Hindustan Media Ventures Limited
HMVL · NSE · Communication Services
With a 20% margin of safety, our buy-below price is ₹134.82. Low-confidence estimate — limited data.
Piotroski F-score 3/9 — quality of earnings & balance sheet.
Investability checklist
- ✕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 · 2026-06-16Our scores
Durability rewards strong, low-debt, profitable businesses; Valuation rewards stocks cheap vs their sector; Momentum rewards strong price trends.
Quarterly results
Annual financials
Shareholding
Promoter holding via insider stake; institutional via reported holdings.
Key fundamentals
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
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