NETWORK18 - Network 18 Media & Investments Limited Share Price

Entertainment

₹42.90-0.64(-1.47%)

Market Closed as of May 2, 2025, 15:30 IST

What does Network 18 Media & Investments Limited do?

Media & Entertainment•Media, Entertainment & Publication•Small Cap

Network18 Media & Investments Limited operates as a media and entertainment company in India. The company engages in television, digital, filmed entertainment, e-commerce, print, and other allied businesses. It operates business news channels, such as CNBC-TV18, CNBC Awaaz, and CNBC Bajar; general news channels, including CNN News18, News18 India, and News18 International; and regional news channels comprising News18 network. The company also operates Hindi general entertainment channels consisting of Colors, Colors Cineplex, Colors Rishtey, Rishtey Cineplex, MTV India, and MTV Beats; English entertainment channels, including VH1, Comedy Central, and Colors Infinity; and regional entertainment channels consisting of Colors Kannada, Colors Super, Kannada Cinema, Colors Bangla, Colors Marathi, Colors Gujarati, Colors Odiya, and Colors Tamil. In addition, it operates kids entertainment channels comprising Nickelodeon, Sonic, Nick Jr., and Nick HD+; factual entertainment and lifestyle channels, such as HistoryTV18; VOOT, a Viacom18's video-on-demand platform and JioCinema; filmed entertainment channels, such as Viacom18 Studio for Motion Pictures; and IndiaCast, a content asset monetization channel, as well as Tipping Point for digital content production. Further, the company operates digital content websites, including MoneyControl, News18.com, CNBCTV18.com, and Firstpost, as well as bookmyshow.com, an online ticketing platform; and TopperLearning, a premier K-12 content, delivery, and assessment service provider. Additionally, it publishes Forbes India, Overdrive, and Better Photography magazines; and produces films and TV shows. The company was formerly known as Network18 Fincap Private Limited and changed its name to Network18 Media & Investments Limited in December 2007. Network18 Media & Investments Limited was incorporated in 1996 and is based in Mumbai, India. Network18 Media & Investments Limited operates as a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited.

Industry Group:Entertainment

Employees:896

Website:www.nw18.com

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Category	NETWORK18	Entertainment
PE	-3.39	-10.25
PS	0.71	1.36
Growth	5.1 %	-5 %

Valuation
Market Cap	6.62 kCr
Price/Earnings (Trailing)	-3.38
Price/Sales (Trailing)	0.71
EV/EBITDA	-4.95
Price/Free Cashflow	-0.94
MarketCap/EBT	-3.1

Fundamentals
Revenue (TTM)	9.37 kCr
Rev. Growth (Yr)	-25.27%
Rev. Growth (Qtr)	-29.95%
Earnings (TTM)	-1.96 kCr
Earnings Growth (Yr)	-1.2%
Earnings Growth (Qtr)	-819.12%

Profitability
Operating Margin	-7.54%
EBT Margin	-22.75%
Return on Equity	-7.03%
Return on Assets	-4.79%
Free Cashflow Yield	-106.28%

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Holding Pattern

Major Shareholders

Share Holding Details

As of 2025-03-31

Shareholder Name	Holding %
RB Mediasoft Private Limited	9.25%
Adventure Marketing Private Limited	8.66%
Colorful Media Private Limited	8.66%
Watermark Infratech Private Limited	8.66%
RB Media Holdings Private Limited	8.66%
RRB Mediasoft Private Limited	7.04%
Siddhant Commercials Private Limited	4.47%
Government Pension Fund Global	3.7%
Nexg Ventures India Pvt. Ltd.	3.02%
Arizona Global Services Private Limited	2%
Independent Media Trust (held In the Name of Its Trustee-Sanchar Content Private Limited)	1.48%
Reliance Industries Limited	0%
RB Holdings Private Limited	0%
Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings Limited	0%

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Income Statement for Network 18 Media & Investments

Standalone figures (in Rs. Crores) / View Consolidated Data

AnnualQuarterly

Description	(%) Q/Q	Mar-2024	Mar-2023	Mar-2022	Mar-2021	Mar-2020	Mar-2019
Revenue From Operations	12.4%	210	187	167	119	111	112
Other Income	-44.8%	3.92	6.29	8.69	8.97	-20.4	-65.51
Total Income	10.4%	214	194	176	128	91	46
Cost of Materials	-13.6%	0	0.12	0.26	0.94	3.22	2.35
Employee Expense	11.7%	125	112	79	74	95	97
Finance costs	35.3%	181	134	99	103	128	116
Depreciation and Amortization	34.1%	5.6	4.43	5.3	6.65	7.23	7.28
Other expenses	27.3%	164	129	83	76	95	111
Total Expenses	25.3%	476	380	266	260	329	334
Profit Before exceptional items and Tax	-40.4%	-262.34	-186.53	-90.07	-132.74	-237.75	-288.21
Exceptional items before tax	-	0	0	0	0	-233.56	-346.16
Total profit before tax	-40.4%	-262.34	-186.53	-90.07	-132.74	-471.31	-634.37
Deferred tax	-	0	0	0	0	0.5	0.28
Total tax	-	0	0	0	0	0.5	0.28
Total profit (loss) for period	-40.4%	-262.34	-186.53	-90.07	-132.74	-471.81	-634.65
Other comp. income net of taxes	-154.8%	-2.63	7.63	-4.29	-4.72	-55.22	-10.46
Total Comprehensive Income	-47.8%	-264.97	-178.9	-94.36	-137.46	-527.03	-645.11
Earnings Per Share, Basic	-26.3%	-2.51	-1.78	-0.86	-1.27	-4.51	-6.06
Earnings Per Share, Diluted	-26.3%	-2.51	-1.78	-0.86	-1.27	-4.51	-6.06
Debt equity ratio	1.4%	0.04	0.0266	0.0257	0.0225	0.0189	-
Debt service coverage ratio	-0.1%	-045	-039	008	-03	-0.027	-
Interest service coverage ratio	-0.1%	-045	-039	008	-03	-0.027	-

Description	(%) Q/Q	Dec-2024	Sep-2024	Jun-2024	Mar-2024	Dec-2023	Sep-2023
Revenue From Operations	7%	476	445	56	69	52	49
Other Income	385.2%	7.55	2.35	0.99	1.03	0.91	1.14
Total Income	8.1%	484	448	57	70	53	50
Cost of Materials	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
Employee Expense	0.6%	181	180	39	32	33	33
Finance costs	1.9%	54	53	49	48	46	44
Depreciation and Amortization	0%	31	31	0.55	0.67	0.47	3.33
Other expenses	10.5%	285	258	44	57	37	37
Total Expenses	5.4%	550	522	132	138	116	117
Profit Before exceptional items and Tax	10.8%	-66.27	-74.45	-75.01	-68.37	-63.28	-67.19
Exceptional items before tax	-	3,498	0	0	0	0	0
Total profit before tax	4647.4%	3,432	-74.45	-75.01	-68.37	-63.28	-67.19
Total profit (loss) for period	4647.4%	3,432	-74.45	-75.01	-68.37	-63.28	-67.19
Other comp. income net of taxes	-132.4%	-20.73	68	-7.92	-0.64	-4.28	7.6
Total Comprehensive Income	43264.6%	3,411	-6.9	-82.93	-69.01	-67.56	-59.59
Earnings Per Share, Basic	1536.5%	22.26	-0.48	-0.72	-0.65	-0.6	-0.64
Earnings Per Share, Diluted	1536.5%	22.26	-0.48	-0.72	-0.65	-0.6	-0.64
Debt equity ratio	-1.4%	059	0.02	0.0462	0.04	0.0355	0.032
Debt service coverage ratio	-	-029	0	-053	-042	-039	-053
Interest service coverage ratio	-	-029	0	-053	-042	-039	-053

Consolidated figures (in Rs. Crores) / View Standalone Data

AnnualQuarterly

Description	(%) Q/Q	Mar-2024	Mar-2023	Mar-2022	Mar-2021	Mar-2020	Mar-2019
Revenue From Operations	49.4%	9,297	6,223	5,880	4,705	5,357	5,116
Other Income	617.5%	697	98	50	44	35	-47.69
Total Income	58.1%	9,994	6,321	5,930	4,749	5,392	5,068
Cost of Materials	-13.6%	0	0.12	0.26	0.94	3.22	2.35
Employee Expense	9%	1,315	1,207	1,039	954	1,032	1,096
Finance costs	54.3%	322	209	97	157	236	198
Depreciation and Amortization	64.6%	210	128	120	147	175	142
Other expenses	77.2%	8,646	4,879	3,761	2,954	3,705	3,806
Total Expenses	63.4%	10,494	6,422	5,017	4,213	5,151	5,245
Profit Before exceptional items and Tax	-389.3%	-499.65	-101.33	913	536	241	-176.33
Exceptional items before tax	-	0	0	0	0	-50	0
Total profit before tax	-389.3%	-499.65	-101.33	913	536	191	-176.33
Current tax	98.3%	0.72	-15.21	43	-71.69	86	-55.82
Deferred tax	-56.6%	7.08	15	59	37	0.68	2.77
Total tax	652.8%	7.8	-0.23	102	-34.82	87	-53.05
Total profit (loss) for period	-2274.9%	-396.79	-15.75	838	547	56	-177.6
Other comp. income net of taxes	155.8%	7.83	3.67	3.47	1.5	-61.95	-20.02
Total Comprehensive Income	-2881.3%	-388.96	-12.08	841	548	-5.81	-197.62
Earnings Per Share, Basic	-90.6%	-2.45	-0.81	2	0.31	-2.29	-2.93
Earnings Per Share, Diluted	-90.6%	-2.45	-0.81	2	0.31	-2.29	-2.93
Debt equity ratio	-8.2%	0.011	0.0861	0.0286	0.0442	0.0633	-
Debt service coverage ratio	-1.3%	-032	092	0.1186	0.0449	077	-
Interest service coverage ratio	-1.3%	-032	092	0.1194	0.0455	0.0164	-

Description	(%) Q/Q	Dec-2024	Sep-2024	Jun-2024	Mar-2024	Dec-2023	Sep-2023
Revenue From Operations	-25.5%	1,360	1,825	3,141	2,419	1,774	1,866
Other Income	-65.2%	82	234	151	161	157	187
Total Income	-29.9%	1,443	2,059	3,292	2,580	1,930	2,052
Cost of Materials	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
Employee Expense	-21.5%	268	341	360	312	339	346
Finance costs	-40.2%	102	170	150	114	74	66
Depreciation and Amortization	-25%	52	69	70	69	43	57
Other expenses	-33.1%	1,114	1,664	2,929	2,297	1,607	1,738
Total Expenses	-31.5%	1,536	2,243	3,509	2,792	2,063	2,207
Profit Before exceptional items and Tax	49.1%	-93.09	-183.78	-217.36	-212.36	-132.15	-154.54
Exceptional items before tax	-	-1,425.73	0	0	0	0	0
Total profit before tax	-722.5%	-1,518.82	-183.78	-217.36	-212.36	-132.15	-154.54
Current tax	-132.6%	-0.14	4.5	1.23	-1.17	0.42	1.47
Deferred tax	-	0	0	2.25	11	5.56	-8.01
Total tax	-132.6%	-0.14	4.5	3.48	10	5.98	-6.54
Total profit (loss) for period	-813.8%	-1,399.91	-152.31	-197.61	-206.92	-107.87	-111.17
Other comp. income net of taxes	-128.7%	-17.65	66	-9.59	3.65	-4.07	6.14
Total Comprehensive Income	-1532.6%	-1,417.56	-85.89	-207.2	-203.27	-111.94	-105.03
Earnings Per Share, Basic	-536.8%	-9.38	-0.63	-0.99	-0.93	-0.56	-0.59
Earnings Per Share, Diluted	-536.8%	-9.38	-0.63	-0.99	-0.93	-0.56	-0.59
Debt equity ratio	-0.4%	059	0.01	0.0111	0.011	059	027
Debt service coverage ratio	-	0.0128	0	-045	-095	-048	-093
Interest service coverage ratio	-	0.0128	0	-045	-095	-048	-093

Balance Sheet for Network 18 Media & Investments

Standalone figures (in Rs. Crores) / View Consolidated Data

Description	(%) Q/Q	Sep-2024	Mar-2024	Sep-2023	Mar-2023	Sep-2022	Mar-2022
Cash and cash equivalents	1170.2%	8.24	1.57	0.43	0.35	0	0.7
Current investments	-	11	0	0.5	0	0	0
Loans, current	-7000%	0.31	1.01	1.01	1.01	1.76	1.96
Total current financial assets	1000%	628	58	45	44	37	37
Inventories	-	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Total current assets	1010.8%	723	66	55	52	43	41
Property, plant and equipment	4554.5%	513	12	10	6.53	6.28	8.15
Capital work-in-progress	-	0	0	0	2.01	0	0
Goodwill	302.4%	1,168	291	291	291	291	291
Non-current investments	-34.4%	2,140	3,260	3,265	3,263	3,261	3,255
Loans, non-current	5.6%	39	37	36	36	35	34
Total non-current financial assets	-33.2%	2,220	3,323	3,327	3,323	3,319	3,311
Total non-current assets	12.1%	4,080	3,639	3,639	3,633	3,637	3,629
Total assets	29.6%	4,803	3,705	3,694	3,684	3,679	3,670
Total non-current financial liabilities	38711.1%	140	0.64	0	0.23	0.44	0.74
Provisions, non-current	1212.3%	80	7.02	6.66	6.31	5.93	5.28
Total non-current liabilities	3188.3%	220	7.66	6.66	6.54	6.37	6.02
Borrowings, current	-3.3%	2,770	2,865	2,727	2,610	2,490	2,420
Total current financial liabilities	4%	3,072	2,955	2,817	2,677	2,568	2,477
Provisions, current	798.2%	16	2.67	2.7	2.01	219	219
Total current liabilities	8.2%	3,224	2,981	2,835	2,697	2,804	2,721
Total liabilities	15.3%	3,445	2,989	2,841	2,703	2,810	2,727
Equity share capital	47.5%	771	523	523	523	523	523
Total equity	89.9%	1,359	716	853	981	869	943
Total equity and liabilities	29.6%	4,803	3,705	3,694	3,684	3,679	3,670

Consolidated figures (in Rs. Crores) / View Standalone Data

Description	(%) Q/Q	Sep-2024	Mar-2024	Sep-2023	Mar-2023	Sep-2022	Mar-2022
Cash and cash equivalents	1.8%	4,916	4,831	4,756	228	119	339
Current investments	-35.2%	2,089	3,224	4,030	120	95	124
Loans, current	20.5%	0.3	0.12	0.2	0.2	0.95	1.06
Total current financial assets	-9.4%	9,718	10,727	11,469	1,840	2,088	1,799
Inventories	12.1%	11,447	10,210	7,743	5,891	3,464	2,588
Total current assets	0.9%	23,391	23,191	20,765	8,790	6,020	4,772
Property, plant and equipment	-4%	1,282	1,336	759	503	357	331
Capital work-in-progress	95.1%	202	104	28	86	12	3.19
Goodwill	-10%	2,267	2,519	2,519	2,519	2,519	2,519
Non-current investments	14.6%	1,105	964	918	838	793	745
Loans, non-current	0%	1.56	1.56	1.56	2.4	0	0
Total non-current financial assets	13.8%	1,154	1,014	984	881	835	776
Total non-current assets	2.9%	17,437	16,942	15,425	5,194	4,493	4,372
Total assets	1.7%	40,827	40,134	36,190	13,984	10,513	9,145
Borrowings, non-current	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total non-current financial liabilities	-0.3%	777	779	184	202	110	92
Provisions, non-current	15.9%	198	171	161	139	128	113
Total non-current liabilities	-4.6%	976	1,023	400	404	280	253
Borrowings, current	15.7%	8,469	7,317	3,444	5,815	2,989	2,160
Total current financial liabilities	16.5%	11,462	9,837	6,372	8,054	4,992	3,799
Provisions, current	15.4%	31	27	27	22	21	19
Total current liabilities	12.1%	12,009	10,717	7,082	8,985	5,610	4,284
Total liabilities	10.6%	12,985	11,741	7,482	9,389	5,891	4,537
Equity share capital	47.8%	765	518	518	518	518	518
Non controlling interest	-39.6%	13,134	21,739	15,953	3,920	3,901	3,852
Total equity	-1.9%	27,842	28,393	28,708	4,595	4,622	4,607
Total equity and liabilities	1.7%	40,827	40,134	36,190	13,984	10,513	9,145

Cash Flow for Network 18 Media & Investments

Standalone figures (in Rs. Crores) / View Consolidated Data

Description	(%) Q/Q	Mar-2024	Mar-2023	Mar-2022
Finance costs	35.3%	181	134	99
Change in inventories	-11.1%	0	0.1	0.26
Depreciation	34.1%	5.6	4.43	5.3
Unrealised forex losses/gains	1%	-0.02	-0.03	0.03
Adjustments for interest income	22%	2.94	2.59	2.4
Net Cashflows from Operations	-11.9%	-68.3	-60.95	14
Income taxes paid (refund)	114.9%	2.46	-8.81	-2.41
Net Cashflows From Operating Activities	-35%	-70.76	-52.14	16
Proceeds from sales of PPE	-	0.07	0	0.11
Purchase of property, plant and equipment	276.9%	8.35	2.95	0.35
Cash receipts from repayment of advances and loans made to other parties	68.8%	0.75	0.2	0
Interest received	27.8%	0.35	0.1	0.36
Other inflows (outflows) of cash	-916.7%	0.02	1.12	0.5
Net Cashflows From Investing Activities	-156.9%	-7.81	-2.43	-0.89
Proceeds from borrowings	35.1%	255	189	84
Payments of lease liabilities	-	1.18	0	0
Interest paid	32.1%	174	132	97
Other inflows (outflows) of cash	53.3%	0	-1.14	-0.51
Net Cashflows from Financing Activities	49.1%	80	54	-14.55
Net change in cash and cash eq.	116.3%	1.22	-0.35	0.7

Consolidated figures (in Rs. Crores) / View Standalone Data

Description	(%) Q/Q	Mar-2024	Mar-2023	Mar-2022
Finance costs	54.3%	322	209	97
Change in inventories	-30.7%	-4,318.51	-3,302.97	-702.69
Depreciation	64.6%	210	128	120
Unrealised forex losses/gains	82.2%	-0.28	-6.2	-2.39
Dividend income	9.6%	0.34	0.27	0.25
Adjustments for interest income	36501.9%	378	2.03	3.47
Net Cashflows from Operations	-120.5%	-6,489.17	-2,942.36	564
Income taxes paid (refund)	81.9%	-24.24	-138.21	-77.51
Net Cashflows From Operating Activities	-130.5%	-6,464.93	-2,804.15	641
Proceeds from sales of PPE	23.9%	0.33	0.12	0.38
Purchase of property, plant and equipment	228.7%	2,404	732	184
Cash receipts from repayment of advances and loans made to other parties	91%	0.92	0.11	0
Dividends received	9.6%	0.34	0.27	0.25
Interest received	5473.1%	37	0.33	1.57
Other inflows (outflows) of cash	-179.2%	0.33	0.76	0.05
Net Cashflows From Investing Activities	-615.3%	-5,168.89	-721.8	-250.07
Proceeds from borrowings	-58.9%	1,502	3,655	0
Repayments of borrowings	-23.5%	0	0.19	254
Payments of lease liabilities	20.5%	48	40	30
Interest paid	56.2%	315	202	97
Other inflows (outflows) of cash	603940%	15,097	-1.5	-0.66
Net Cashflows from Financing Activities	376.1%	16,235	3,411	-380.91
Effect of exchange rate on cash eq.	-83.6%	1.45	3.75	1.52
Net change in cash and cash eq.	4212.6%	4,603	-110.9	12

Investor Care
Dividend Yield	1.57%
Dividend/Share (TTM)	1.25
Shares Dilution (1Y)	47.28%
Diluted EPS (TTM)	-11.93

Financial Health
Current Ratio	1.95
Debt/Equity	0.3
Debt/Cashflow	-0.76

Ticker	Name	Mkt Cap	Revenue	Price %, 1M	Returns, 1Y	P/E	P/S	Rev 1-Yr	Inc 1-Yr
SUNTV	SUN TV NETWORKTV Broadcasting & SoftwareProduction	24.46 kCr	4.63 kCr	-3.98%	-5.63%	14	5.28	+0.35%	-7.61%
ZEEL	Zee Entertainment EnterprisesTV Broadcasting & SoftwareProduction	10.19 kCr	8.38 kCr	+3.86%	-26.27%	20.19	1.22	-3.73%	+842.38%
TV18BRDCST	TV18 BroadcastTV Broadcasting & SoftwareProduction	7.77 kCr	-	-7.55%	-9.59%	-20.56	0.81	-	-
DISHTV	Dish TV IndiaTV Broadcasting & SoftwareProduction	876.44 Cr	1.66 kCr	-20.40%	-72.88%	-0.42	0.53	-16.25%	-22.25%
NDTV	New Delhi TelevisionTV Broadcasting & SoftwareProduction	761.99 Cr	462.37 Cr	+2.11%	-48.56%	-4.63	1.65	+34.43%	-1096.22%

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