Sep 2026 · Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Press Release / Media Release 11 Sep - Nazara launched Bodycam UEFN in Fortnite worldwide on September 11, 2026.
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Nazara Technologies is a global gaming operating platform with a focus on mobile, PC & console, and offline gaming. It leverages a COE playbook across user acquisition, data analytics, AI, growth, and product to drive profit-led growth and strategic scale across its diverse portfolio of IPs.
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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.
Fundamental lens: valuation, quality, growth, balance sheet, and cash flow.
Revenue -14.0% · PAT -260.8% YoY
Price trend and sector-relative-strength timing.
Legacy margin-of-safety estimate; the revised evidence label remains in shadow validation.
Financial-only signal; management claim evidence is not sufficient yet.
Fundamentals, quarterly history, margins, returns and balance-sheet evidence
Rev -14% YoY · PAT -261% YoY · margin compression · +8% QoQ
| Metric | This quarter | YoY | QoQ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹429 Cr | -14.0% | +7.8% |
| EBITDA | ₹-38 Cr | -265.2% | -186.4% |
| Operating margin | -9.0% | -1370 bps | -2000 bps |
| PAT | ₹-82 Cr | -260.8% | -246.4% |
| PAT margin | -19.1% | -2933 bps | -3318 bps |
NDF means not disclosed in the current structured filing feed. It is intentionally not treated as zero.
Updated 22/10/2026
Trend interpretation, Stage 2, relative strength, volume and indicator evidence
Signals are conflicting — long-term uptrend intact. RSI 58. Wait for confirmation.
Mechanical read from the price + indicator series above. Not a recommendation — technical setups can reverse without warning, especially around earnings and macro events.
U-Score 49 · legacy U-Score band FAIR VALUE · valuation evidence and comparable companies
Top U-Score contributors and drags from the latest stored fundamentals.
For this sector, IndiaPulse uses a blended lens rather than relying on a single valuation ratio.
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.
12 stored score snapshots. Latest stored move: +0 points.
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.
Growth engines, risks, management commitments and evidence-backed delivery
FY26 was a pivotal year for Nazara, delivering highest-ever EBITDA of INR 255 Cr (+66% YoY) with Q4 margins at 19.5%. Pre-tax operating cash flow grew 81% YoY to INR 213 Cr. Gaming contributed 90% of FY26 EBITDA, up from 56% YoY, reflecting enhanced focus on core gaming.
Nazara demonstrated strong financial performance in FY26 with significant EBITDA and OCF growth, driven by a strategic shift towards high-margin core gaming. The acquisition of Bluetile & BestPlay and the embedded AI-driven 'Gaming OS' position the company for continued scale and efficiency, despite some Q4 revenue de-growth due to de-consolidation.
Latest issuer-disclosed distribution across 2 reported categories.
Gaming contributed 90% of EBITDA in FY26, up from 56% a year ago, reflecting enhanced focus on core gaming.
Acquisition of Bluetile and BestPlay adds casual gaming IPs, AI-native development, and a rewarded engagement network for cross-promotion.
UA, Data, Growth & Product COEs are group-level platform infrastructure, with AI embedded across the full game lifecycle for all IPs.
Funky Monkeys added 10 centers in FY26, expanding into Hyderabad and Surat. Smaaash 2.0 launch upcoming with a proven playbook.
10 additional centers in FY26, reaching 20 stores by Q4FY26. Expansion to continue in FY27.
New Smaaash 2.0 under development, anchored in social competitive, immersive, and tech-driven experiences.
To be consolidated in FY27 subject to regulatory approvals, adding 17 casual puzzle IPs and 22 million monthly active users.
FY26 marked Nazara's entry into the $90 billion PC-Console gaming market, with potential for cross-platform expansion of mobile IPs.
AI embedded across game lifecycle for faster build, smarter acquisition, and longer player retention, reducing costs and improving engagement.
Multi-title portfolio with no single game exceeding 30% of revenue, converging toward a high-margin, global gaming business.
Q4FY26 revenue de-growth of 24% YoY due to Nodwin de-consolidation from August 2025. Adjusted growth was 8%.
Sportskeeda's programmatic revenue faced incremental seasonal pressure in Q4, with US RPMs characteristically softer during the period.
Sportskeeda's cost optimization remains in focus amid Google update impact, though profitability was maintained.
Consolidation of Bluetile and BestPlay in FY27 is subject to regulatory approvals.
Sportskeeda's programmatic revenue faced incremental seasonal pressure in Q4, with US RPMs characteristically softer during the period.
Sportskeeda's cost optimization remains in focus amid Google update impact.
Issuer guidance and extracted claims are tracked against later reported outcomes. Treat these as management statements, not IndiaPulse forecasts.
The company emphasizes FY26 as a 'pivotal year' with significant structural changes, including de-consolidation and strategic acquisitions. YoY comparison best reflects the impact of these strategic shifts and the overall growth trajectory.
INR 1,829 Cr (+13% YoY)
INR 255 Cr (+66% YoY)
13.9% (+450 bps YoY)
19.5% (+970 bps YoY)
FY26 was a pivotal year. The shape of Nazara has fundamentally changed, converging toward a high-margin, globally diversified gaming business.
Nazara today operates at a materially different scale than it did a year ago. Our Operating leverage is real, and it is compounding.
AI embedded across the full game lifecycle – live tools, in-build initiatives, and clear roadmap – to build faster, acquire better, and retain longer.
NODWIN has brought in key personnel to drive its IPO readiness and is in discussions with Strategic and Financial investors for fund-raising.
| Checkpoint | Current evidence | What to verify next |
|---|---|---|
| Bluetile & BestPlay Consolidation | Acquisition announced, consolidation in FY27 subject to regulatory approvals. | Timely regulatory approvals and successful integration to scale gaming revenues and EBITDA. |
| Smaaash 2.0 Launch | Under development, anchored in social competitive, immersive, and tech-driven experiences. | Successful launch and rollout of Smaaash 2.0 using the proven playbook for offline expansion. |
| World Cricket Championship 4 Public Beta | Built with AI across engine, content, and QA pipelines, opens to public beta mid-May 2026. | Player reception, engagement metrics, and monetization performance post-launch. |
| NODWIN Fund Raising & IPO | In discussions with Strategic and Financial investors for fund-raising; brought in key personnel for IPO readiness. | Progress on fund-raising, balance sheet clean-up, and concrete steps towards IPO. |
Verification checkpoints are IndiaPulse research interpretation, not investment advice.
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 32nd percentile of the scored universe and 45th percentile within Media. Main check: results consistency is weak at 5/100.
This is a financial-behaviour screen, not a claim-tested management reliability verdict.
Financial behaviour is scored, but management claims do not yet have enough outcome checks.
overall median 67 · Media: 45th pctile, median 63 · Micro: 17th pctile, median 73
112 documents have extracted text, but claim history is not strong enough yet.
0 claims extracted · No contradicted claim yet
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