🗞️ Company: Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd

📆 Period: FY25 (Standalone)

📈 Revenue: ₹201.25 Cr

💰 Net Profit: ₹454 Cr (Wait, what?)

📊 EPS: ₹6.16

🧾 Sector: Media & Publishing (aka “Bik Gayi Hai Gormint” zone)

🕵️ At a Glance

Yes, you read that right. Hindustan Media Ventures — the company behind the Hindi daily ‘Hindustan’ — just reported:

• 🧾 ₹201.25 Cr in revenue
• 🤑 ₹454 Cr in PAT (Profit After Tax) — more than 2x their revenue?!
• 📌 EPS of ₹6.16 on ₹736.7 Cr equity base

If you’re scratching your head: “How can net profit be double the revenue?” — don’t worry, you’re not alone. There’s a twist (and we love those).

🏢 About the Company

Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd (HMVL) is the print arm of the HT Media group. It owns and publishes:

• 📰 Hindustan — Hindi daily with massive UP–Bihar belt presence
• 🗞️ Nai Dunia and a few supplements
• 💻 Local portals and regional news sites

The company’s cash cows graze in Tier 2 & 3 India. Think Muzaffarpur, Gorakhpur, Patna, Allahabad — places where WhatsApp forwards still get read out loud.

🧑‍💼 Key Managerial Personnel

• Chairperson: Shobhana Bhartia (Queen of Print Media)
• CEO/MD: Rajiv Verma (previously with HT Media)
• CFO: Whoever figured out how to make ₹454 Cr net profit on ₹201 Cr revenue deserves a standing ovation 🧠📉

📊 FY25 Financial Highlights

Disclaimer: Missing financial items suggest they filed this report in Morse code.

🧠 FV (Forward Value) Calculation

Let’s assume FY26 EPS rises modestly to ₹7.5.

Assign a P/E multiple of 12x (typical for legacy media).

🎯 FV = ₹7.5 × 12 = ₹90 per share

📉 CMP (as per Trendlyne) = ₹71.20

📈 Upside Potential = 26.4%

💡 But if earnings stay this lopsided, who knows — it might even hit ₹150 like an old magazine cover.

📰 Media Industry Trends

Legacy media is undergoing one hell of a transformation:

• 📉 Ad revenue from print is down post-Covid, digital eats lunch now
• 🧪 Digital pivot is expensive and tricky
• 🧾 Govt ads still keep regional papers afloat (read: election lifelines)
• 📲 D2C newsletters and social creators are now media brands too

And in the middle of all this… Hindustan Media Ventures decides to drop a ₹454 Cr profit bomb like it’s 2005 again.

📦 What Could Explain This Profit Surge?

🧩 Potential reasons:

• Asset sale? (Maybe sold land or legacy printing presses?)
• Investment income? (Dividend from sister concerns?)
• Exceptional item? (Awaiting notes section clarity)

Whatever it is, it doesn’t seem sustainable — unless the new business model is “Sell one newsprint roll for ₹200 Cr”.

🧠 EduInvesting Take: 🧻 Profitable on Paper?

Hindustan Media Ventures is a weird stock — rarely in the news, yet owned by savvy value investors.

👍 Pros:

• Strong regional presence
• Clean structure with low float
• Massive cash hoarding if true

👎 Cons:

• Low visibility
• Media industry = sinking Titanic
• No innovation / transformation narrative

“This isn’t a multibagger. It’s a time-pass trade with potential for surprise re-rating… if they stop hiding everything in footnotes.”

⚠️ Risks & Red Flags

• 🚩 Profit anomaly may be one-off
• 🚩 Digital pivot non-existent
• 🚩 Parent group HT Media isn’t exactly lighting up the charts either
• 🚩 India’s print ad budget is moving to influencers and meme pages

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