Network18 Media & Investments LimitedNETWORK18Corporate

Entertainment / Electronic Media Software Latest results: Jun 2026 14 quarters of data
₹26.46
MCap ₹4,087 Cr
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₹516 Cr
Sales · Jun 2026
+10.3% YoY
₹8 Cr
Operating Profit · Jun 2026
+80.3% YoY
1.5%
OPM % · Jun 2026
+66.7% YoY
₹-38 Cr
Net Profit · Jun 2026
-125.8% YoY
₹-0.25
EPS · Jun 2026
-125.8% YoY

📝 Network18 Media & Investments Limited — results explained

Quarter ended June 2026 (Q1 FY27)

Network18 Media & Investments Limited reported revenue of ₹516 crore for the quarter ended June 2026 (Q1 FY27), up 10.3% from ₹468 crore in the same quarter last year, and down 16.2% sequentially over the March 2026 quarter.

The company reported a net loss of ₹38 crore, against a net profit of ₹149 crore in the same quarter last year. Earnings per share (EPS) came in at ₹-0.25.

Operating profit stood at ₹8 crore — an operating margin (OPM) of 1.5%, compared with 0.9% in the year-ago quarter.

Full year and trailing twelve months

For the full year FY26, Network18 Media & Investments Limited posted revenue of ₹2,121 crore, a decline of 69.2% over FY25, with a net profit of ₹155 crore.

On a trailing-twelve-month (TTM) basis, revenue stands at ₹2,169 crore with a net loss of ₹32 crore.

Valuation snapshot

At the current price of ₹26.46, NETWORK18 has a market capitalisation of ₹4,087 crore.

Within the Entertainment / Electronic Media Software industry, it is the 5th-largest of the 52 companies we track by market value.

Shareholding pattern

As of Sep 2026, promoters held 56.89%, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) 2.76%, domestic institutional investors (DIIs) 0.12%, public shareholders 40.24% of Network18 Media & Investments Limited.

📈 Share price & events

📊 Quarterly trend

₹ crore · OPM % on right axis

🎯 Key metrics

price-linked ratios use the latest close
Valuation
Market Cap ?
₹4,087 Cr
Current Price ?
₹26.5
P/E ?
N/A
Industry P/E ?
13.50
P/B ?
0.83
P/S ?
1.88
P/FCF ?
-53.07
Enterprise Value ?
₹7,375 Cr
EV/EBITDA ?
154.09
PEG ?
N/A
Earnings Yield ?
-1.1%
Dividend Yield ?
0.00%
Profitability & Returns
Sales (TTM) ?
₹2,169 Cr
OPM ?
2.2%
Profit after tax (TTM) ?
₹-32 Cr
EPS (TTM) ?
₹-0.21
ROCE ?
3.0%
ROE ?
-0.7%
ROA ?
-0.4%
Growth
Sales — latest qtr ?
₹516 Cr
PAT — latest qtr ?
₹-38 Cr
YoY qtr sales growth ?
10.3%
YoY qtr profit growth ?
-125.8%
Sales growth (3y) ?
-30%
Sales growth (5y) ?
-15%
Profit growth (3y) ?
35%
Profit growth (5y) ?
3%
Financial Health
Debt ?
₹3,288 Cr
Debt to Equity ?
0.67
Interest Coverage ?
-0.4
Current Ratio ?
N/A
Ownership
Promoter holding ?
56.89%
Change in promoter holding ?
0.00%
Pledged percentage ?
N/A
Market
Return 3 months ?
-11.8%
Return 6 months ?
-27.2%

🗓️ Quarterly results (14 quarters · ₹ Cr)

same fiscal quarter as Jun bestweakest per row · for costs (interest, NPAs) low is best
Metric Mar 2023Jun 2023Sep 2023Dec 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026 YoY % QoQ %
Sales 1,4843,2391,8661,7742,4193,1411,8251,360561468498539616516 +10.3% -16.2%
Operating Profit 57-84-218-172-190-148-179-22194010308 +80.3% -75.3%
Other Income 2322118715716117427020138012469042 -48.0% +9637.2%
Interest 79686674114150170102555248505457 +8.4% +5.4%
Depreciation 3641574369706952333434333231 -9.0% -2.0%
Profit Before Tax -2327-118-102-197-194-148-1,400-2914941-5-30-38 -125.8% -29.7%
Net Profit -3529-111-108-207-198-152-1,400-2914941-5-30-38 -125.8% -29.6%
EPS -0.36-0.37-0.59-0.56-0.93-0.99-0.63-9.38-0.200.970.26-0.04-0.20-0.25 -125.8% -25.0%
OPM % 3.9% -2.6% -11.7% -9.7% -7.8% -4.7% -9.8% -1.6% 3.4% 0.9% 0.0% 1.9% 4.9% 1.5% +66.7% -69.4%

📆 Annual results (₹ Cr, FY = Apr–Mar)

Metric FY25 FY26 TTM YoY %
Sales ₹6,888 Cr ₹2,121 Cr ₹2,169 Cr -69.2%
Operating Profit ₹-330 Cr ₹45 Cr ₹48 Cr +113.5%
OPM % -4.80% 2.10% 2.21% +143.8%
NPM % -25.83% 7.32% -1.47% +128.3%
Other Income ₹649 Cr ₹274 Cr ₹235 Cr -57.8%
Depreciation ₹223 Cr ₹133 Cr ₹130 Cr -40.5%
Interest ₹477 Cr ₹204 Cr ₹208 Cr -57.2%
EBIT ₹-554 Cr ₹-88 Cr ₹-82 Cr +84.1%
PBT ₹-1,771 Cr ₹155 Cr ₹-32 Cr +108.8%
Tax ₹8 Cr ₹0 Cr ₹0 Cr -99.6%
Net Profit ₹-1,779 Cr ₹155 Cr ₹-32 Cr +108.7%
EPS ₹-11.20 ₹0.99 ₹-0.23 +108.8%
Material Cost ₹1,067 Cr ₹100 Cr ₹92 Cr -90.6%
Employee Cost ₹1,153 Cr ₹383 Cr ₹405 Cr -66.8%
Extraordinary Items ₹-1,416 Cr ₹139 Cr ₹-12 Cr +109.8%

🏛️ Balance Sheet (latest 4 periods)

Metric Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026 % Chg
Equity Capital 518518765765 +0.0%
Reserves 15714,7103,9774,153 +4.4%
Borrowings 6,0698,1562,9603,288 +11.1%
Other Liabilities 7,23616,498795790 -0.6%
Total Liabilities 13,98039,8818,4988,996 +5.9%
Fixed Assets 3,0553,6811,7881,754 -1.9%
CWIP 91611,62700 —
Investments 9584,1885,6826,123 +7.8%
Other Assets 9,05120,3851,0271,118 +8.9%
Total Assets 13,98039,8818,4988,996 +5.9%

💧 Cash Flow (latest 4 periods)

Metric Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026 % Chg
Cash from Operating Activity -2,804-6,465-1,912-28 +98.5%
Cash from Investing Activity -7189,929-3,636-20 +99.4%
Cash from Financing Activity 3,4111,13972083 -88.5%
Net Cash Flow -1114,603-4,82835 +100.7%
Free Cash Flow -3,536-8,869-2,809-77 +97.3%
CFO/OP -2,143%987%540%-64% -111.9%

➗ Ratios (latest 4 periods)

Metric Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026 % Chg
Debtor Days 766935119 +240.0%
Cash Conversion Cycle 766935119 +240.0%
Working Capital Days -32173-141-481 -241.1%
ROCE % 2%-0%1%3% +200.0%

👥 Shareholding (latest 6 periods)

Metric Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026Sep 2026 % Chg
Promoters 56.89%56.89%56.89%56.89%56.89%56.89% +0.0%
FIIs 6.85%6.54%6.26%6.29%4.33%2.76% -36.3%
DIIs 0.22%0.15%0.15%0.13%0.12%0.12% +0.0%
Public 36.04%36.42%36.69%36.68%38.66%40.24% +4.1%
No. of Shareholders 5,70,6925,65,4295,47,5795,31,5805,25,1065,14,808 -2.0%

⚖️ Peer comparison

Industry: Entertainment / Electronic Media Software · top 25 of 52 companies · full page →
# Company CMP MCap (Cr) P/E Sales TTM NP TTM OPM% NPM% Sales YoY% NP YoY% Qtr Rev Δ% Qtr NP Δ%
1 PVRINOX PVR INOX ₹1,226.00 11,532 27.1 6,872 444 32.2% 6.5% 16.3% 218.9% 10.4% 204.6%
2 SAREGAMA Saregama India ₹497.60 9,552 43.3 1,041 221 36.0% 21.2% -15.9% 0.8% 27.5% 42.1%
3 TIPSMUSIC Tips Music ₹666.25 8,512 39.3 375 217 73.9% 57.9% 20.6% 29.9% 33.3% 90.3%
4 ZEEL Zee Entertainment ₹77.76 7,469 27.4 8,099 271 4.9% 3.3% -2.4% -60.1% -7.3% -155.3%
5 NETWORK18 Network18 Media ₹26.34 4,068 — 2,169 -32 2.2% -1.5% -69.2% 108.7% 10.3% -125.8%
6 DBCORP D.B.Corp ₹186.49 3,324 10.2 2,366 328 19.7% 13.9% 0.7% -10.3% -5.4% -26.4%
7 BASILIC Basilic Fly ₹567.60 1,434 30.3 351 47 22.3% 13.5% 21.0% 38.4% 8.9% -44.2%
8 JAGRAN Jagran Prakashan ₹62.09 1,351 7.6 1,916 179 13.3% 9.4% -0.6% 96.9% 8.5% -8.3%
9 DEN Den Networks ₹26.42 1,260 8.4 967 148 5.3% 15.3% -3.1% -15.9% -3.5% 5.1%
10 BALAJITELE Balaji Telefilms ₹92.46 1,127 — 379 -21 -7.9% -5.6% -53.3% -158.6% 229.2% 473.2%
11 NDTV New Delhi ₹70.00 790 — 537 -335 -50.4% -62.3% 13.5% -48.8% 8.5% -17.0%
12 SANDESH Sandesh ₹990.00 749 6.9 824 108 5.9% 13.1% 49.0% -13.0% 528.5% 70.5%
13 GTPL GTPL Hathway ₹56.46 635 — 4,015 -4 10.1% -0.1% 7.0% -75.9% 19.2% -150.7%
14 DIGIKORE Digikore Studios ₹499.35 632 25.3 66 13 33.4% 19.1% — — 142.7% 165.3%
15 TVTODAY TV Today ₹102.05 609 35.5 820 17 4.5% 2.1% -19.3% -80.9% 4.6% 39.6%
16 HMVL Hindustan Media ₹78.50 578 6.1 822 96 12.6% 11.6% 10.3% -34.5% 7.8% 451.6%
17 HTMEDIA HT Media ₹24.10 557 — 1,652 -50 3.6% -3.0% 2.6% -8584.5% -0.5% -123.5%
18 PHANTOMFX Phantom Digital ₹410.25 557 30.6 118 19 28.8% 16.1% — — 54.3% -12.5%
19 DISHTV Dish TV ₹2.62 482 — 1,099 -999 -17.2% -90.9% -25.9% -65.7% -19.2% -202.5%
20 ZEEMEDIA Zee Media ₹7.35 482 330.4 759 1 14.0% 0.2% 22.1% 101.2% 1.4% 26.6%
21 ENIL Entertainment Network ₹100.34 478 — 562 -8 8.3% -1.4% 3.9% -161.8% -2.8% -14.2%
22 NDLVENTURE NDL Ventures ₹121.12 408 — 1,045 -28 14.3% -2.7% 11.0% 107.1% -9.6% -70.4%
23 SABEVENTS Sab Events ₹132.60 398 — 2 -0 2.5% -14.9% 39.7% 43.2% 10.7% 21.5%
24 CINELINE Cineline India ₹89.96 343 24.9 251 12 22.1% 4.9% 9.9% 132.4% 47.9% -120.0%
25 SHEMAROO Shemaroo Entertainment ₹102.10 293 — 576 -181 -36.6% -31.4% -14.8% -158.3% -5.6% 82.4%
❓ Frequently asked questions
What was Network18 Media & Investments Limited's revenue in Q1 FY27?
Network18 Media & Investments Limited reported revenue of ₹516 crore for the quarter ended June 2026 (Q1 FY27), up 10.3% from ₹468 crore in the same quarter last year, and down 16.2% sequentially over the March 2026 quarter.
What was Network18 Media & Investments Limited's net profit in Q1 FY27?
The company reported a net loss of ₹38 crore, against a net profit of ₹149 crore in the same quarter last year. Earnings per share (EPS) came in at ₹-0.25.
What is NETWORK18's market capitalisation and P/E ratio?
At the current price of ₹26.46, NETWORK18 has a market capitalisation of ₹4,087 crore.
Who owns Network18 Media & Investments Limited? (shareholding pattern)
As of Sep 2026, promoters held 56.89%, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) 2.76%, domestic institutional investors (DIIs) 0.12%, public shareholders 40.24% of Network18 Media & Investments Limited.
TTM ends 2026-06-30. Amounts are ₹ crore unless stated otherwise. Figures are extracted by AI from public quarterly filings; gaps are filled from public market data. Live price refreshed about twice a day from exchange data. Educational information only — not financial advice.
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