Network 18 Media & Investments share price today

Network 18 Media & Investments Ltd's share price was ₹26.41 at the close on 4 November 2026. It has been falling for 104 weeks. That is 18.9% 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 22 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 Network 18 Media & Investments Ltd is in stage 4. The phase helps read everything below.

In the last 52 weeks it traded between ₹24 and ₹48, and at that close it sat 12% of the way up from that low.

Over the last 11 years the share price moved −39% while the NIFTY 500 moved +251%, so it is behind the index over that whole period. It was last ahead over 13 weeks in the week of 19 June 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.

5 points on a year earlier.

1. Profit grew again in the September 2026 quarter

   Profit was ₹53 crore, +29.3% on a year earlier (₹41 crore), after 2 quarters of decline.

3. Operating margin up 3.5 points on a year earlier

   3.4% in the September 2026 quarter, from -0.1%.

For July to September 2026 (the quarter ended 30 September 2026), Network 18 Media & Investments reported revenue of ₹545 crore, up 9.4% from ₹498 crore a year earlier, and a profit of ₹53.0 crore, up 29.3% from ₹41.0 crore.

Network 18 Media & Investments results: July to September 2026 against a year earlier

The next results, for October to December 2026, are due by 14 February 2027: listed companies must publish quarterly results within 45 days of the quarter's end (60 days for the January to March quarter).

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

Network 18 Media & Investments closed at ₹26.41 on 4 November 2026, down 44.6% from ₹47.64 a year earlier (7 November 2025) and down 70.0% over five years. Its highest weekly close since March 2016 was ₹127.65 on 20 January 2024.

Network 18 Media & Investments 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.

560 weekly closes from 11 March 2016 to 4 November 2026.

4 Nov 2026: Network 18 Media & Investments closed at ₹26.41, up 11.5% on the week and up 3.7% on the month. Results for July to September 2026: Revenue up 9.4% and profit up 29.3% on a year earlier.

Network 18 Media & Investments has paid no dividend on the NSE since 1 April 2021, the start of the period we checked.

No. Network 18 Media & Investments Ltd paid out 0% of its profit as dividends in each of its last 13 reported years, so there is no payout history to show. That comes from the filed annual statements, not an estimate.

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

Network 18 Media & Investments is on 2 of our India lists: 52 week high & low and Penny stocks.

Network 18 Media & Investments Ltd earned ₹53.0 Cr of net profit in the Sep 2026 quarter, +29.3% on the same quarter a year earlier. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹155 Cr. Over 10 years profit has grown 4.9% a year on average. That is 9.7% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹41.0 Cr.

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

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

Network 18 Media & Investments Ltd reported ₹545 Cr of revenue in the Sep 2026 quarter, +9.4% on the same quarter a year earlier. That is the 3rd quarter in a row with growth on the year before. Over 10 years it has grown 3.3% a year on average. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹2,121 Cr.

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

The last four reported quarters add to ₹2,216 Cr.

FY26 revenue was ₹2,121 Cr, −69.2% on the year before.

Recent pace: the last four quarters grew −7.7% on average, against 3.3% a year over the longer run, so this year is growing slower than its own long-run rate.

Is growth speeding up? Revenue over the last 12 months grew −23.2%, against −50.8% a year over the last 8 quarters (accelerating).

Network 18 Media & Investments Ltd's operating margin was 3.4% in the Sep 2026 quarter, 3.5 percentage points higher than the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 years it has been between −10.0% and 18.0%. 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 +3.5 percentage points on the year while gross margin changed +0.0 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, 127% of Network 18 Media & Investments Ltd's reported profit came in as cash from its operations, so the profit is backed by cash. In FY26 its operations used ₹28.0 Cr of cash, against ₹155 Cr of profit.

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.

After ₹100 Cr of spending on assets, free cash was −₹128 Cr: it spent more than its operations brought in.

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

Why 127% of profit came in as cash: the cash cycle got 20 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.

Network 18 Media & Investments Ltd's cash cycle, the days between paying suppliers and getting paid by customers, was 119 days in FY26, up from 99 days in FY21. Over the last 3 years it sold more assets than it bought, by ₹1,650 Cr.

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 ₹2,121 Cr, each day of that cycle ties up about ₹5.8 Cr, so roughly ₹692 Cr is tied up in the business at any time.

Over the last 3 years, money from selling assets was ₹1,650 Cr more than it spent on new ones. Work still in progress is ₹2.0 Cr (FY26).

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

Network 18 Media & Investments Ltd's P/E is 431.7×, near the high end of its own history: higher than 89% of past readings. Its usual P/E (the middle reading) is 126.7×, over 11 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.