Prime Focus Ltd

₹ 240 5.00%

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About

PFL was founded by Mr. Namit Naresh Malhotra in 1997. It started from Mumbai to being an integrated media and entertainment services powerhouse. ^[1] It is present in 18 cities (8 in India and 10 internationally) across 5 continents. ^[2]
Prime Focus is engaged in the business of post-production activities including digital intermediate, visual effects, 2D to 3D conversion, and other technical and creative services to the Media and Entertainment industry.^[3]

Key Points

Milestones
It is the first company in India to offer a high-end post-production finishing system, film scanning, and recording system. It is also the first in South Asia to offer a 4K DI Facility. ^[1] It is one of the world’s largest providers of end-to-end post-production services. ^[2] The co. owns India’s largest integrated studio in Mumbai, controlling the major share of the local studio market. ^[3]

Website BSE NSE - BE

Market Cap ₹ 18,639 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 240
High / Low ₹ 367 / 111
Stock P/E
Book Value ₹ 91.4
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE -0.16 %
ROE -0.06 %
Face Value ₹ 1.00

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Pros

Company is almost debt free.

Cons

Stock is trading at 2.63 times its book value
Company has low interest coverage ratio.
The company has delivered a poor sales growth of -18.3% over past five years.
Company has a low return on equity of -0.70% over last 3 years.
Earnings include an other income of Rs.21.3 Cr.
Promoter holding has decreased over last 3 years: -9.19%

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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
	9.45	7.18	7.54	7.12	11.61	10.73	14.84	7.90	6.29	6.96	7.18	7.35	6.37
	7.77	6.03	6.89	6.66	10.86	9.90	13.67	14.63	13.95	6.15	5.60	6.47	6.76
Operating Profit	1.68	1.15	0.65	0.46	0.75	0.83	1.17	-6.73	-7.66	0.81	1.58	0.88	-0.39
OPM %	17.78%	16.02%	8.62%	6.46%	6.46%	7.74%	7.88%	-85.19%	-121.78%	11.64%	22.01%	11.97%	-6.12%
	10.00	11.68	12.73	12.75	13.09	226.80	2.55	3.90	3.01	2.92	4.49	7.16	6.72
Interest	5.51	6.19	6.34	5.04	5.80	5.80	5.84	5.79	5.77	3.73	0.04	0.02	13.83
Depreciation	7.93	7.59	7.42	7.85	7.64	7.46	7.27	7.24	7.10	7.18	8.48	7.85	8.29
Profit before tax	-1.76	-0.95	-0.38	0.32	0.40	214.37	-9.39	-15.86	-17.52	-7.18	-2.45	0.17	-15.79
Tax %	599.43%	-81.05%	-150.00%	-59.38%	317.50%	-3.10%	-27.05%	-23.33%	-8.05%	-25.35%	-24.90%	23.53%	-127.36%
	-12.30	-0.18	0.19	0.51	-0.86	221.02	-6.85	-12.16	-16.12	-5.35	-1.84	0.12	4.32
EPS in Rs	-0.41	-0.01	0.01	0.02	-0.03	7.37	-0.23	-0.41	-0.54	-0.17	-0.02	0.00	0.06
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Profit & Loss

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Jun 2015	Mar 2016 9m	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	121.80	118.34	153.45	144.62	160.74	130.94	76.56	120.81	40.74	33.45	39.76	27.86
	73.55	73.02	135.72	133.22	140.00	86.83	48.48	57.80	38.70	30.45	52.16	24.98
Operating Profit	48.25	45.32	17.73	11.40	20.74	44.11	28.08	63.01	2.04	3.00	-12.40	2.88
OPM %	39.61%	38.30%	11.55%	7.88%	12.90%	33.69%	36.68%	52.16%	5.01%	8.97%	-31.19%	10.34%
	-4.68	13.45	33.72	26.72	41.12	220.58	123.97	322.84	40.63	50.26	236.26	21.29
Interest	24.67	22.18	32.75	74.13	57.39	63.32	59.17	32.28	23.95	23.37	23.20	17.63
Depreciation	23.57	24.78	30.80	33.42	37.68	67.41	66.38	62.87	32.64	30.49	29.07	31.79
Profit before tax	-4.67	11.81	-12.10	-69.43	-33.21	133.96	26.50	290.70	-13.92	-0.60	171.59	-25.25
Tax %	501.93%	53.34%	-8.76%	-18.48%	0.18%	-24.42%	0.00%	0.00%	75.79%	-45.00%	-8.33%	-89.07%
	-28.11	5.51	-11.04	-56.60	-33.27	166.67	26.50	290.70	-24.47	-0.33	185.89	-2.74
EPS in Rs	-0.94	0.18	-0.37	-1.89	-1.11	5.57	0.89	9.70	-0.82	-0.01	6.20	-0.04
Dividend Payout %	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	-13%
5 Years:	-18%
3 Years:	-12%
TTM:	-30%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	%
5 Years:	14%
3 Years:	24%
TTM:	93%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	17%
5 Years:	31%
3 Years:	33%
1 Year:	106%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	-2%
5 Years:	0%
3 Years:	-1%
Last Year:	0%

Balance Sheet

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Jun 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	29.89	29.89	29.89	29.92	29.92	29.92	29.92	29.95	29.95	29.98	30.00	77.60
Reserves	1,013.11	1,078.37	1,066.83	1,087.13	1,089.84	1,235.07	1,260.91	1,552.56	1,537.61	1,538.89	1,725.49	7,017.68
	448.96	493.26	560.08	415.12	439.38	453.42	298.76	235.77	201.10	201.41	200.74	200.24
	134.67	188.63	138.49	133.26	183.44	247.35	243.97	194.04	112.30	138.97	215.13	484.16
Total Liabilities	1,626.63	1,790.15	1,795.29	1,665.43	1,742.58	1,965.76	1,833.56	2,012.32	1,880.96	1,909.25	2,171.36	7,779.68
	271.78	406.20	391.60	392.94	571.44	564.56	515.60	332.04	299.94	280.83	251.49	219.46
CWIP	0.31	1.14	0.87	1.51	20.01	12.72	10.17	10.56	10.56	0.00	0.00	0.00
Investments	864.28	872.98	944.28	938.68	848.61	781.14	618.13	681.81	1,166.65	1,190.70	1,879.06	7,338.55
	490.26	509.83	458.54	332.30	302.52	607.34	689.66	987.91	403.81	437.72	40.81	221.67
Total Assets	1,626.63	1,790.15	1,795.29	1,665.43	1,742.58	1,965.76	1,833.56	2,012.32	1,880.96	1,909.25	2,171.36	7,779.68

Cash Flows

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Jun 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	169.22	-52.42	47.15	146.00	44.46	30.96	29.30	42.01	1.89	14.20	21.80	-21.18
	-413.34	-49.12	-3.62	49.83	191.62	42.34	217.10	-32.03	30.97	-13.63	-20.83	-437.31
	244.75	101.37	-43.76	-195.61	-236.39	-73.81	-222.65	-27.21	-38.38	-1.37	0.09	458.22
Net Cash Flow	0.63	-0.17	-0.23	0.22	-0.31	-0.51	23.75	-17.23	-5.52	-0.80	1.06	-0.27
Free Cash Flow	153.76	-76.70	25.96	104.72	10.73	14.89	25.05	24.04	1.34	14.39	21.90	-21.20
CFO/OP	367%	-99%	325%	1,368%	262%	92%	78%	13%	491%	273%	-165%	-755%

Ratios

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Jun 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	161.04	222.87	130.42	123.90	111.43	125.44	162.14	8.22	9.59	59.14	12.48	26.99
Inventory Days
Days Payable
Cash Conversion Cycle	161.04	222.87	130.42	123.90	111.43	125.44	162.14	8.22	9.59	59.14	12.48	26.99
Working Capital Days	533.15	669.98	-11.30	-237.67	67.44	828.01	1,705.96	2,300.03	2,617.71	3,271.69	-3,287.66	-3,041.71
ROCE %	3.07%	2.79%	-0.21%	-0.27%	0.30%	-0.19%	-0.61%	4.08%	0.46%	0.73%	-1.69%	-0.16%

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Integrated Production Facility - Sound Stages
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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
	69.95%	69.95%	69.95%	69.89%	69.88%	69.87%	69.86%	69.86%	67.61%	60.81%	60.76%	60.76%
	11.26%	11.22%	11.22%	11.22%	11.22%	11.29%	11.25%	11.24%	10.24%	4.01%	3.35%	3.67%
	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	1.08%	1.14%	1.16%
	18.79%	18.83%	18.83%	18.91%	18.91%	18.82%	18.89%	18.91%	22.15%	34.10%	34.74%	34.40%
No. of Shareholders	10,759	12,326	11,881	14,211	13,433	12,621	12,669	12,430	12,811	23,853	23,796	23,497

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	35.00%	34.97%	34.96%	34.96%	70.02%	69.96%	69.96%	69.89%	69.86%	60.76%
	10.07%	9.97%	9.99%	11.30%	11.19%	11.21%	11.21%	11.22%	11.24%	3.67%
	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%	0.17%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	1.16%
	54.92%	55.04%	55.04%	53.57%	18.79%	18.83%	18.84%	18.91%	18.91%	34.40%
No. of Shareholders	9,088	10,930	10,292	9,757	10,724	10,310	10,090	14,211	12,430	23,497

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