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D.B.Corp Limited (DBCORP)

Small Cap

Media stocks · Small cap · NSE

D.B.Corp Limited operates in Print Media, within the Media sector. Use the latest filing and company disclosures below to verify its revenue mix and current business drivers.

₹195.65
+1.87 · +0.97%
Quote04 Sept, 03:56 pm IST
Fundamentals05 Sept 2026 · screener
Score05 Sept, 10:20 pm IST · v4.3-runtime-valuation
Tags03 May 2026
Coverage14/14 · 100%
Valuation2026-07-20 · Rf 6.8% · Media P/E 14.2 (n=57)
Data confidence
Fresh enough for analysis
Investor decision lenses

One read, four checks

75+ is strong, 60-74 is usable, 45-59 is mixed, and below 45 needs caution. These are research lenses, not buy/sell instructions.

Strong fundamentals, management trust is supportive, but price trend argues for patience. Suitable for staggered entry or watchlist confirmation rather than aggressive buying.

Suggested next step
Add to watchlist
Fundamental setup is interesting, but technical confirmation is weak.
Strong U-Score but weak trend: timing is not confirming the thesis.
U-Score
DEEP VALUE
77

Fundamental lens: valuation, quality, growth, balance sheet, and cash flow.

Trust
Healthy Trust
78

low confidence · 0/0 claims checked

Technical
Bearish
27

Timing lens: price trend and sector relative strength.

Result consistency
stable
74

Rolling lens: recent quarterly delivery, not the latest single-result score.

Latest result

Quarter ended 30 Jun 2026

Good · 70/100

Rev +8% YoY · PAT +25% YoY · margin expansion · operating leverage

Filed 16 Jul 2026
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MetricThis quarterYoYQoQ
Revenue₹604 Cr+8.1%+4.9%
EBITDA₹136 Cr+22.5%+30.8%
Operating margin23.0%+300 bps+500 bps
PAT₹101 Cr+24.7%+62.9%
PAT margin16.7%+223 bps+596 bps

NDF means not disclosed in the current structured filing feed. It is intentionally not treated as zero.

Business & thesis

Growth engines, tailwinds/headwinds, and risk radar from management commentary

Business and thesis

Issuer presentation review pending

D.B.Corp Limited operates in Print Media, within the Media sector. Use the latest filing and company disclosures below to verify its revenue mix and current business drivers. The structured result feed currently covers the quarter ended 30 Jun 2026. Investor presentations and earnings-call PDFs will be added as issuer-backed evidence before management claims appear here.

Management accountability

What management said, and what results must prove

Technical timing lens

Trend score and candlestick chart

27Bearish

full bear SMA stack · SMA20 -2.4% / mo · MACD − · near 52W low

Stock trend: 18
Sector RS: 40
Sector 3M: -3.4% vs Nifty -1.5%

Technical chart

DBCORPdaily · 1Y · AUTO-9.6%
Latest close ₹195.65 on 2026-09-04
Bar
-0.1%
RSI
30
MACD hist
-1.50
52W pos
11%
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Up bar
Down bar
EMA 20
EMA 50
Volume + 20D avg
Result date
RSI(14)
MACD / signal

Daily technical trend read

Bearish setup

Trend is weak — long-term trend down. RSI 30.

  • Price < SMA20 < SMA50 < SMA200 — full bearish stack.
  • SMA20 falling (~2.4% over last month) — short-term momentum negative.
  • RSI(14) at 30 — falling, no extreme reading.
  • MACD below signal, histogram expanding negatively — bearish momentum building.
  • 32% off 52W high · 6% above 52W low.

Mechanical read from the price + indicator series above. Not a recommendation — technical setups can reverse without warning, especially around earnings and macro events.

Valuation & score drivers

U-Score 77 · DEEP VALUE · pillar breakdown, sector model, fair-value anchor

77U-SCORE
Top Setup

Fundamental score breakdown

DEEP VALUE
Valuation21/30
Growth21/25
Quality10/20
Balance Sheet12/15
Cash Flow7/10
Piotroski
8/9 (+5)
Penalties
1
Raw sum
77

Why this score?

Top U-Score contributors and drags from the latest stored fundamentals.

77/100 · DEEP VALUE

Positive drivers

  • FCF yield is supportive at 5.5%.
  • Piotroski is strong at 8/9.
  • Fair-value margin of safety is positive at 53.5%.

Main drags

  • Quality is weaker at 10/20; verify the latest quarterly trend.
  • Valuation is weaker at 21/30; verify the latest quarterly trend.
  • Cash flow is weaker at 7/10; verify the latest quarterly trend.
Sector valuation model

Blended valuation: PE, EV/EBITDA, FCF yield, and balance-sheet checks

For this sector, IndiaPulse uses a blended lens rather than relying on a single valuation ratio.

Blended relative
Primary lens
PE, EV/EBITDA, margin of safety, and FCF yield together.
Secondary checks
ROE/ROCE, growth, cash conversion, leverage, promoter risk.
Main risk check
One cheap metric is not enough if quality or cash flow is weak.
PE
9.9
PB
1.4
EV/EBITDA
6.1
ROE
14.3%
ROCE
18.3%
FCF Yield
5.5%
Debt/Equity
0.1
MoS
+53.5%
Score movement

Stored run vs live recompute

This shows the stored score trend when snapshots exist, and also compares the latest stored nightly score with a live recompute from current fundamentals and price.

Stored run: 05 Sept 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
Final score
77
Previous: 77
Verdict
DEEP VALUE
Previous: DEEP VALUE
Margin of safety
+53.5%
Previous: +53.5%

Score history

12 stored score snapshots. Latest stored move: +1 points.

05 Sept 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
82
82
75
75
75
75
75
76
76
76
76
77

Factor attribution

No pillar movement versus the latest stored run. Historical score trend will appear after snapshot storage is enabled.

Modelled fair value

Graham Number
₹245.77
+20.4% MoS
Growth-justified P/E
21.3
Growth-justified Value
₹420.46
+53.5% MoS
PEG
0.45

Trust score

Does management behaviour match later outcomes? Claim delivery, forensic breakdown, evidence depth

Trust Score
78Healthy Trust · low confidenceTrust Lite

Trust asks: does management behaviour match later outcomes? Higher is better, but confidence and evidence depth matter as much as the number.

Healthy Trust: Claim history is still being built. It ranks around the 86th percentile of the scored universe and 97th percentile within Media. Main check: financial discipline is weak at 50/100.

High Trust Lite: Promoter holding is 74.5%. Key concern: ROCE trend is -3%.

Computed 05 Sept 2026
management-trust-v1
77 docs text-extracted · 59 concalls text-extracted
Score band
Healthy Trust

Generally investable credibility. Look for weak sub-scores before increasing position size.

Relative rank
86th percentile

overall median 67 · Media: 97th pctile, median 62 · Small: 89th pctile, median 66

Evidence depth
Financial-only

77 documents have extracted text, but claim history is not strong enough yet.

Claim delivery
Outcome history still building

0 claims extracted · No contradicted claim yet

How to read this Trust Score

Healthy Trust · low confidence
What it measures
Reliability of management and financial delivery, using financial behaviour only.
Confidence
Treat this as an early read until more concalls and outcomes are matched.
Investor use
Can support position sizing if valuation and trend also agree.

Read Trust alongside U-Score, result consistency, and technical trend. A cheap stock with weak Trust needs a larger margin of safety; a high Trust score does not make an expensive stock attractive by itself.

Forensic breakdown

Read low sub-scores as due-diligence warnings, not automatic sell signals.

Promoter
86
strong · holding, pledge, alignment
Cash flow
89
strong · profit to cash conversion
Balance sheet
89
strong · leverage and solvency
Discipline
50
watch · capital discipline
Results
74
acceptable · quarterly consistency

Trust positives

  • Promoter holding is 74.5%.
  • Promoter pledge is zero.
  • FCF yield is 5.5%.
  • 12 years of positive FCF.

Trust risks

  • ROCE trend is -3%.
  • 2 older quarters in the 8-quarter window had PAT decline worse than 25% YoY.

Trust Lite uses financial behaviour only. Prefer claim-tested Trust when enough concall claims have later outcomes.

Financials

Full fundamentals table and 10-year revenue / profit / ROE history

Fundamentals

Valuation

P/E
9.91
P/B
1.44
EV/EBITDA
6.11
Market Cap
3488.00Cr

Profitability

ROE
14.30%
ROCE
18.30%
ROA
11.01%
Dividend Y
3.58%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y
9.00%
EPS 5Y
20.00%
Revenue 3Y
3.00%
EPS 3Y
25.00%

Balance Sheet

Debt/Equity
0.11
Interest Coverage
19.77×
Altman Z
5.27
Book Value
136.00

Cash Flow

FCF Yield
5.50%
FCF Positive Y
12/5
OCF
365.00 Cr
EPS TTM
19.74

Shareholding

Promoter Hold
74.50%
Promoter Pledge
0.00%
Momentum 52W
10%

Financial History

Updated 5/9/2026

Revenue

₹ Cr
Latest: 2,400+1.9% vs prev
02463Mar 2016: 2,311Mar 2017: 2,463Mar 2018: 2,224Mar 2019: 1,508Mar 2020: 1,769Mar 2021: 2,129Mar 2022: 2,402Mar 2023: 2,339Mar 2024: 2,356Mar 2025: 2,400FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25

Net Profit

₹ Cr
Latest: 371-12.9% vs prev
0426.0Mar 2016: 292Mar 2017: 375Mar 2018: 324Mar 2019: 274Mar 2020: 275Mar 2021: 141Mar 2022: 143Mar 2023: 169Mar 2024: 426Mar 2025: 371FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25

Return on Equity

%
Latest: 208+1088.3% vs prev
0208.4Mar 2016: 20.9%Mar 2017: 23.5%Mar 2018: 16.8%Mar 2019: 15.0%Mar 2020: 16.4%Mar 2021: 7.7%Mar 2022: 7.6%Mar 2023: 8.7%Mar 2024: 17.5%Mar 2025: 208%FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25

Peers

Business-comparable names in Media, ranked by similarity

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