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Hindustan Media Ventures Limited (HMVL)

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Media 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.

₹84.28
-2.21 · -2.56%
Quote04 Sept, 03:53 pm IST
Fundamentals05 Sept 2026 · screener
Score05 Sept, 10:20 pm IST · v4.3-runtime-valuation
Tags02 May 2026
Coverage13/14 · 93%
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 acceptable, 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
75

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

Trust
Healthy Trust
70

low confidence · 0/0 claims checked

Technical
Neutral
42

Timing lens: price trend and sector relative strength.

Result consistency
weak
29

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

Latest result

Quarter ended 30 Jun 2026

Excellent · 90/100

Rev +19% YoY · PAT +410% YoY · margin expansion · operating leverage

Filed 04 Aug 2026
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MetricThis quarterYoYQoQ
Revenue₹197 Cr+19.4%-8.8%
EBITDA₹28 Cr+211.1%-56.9%
Operating margin14.0%+800 bps-1600 bps
PAT₹51 Cr+410.0%+88.9%
PAT margin25.9%+1983 bps+1339 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

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.

Management accountability

What management said, and what results must prove

Technical timing lens

Trend score and candlestick chart

42Neutral

SMA20 -4.5% / mo · MACD −

Stock trend: 43
Sector RS: 40
Sector 3M: -3.4% vs Nifty -1.5%

Technical chart

HMVLdaily · 1Y · AUTO+25.1%
Latest close ₹84.28 on 2026-09-04
Bar
-3.7%
RSI
36
MACD hist
-0.84
52W pos
55%
2026-09-04O ₹87.50H ₹88.00L ₹84.00C ₹84.28Vol 15,089 sh
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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 uptrend intact. RSI 36.

  • Price above SMA200 (long-term uptrend) but mid-term MAs not aligned.
  • SMA20 falling (~4.7% over last month) — short-term momentum negative.
  • RSI(14) at 36 — falling, no extreme reading.
  • MACD below signal but histogram contracting — bearish momentum easing.
  • 22% off 52W high · 53% 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 75 · DEEP VALUE · pillar breakdown, sector model, fair-value anchor

75U-SCORE
Top Setup

Fundamental score breakdown

DEEP VALUE
Valuation30/30
Growth20/25
Quality4/20
Balance Sheet12/15
Cash Flow4/10
Piotroski
8/9 (+5)
Penalties
0
Raw sum
75

Why this score?

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

75/100 · DEEP VALUE

Positive drivers

  • Piotroski is strong at 8/9.
  • Fair-value margin of safety is positive at 67.5%.
  • Valuation contributes 30/30 to the score.

Main drags

  • Quality is weaker at 4/20; verify the latest quarterly trend.
  • Cash flow is weaker at 4/10; verify the latest quarterly trend.
  • Growth is weaker at 20/25; 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.

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
3.9
PB
0.4
EV/EBITDA
5.8
ROE
9.9%
ROCE
11.5%
FCF Yield
Debt/Equity
0.1
MoS
+67.5%
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
75
Previous: 75
Verdict
DEEP VALUE
Previous: DEEP VALUE
Margin of safety
+67.5%
Previous: +67.5%

Score history

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

05 Sept 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
69
69
75
75
75
73
73
73
73
74
74
75

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
+65.3% MoS
Growth-justified P/E
21.3
Growth-justified Value
₹259.22
+67.5% MoS
PEG
0.14

Trust score

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

Trust Score
70Healthy 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 63rd percentile of the scored universe and 79th percentile within Media. Main check: results consistency is weak at 29/100.

Healthy Trust Lite: Promoter holding is 74.4%. Key concern: 3 latest quarters had PAT decline worse than 25% YoY.

Computed 05 Sept 2026
management-trust-v1
120 docs text-extracted · 42 concalls text-extracted
Score band
Healthy Trust

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

Relative rank
63rd percentile

overall median 67 · Media: 79th pctile, median 62 · Small: 66th 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

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
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.

Financials

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

Fundamentals

Valuation

P/E
3.87
P/B
0.39
EV/EBITDA
5.83
Market Cap
621.00Cr

Profitability

ROE
9.95%
ROCE
11.50%
ROA
3.65%
Dividend Y

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y
6.00%
EPS 5Y
17.00%
Revenue 3Y
1.00%
EPS 3Y
79.00%

Balance Sheet

Debt/Equity
0.05
Interest Coverage
11.56×
Altman Z
1.98
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
55%

Financial History

Updated 5/9/2026

Revenue

₹ Cr
No data

Net Profit

₹ Cr
No data

Return on Equity

%
No data

Peers

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