dividend Yield 2.76 %
ROCE 16.5 %
ROE 12.3 %
Face Value ₹ 5.00

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Pros

Company is almost debt free.
Company has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 35.4%

Cons

The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 5.65% over past five years.

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Consumer Discretionary Media, Entertainment & Publication Entertainment TV Broadcasting & Software Production

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Quarterly Results

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	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
	1,318	1,018	885	927	1,276	900	794	909	1,257	1,169	828	848	1,423
	531	302	312	419	570	371	361	482	640	419	418	469	690
Operating Profit	786	716	574	509	706	529	432	427	617	750	410	380	733
OPM %	60%	70%	65%	55%	55%	59%	54%	47%	49%	64%	50%	45%	52%
	116	107	129	130	140	164	134	153	180	104	126	22	167
Interest	2	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1
Depreciation	85	214	111	104	109	191	109	112	103	399	108	93	91
Profit before tax	815	608	591	534	736	498	455	465	692	452	425	306	808
Tax %	28%	25%	26%	25%	26%	20%	24%	22%	24%	27%	26%	29%	24%
	583	456	437	399	547	398	347	362	529	330	316	219	612
EPS in Rs	14.79	11.58	11.10	10.12	13.88	10.10	8.81	9.19	13.41	8.37	8.03	5.55	15.53
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Profit & Loss

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	TTM
	2,244	2,395	2,558	2,862	3,663	3,404	3,117	3,505	3,661	4,148	3,879	4,102	4,269
	629	1,211	820	903	1,099	1,168	1,049	1,241	1,312	1,563	1,783	1,946	1,997
Operating Profit	1,614	1,185	1,739	1,959	2,564	2,236	2,068	2,264	2,349	2,585	2,095	2,156	2,272
OPM %	72%	49%	68%	68%	70%	66%	66%	65%	64%	62%	54%	53%	53%
	88	637	144	140	220	249	271	245	362	482	590	433	419
Interest	2	2	1	1	2	8	22	29	5	5	10	9	8
Depreciation	588	485	391	440	647	679	382	287	468	514	522	704	692
Profit before tax	1,112	1,334	1,490	1,658	2,136	1,798	1,935	2,193	2,238	2,549	2,154	1,876	1,992
Tax %	34%	35%	34%	34%	35%	24%	21%	25%	25%	26%	23%	26%
	737	870	979	1,093	1,395	1,372	1,520	1,645	1,675	1,875	1,654	1,394	1,477
EPS in Rs	18.71	22.07	24.85	27.74	35.39	34.81	38.58	41.74	42.49	47.58	41.98	35.36	37.48
Dividend Payout %	60%	70%	40%	36%	21%	72%	13%	33%	35%	35%	36%	35%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	6%
5 Years:	6%
3 Years:	4%
TTM:	11%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	8%
5 Years:	0%
3 Years:	-4%
TTM:	-8%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	0%
5 Years:	-2%
3 Years:	-10%
1 Year:	-18%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	19%
5 Years:	17%
3 Years:	16%
Last Year:	12%

Balance Sheet

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	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	197	197	197	197	197	197	197	197	197	197	197	197
Reserves	3,183	3,321	3,825	4,443	5,243	5,427	6,752	7,856	8,941	10,156	11,220	12,122
	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	58	32	8	96	81
	211	265	328	550	629	693	788	622	785	815	829	1,031
Total Liabilities	3,591	3,782	4,350	5,190	6,069	6,317	7,778	8,733	9,955	11,176	12,342	13,431
	1,074	820	1,102	1,039	936	946	768	1,633	1,591	1,585	1,467	1,194
CWIP	0	1	1	46	13	66	146	244	131	145	344	888
Investments	694	864	1,454	2,412	3,050	2,949	3,764	3,857	5,631	7,075	8,242	8,871
	1,823	2,098	1,792	1,693	2,070	2,355	3,100	3,000	2,602	2,372	2,289	2,479
Total Assets	3,591	3,782	4,350	5,190	6,069	6,317	7,778	8,733	9,955	11,176	12,342	13,431

Cash Flows

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	1,141	1,256	1,301	1,344	1,777	1,610	1,444	1,614	2,057	2,137	1,625	1,736
	-499	-359	-724	-1,265	-1,065	-366	-1,142	-1,009	-1,524	-1,288	-1,049	-1,259
	-635	-737	-475	-475	-596	-1,217	-243	-596	-621	-692	-611	-517
Net Cash Flow	7	160	102	-397	116	28	59	9	-89	158	-35	-40
Free Cash Flow	703	1,219	935	846	1,229	952	1,215	485	1,735	1,628	1,242	730
CFO/OP	94%	144%	103%	96%	97%	91%	96%	102%	112%	106%	104%	103%

Ratios

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	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	111	112	103	129	108	140	163	148	143	107	111	124
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Cash Conversion Cycle	111	112	103	129	108	140	163	148	143	107	111	124
Working Capital Days	114	137	87	85	77	104	101	106	88	70	75	73
ROCE %	34%	31%	39%	38%	41%	30%	30%	28%	25%	26%	20%	17%

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Cricket Franchise Income Share of Revenue
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Movie Distribution Income Share of Revenue
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Number of Broadcast Languages
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Number of Cricket Franchises
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Number of FM Radio Stations
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Subscription Income Share of Revenue
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Number of TV Channels
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Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%
	10.57%	9.01%	8.87%	7.89%	7.23%	7.11%	6.87%	6.91%	6.71%	6.47%	6.64%	5.80%
	4.47%	6.59%	6.50%	8.23%	10.00%	10.17%	10.45%	10.35%	10.19%	10.64%	10.91%	11.30%
	9.96%	9.40%	9.62%	8.89%	7.77%	7.70%	7.67%	7.74%	8.10%	7.88%	7.46%	7.90%
No. of Shareholders	99,895	95,362	1,00,803	1,01,517	1,10,021	1,14,865	1,03,912	1,01,793	1,07,496	1,02,067	94,106	97,091

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%
	16.24%	13.01%	9.49%	8.96%	8.98%	9.21%	10.56%	8.87%	6.87%	6.64%	5.80%
	1.63%	3.85%	7.15%	7.21%	4.05%	4.18%	3.61%	6.50%	10.45%	10.91%	11.30%
	7.13%	8.14%	8.36%	8.83%	11.97%	11.61%	10.83%	9.62%	7.67%	7.46%	7.90%
No. of Shareholders	28,916	31,243	46,452	57,324	1,10,730	1,13,478	1,19,971	1,00,803	1,03,912	94,106	97,091

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