ALFA Finder| Revenue growth | Operating revenue +2% YoY; total revenue +5% |
|---|---|
| Margins | Consolidated EBITDA margin 17% vs 15%; Print margin 9% vs 11% |
| Demand visibility | Festive-season ad growth noted; no quantified outlook |
Growth
Total revenue ₹502 Cr (+5%); Print operating revenue +8%. Radio (-23%) and Digital (-30%) declined on rationalisation.
Outlook
No explicit numeric guidance. Management flags focus on core businesses, financial discipline and sustainable, profitable growth into the festive quarter.
Risks
Newsprint costs up 15%, cutting Print EBITDA margin to 9% from 11%. Rupee depreciation and global uncertainty flagged as margin pressures.
Last quarter's promises, checked
Partly delivered
- Guided ≥30–50% of debt retired via preferential issue → no debt-retirement figure disclosed; net cash ₹930 Cr (-2%) (= PARTIAL, unverified)
Missed
- Guided Print EBITDA margin ~13% as modelling baseline → delivered 9% (= MISS)
- Guided newsprint peaked at $650–700/MT and plateauing → newsprint costs up 15% (= MISS)
Investor Presentation filed with NSE, NSE: HTMEDIA. Summary written with AI assistance from the document.
HT Media Ltd: key numbers
- Share price
- ₹24.46
- Market cap
- ₹569.3 Cr
- Revenue (annual)
- ₹1,803 Cr
- Net profit (annual)
- ₹-54.27 Cr
- P/E (TTM)
- 33.1×Sector 46.8×
- Promoter holding
- 69.50%+0.00% QoQ
- FII holding
- 0.03%Current quarter
Reference market data from a third-party provider, updated daily. Not a valuation or a recommendation.
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