Announcement
Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Acquisition 8 Sep - HMVL converted OCDs into 16,02,011 StockGro shares for ₹85 crore, acquiring 2.48% stake.
Source: Bse
Hindustan Media Ventures Limited (HMVL)
Small CapMedia stocks · Small cap · NSE
Hindustan Media Ventures 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.
₹76.7
-0.69 · -0.89%
Market cap ₹560 Cr
Data qualityFresh enough for analysisQuote updated 19 Oct, 03:31 pm ISTDetails
Quote19 Oct, 03:31 pm IST
Base fundamentals06 Oct 2026 · screener
Latest result04 Aug, 06:20 pm IST
Score20 Oct, 04:30 am IST · v4.3-runtime-valuation
Tags02 May 2026
Coverage13/14 · 93%
Valuation2026-07-20 · Rf 6.8% · Media P/E 15.0 (n=57)
Technical timing lens
Trend score and candlestick chart
70BullishSMA20 -9.6% / mo · MACD + · sector +12.7pp vs Nifty 500 (3M)
Stock trend: 51
Sector RS: 100
Sector 3M: +7.1% vs Nifty 500 -5.6%
Media FPI tailwindBuilding
Latest FPI flow is positive, but a second consecutive positive fortnight is still required. View sector evidence
Technical chart
HMVLD candles · FIT view+17.6%Latest close ₹76.70 on 2026-10-19
Bar
-0.9%
RSI
46
MACD hist
0.75
52W pos
41%
2026-10-19O ₹77.39H ₹77.80L ₹74.00C ₹76.70Vol 2,685 sh
Up bar
Down bar
EMA 20
EMA 50
Volume + 20D avg
Result date
RSI(14)
MACD / signal
Market context
Relative performance and chart statistics
Adjusted completed-session prices, rebased to 100
HMVLNifty MediaNifty 500
- HMVL
- -16.3%
- Nifty 500
- -5.6%
- Nifty Media
- +7.0%
- Vs Nifty 500
- -10.7 pp
Chart stats
19 Oct 2026- From 52W high
- -29.1%
- 52W range position
- 41%
- ATR (14)
- 5.2%
- Volume vs 20D
- 0.05x
- Avg traded value
- ₹0.3 Cr
- 20D price channel
- ₹68.1 - ₹83.5
₹108.2
₹55.2 - ₹108.2
₹4
Latest completed session
20-session average
47.4% annualized volatility
Research snapshot
What the evidence says now
Mixed fundamentals, while price trend supports entry. This looks more like momentum/speculation than a clean fundamental investment setup.
Weak U-Score but strong trend: momentum may be ahead of fundamentals.
Suggested next step
Check latest quarters
Result consistency is weak; verify whether the thesis is improving or deteriorating.
U-Score
Legacy · FAIR VALUE49
Fundamental lens: valuation, quality, growth, balance sheet, and cash flow.
Latest result
Excellent90
Revenue +19.4% · PAT +410.0% YoY
Technical
Bullish70
Price trend and sector-relative-strength timing.
Valuation
Legacy model-31.0%
Legacy margin-of-safety estimate; the revised evidence label remains in shadow validation.
Trust
Limited evidence70
Financial-only signal; management claim evidence is not sufficient yet.
Financials
Fundamentals, quarterly history, margins, returns and balance-sheet evidence
Financials
Fundamentals, quarterly history, margins, returns and balance-sheet evidence
Latest result
Quarter ended 30 Jun 2026
Excellent · 90/100Rev +19% YoY · PAT +410% YoY · margin expansion · operating leverage
Filed 04 Aug 2026
Open results browser →| Metric | This quarter | YoY | QoQ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹197 Cr | +19.4% | -8.8% |
| EBITDA | ₹28 Cr | +211.1% | -56.9% |
| Operating margin | 14.0% | +800 bps | -1600 bps |
| PAT | ₹51 Cr | +410.0% | +88.9% |
| PAT margin | 25.9% | +1983 bps | +1339 bps |
NDF means not disclosed in the current structured filing feed. It is intentionally not treated as zero.
Fundamentals
Valuation
- P/E
- 3.49
- P/B
- 0.35
- EV/EBITDA
- 5.33
- Market Cap
- 560.00Cr
Profitability
- ROE
- 3.33%
- ROCE
- 10.80%
- ROA
- 3.65%
- Dividend Y
- —
Growth (CAGR)
- Revenue 5Y
- 6.00%
- EPS 5Y
- -6.00%
- Revenue 3Y
- 1.00%
- EPS 3Y
- 48.00%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.05
- Interest Coverage
- 11.56×
- Altman Z
- 1.93
- Book Value
- 215.00
Cash Flow
- FCF Yield
- —
- FCF Positive Y
- 7/5
- OCF
- 72.00 Cr
- EPS TTM
- 12.17
Shareholding
- Promoter Hold
- 74.40%
- Promoter Pledge
- 0.00%
- Momentum 52W
- 39%
Financial History
Updated 20/10/2026
Revenue
₹ CrLatest: 740+10.0% vs prev
Net Profit
₹ CrLatest: 49.0-37.2% vs prev
Return on Equity
%Latest: 3.1-39.2% vs prev
Technicals
Trend interpretation, Stage 2, relative strength, volume and indicator evidence
Technicals
Trend interpretation, Stage 2, relative strength, volume and indicator evidence
Daily technical trend read
NeutralTrend is undirectional — long-term uptrend intact. RSI 46.
- Price above SMA200 (long-term uptrend) but mid-term MAs not aligned.
- SMA20 falling (~10.6% over last month) — short-term momentum negative.
- RSI(14) at 46 — sideways, no extreme reading.
- MACD above signal but histogram contracting — bullish momentum cooling.
- 29% off 52W high · 39% 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.
Nifty 500 leadership
Relative Strength & Trend Stage
60
RS percentile
Stage 1 Base / Transition
1M return
-5.4%
3M return
-16.3%
6M return
+10.5%
1Y return
-3.9%
RS 1D
0
RS 20D
0
Sector rank
#15
Industry rank
#64
Stage evidence
- Price is within 2.2% of the 30-week proxy.
- The 30-week proxy changed +1.9% over 20 sessions.
- The moving-average structure does not confirm Stage 2 or Stage 4.
50-DMA
price below
200-DMA
price above
Sector
lagging
Industry
lagging
Relative-strength line vs Nifty 500 (base 100)
262 observations
19 Oct 2026Value 94.61+0.14%
RS vs Nifty 50095
Valuation & peers
U-Score 49 · legacy U-Score band FAIR VALUE · valuation evidence and comparable companies
Valuation & peers
U-Score 49 · legacy U-Score band FAIR VALUE · valuation evidence and comparable companies
Deep Value
Fundamental score breakdown
U band · FAIR VALUEValuation23/30
Growth4/25
Quality1/20
Balance Sheet12/15
Cash Flow4/10
Piotroski
8/9 (+5)
Penalties
0
Raw sum
49
Why this score?
Top U-Score contributors and drags from the latest stored fundamentals.
49/100 · legacy band FAIR VALUE
Positive drivers
- Piotroski is strong at 8/9.
- Balance sheet contributes 12/15 to the score.
- Valuation contributes 23/30 to the score.
Main drags
- Fair-value margin of safety is negative at -31.0%.
- Quality is weaker at 1/20; verify the latest quarterly trend.
- Growth is weaker at 4/25; 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.
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
3.5
PB
0.3
EV/EBITDA
5.3
ROE
3.3%
ROCE
10.8%
FCF Yield
—
Debt/Equity
0.1
MoS
-31.0%
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: 20 Oct 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
Final score
49
Previous: 49
Legacy U-Score band
FAIR VALUE
Previous: FAIR VALUE
Margin of safety
-31.0%
Previous: -31.0%
Score history
12 stored score snapshots. Latest stored move: +0 points.
20 Oct 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
49
49
49
49
49
49
49
49
49
49
49
49
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
₹242.64
+68.4% MoS
Growth-justified P/E
4.8
Growth-justified Value
₹58.54
-31.0% MoS
PEG
—
Comparable companies
Peers
Business-comparable peers in Media — ranked by industry, sub-sector, theme-tag overlap, market cap, and U-Score similarity. Green cells mark the best available peer metric in this table.
Ticker
Name
Why peer
Score
PE
ROE
MoS
Verdict
SANDESH
Small
The Sandesh Limited
Media & Entertainment
match 90
40
7.0
4.8%
-38%
WATCHLIST
INFOMEDIA
Small
Infomedia Press Limited
Media & Entertainment
match 85
4
—
-107.0%
—
OVERVALUED
MPTODAY
SME
Madhya Pradesh Today Media Ltd.
Media & Entertainment
match 78
49
6.4
6.3%
+6%
FAIR VALUE
JAGRAN
Small
Jagran Prakashan Limited
Media & Entertainment
match 77
81
7.1
9.0%
+69%
DEEP VALUE
DBCORP
Small
D.B.Corp Limited
Media & Entertainment
match 73
80
9.0
14.3%
+60%
DEEP VALUE
Business, management & trust
Growth engines, risks, management commitments and evidence-backed delivery
Business, management & trust
Growth engines, risks, management commitments and evidence-backed delivery
Business and thesis
Issuer presentation review pending
Hindustan Media Ventures 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.
Trust Score
70Limited evidence · 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.
Limited evidence: Claim history is still being built. It ranks around the 63rd percentile of the scored universe and 79th percentile within Media. Main check: results consistency is weak at 29/100.
This is a financial-behaviour screen, not a claim-tested management reliability verdict.
Computed 05 Sept 2026
management-trust-v1
120 docs text-extracted · 42 concalls text-extracted
Score band
Limited evidence
Financial behaviour is scored, but management claims do not yet have enough outcome checks.
Relative rank
63rd percentile
overall median 67 · Media: 79th pctile, median 63 · Small: 65th pctile, median 66
Evidence depth
Financial-only
120 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
Limited evidence · low confidenceWhat 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
Acceptable, but check the weakest sub-score before increasing exposure.
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
67
acceptable · profit to cash conversion
Balance sheet
88
strong · leverage and solvency
Discipline
68
acceptable · capital discipline
Results
29
weak · quarterly consistency
Trust positives
- ▸Promoter holding is 74.4%.
- ▸Promoter pledge is zero.
- ▸7 years of positive FCF.
- ▸Debt/equity is 0.05.
Trust risks
- ▸3 latest quarters had PAT decline worse than 25% YoY.
- ▸1/4 latest quarters had positive YoY PAT growth.
- ▸OPM spread across recent quarters is 38%.
Trust Lite uses financial behaviour only. Prefer claim-tested Trust when enough concall claims have later outcomes.
Continue researching Hindustan Media Ventures Limited
Important announcements & filings
Latest exchange and company disclosures found within the past two years.
Open source ↗
Announcement
Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Newspaper Publication 1 Sep
Source: Bse
Announcement
Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Acquisition 10 Aug - HMVL allotted 3,927 RD Retail shares for Rs 32.5 crore via warrant conversion.
Source: Bse
Annual report
Annual Report 2026
Source: Bse
Annual report
Annual Report 2026
Source: Bse
Annual report
Annual Report 2025
Source: Bse
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