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Tips Music Limited (TIPSMUSIC)

Micro Cap

Media stocks · Micro cap · NSE

Tips Music Limited, founded in 1988, is an Indian media & entertainment company. It is a debt-free company with ₹345 Cr cash & investments (Q1FY27), 96 employees, and 158.3 Mn YouTube subscribers. 75% of its revenue is from digital platforms. The company expenses 100% of content cost in the quarter of release.

₹750.05
-21.65 · -2.81%
Market cap ₹9,498 Cr
Data qualityFresh enough for analysisQuote updated 21 Oct, 02:00 pm IST
Details
Quote21 Oct, 02:00 pm IST
Base fundamentals18 Oct 2026 · screener
Official result overlay30 Sept 2026 · nse-xbrl
Latest result15 Oct, 01:48 pm IST
Score21 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

91Strong Bull

full bull SMA stack · SMA20 +3.2% / mo · MACD + · near 52W high · sector +14.2pp vs Nifty 500 (3M)

Stock trend: 85
Sector RS: 100
Sector 3M: +8.1% vs Nifty 500 -6.1%

Latest FPI flow is positive, but a second consecutive positive fortnight is still required. View sector evidence

Technical chart

TIPSMUSICD candles · FIT view+13.8%TODAY · PROVISIONAL
Latest price ₹750.05 on 2026-10-21

Today's candle is provisional from the latest intraday quote; completed-candle scans remain unchanged.

Bar
-3.2%
RSI
64
MACD hist
12.15
52W pos
88%
Visible chart range
Candle interval
2026-10-21O ₹775.00H ₹780.25L ₹742.00C ₹750.05Vol 5.7L shIntraday candle
₹546.57₹609.01₹671.46₹733.91₹796.3552H₹750.052026-062026-09VolRSIMACD2026-042026-062026-082026-092026-11
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

TIPSMUSICNifty MediaNifty 500
-15%-7%+2%+11%20 Jul1 Sept19 Oct19 Oct 2026TIPSMUSIC +8.6%Nifty Media +7.0%Nifty 500 -5.6%
TIPSMUSIC
+8.6%
Nifty 500
-5.6%
Nifty Media
+7.0%
Vs Nifty 500
+14.2 pp
Chart stats
19 Oct 2026
From 52W high
-1.7%
₹785
52W range position
96%
₹481.2 - ₹785
ATR (14)
4.0%
₹30.8
Volume vs 20D
4.65x
Latest completed session
Avg traded value
₹54.9 Cr
20-session average
20D price channel
₹616.1 - ₹785
52.6% annualized volatility
Research snapshot

What the evidence says now

Mixed fundamentals, management evidence is still limited to a financial-only Trust Lite signal, price trend supports entry, and recent execution is mixed.

Suggested next step
Research, do not rush
The evidence is not strongly aligned. Compare peers and wait for a cleaner setup.
U-Score
Legacy · FAIR VALUE
56

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

Latest result
Good
62

Revenue +34.9% · PAT +24.0% YoY

Technical
Strong Bull
91

Price trend and sector-relative-strength timing.

Valuation
Legacy model
-87.6%

Legacy margin-of-safety estimate; the revised evidence label remains in shadow validation.

Trust
Limited evidence
80

Financial-only signal; management claim evidence is not sufficient yet.

Financials

Fundamentals, quarterly history, margins, returns and balance-sheet evidence

Latest result

Quarter ended 30 Sept 2026

Good · 62/100

Rev +35% YoY · PAT +24% YoY · +13% QoQ · margin compression

Filed 15 Oct 2026
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MetricThis quarterYoYQoQ
Revenue₹120.1 Cr+34.9%+12.7%
EBITDA₹84.7 Cr+24.5%+58.1%
Operating margin70.5%-549 bps+2023 bps
PAT₹65.7 Cr+24.0%+50.4%
PAT margin54.8%-479 bps+1373 bps

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

Fundamentals

Valuation

P/E
41.80
P/B
29.41
EV/EBITDA
32.43
Market Cap
9498.00Cr

Profitability

ROE
87.60%
ROCE
118.00%
ROA
55.37%
Dividend Y
2.04%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y
33.00%
EPS 5Y
37.00%
Revenue 3Y
26.00%
EPS 3Y
39.00%

Balance Sheet

Debt/Equity
0.01
Interest Coverage
—
Altman Z
10.04
Book Value
25.40

Cash Flow

FCF Yield
1.41%
FCF Positive Y
11/5
OCF
197.00 Cr
EPS TTM
17.77

Shareholding

Promoter Hold
3.00%
Promoter Pledge
0.00%
Momentum 52W
96%

Financial History

Updated 20/10/2026

Revenue

₹ Cr
Latest: 376+20.9% vs prev
0376.0Mar 2017: 47.0Mar 2018: 47.0Mar 2019: 203Mar 2020: 91.0Mar 2021: 91.0Mar 2022: 136Mar 2023: 187Mar 2024: 242Mar 2025: 311Mar 2026: 376FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26

Net Profit

₹ Cr
Latest: 217+29.9% vs prev
0217.0Mar 2017: 3.0Mar 2018: 3.0Mar 2019: 3.0Mar 2020: 11.0Mar 2021: 43.0Mar 2022: 65.0Mar 2023: 77.0Mar 2024: 127Mar 2025: 167Mar 2026: 217FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26

Return on Equity

%
Latest: 83.5+5.0% vs prev
083.5Mar 2017: 4.4%Mar 2018: 4.3%Mar 2019: 4.3%Mar 2020: 13.8%Mar 2021: 42.6%Mar 2022: 63.7%Mar 2023: 56.6%Mar 2024: 70.6%Mar 2025: 79.5%Mar 2026: 83.5%FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26

Technicals

Trend interpretation, Stage 2, relative strength, volume and indicator evidence

Daily technical trend read

Bullish setup

Trend is constructive — long-term uptrend intact. RSI 64.

  • Price > SMA20 > SMA50 > SMA200 — full bullish stack.
  • SMA20 rising (~3.7% over last month) — short-term momentum positive.
  • RSI(14) at 64 — sideways, no extreme reading.
  • MACD above signal, histogram expanding — bullish momentum building.
  • 4% off 52W high · 56% 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 & peers

U-Score 56 · legacy U-Score band FAIR VALUE · valuation evidence and comparable companies

56U-SCORE
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Fundamental score breakdown

U band · FAIR VALUE
Valuation0/30
Growth19/25
Quality20/20
Balance Sheet7/15
Cash Flow6/10
Piotroski
7/9 (+5)
Penalties
-1
Raw sum
56

Why this score?

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

56/100 · legacy band FAIR VALUE

Positive drivers

  • Piotroski is strong at 7/9.
  • Quality contributes 20/20 to the score.
  • Growth contributes 19/25 to the score.

Main drags

  • Penalty bucket subtracts 1 points.
  • Fair-value margin of safety is negative at -87.6%.
  • Valuation is weaker at 0/30; 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
41.8
PB
29.4
EV/EBITDA
32.4
ROE
87.6%
ROCE
118.0%
FCF Yield
1.4%
Debt/Equity
0.0
MoS
-87.6%
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: 21 Oct 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
Final score
56
Previous: 56
Legacy U-Score band
FAIR VALUE
Previous: FAIR VALUE
Margin of safety
-87.6%
Previous: -93.0%

Score history

12 stored score snapshots. Latest stored move: +0 points.

21 Oct 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
57
57
57
57
57
57
57
57
56
56
56
56

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
₹100.77
-644.3% MoS
Growth-justified P/E
22.5
Growth-justified Value
₹399.83
-87.6% MoS
PEG
1.11

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.

Compare all ↗
Ticker
Name
Why peer
Score
PE
ROE
MoS
Verdict
SAREGAMA
Large
Saregama India Limited
Media & Entertainment
match 86
37
42.8
12.7%
-64%
WATCHLIST
NAZARA
Micro
Nazara Technologies Limited
Media & Entertainment
match 59
49
—
30.6%
—
FAIR VALUE
AMAGI
Small
Amagi Media Labs Limited
Media & Entertainment
match 55
29
123.0
10.3%
-358%
OVERVALUED
PVRINOX
Large
PVR INOX Limited
Media & Entertainment
match 54
37
42.7
4.9%
-38%
WATCHLIST
NPST
Small
Network People Services Technologies Limited
Media & Entertainment
match 53
48
85.6
15.0%
-269%
FAIR VALUE

Business, management & trust

Growth engines, risks, management commitments and evidence-backed delivery

Business and thesis

Where growth can come from, and what can break the case

Thesis under stressReviewed 2026-07-23T07:10:48.073Z
Management commentary snapshot

Q1FY27 revenue grew 21% YoY to ₹106.5 Cr, but operating EBITDA declined 5% YoY to ₹53.5 Cr, with margins contracting 1390 bps to 50.3%. PAT fell 4% YoY to ₹43.9 Cr, primarily due to a 90% YoY surge in content costs.

While revenue growth remains robust, the significant increase in content cost has eroded Q1FY27 profitability. The 90% YoY rise in content cost, fully expensed in the release quarter, pressured Op. EBITDA and PAT, raising questions about future margin sustainability.

Current business mix

Revenue by Platform

Latest issuer-disclosed distribution across 2 reported categories.

Businessmix
Digital Platforms75.0%
Other Platforms25.0%
Growth engines

Subscription Monetization

Positive

Industry subscription revenue is growing approx. 40-50% CAGR; Spotify India paid subscribers expected to reach 150 million.

Monetization of Shorts

Positive

Shorts consumption far exceeds other digital formats; monetization can significantly step up revenues.

Public Performance Rights

Positive

Industry revenue growing approx. 40-50% CAGR, expected to surpass INR 2,500-3,000 crores over the next 5 years.

Royalty from AI

Potential

Music industry aims to create a legal framework for training AI on copyrighted music and ethical AI use.

Capacity and execution

New Music Releases

Ongoing

73 new releases in Q1FY27.

Tailwinds

Growing Digital Ad Industry

Positive

Indian digital advertising industry reached ₹71,621 crore in 2025, projected to grow at 17% CAGR (CY25-CY27).

Digital Media Dominance

Positive

Digital media is expected to account for 70% of total ad spend in India by the end of 2027.

High Digital Engagement

Positive

People in India spend about 1.2 trillion hours (+9%) on phones; YouTube is India’s largest ad-supported online video platform.

Risk radar

Content Cost Volatility

Concern

Content cost surged 90% YoY in Q1FY27 to ₹44.6 Cr, significantly impacting operating margins.

Indian Streaming ARPU

Structural

Global music labels earn 50-90 paise per stream, whereas labels in India earn 4-10 paise per stream.

Management accountability

What management said, and what results must prove

Issuer guidance and extracted claims are tracked against later reported outcomes. Treat these as management statements, not IndiaPulse forecasts.

Analyst reading lens
Compare BOTH

YoY comparison is essential for seasonal businesses like media to account for cyclical trends. QoQ is also relevant to track sequential momentum, especially given the significant content cost fluctuations and their immediate expensing.

Sector KPIs management disclosed

Annual YouTube Views

Positive

FY26: 210.4 Billion, +37% YoY (FY22-FY26 CAGR).

Quarterly YouTube Views

Positive

Q1FY27: 57.4 Billion, up from 56.7 Billion in Q1FY26.

New Songs Added

Ongoing

73 new releases in Q1FY27, compared to 399 in FY26.

Digital Revenue Share

Positive

75% of revenue through digital platforms (Q1FY27).

Management forward view

Optimizing Capital Allocation

Strategic

Company is optimizing capital allocation through buybacks and dividends, reducing equity shares by 26% since 2009.

Increasing Market Share

Goal

Revenues surged 2x in the last 3 years, aiming for sustainably increasing market share.

Content Strategy

Strategy

Evergreen & rich content of over 38,000 songs across genres, languages & decades, providing high visibility of music revenue.

Thesis monitor

Numbers and claims to verify in the next filings

CheckpointCurrent evidenceWhat to verify next
Operating EBITDA Margin50.3% (Q1FY27)Stabilization or improvement in margins, given the content cost expensing policy.
Content Cost Growth+90% YoY (Q1FY27)Moderation in content cost growth relative to revenue growth to support profitability.
New Music Releases73 (Q1FY27)Consistent pipeline of new content to maintain listenership and digital engagement.
Digital Revenue Share75% (Q1FY27)Continued growth in digital revenue share and monetization from new avenues like Shorts and AI.

Verification checkpoints are IndiaPulse research interpretation, not investment advice.

Trust Score
80Limited 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 90th percentile of the scored universe and 99th percentile within Media. No major sub-score weakness stands out.

This is a financial-behaviour screen, not a claim-tested management reliability verdict.

Computed 05 Sept 2026
management-trust-v1
92 docs text-extracted · 34 concalls text-extracted
Score band
Limited evidence

Financial behaviour is scored, but management claims do not yet have enough outcome checks.

Relative rank
90th percentile

overall median 67 · Media: 99th pctile, median 63 · Micro: 81st pctile, median 73

Evidence depth
Financial-only

92 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 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
66
acceptable · holding, pledge, alignment
Cash flow
77
strong · profit to cash conversion
Balance sheet
88
strong · leverage and solvency
Discipline
98
strong · capital discipline
Results
69
acceptable · quarterly consistency

Trust positives

  • ▸Promoter pledge is zero.
  • ▸FCF yield is positive at 1.6%.
  • ▸11 years of positive FCF.
  • ▸Debt/equity is 0.02.

Trust risks

  • ▸Promoter holding is only 3%.
  • ▸OPM spread across recent quarters is 31%.

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

Important announcements & filings

Latest exchange and company disclosures found within the past two years.

12 shown
Announcement

Post Buyback Public Announcement 1 Oct - Inga Ventures Pvt Ltd ("Manager to the Buyback Offer") has submitted to BSE a copy of Post Buyback Public Announcement for the attention of Shareholders …

Source: Bse

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Announcement

Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Daily Buy Back of equity shares 25 Sep

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Announcement

Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Analyst / Investor Meet - Intimation 24 Sep

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Announcement

Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Analyst / Investor Meet - Intimation 23 Sep

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Announcement

Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Daily Buy Back of equity shares 18 Sep

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Announcement

Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Daily Buy Back of equity shares 17 Sep

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Announcement

Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Analyst / Investor Meet - Intimation 17 Sep

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Announcement

Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Daily Buy Back of equity shares 15 Sep

Source: Bse

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Announcement

Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Analyst / Investor Meet - Intimation 7 Sep

Source: Bse

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Announcement

Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Analyst / Investor Meet - Intimation 12 Aug

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Announcement

Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Analyst / Investor Meet - Intimation 10 Aug

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Announcement

Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Analyst / Investor Meet - Intimation 17 Jul - Intimation of Schedule of call with analyst(s) / institutional investor(s)

Source: Bse

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