Zee Media Corp. Ltd.

Zee Media Corp. Ltd.

6.81
INR
-0.08
(-1.16%)
-0.02EPS
5.58BMarket Cap
2014 Y
2015 Y
2016 Y
2017 Y
2018 Y
2019 Y
2020 Y
2021 Y
2022 Y
2023 Y
2024 Y
2025 Y
2026 Y
TTM
Revenue per Share
13.98
14.84
11.66
9.55
12.18
14.59
13.42
13.79
15.28
11.52
10.21
9.94
12.14
12.19
Basic EPS, GAAP
0.79
-1.27
-0.18
-0.42
0.42
-0.15
-5.76
1.61
-2.07
-1.1
-1.57
-1.91
0.03
-0.02
Free Cash Flow per Basic Share
-3.22
-0.44
-0.61
0.59
-0.78
-0.03
2.26
1.67
2.32
0.62
0.99
0.85
1.41
- -
Dividend per Share
- -
- -
- -
0.18
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Book Value per Share
9.64
9.9
11.56
10.95
14.28
13.54
7.75
11.3
7.3
6.19
4.63
3.53
3.58
- -
Tangible Book Value per Share
9.3
4.87
7.73
10.18
13.41
12.8
7.31
10.88
5.32
3.54
-0.37
-0.38
0.56
- -
Basic Weighted Avg Shares
240
367
466
471
471
471
471
471
567
625
625
625
625
630
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
3,352
5,443
5,430
4,498
5,735
6,869
6,318
6,491
8,669
7,206
6,383
6,219
7,592
7,677
Operating Margin (%)
2.83
-0.4
8.07
17.49
16.23
20.06
15.96
21.57
20.83
-3.54
-14.53
-19.03
1.93
-0.14
Depreciation Expense
161
505
466
405
410
555
880
808
849
917
849
1,190
1,044
1,033
Net Income, GAAP
189
-467
-85
-197
198
-71
-2,711
757
-1,177
-688
-984
-1,194
19
-14
Effective Tax Rate (%)
25.55
- -
- -
32.18
37.75
73.23
- -
29.23
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Profit Margin (%)
5.65
-8.57
-1.56
-4.38
3.45
-1.04
-42.91
11.67
-13.58
-9.55
-15.42
-19.2
0.25
-0.18
Working Capital
1,181
-1,250
1,265
-1,219
-203
873
1,220
4,643
2,087
-966
-2,794
-2,225
-1,978
- -
LT Debt
679
2,727
3,361
479
628
1,013
1,287
2,762
1,662
1,224
951
754
502
- -
Total Equity
2,428
3,683
5,583
5,332
6,929
6,376
3,649
5,320
4,563
3,873
2,893
2,207
2,238
- -
Return on Invested Capital (%)
6.79
- -
- -
6.49
12.22
6.11
- -
12.62
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Return on Capital (%)
7.42
- -
- -
-1.69
2.72
-0.47
- -
12.78
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Return on Common Equity (%)
8.53
-15.83
-1.88
-3.72
3.33
-1.09
-54.09
16.89
-23.82
-16.31
-29.09
-46.83
0.85
- -

Capital Structure

INR

•

in mil. unless spec.
Dec'26
Mar'26
Jun'27
ST Debt
- -
330
- -
LT Borrowings
- -
8
- -
LT Finance Leases
- -
494
- -
Preferred Equity and Hybrid Capital
- -
- -
- -
Shares Outstanding
625
625
655
Market Capitalization
5,566
4,190
5,584

Working Capital

INR

•

in mil. unless spec.
Dec'26
Mar'26
Jun'27
Total Current Assets
- -
3,625
- -
Cash, Cash Equivalents & STI
- -
179
- -
Accounts Receivable, Net
- -
2,907
- -
Inventories
- -
- -
- -
Total Current Liabilities
- -
5,603
- -
Payables & Accruals
- -
- -
- -
ST Debt
- -
330
- -
Deferred Revenue
- -
- -
- -

Growth Rates

INR

•

in mil. unless spec.

(avg. rate of change)

10 years
5 years
1 year
Total Equity
-5.65%
-15.4%
1.38%
Free Cash Flow
-955.5%
21.73%
66.25%
Net Income, GAAP
302.63%
-66.83%
-101.58%
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
4.96%
4.95%
22.07%
Total Cash Common Dividend
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Revenue

INR

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2025
1,760
1,307
1,595
1,558
6,219
2026
1,824
1,787
2,403
1,578
7,592
2027
1,909
- -
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Earnings Per Share

INR

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2025
-0.17
-0.79
-0.36
-0.59
-1.91
2026
-0.14
-0.25
0.84
-0.42
0.03
2027
-0.19
- -
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Dividends Per Share

INR

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
2027
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -

Company Description

CEO
Raktimanu Das
Full Time Employees
2,042
Sector
Consumer services
Industry
Broadcasting
Address
FC-19, Sector 16A Noida UP India 201301
IPO Date
Jan 10, 2007
Business
Zee Media Corporation Limited operates as one of India's largest news networks, broadcasting news, current affairs, and regional content through 16 television channels in 12 languages, alongside 36 digital properties including websites and mobile applications; its core offerings encompass flagship channels such as Zee News, Zee Business, WION, Zee Hindustan, Zee Salaam, Zee 24 Taas, Zee 24 Ghanta, Zee Punjab Haryana Himachal, Zee Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh, Zee Rajasthan, Zee Bihar Jharkhand, Zee 24 Kalak, Zee Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand, Zee Tamil News, and Zee Kannada News, with revenue primarily from advertisements, subscriptions, program sales, content licensing, and channel management fees. The company, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, with a registered office in Mumbai, Maharashtra, focuses on the news publishing and broadcasting segment, serving national, regional, and global audiences through linear television, digital platforms under its subsidiary Indiadotcom Digital Private Limited (IDPL), and social media distribution. It maintains an extensive regional presence across India via multiple offices in states including West Bengal, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Telangana, and Jammu & Kashmir. In recent developments, Zee Media's board approved a fundraising plan in January 2025 to raise up to Rs 400 crore through equity, bonds, and other instruments to bolster operations and growth, alongside increasing the Foreign Portfolio Investor shareholding limit from 24% to 49% pending approvals; additionally, in August 2025, AUV Innovations LLP acquired over 1 crore equity shares, elevating its stake to 5.43%, while its arm IDPL entered an investment agreement worth Rs 8.76 crore in PR firm Newsreach, and the company partnered with Eloelo for live streaming awards integration at the Zee Newsmaker Awards 2023.