Hindustan Media Ventures share price today

Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd's share price was ₹77.31 at the close on 4 November 2026. It has been rising for 18 weeks. That is 2.7% below its average price over the last 200 trading days. Over the past 13 weeks it has done worse than the NIFTY 500, and it has been behind for 10 weeks running.

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 Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd is in stage 2. The phase helps read everything below.

Since its first close in our records, on 17 April 2026, it has traded between ₹63 and ₹99, and at that close it sat 39% of the way up from that low.

Over the last 6 months the share price moved +13% while the NIFTY 500 moved −5%, so it is ahead of the index over that whole period. It was last ahead over 13 weeks in the week of 28 August 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.

Three changes stood out: profit grew again in the June 2026 quarter, highest quarterly profit in 14 quarters and operating margin up 8 points on a year earlier.

1. Profit grew again in the June 2026 quarter

   Profit was ₹51 crore, +410% on a year earlier (₹10 crore), after 3 quarters of decline.

   Why: Profit rose because the company cut costs and made the organisation leaner.

   Next results: check whether print margin holds as newsprint costs rise next quarter.

   From the earnings call on 5 Aug 2026.

2. Highest quarterly profit in 14 quarters

   Profit of ₹51 crore in the June 2026 quarter is the highest of the last 14 quarters.

   Why: This was the best quarter in 14 quarters because cost cuts and a leaner organisation lifted profitability.

   From the earnings call on 5 Aug 2026.

3. Operating margin up 8 points on a year earlier

   14% in the June 2026 quarter, from 6%.

   Why: The margin rose because the company cut costs and made the organisation leaner.

   From the earnings call on 5 Aug 2026.

For April to June 2026 (the quarter ended 30 June 2026), Hindustan Media Ventures reported revenue of ₹197 crore, up 19.4% from ₹165 crore a year earlier, and a profit of ₹51.0 crore, up 410.0% from ₹10.0 crore.

Hindustan Media Ventures 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).

Hindustan Media Ventures' 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.

Hindustan Media Ventures closed at ₹77.31 on 4 November 2026. Its highest weekly close since April 2026 was ₹98.67 on 7 August 2026.

Hindustan Media Ventures share price: then and now

Weekly closing prices. Each change is the move from that price to the 4 Nov 2026 close. A day's intraday high or low can go beyond these weekly closes.

36 weekly closes from 17 April 2026 to 4 November 2026.

4 Nov 2026: Hindustan Media Ventures closed at ₹77.31, up 5.3% on the week and down 0.2% on the month. 5 Aug 2026: Hindustan Media Ventures held its results call for April to June 2026. Management guided: Newsprint prices expected to plateau before declining; print margins maintained if prices do not worsen.

Earlier

• Results for April to June 2026: Revenue up 19.4% and profit up 410.0% on a year earlier.

Hindustan Media Ventures has paid no dividend on the NSE since its first NSE close in our records (17 April 2026), the start of the period we checked.

Not in its latest year. Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd paid out 0% of its profit as dividends in FY26. It did pay a dividend in 4 of its last 11 reported years, so there is a history but no current dividend.

From the NSE corporate-actions record, read 5 November 2026.

On the call for April to June 2026, held on 5 August 2026, Hindustan Media Ventures' management guided: Newsprint prices expected to plateau before declining; print margins maintained if prices do not worsen.

“Once this preferential capital comes in, this money will be used to retire debt. At least one-third of the debt, or 30-50% of the debt, will be retired, which will definitely be accretive to EPS, the long-term interest coverage ratio, our credit rating and so on.”Piyush Gupta, Group CFO, on the call for April to June 2026

What management guided

• Q2 newsprint costs slightly higher than Q1; exact margin outcome depends on advertiser categories and pricing received.
• Government advertising revenue to benefit for the next two quarters from the November rate increase and lower pricing base.
• Preferential-issue proceeds to retire 30-50% of debt after capital is raised.
• Debt retirement expected to improve EPS, long-term interest coverage and credit rating, with added flexibility for future ventures.

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 Hindustan Media Ventures reports July to September 2026, these are the 4 checks that show whether the story is still on course. First: check whether advertiser categories and realized pricing offset raw-material and forex pressure.

Hindustan Media Ventures is on one of our India lists: Penny stocks.

Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd earned ₹51.0 Cr of net profit in the Jun 2026 quarter, +410.0% on the same quarter a year earlier. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹49.0 Cr. Over 10 years profit has grown −12.2% a year on average. That is 25.9% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹10.0 Cr.

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

2 of the last 12 reported quarters were loss-making.

For the full year, FY26 profit was ₹49.0 Cr (−37.2% on the year before).

Why profit moved: revenue changed +19.4% on a year earlier and the margin moved +8.0 percentage points. Most of the change came from keeping more of each sale.

On average over the last four quarters, profit changed +61.8% and revenue +11.4%. Profit is growing faster than sales: fixed costs are spread over more sales, so each extra rupee of revenue adds more to profit.

Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd reported ₹197 Cr of revenue in the Jun 2026 quarter, +19.4% on the same quarter a year earlier. That is the 2nd quarter in a row with growth on the year before. Over 10 years it has grown −2.1% a year on average. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹740 Cr.

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

The last four reported quarters add to ₹793 Cr.

FY26 revenue was ₹740 Cr, +10.0% on the year before.

Recent pace: the last four quarters grew +11.4% on average, against −2.1% 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 +10.8%, against +6.6% a year over the last 8 quarters (accelerating); profit over the last 12 months grew +2.3%, against +321.9% a year (rolling over).

Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd's operating margin was 14.0% in the Jun 2026 quarter, 8.0 percentage points higher than the same quarter a year ago. Across 11 years it has been between −12.0% and 29.0%. 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 +8.7 percentage points on the year while gross margin changed −0.2 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, 92% of Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd's reported profit came in as cash from its operations, so the profit is backed by cash. In FY26 it brought in ₹72.0 Cr of operating cash against ₹49.0 Cr of profit. After ₹65.0 Cr of spending on assets, ₹7.0 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 92% of profit came in as cash: the cash cycle got 106 days shorter between FY21 and FY26, so cash that used to wait in the business now arrives sooner.

What to look at next: no single use of cash stands out. The next section checks both the cash tied up in daily operations and the spending on assets.

Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd's cash cycle, the days between paying suppliers and getting paid by customers, was −111 days in FY26, down from −5 days in FY21. It spent ₹86.0 Cr on assets over the last 3 years. Customers take 62 days to pay, and stock sits for 53 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 ₹740 Cr, each day of that cycle ties up about ₹2.0 Cr, so roughly −₹225 Cr is tied up in the business at any time.

FY26: customers took 62 days to pay and stock sat for 53 days, about 1.7 months of sales sitting as stock, for a full cycle of −111 days, shorter than FY21's −5.

The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0. Stock sits for 53 days. Customers pay about 62 days after that. Suppliers are paid at 226 days. Together that makes the −111-day cycle.

Spending on assets: ₹86.0 Cr over the last 3 years, against ₹65.0 Cr of depreciation (the yearly wear and tear on existing assets). So it is building a little beyond replacing what wears out. Work still in progress is ₹0.0 Cr (FY26): assets paid for that are not earning yet.

In short: neither the daily cycle nor new spending is soaking up the cash, so the picture is fairly clean.

Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd's P/E is 3.6×, near the low end of its own history: it has been lower only 8% of the time. Its usual P/E (the middle reading) is 8.2×, 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.

The P/E here, and its history, use a profit figure that can leave out one-off items, so it can differ from a P/E worked out on the quarterly results. Those results' earnings per share for the four quarters to Jun 2026 add up to ₹12.17.

In short: the multiple is low against its own past, so the earnings trend underneath matters more than the multiple.

Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd's business is giving mixed signals. There is no clear direction across the growth lines, with ROCE steady at 4.7%; each line tells part of the story. This is based on 12 quarters of 4 measures.

Every business is somewhere on a path of getting better or worse, and this section names where. The last 12 quarters of growth in revenue, profit and earnings per share, plus the return the business earns on its capital, are read as lines. Getting worse: the lines are falling. Turning around: a low point has just formed and the last few quarters are rising from it. Getting better: the rise from the low has lasted. Growing steadily: steady growth with healthy returns. Slowing from a peak: still high, but slowing. When the lines disagree the result is mixed; too little history means no reading. CAGR (compound annual growth rate) is the steady yearly rate that would turn the starting value into the latest one. It is the fairest way to compare growth over different periods. If the 1-year figure is much bigger than the 10-year one, recent growth is running faster than the long-run trend. A dash means there is no figure for that period, or the starting year was a loss, where a growth rate means nothing.

Why it matters: when the lines disagree, each line above matters more than any single label.

The latest quarter’s profit includes a one-off item bigger than the normal business, so the profit line is shown but does not count in this reading.

Compound annual growth rate (%)

Compound annual growth rate over each period, %. Revenue, profit and EPS come from yearly figures; the share price row is price growth over the same periods. A dash means no figure for that period, or the starting year was a loss.

Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd earned a ROCE of 11% in FY26. That is up from a low of −3% in FY23. Its return on capital used (ROIC) is 2.1 percentage points above its cost of capital, so growth here adds value, not just size. It comes from a 6.6% net margin and 0.30× asset turnover (sales divided by assets).

Return on capital employed (ROCE) is the profit the whole business earns on all the money in it, from shareholders and lenders together. It is the best single test of whether growth adds value or just size.

Why the return is what it is (FY26): a 6.6% net margin × 0.30× asset turnover × 1.55× leverage (assets divided by equity) ≈ 3.1% on equity. The margin does its share; borrowing plays a small part, so this return is earned, not borrowed.

The key test, return on capital used minus the cost of capital: 14.1% − 12.0% = +2.1 percentage points. The 12.0% is a standard assumption for the cost of capital in India, not an estimate for this company. Read the sign and size of the gap, not the decimals. Positive but thin: it creates value with little room for error.

Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd has total debt of ₹85.0 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹1,587 Cr as of Jun 2026, so its debt is 0.05× its equity, which is very little. Year by year, that ratio went from 0.08 in FY22 to 0.05 in FY26. So the returns on this page come from the business, not from borrowed money.

Debt-to-equity shows how much of the business is paid for with borrowed money. Lower is safer, and the direction matters as much as the level.

No group of Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd's owners changed its stake by a full percentage point over the last two years. Promoters moved +0.0 points over the same period, to 74.4%. This uses the four owner groups that companies report every quarter; nothing is guessed between filings.

Who owns the company each quarter: promoters (the founders or controlling owners), foreign institutions, domestic institutions such as mutual funds, and the public. When people close to the business steadily raise their stake, that is worth noticing; a quiet list is also an answer.

Over the last two years: Foreign institutions: −0.1 points over 8 quarters, to 0.1%; Promoters: +0.0 points over 8 quarters, to 74.4%.

For Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd, the Z-score is not available, so we say so rather than guess one. It estimates how far the balance sheet is from trouble; it is not a forecast of failure. The debt, cash-flow and return sections show the balance-sheet figures we do have, each with its own date.

The Z-score estimates how far a company is from balance-sheet trouble. Above about 3 is safe; below about 1.8 is the danger zone. It was built for manufacturers, so it is not used for banks and lenders.

64.5 out of 100, rank 5 of 25 in Entertainment & Media, with 81% of the evidence available.

Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd scores 64.5 out of 100 against the 25 companies it is compared with in Entertainment & Media, ranking 5. The evidence is balanced: no factor stands out, so another reported quarter is needed before the picture is clearer.

The four parts add up to the total exactly: 20.3 + 13.7 + 19.5 + 11 = 64.5. This is the same number shown on the industry page; it is worked out once for the whole group and read here.

What would change it: The score would fall if profit growth turns negative or margins stop improving while the share price lags its sector.

Hindustan Media Ventures ranks 5 of 25 Entertainment & Media companies on the 4-Factor Sector Score, with 64.5 out of 100.

Missing figures are not scored as bad. They lower the confidence and pull the final score toward the middle. Relative strength counts only when the company has a reading for this week; with no reading, that factor is left out and its 20 points are shared across the other three in proportion. PEG is not shown when the ratio cannot mean anything: the company must be making a profit, its price-to-earnings must be positive, and its three-year earnings growth must fall between 5% and 60%. Dividing a price multiple by a loss, or by growth measured off a tiny base, produces a number that looks precise and tells you nothing. Under relative strength, one mark per week shows the last 12 weeks: a mark is filled where the company led NIFTY 500 by 5% or more over the 13 weeks ending that week, which is the same test used everywhere on this site. Price stage places the company on the same six-step path the industry is placed on (basing, turning, breaking out, leader, fading, asleep), read from how many weeks running it has led NIFTY 500 and whether that lead is growing or shrinking. It describes where the share price stands, not the direction of earnings, and it is not a recommendation; it is left blank for a company whose weekly history is too short or too stale to read.

The figures in this ranking come from the industry comparison: results through the Sep 2026 quarter, and the P/E at that quarter's end. The sections above use the latest weekly price, so a P/E or return there can differ a little from the one here. The stage words in this ranking (such as losing its lead or breaking out) describe the lead over the index, not the price phase in the price section.

Related companies: Entertainment & Media, all 25 compared on one page.

Hindustan Media Ventures is the 17th largest of 25 Entertainment & Media companies on Sector Alpha by market value (scores of 30 October 2026). Just above it: New Delhi Television, GTPL Hathway and T.V. Today Network. Just below it: H T Media, Zee Media Corporation and Entertainment Network (India).

Entertainment & Media companies close in size

14. New Delhi Television Ltd ₹682 crore
15. GTPL Hathway Ltd ₹607 crore
16. T.V. Today Network Ltd ₹583 crore
17. Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd ₹541 crore
18. H T Media Ltd ₹524 crore
19. Zee Media Corporation Ltd ₹493 crore
20. Entertainment Network (India) Ltd ₹487 crore

All 25 Entertainment & Media companies, largest first

Companies close in size in other industries

1986. Pyramid Technoplast Ltd ₹542 crore · Packaging & Containers
1987. DC Infotech & Communication Ltd ₹541 crore · Trading
1988. Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd ₹541 crore
1989. Grover Jewells Ltd ₹540 crore · Diamond, Gems & Jewellery
1990. Manika Plastech Ltd ₹537 crore

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