H T Media share price today

H T Media Ltd's share price was ₹24.29 at the close on 6 November 2026. It has been rising for 16 weeks. That is 2.1% above its average price over the last 200 trading days. In the last 52 weeks it traded between ₹19 and ₹28, and at that close it sat 60% of the way up from that low.

A share price tends to move through four phases: moving sideways (stage 1), rising (stage 2), stalling near a high (stage 3) and falling (stage 4). Today H T Media Ltd is in stage 2. The phase helps read everything below.

Over the past 13 weeks it has done worse than the NIFTY 500, and it has been behind for 2 weeks running.

Over the last 10 years the share price moved −65% while the NIFTY 500 moved +219%, so it is behind the index over that whole period. It was last ahead over 13 weeks in the week of 23 October 2026. The chart above shows the 13-week comparison for every week.

This page treats a rise as over when the price closes below its 200-day average on two Fridays in a row.

9 points on a year earlier.

1. Profit grew again in the June 2026 quarter

   Profit was ₹44 crore, +500% on a year earlier (₹-11 crore), after 2 quarters of decline.

   Why: Profit turned because print advertising brought in more money and circulation held steady.

   From the earnings call on 5 Aug 2026.

2. Operating margin up 9.9 points on a year earlier

   7% in the June 2026 quarter, from -2.9%.

For April to June 2026 (the quarter ended 30 June 2026), H T Media reported revenue of ₹437 crore, up 10.9% from ₹394 crore a year earlier, and a profit of ₹44.0 crore, against a loss of ₹11.0 crore a year earlier.

H T Media results: April to June 2026 against a year earlier

The next results, for July to September 2026, are due by 14 November 2026: listed companies must publish quarterly results within 45 days of the quarter's end (60 days for the January to March quarter).

H T Media's management discussed these results on a call held on 5 August 2026; what it said is further down this page.

From the company's reported quarterly results (quarter ended 30 June 2026). Revenue and profit in ₹ crore.

H T Media closed at ₹24.29 on 6 November 2026, down 9.2% from ₹26.76 a year earlier (7 November 2025) and down 10.5% over five years. Its highest weekly close since June 2016 was ₹100.33 on 12 January 2018.

H T Media share price: then and now

Weekly closing prices. Each change is the move from that price to the 6 Nov 2026 close. A day's intraday high or low can go beyond these weekly closes.

550 weekly closes from 10 June 2016 to 6 November 2026.

6 Nov 2026: H T Media closed at ₹24.29, up 7.9% on the week and up 9.1% on the month. 5 Aug 2026: H T Media held its results call for April to June 2026. Management guided: Preferential issue proceeds to retire at least one-third of debt, stated as 30-50%, once capital comes in.

Earlier

• Results for April to June 2026: Revenue up 10.9% on a year earlier.

H T Media has paid no dividend on the NSE since 1 April 2021, the start of the period we checked.

Not in its latest year. H T Media Ltd paid out 0% of its profit as dividends in FY26. It did pay a dividend in 4 of its last 12 reported years, so there is a history but no current dividend.

From the NSE corporate-actions record, read 7 November 2026.

On the call for April to June 2026, held on 5 August 2026, H T Media's management guided: Preferential issue proceeds to retire at least one-third of debt, stated as 30-50%, once capital comes in.

“If prices do not move adversely from here, we should be able to maintain our operating margins in the print business very clearly.”Piyush Gupta, on the call for April to June 2026

What management guided

• Print operating margins broadly maintainable at the current level if newsprint prices do not worsen; Q2 costs expected slightly higher and advertiser mix/pricing may offset them.
• Newsprint prices expected to plateau at the current peak before declining; no forward market prevents certainty.
• Print margin downside sensitivity: US dollar at 100 and newsprint at 700 per metric ton would cause dilution.
• Government print revenue expected to benefit from the November rate increase for the next two quarters.

Management’s own plans and goals, from our notes of the call. A plan is not a result.

Source: the call transcript.

From the call for April to June 2026, 5 August 2026.

When H T Media reports July to September 2026, these are the 4 checks that show whether the story is still on course. First: Print margin through the next quarter as newsprint costs rise slightly; test whether advertiser mix and pricing offset commodity pressure.

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H T Media Ltd earned ₹44.0 Cr of net profit in the Jun 2026 quarter. The full FY26 year was a loss of ₹49.0 Cr. That is 10.1% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier lost ₹11.0 Cr. 9 of the last 12 reported quarters were loss-making.

Net profit is what is left after every cost, interest and tax. Earnings per share, dividends and book value all grow from it.

For the full year, FY26 profit was −₹49.0 Cr (−450.0% on the year before).

H T Media Ltd reported ₹437 Cr of revenue in the Jun 2026 quarter, +10.9% on the same quarter a year earlier. Over 10 years it has grown −3.2% a year on average. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹1,803 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹1,897 Cr.

Revenue is everything the company billed its customers in the period.

FY26 revenue was ₹1,803 Cr, +3.3% on the year before.

Recent pace: the last four quarters grew +4.6% on average, against −3.2% a year over the longer run, so this year is growing faster than its own long-run rate.

Is growth speeding up? Revenue over the last 12 months grew +4.1%, against +6.3% a year over the last 8 quarters (stabilising).

H T Media Ltd's operating margin was 7.0% in the Jun 2026 quarter, 9.9 percentage points higher than the same quarter a year ago. Across 12 years it has been between −11.0% and 16.0%. The latest quarter is within that range.

Operating margin is what is left from every ₹100 of sales after the costs of running the business, before interest and tax. It shows pricing power and cost control.

Why the margin moved: operating margin changed +9.8 percentage points on the year while gross margin changed −1.0 points. So the gain came mostly from costs below the gross margin, such as staff and overheads, measured against sales.

Over the last 3 years, 294% of H T Media Ltd's reported profit came in as cash from its operations, so the profit is backed by cash. In FY26 it brought in ₹99.0 Cr of operating cash against −₹49.0 Cr of profit. After −₹5.0 Cr of spending on assets, ₹104 Cr was left over as free cash.

The profit and loss account shows what was earned. The cash-flow statement shows the cash that actually came in. Comparing operating cash flow with profit is one of the best checks that a profit is real.

Cash-flow figures here are yearly, because quarterly cash statements are not published, so this section changes once a year.

Why 294% of profit came in as cash: the cash cycle got 31 days longer between FY21 and FY26, so more of each rupee of profit waits in the business before it arrives.

What to look at next: it has been selling more assets than it buys. The next section shows those figures.

H T Media Ltd's cash cycle, the days between paying suppliers and getting paid by customers, was −73 days in FY26, up from −104 days in FY21. Over the last 3 years it sold more assets than it bought, by ₹55.0 Cr. Customers take 80 days to pay, and stock sits for 88 days on average.

Working capital is the cash tied up between paying suppliers and getting paid. Debtor days: how long customers take to pay. Inventory days: how long stock sits. The cash cycle: the whole loop, in days of sales.

At FY26 sales of ₹1,803 Cr, each day of that cycle ties up about ₹4.9 Cr, so roughly −₹361 Cr is tied up in the business at any time.

FY26: customers took 80 days to pay and stock sat for 88 days, about 2.9 months of sales sitting as stock, for a full cycle of −73 days, longer than FY21's −104.

The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0. Stock sits for 88 days. Customers pay about 80 days after that. Suppliers are paid at 241 days. Together that makes the −73-day cycle.

Over the last 3 years, money from selling assets was ₹55.0 Cr more than it spent on new ones. Work still in progress is ₹6.0 Cr (FY26).

In short: assets are being sold, not built, so this cash is not going into new capacity.

H T Media Ltd's P/E is 4.7×, near the low end of its own history: it has been lower only 11% of the time. Its usual P/E (the middle reading) is 9.2×, over 10 years of weekly prices. This compares the share price with the company’s own past. It does not say what the business is worth.

P/E is the share price divided by a year's profit per share: how many rupees the market pays for each rupee of yearly profit.