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Hindustan Media Ventures Limited

Hindustan Media Ventures Limited

HMVL.NS
Hindustan Media Ventures LimitedIN flagNational Stock Exchange of India
90.20
INR
+0.84
- -
6.63BMarket Cap
Hindustan Media Ventures Limited
HMVL.NS
(National Stock Exchange of India)

Recent

price

90.20

P/E

ratio

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ROIC.AI

2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
TTM
FRC
75.68
79.81
85.23
97.84
109.78
125.04
125.52
118.22
115.84
106.61
72.52
84
90.64
91.95
91.39
100.41
109.48
Revenue per Share
7.8
8.9
11.52
15.15
19.19
24.35
25.82
23.33
14.71
15.79
9.43
5.51
-5.17
1.35
10.56
6.61
6.6
Basic EPS, GAAP
4.04
3.62
9.94
9.62
16.62
11.17
17.08
14.08
-0.26
5.08
26.51
4.78
5.18
0.21
4.54
9.44
- -
Free Cash Flow per Basic Share
- -
1
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Dividend per Share
10.69
25.52
35.35
48.72
67.05
89.8
114.16
136.64
149.38
163.14
172.39
177.73
172.79
173.9
184.9
10
9.99
Book Value per Share
54.94
58.9
69.04
82.84
101.15
114.62
149.52
172.15
182.62
196.31
205.95
206.03
190.66
191.09
198.69
206.03
205.72
Tangible Book Value per Share
69
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
Basic Weighted Avg Shares
5,197
5,857
6,255
7,181
8,057
9,177
9,212
8,676
8,534
7,854
5,342
6,188
6,677
6,777
6,731
7,396
8,076
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
15.49
14.67
14.78
18.14
17.69
26.32
20.6
18.93
3.58
10.6
-1.38
0.61
-14.74
-13.46
5.83
12.83
3.52
Operating Margin (%)
164
194
217
216
243
225
202
197
212
307
304
298
314
267
206
175
174
Depreciation Expense
536
653
845
1,112
1,409
1,787
1,895
1,712
1,084
1,163
694
406
-381
100
778
487
487
Net Income, GAAP
29.64
28.77
25.88
28.05
32.42
28.6
25.89
25.41
- -
29.12
14.03
9
- -
- -
3.48
13.25
13.77
Effective Tax Rate (%)
10.31
11.16
13.51
15.49
17.48
19.48
20.57
19.74
12.7
14.81
13
6.56
-5.7
1.47
11.56
6.58
6.03
Profit Margin (%)
455
2,386
2,013
2,787
564
887
493
4,214
5,718
2,828
928
5,227
1,538
3,672
5,391
4,261
4,261
Working Capital
205
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
605
586
299
113
434
283
238
179
179
LT Debt
3,790
4,341
5,083
6,092
7,438
9,107
11,668
13,317
14,137
15,142
15,850
15,898
14,756
14,791
15,343
15,874
15,874
Total Equity
18.58
14.35
14.33
16.67
13.18
18.01
11.99
9.03
- -
3.84
-0.39
0.21
- -
- -
2.48
5.13
1.53
Return on Invested Capital (%)
39.6
43.39
36.55
35.72
30.29
25.79
21.78
17.21
- -
9.78
5.66
3.49
- -
- -
6.08
7.1
7.09
Return on Capital (%)
82.12
50.13
37.84
36.05
33.16
31.05
25.32
18.6
10.31
10.1
5.62
3.15
-2.95
0.78
5.88
6.78
6.78
Return on Common Equity (%)

Capital Structure

FRC

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in mil. unless spec.
Sep'26
Dec'26
Mar'26
ST Debt
653
- -
670
LT Borrowings
- -
- -
- -
LT Finance Leases
175
- -
179
Preferred Equity and Hybrid Capital
- -
- -
- -
Shares Outstanding
74
- -
74
Market Capitalization
6,193
5,079
4,126

Working Capital

FRC

•

in mil. unless spec.
Sep'26
Dec'26
Mar'26
Total Current Assets
13,225
- -
12,590
Cash, Cash Equivalents & STI
10,588
- -
9,998
Accounts Receivable, Net
1,307
- -
1,256
Inventories
399
- -
316
Total Current Liabilities
8,302
- -
8,330
Payables & Accruals
- -
- -
- -
ST Debt
653
- -
670
Deferred Revenue
- -
- -
- -

Growth Rates

FRC

•

in mil. unless spec.

(avg. rate of change)

10 years
5 years
1 year
Total Equity
6.07%
0.11%
3.46%
Free Cash Flow
33.31%
401.84%
108.02%
Net Income, GAAP
20.95%
56.56%
-37.4%
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
-1.26%
6.89%
9.89%
Total Cash Common Dividend
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Revenue

FRC

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
1,686
1,645
1,830
1,617
6,777
2025
1,622
1,720
1,975
1,816
6,731
2026
1,830
1,969
2,122
2,155
7,396

Quarterly Earnings Per Share

FRC

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
0.86
-0.86
-0.11
- -
1.35
2025
0.07
1.88
2.41
6.16
10.56
2026
1.39
1.37
0.12
3.73
6.61

Quarterly Dividends Per Share

FRC

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in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
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Business
Hindustan Media Ventures Limited engages in the printing and publication of newspapers and periodicals in India, with a flagship focus on Hindi-language media serving the Hindi heartland. The company publishes Hindustan, a leading Hindi daily newspaper covering politics, business, entertainment, sports, and general interests; LiveHindustan.com, its comprehensive Hindi news website; Nandan, a monthly children's magazine featuring traditional and modern stories, poems, interactive columns, facts, and educative content; and Kadambini, a monthly socio-cultural magazine spanning literature, art, culture, health, technology, fashion, travel, and beauty. It also operates HT Media Labs, an innovation hub offering digital platforms including OTTplay for entertainment, Slurrp, MintGenie for personal finance, and Upublish. Operations span Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Delhi-NCR through 17 printing locations and an extensive distribution network of agents and vendors, targeting readers in Hindi-speaking regions. Incorporated in 1918 as Searchlight Publishing House Limited and renamed Hindustan Media Ventures Limited in November 2008, the company is headquartered at 18-20 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi, India, and functions as a subsidiary of HT Media Limited. In November 2025, its board approved an investment of up to Rs 16.22 crore in AI Growth Private Limited, a platform providing fixed-income investments and debt financing solutions, with completion targeted by September 2030 to generate capital returns leveraging media assets; the firm also reported a 15% Q2 revenue rise to Rs 196 crore driven by print and digital ad growth, alongside a Q4 FY2025 profit surge to Rs 45.4 crore fueled by digital segment expansion.