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HT Media Ltd - Stock Valuation and Financial Performance

Name: HT Media
Brand: HT Media

BSE: 532662 | NSE: HTMEDIA | Printing And Publishing | Small Cap

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HT Media Share Price

₹22.98 -0.28 -1.20%
as on 23-Dec'24 16:59

10 Year X-Ray of HT Media:

Analysis of Financial Track Record

Data adjusted to bonus, split, extra-ordinary income, rights issue and change in financial year end

Standalone Basis ^P Consolidated Basis ^P

Data adjusted to bonus, split, extra-ordinary income, rights issue and change in financial year end

Value Creation ⓘ

Value Creation Index Colour Code Guide ⓘ

	Mar'15	Mar'16	Mar'17	Mar'18	Mar'19	Mar'20	Mar'21	Mar'22	Mar'23	Mar'24	TTM
ROCE % ⓘ	8.8%	8.3%	5.5%	11.5%	-2.5%	-13.6%	-4.8%	0.9%	-9%	-5.3%	-
Value Creation Index ⓘ	-0.4	-0.4	-0.6	-0.2	-1.2	-2.0	-1.3	-0.9	-1.6	-1.4	-
Growth Parameters ⓘ Growth Parameters Colour Code Guide ⓘ
Sales ⓘ	1,445	1,527	1,432	1,389	1,307	1,226	528	751	921	907	914
Sales YoY Gr.	-	5.7%	-6.2%	-3%	-5.9%	-6.2%	-56.9%	42.3%	22.6%	-1.5%	-
Adj EPS ⓘ	6.7	4	3	8.8	-2.6	-15.5	-2.6	-0.7	-8.7	-2.5	-2.4
YoY Gr.	-	-39.9%	-26.1%	196.3%	-129.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	-
BVPS (₹) ⓘ	65.2	69.6	73.7	77.2	70.4	52.9	49.6	48.7	36.7	31.6	30.3
Adj Net Profit ⓘ	154	93.5	69.1	205	-60.3	-362	-61.2	-16.6	-202	-58.8	-55
Cash Flow from Ops. ⓘ	291	138	191	190	50.1	44.6	-6.7	-36.4	-99.2	-62.3	-
Debt/CF from Ops. ⓘ	0.9	6.7	5.3	5.6	26.5	15.1	-103.5	-19.2	-6.8	-11.3	-

CAGR ⓘ

CAGR Colour Code Guide ⓘ

	9 Years	5 Years	3 Years	1 Years
Sales ⓘ	-5%	-7%	19.8%	-1.5%
Adj EPS ⓘ	-189.8%	NA	NA	NA
BVPSⓘ	-7.7%	-14.8%	-13.9%	-14%
Share Price	-15.6%	10.6%	-2.9%	-10.8%

Key Financial Parameters ⓘ

Performance Ratio Colour Code Guide ⓘ

	Mar'15	Mar'16	Mar'17	Mar'18	Mar'19	Mar'20	Mar'21	Mar'22	Mar'23	Mar'24	TTM
Return on Equity % ⓘ	10.6	6	4.2	11.8	-3.5	-25.5	-5.2	-1.5	-20.4	-7.4	-7.6
Op. Profit Mgn % ⓘ	11	9.4	6.6	16.8	5.5	11.9	-13.4	2.9	-4.8	-1.1	-1.4
Net Profit Mgn % ⓘ	10.7	6.1	4.8	14.8	-4.6	-29.5	-11.6	-2.2	-21.9	-6.5	-6
Debt to Equity ⓘ	0.2	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.8	1	0.1
Working Cap Days ⓘ	204	183	146	134	171	184	410	304	260	275	128
Cash Conv. Cycle ⓘ	-21	-32	-18	-24	9	20	65	23	38	54	-73

Recent Performance Summary

Sales growth is growing at healthy rate in last 3 years 19.76%

Debt to equity has declined versus last 3 years average to 0.96

Return on Equity is Poor

Sales growth is not so good in last 4 quarters at 2.24%

Latest Financials - HT Media Ltd.

	Standalone	Consolidated
TTM EPS (₹)	-2.4	-1.9
TTM Sales (₹ Cr.)	914	1,710
BVPS (₹.) ⓘ	30.3	72.2
Reserves (₹ Cr.) ⓘ	658	1,635
P/BV ⓘ	0.76	0.32
PE ⓘ	0.00	0.00

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52 Week Low / High (₹)	22.20 / 36.85
All Time Low / High (₹)	7.75 / 266.00
Market Cap (₹ Cr.)	535
Equity (₹ Cr.)	46.6
Face Value (₹)	2
Industry PE ⓘ	8.9

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Key Ratios of HT Media

Standalone Basis Consolidated Basis

Adj EPS (Rs.)

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ROE (%)

ROCE (%)

Profit And Loss

(All Figures are in Crores.)

Standalone Basis Consolidated Basis

PARTICULARS	Mar'15	Mar'16	Mar'17	Mar'18	Mar'19	Mar'20	Mar'21	Mar'22	Mar'23	Mar'24
Sales	1,445	1,527	1,432	1,389	1,307	1,226	528	751	921	907
Operating Expenses ⓘ	1,391	1,404	1,349	1,184	1,326	1,125	635	735	975	918
Manufacturing Costs	151	128	226	217	215	195	138	167	188	198
Material Costs	405	381	352	298	376	285	85	156	294	242
Employee Cost	348	389	328	262	251	254	180	191	207	216
Other Costs ⓘ	487	506	443	406	483	392	232	221	285	262
Operating Profit ⓘ	54	123	83	205	-19	100	-106	16	-53	-11
Operating Profit Margin (%)	3.7%	8.0%	5.8%	14.8%	-1.4%	8.2%	-20.2%	2.1%	-5.8%	-1.2%
Other Income ⓘ	194	106	157	226	140	127	101	124	91	103
Interest ⓘ	36	51	79	70	98	103	46	44	58	63
Depreciation ⓘ	72	72	97	97	83	113	91	90	85	80
Exceptional Items ⓘ	-17	21	0	-14	-112	-443	7	-34	-103	-89
Profit Before Tax ⓘ	124	127	64	251	-172	-433	-135	-28	-209	-141
Tax ⓘ	10	34	3	37	-33	-40	-54	-8	66	-22
Profit After Tax	114	93	62	214	-139	-393	-81	-20	-275	-119
PAT Margin (%)	7.9%	6.1%	4.3%	15.4%	-10.6%	-32.0%	-15.4%	-2.7%	-29.9%	-13.1%
Adjusted EPS (₹)	4.9	4.1	2.7	9.3	-6.0	-17.0	-3.5	-0.9	-11.9	-5.1
Dividend Payout Ratio (%)	8%	10%	15%	4%	-7%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Balance Sheet

(All Figures are in Crores.)

Standalone Basis Consolidated Basis

PARTICULARS	Mar'15	Mar'16	Mar'17	Mar'18	Mar'19	Mar'20	Mar'21	Mar'22	Mar'23	Mar'24
Equity and Liabilities
Shareholders Fund	1,501	1,604	1,698	1,781	1,622	1,221	1,142	1,126	849	731
Share Capital ⓘ	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46
Reserves ⓘ	1,455	1,558	1,652	1,735	1,576	1,175	1,096	1,079	803	684
Minority Interest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Debt	246	884	987	1,056	1,320	546	542	597	568	585
Long Term Debt	68	39	17	6	233	125	91	173	70	93
Short Term Debt	178	845	970	1,050	1,087	422	451	423	497	491
Trade Payables	369	322	303	249	229	203	169	165	199	183
Others Liabilities ⓘ	427	422	416	439	486	512	448	361	401	374
Total Liabilities ⓘ	2,543	3,232	3,405	3,524	3,657	2,482	2,301	2,249	2,018	1,872
Fixed Assets
Gross Block	1,071	846	1,041	1,029	1,027	1,110	1,056	1,023	1,041	1,045
Accumulated Depreciation	572	78	179	256	319	530	564	600	620	666
Net Fixed Assetsⓘ	499	767	862	773	708	581	492	423	421	379
CWIP ⓘ	37	33	33	30	30	30	1	1	2	16
Investmentsⓘ	1,055	1,652	1,990	2,073	2,145	1,243	1,160	738	565	467
Inventories	109	114	108	77	119	95	88	76	93	127
Trade Receivables	197	242	177	217	245	226	132	174	225	237
Cash Equivalents	116	84	66	81	120	45	46	57	52	51
Others Assetsⓘ	530	340	169	273	291	263	383	780	659	594
Total Assets ⓘ	2,543	3,232	3,405	3,524	3,657	2,482	2,301	2,249	2,018	1,872

Cash Flow

(All Figures are in Crores.)

Standalone Basis Consolidated Basis

PARTICULARS	Mar'15	Mar'16	Mar'17	Mar'18	Mar'19	Mar'20	Mar'21	Mar'22	Mar'23	Mar'24
Cash Flow From Operating Activity ⓘ	291	138	191	190	50	45	-7	-36	-99	-62
PBT ⓘ	124	127	64	251	-172	-433	-135	-28	-209	-141
Adjustment ⓘ	61	129	58	51	239	575	49	32	120	132
Changes in Working Capital ⓘ	127	-93	79	-82	3	-87	72	-40	-5	-64
Tax Paid ⓘ	-20	-25	-10	-29	-19	-11	8	0	-6	10
Cash Flow From Investing Activity ⓘ	-24	-750	-215	-173	-225	727	58	101	206	109
Capex	-53	-531	-25	30	-13	-7	27	-8	-10	13
Net Investments	34	-237	-298	-164	109	526	53	85	121	85
Others ⓘ	-5	17	108	-39	-321	207	-23	24	95	10
Cash Flow From Financing Activityⓘ	-224	565	11	7	157	-829	-33	-66	-111	-47
Net Proceeds from Shares ⓘ	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Net Proceeds from Borrowing ⓘ	-8	-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Interest Paid ⓘ	-35	-57	-80	-70	-97	-104	-44	-39	-57	-60
Dividend Paid ⓘ	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	0	0	0	0
Others ⓘ	-172	652	100	86	263	-716	10	-27	-54	13
Net Cash Flow ⓘ	44	-47	-13	25	-18	-58	18	-1	-4	-1

Finance Ratio

Standalone Basis Consolidated Basis

PARTICULARS	Mar'15	Mar'16	Mar'17	Mar'18	Mar'19	Mar'20	Mar'21	Mar'22	Mar'23	Mar'24
Ratios
ROE (%)	7.81	6.02	3.73	12.29	-8.17	-27.63	-6.89	-1.77	-27.86	-15.02
ROCE (%)	8.8	8.3	5.47	11.54	-2.54	-13.6	-4.81	0.85	-9.01	-5.26
Asset Turnover Ratio	0.57	0.53	0.43	0.4	0.36	0.4	0.22	0.33	0.43	0.47
PAT to CFO Conversion(x)	2.55	1.48	3.08	0.89	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Working Capital Days
Receivable Days	49	52	53	52	64	70	124	74	79	93
Inventory Days	38	27	28	24	27	32	63	40	33	44
Payable Days	304	331	325	337	232	277	800	390	226	289

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HT Media Ltd FAQs

What is the share price of HT Media?

Company share prices are keep on changing according to the market conditions. The closing price of HT Media on 23-Dec-2024 16:59 is ₹22.98.

What is the market cap of HT Media?

Market capitalization or market cap is determined by multiplying the current market price of a company's shares with the total number of shares outstanding. As of 23-Dec-2024 16:59 the market cap of HT Media stood at ₹534.9.

What is the P/E ratio of HT Media?

The latest P/E ratio of HT Media as of 23-Dec-2024 16:59 is 0.00.

What is the P/B ratio of HT Media?

The latest P/B ratio of HT Media as of 23-Dec-2024 16:59 is 0.76.

What is the 52-week high and low of HT Media?

The 52-week high of HT Media is ₹36.85 and the 52-week low is ₹22.20.

What is the TTM revenue of HT Media?

The TTM revenue is Trailing Twelve Months sales. The TTM revenue/sales of HT Media is ₹914.1 ( Cr.) .

About HT Media Ltd

HT Media was incorporated in 2002 and is one of the leading media company in India. The company is engaged in print media, electronic media and also conducts several marketing events. It owns one of the leading newspaper Hindustan Times printed in Hindi and English languages and has a combined circulation of 2.25 million copies daily. It has a readership base of 12.4 million readers. The company operates 19 manufacturing facilities that has an installed capacity of printing 1.5 million copies per hour.

In an exclusive agreement with Wall Street Journal, it publishes Mint with a presence in the key markets of Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. Mint is the second-largest business newspaper in India.

During 2008, Firefly e-Ventures, an HT Media Company launched its first portal for job seekers, Shine.com; and a social networking website Desimartini.com. HT Media also entered the Mobile space with 54242 in partnership with velti.com

In January, 2009 the company's joint venture namely, Metropolitan Media Company stopped printing of 'MetroNow' Delhi with effect from January 22, 2009 and in its place, it had decided to bring out a weekly hyper-location tabloid in Gurgaon that will be soon followed by Noida and other NCR areas.

The company had commissioned the printing facilities in Allahabad and simultaneously printing of the Hindi newspaper â€˜Hindustanâ€™ had commenced from Allahabad, with the first edition being circulated with effect from January 29, 2009.The company commenced printing of its Hindi newspaper â€˜Hindustanâ€™ in Bareilly with effect from October 10, 2009.

During May 25, 2009 - â€˜Mintâ€™, the English Business newspaper published by the company, had been launched in Kolkata.In July 13, 2009, its launched 'Mint' at Chennai. On July 13, 2010 Mint was launched in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. In April, 2011 the company had launched its English business daily -- Mint -- at Hyderabad.

In 2011 Hindustan strongly consolidated its leadership position in Delhi-NCR, Bihar, Jharkhand, UP, and Uttarakhand and is named by Forbes magazine as one of the Best Under a Billion Companies in the Asia-Pacific region.

Business

Newspaper- It publishes newspapers namely Hindustan Times and Mint. The company has entered in joint venture with Times of India to publish newspaper Metro Now. It also publishes HT Next a newspaper focused on youth readers.

Internet- It owns subsidiary named Firefly e-Ventures that focus on internet space businesses. It has created various portals namely Shine.com, Livemint.com, Desimartini.com and Hindustantimes.com.

Radio- Companyâ€™s subsidiary HT Music and Entertainment Company in a consulting partnership with Virgin Radio, has launched the FM radio channel - Fever 104.

Events and marketing solutions- HT media hosts various events such as HT City Delhi Shopping Fest, Fever 104 A. R. Rahman Concert, Miss India Worldwide, HT Polo, HT I Love Delhi and Mint HT Luxury Conference.

Milestones

September 26, 1924 -This date marked the august beginnings of Hindustan Times with Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation inaugurating the newspaper.
1927 - Hindustan Times, was reborn as Hindustan Times Ltd., a limited liability company.
1936 - The hindi daily Hindustan was launched, which remains the dominant newspaper in the core hindi belt of northern India.
1937- Devdas Gandhi was appointed the Managing Editor of the newspaper and remained the managing editor till his death in 1957.
1942 - The Hindustan Times was one of the few newspapers that stopped publishing the newspaper for four and a half months as it refused to accept the British imposition of censorship on all newspapers.
1947- The year India gained its freedom, was also the year Hindustan Times attained the status of being the dominant newspaper in Delhi.
1957 - The newspaper circulation grew from 58,693 copies to 144,287 in 1970 after KK Birla took over the mantle from GD Birla.
1960 - The hindi literary magazine Kadambini was launched.
1964 -The group started actively targeting the youth of India and launched the Nandan magazine.
1991 - At the start of liberalization of India, Hindustan Times moved to becoming an autonomous power center in a mature democracy.
1999 - The Hindustan Times celebrated its platinum anniversary.
2000 - With a focus on localization, five new editions for Calcutta, Bhopal, Ranchi, Chandigarh and Jaipur were launched.
2003 - The media business of was de-merged and incorporated under HT Media Ltd.
2004 - HT Media Ltd was listed as a public company and attracted external funding.
2005 - Hindustan Times successfully entered the Mumbai market with a refreshingly new product and content mix.
2006 - Fever 104 FM is launched, in technical collaboration with the Virgin Group. Hindustan was relaunched re-establishing the company's prominent presence in the regional news space.
2007 - Mint, the business paper in partnership with the Wall Street Journal was launched in Delhi and Mumbai. In the internet space, Hindustantimes.com was relaunched and Livemint.com was introduced.
2008 - Firefly e-Ventures, an HT Media Company launched its first portal for job seekers, Shine.com; and a social networking website Desimartini.com. HT Media also entered the Mobile space with 54242 in partnership with velti.com
2012 - The Hindustan Times Leadership Summit hits the 10 year mark; Hindustan Times launches 'You Read, They Learn' initiative to help educate underprivileged children.'

Awards/ recognition

The Prem Bhatia Award for excellence in environmental reporting went to Shalini Singh of Hindustan Times, New Delhi.- 2012

Mint bags silver at WAN-IFRA Asian Media Awards - 2010
Hindustan Times won the second Karpoor Chandra `Kulish' International Award 2008 for Excellence in Print Journalism for its story 'Welcome to the Headquarters of Lashkar-eTayyeba'
HT Mumbai received the 'Sanskriti Award for Journalism'.
Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards 2007-08
Himanshu Vyas won Gold in the general news category; Satish Bate got silver in sports and Ritesh Uttamchandani received Judges special recognition award for Best Newspaper Photography and Rajnish Kakade got the same in the spot news category at Asia Media Awards 2008.