Zee Media Corporation Ltd

₹ 8.49 1.31%

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About

Incorporated in 1999, ZEE Media Corporation Ltd is in the news publishing and broadcasting business^[1]

Key Points

Product Profile:^[1]^[2]
ZMCL is a part of the Essel group. It reaches to 220 million users through 15 news channels comprising 1 global, 3 national and 11 regional channels in the linear TV platform. It has also set up multi-lingual digital news platform i.e., Zeenews.com, wherein news is broadcast online in 9 languages – Hindi, English, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Gujarati.
Company reaches out to 60+ million users through the digital platform. Its global channel WION, is available on Etisalat in MENA region and on Sky Channel in the UK market. From February 2023, ZMCL has moved out from Zee’s Channel Bouquet

Website BSE NSE

Market Cap ₹ 531 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 8.49
High / Low ₹ 16.5 / 6.65
Stock P/E 31.4
Book Value ₹ 7.11
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE 5.70 %
ROE 3.88 %
Face Value ₹ 1.00

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Pros

Company has reduced debt.
Stock is trading at 1.19 times its book value
Company is expected to give good quarter

Cons

Company has low interest coverage ratio.
The company has delivered a poor sales growth of -0.05% over past five years.
Promoter holding is low: 9.48%
Company has a low return on equity of -12.4% over last 3 years.
Contingent liabilities of Rs.550 Cr.
Company has high debtors of 184 days.
Company's cost of borrowing seems high

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Quarterly Results

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	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
	109	98	109	116	135	126	94	117	117	142	117	200	113
	108	117	131	151	108	123	123	113	125	124	117	116	117
Operating Profit	2	-19	-21	-35	26	3	-29	4	-7	17	1	84	-4
OPM %	1%	-19%	-20%	-30%	20%	2%	-31%	3%	-6%	12%	1%	42%	-4%
	-25	9	2	2	3	9	2	1	5	1	1	1	16
Interest	7	5	5	5	7	8	7	7	8	5	5	5	5
Depreciation	16	12	12	12	20	24	24	24	23	22	21	20	20
Profit before tax	-46	-27	-37	-49	1	-19	-58	-27	-32	-8	-25	60	-14
Tax %	-10%	-26%	-25%	-23%	82%	-25%	-25%	-25%	-29%	-21%	-4%	-2%	3%
	-41	-20	-28	-38	0	-14	-43	-20	-23	-7	-24	61	-14
EPS in Rs	-0.66	-0.32	-0.44	-0.61	0.00	-0.23	-0.69	-0.32	-0.36	-0.11	-0.38	0.98	-0.23
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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
	380	384	398	510	607	559	573	655	517	458	455	572
	338	325	312	407	479	414	391	483	453	506	484	473
Operating Profit	42	58	86	103	129	145	182	172	64	-49	-29	98
OPM %	11%	15%	22%	20%	21%	26%	32%	26%	12%	-11%	-6%	17%
	10	14	11	14	-92	-317	-8	41	-19	15	17	18
Interest	13	13	15	17	18	24	24	37	27	23	30	19
Depreciation	29	27	26	40	47	72	65	68	63	57	94	84
Profit before tax	10	32	56	59	-29	-267	85	109	-45	-113	-136	13
Tax %	41%	31%	32%	31%	92%	8%	30%	24%	1%	-24%	-26%	-27%
	6	22	38	41	-55	-289	59	84	-45	-86	-100	17
EPS in Rs	0.13	0.47	0.81	0.86	-1.17	-6.13	1.26	1.34	-0.72	-1.37	-1.60	0.27
Dividend Payout %	-0%	30%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	4%
5 Years:	0%
3 Years:	3%
TTM:	26%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	-3%
5 Years:	-24%
3 Years:	61%
TTM:	116%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	-11%
5 Years:	-4%
3 Years:	2%
1 Year:	-36%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	1%
5 Years:	-5%
3 Years:	-12%
Last Year:	4%

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	36	44	47	47	47	47	47	63	63	63	63	63
Reserves	368	572	595	631	576	286	436	545	500	414	364	382
	133	112	109	125	194	118	363	238	197	243	172	82
	90	112	184	199	195	231	193	193	204	358	428	512
Total Liabilities	628	840	935	1,002	1,012	682	1,040	1,040	964	1,078	1,027	1,039
	106	93	145	206	200	246	221	178	155	397	305	223
CWIP	2	12	23	6	-0	0	-0	1	2	-0	1	0
Investments	310	466	522	549	496	133	133	342	433	407	403	378
	210	269	245	241	316	303	685	518	374	273	317	437
Total Assets	628	840	935	1,002	1,012	682	1,040	1,040	964	1,078	1,027	1,039

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
	30	50	105	66	37	125	122	115	139	62	52	75
	-19	-185	-100	-99	-82	-11	-37	-50	-74	23	-2	23
	6	157	-32	-15	34	-50	-28	-118	-90	-91	-47	-81
Net Cash Flow	18	22	-27	-48	-11	65	57	-54	-25	-6	4	17
Free Cash Flow	38	-6	41	-16	12	83	84	81	99	53	43	72
CFO/OP	104%	107%	122%	83%	50%	98%	81%	87%	250%	-145%	-123%	86%

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	82	85	116	113	111	120	138	123	79	135	138	184
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Days Payable
Cash Conversion Cycle	82	85	116	113	111	120	138	123	79	135	138	184
Working Capital Days	2	1	-50	-27	1	29	206	129	-78	-230	-195	-125
ROCE %	6%	7%	10%	10%	11%	13%	19%	13%	3%	-12%	-17%	6%

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Digital Monthly Average Users (MAU)
Million Users

Digital Reach - Total Page Views
Billion

Network TV Viewership Monthly Reach
Million Viewers

Zee Salaam Market Share
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Zee Business Average Market Share
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Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026
	4.34%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.42%	1.62%	1.62%	1.62%	3.90%	6.30%	9.48%	9.48%
	8.26%	8.27%	8.48%	8.14%	8.15%	8.78%	12.06%	13.65%	15.97%	16.00%	15.00%	16.04%
	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	4.24%	4.22%	4.25%	4.25%	4.19%	4.19%
	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.44%	0.44%	0.44%	0.44%
	87.40%	91.66%	91.46%	91.78%	91.43%	89.60%	82.08%	80.50%	75.44%	73.01%	70.89%	69.84%
No. of Shareholders	1,81,204	1,92,410	1,85,759	2,08,497	2,03,707	1,96,494	1,92,543	1,91,252	1,90,835	1,90,694	1,90,882	1,88,185

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	69.11%	69.11%	57.74%	44.86%	18.12%	8.52%	4.34%	0.07%	1.62%	9.48%
	5.86%	6.29%	6.77%	9.06%	10.22%	7.99%	8.55%	8.14%	13.65%	16.04%
	0.24%	0.76%	0.75%	1.56%	2.07%	0.30%	0.00%	0.00%	4.22%	4.19%
	0.00%	0.03%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.44%
	24.79%	23.81%	34.75%	44.52%	69.59%	83.19%	87.10%	91.78%	80.50%	69.84%
No. of Shareholders	1,01,145	98,346	1,08,826	1,12,156	1,28,005	1,72,818	1,77,915	2,08,497	1,91,252	1,88,185

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