Skip to content
Intrinsic value · Buy/Sell verdict · scores — free· 1088 Nifty 500 stocks· EOD 2026-06-16

Hindustan Media Ventures Limited

HMVL · NSE · Communication Services

₹84.26
+1.86 (+2.26%)
Our verdictSolvency risk
Sell40/100
Quality53
Valuation100
Momentum96
Financial trend17
Intrinsic value
Our fair value
₹168.52
Undervalued by 100%
Price ₹84.26Range ₹155.04₹182

With a 20% margin of safety, our buy-below price is ₹134.82. Low-confidence estimate — limited data.

F
Financial health 15/100
Altman Z 1.58 · Distress zone

Piotroski F-score 3/9 — quality of earnings & balance sheet.

Investability checklist

Passed 7 of 13 checks54/100
  • ROE above 15%9.0%
  • Low debt (D/E < 0.5)0.05x
  • Positive free cash flow
  • Revenue growth > 10%7%
  • Earnings growing-39%
  • Net margin ≥ 10%6.6%
  • Current ratio > 1.51.53
  • Below our fair value
  • Margin of safety ≥ 20%
  • Above 200-day average
  • Above 50-day average
  • Positive 1-year return
  • Altman Z in safe zoneZ 1.58
  • Piotroski ≥ 73/9

1-year price

EOD · 2026-06-16
1W
-0.7%
1M
+32.9%
3M
+34.9%
6M
+27.3%
1Y

Our scores

Durability53
Valuation100
Momentum96

Durability rewards strong, low-debt, profitable businesses; Valuation rewards stocks cheap vs their sector; Momentum rewards strong price trends.

Quarterly results

2Q2020
₹90 Cr13%
3Q2020
₹131 Cr4%
4Q2020
₹163 Cr22%
1Q2021
₹168 Cr13%
Revenue Net profitRevenue 4-period change +87%

Annual financials

2018
₹880 Cr19%
2019
₹866 Cr8%
2020
₹796 Cr15%
2021
₹545 Cr14%
Revenue Net profitRevenue 4-period change -38%

Shareholding

Promoter86.4%
Institutions0.0%
Public & other13.6%

Promoter holding via insider stake; institutional via reported holdings.

Key fundamentals

Market cap
₹619 Cr
P/E ratio
4.4
P/B ratio
0.39
EPS (TTM)
₹19.15
ROE
9.0%
Debt / Equity
0.05x
Profit margin
6.6%
Free cash flow
₹104 Cr
52-week high
₹90.64
-7.04% from high
52-week low
₹55.93
Dividend yield
Beta
0.32

SWOT snapshot

Strengths

  • Lightly leveraged balance sheet.

Weaknesses

  • Weak Piotroski score (3/9).

Opportunities

  • Trading in our value buy zone versus sector peers.
  • Trades ~100% below our estimated fair value.

Threats

  • Earnings contracting year on year.
  • Balance-sheet stress — Altman Z 1.58.

About Hindustan Media Ventures Limited

Hindustan Media Ventures Limited engages in the publishing business in India. It operates through two segments, Printing & Publishing of Newspaper & Periodicals; and Digital. The company publishes under various brands, including Hindustan, a newspaper which covers international, national, and local news relating to politics, business, entertainment, sports, and other general interests; Nandan, a monthly children's magazine that offers traditional and modern stories, poems, in

More in Communication Services

Our verdict, fair value, financial-health and checklist are StocksWizard's own estimates, computed from public end-of-day data using standard models (DCF, relative valuation, Altman Z, Piotroski). For information only — not investment advice or a recommendation. Verify independently before investing.