Diligent Media Corporation Ltd.
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AI GENERATEDMedia Entertainment & Publication
This sector uses indirect proxies rather than direct ad-spend data. Urban CMIE sentiment at 109.5 (2026-07), disposable personal income of INR 353131560 million (Dec/25), and consumer spending of INR 44743 billion (Jun/26) are supportive, but formal consumer confidence weakened to 88.3 (Jul/26). FPI flow is mildly negative at INR -558 crore over 3 months to 2026-08-31, so the stance remains neutral and confidence is capped.
PROS
- Company is almost debt free
- Company has a healthy return on capital (ROCE) of 56.6%
- Operating margins have improved to 8.8% from -106.7%
- Latest quarter profit grew 121.2% YoY, showing strong momentum
- Company has delivered good sales growth of 56.6% CAGR over last 5 years
CONS
- Net worth is negative - accumulated losses have eroded equity
- Recent results are weak - TTM profit is down 340.2% versus prior year
- A large part of profit comes from other income (99.0% of PBT)
- Company has a low return on equity of 0.0% over last 3 years
- Poor cash conversion - profits are not backed by operating cash flow (CFO/PAT 0.37x)
* The pros and cons are machine generated based on quantitative rules.
Peer comparison
| Name | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPSLTD | 2614.00 | 23.74 | 4471.46 | 0.00 | 50.39 | 42.99 | 224.24 | 20.38 | 41.49 | 34.32 |
| DBCORP | 191.40 | 9.70 | 3411.79 | 3.66 | 1007.25 | 1145.93 | 6037.39 | 979.17 | 20.02 | 22.60 |
| NAVNETEDUL | 128.20 | 8.44 | 2835.95 | 2.34 | 141.00 | -10.19 | 788.00 | -0.76 | 54.91 | 25.13 |
| JAGRAN | 62.05 | 7.16 | 1350.54 | 16.12 | 61.23 | -8.28 | 499.35 | 8.54 | 14.01 | 14.03 |
| SANDESH | 998.15 | 7.04 | 755.54 | 0.50 | 99.49 | 71.41 | 458.18 | 524.82 | 6.88 | 4.23 |
| HTMEDIA | 24.97 | 0.00 | 581.23 | 0.00 | 43.51 | 482.67 | 437.30 | 6.10 | 3.52 | 6.93 |
| SCHAND | 136.75 | 6.76 | 482.35 | 2.92 | -18.73 | -33.16 | 114.55 | 11.62 | 10.30 | -8.44 |
| REPRO | 315.00 | 4.61 | 451.88 | 0.00 | 128.56 | 4809.16 | 139.91 | 20.13 | -2.46 | 2.73 |
| DJML | 82.21 | 25.07 | 295.37 | 0.18 | 21.85 | 1117.95 | 363.62 | 1340.65 | 17.49 | 16.17 |
| DGCONTENT | 23.88 | 114.84 | 138.95 | 0.00 | -1.93 | 17.17 | 123.30 | 11.63 | 67.18 | 1.52 |
| SAMBHAAV | 5.87 | 0.00 | 112.18 | 0.00 | -2.11 | -658.99 | 9.62 | 4.19 | 2.44 | -10.93 |
| DNAMEDIA | 2.52 | 0.00 | 29.66 | 0.00 | 0.40 | 121.16 | 1.72 | 117.47 | 7.94 | 22.47 |
Quarterly Results
Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated
| Jun 2023 | Sep 2023 | Dec 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 | Jun 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Operating Profit | -0 | 0 | 0 | -11 | -0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | -2 | -1 | -0 | 0 | 0 |
| OPM % | -25.00% | 12.71% | 15.47% | -342.45% | -13.51% | 36.71% | -126.90% | 47.17% | -234.18% | -23.79% | -25.53% | 9.20% | 20.02% |
| 3 | 4 | 7 | 175 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Interest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Depreciation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Profit before Tax | 3 | 5 | 7 | 164 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | -2 | -1 | -0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tax % | 25.26% | 25.16% | 25.17% | 23.31% | -0.41% | 0.22% | 11.19% | -1.79% | 1.05% | -6.35% | -15.38% | 1500.00% | 0.00% |
| Net Profit | 2 | 4 | 5 | 126 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | -2 | -1 | -0 | -6 | 0 |
| 0.18 | 0.30 | 0.46 | 10.68 | 0.21 | 0.39 | 0.22 | 0.34 | -0.16 | -0.06 | -0.02 | -0.51 | 0.03 |
Profit & Loss
Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated
| Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | TTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | 85 | 124 | 114 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 7 | |
| 122 | 130 | 137 | 131 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 8 | |
| Operating Profit | -21 | -44 | -12 | -17 | 0 | 3 | -8 | -9 | -11 | 1 | -1 |
| OPM % | -21.23% | -51.91% | -10.06% | -14.84% | 16.71% | 90.30% | -118.18% | -93.62% | -108.99% | 8.75% | -6.79% |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 137 | 190 | 14 | 1 | |
| Interest | 1 | 0 | 38 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Depreciation | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Profit before Tax | -14 | -39 | -60 | -69 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 128 | 179 | 14 | -0 |
| Tax % | 36.77% | 34.32% | -63.69% | 16.35% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -0.00% | 25.17% | 23.47% | 1.82% | -10883.33% |
| Net Profit | -9 | -26 | -98 | -58 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 96 | 137 | 14 | -7 |
| EPS | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -5.50 | -3.88 | 2.03 | 13.65 | 11.62 | 1.16 | — |
| Dividend Payout % | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | — |
COMPOUNDED SALES GROWTH
- 10 Years:
- -19%
- 5 Years:
- 57%
- 3 Years:
- 27%
COMPOUNDED PROFIT GROWTH
- 10 Years:
- —
- 5 Years:
- 125%
- 3 Years:
- —
STOCK PRICE CAGR
- 10 Years:
- —
- 5 Years:
- 3%
- 3 Years:
- -6%
- 1 Year:
- -50%
RETURN ON EQUITY
- 10 Years:
- 0%
- 5 Years:
- 0%
- 3 Years:
- 0%
- Last Year:
- 0%
Balance Sheet
Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated
| Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89 | 89 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | |
| -412 | -438 | -423 | -481 | -545 | -591 | -567 | -406 | -269 | -256 | |
| 1 | 872 | 778 | 819 | 864 | 436 | 436 | 436 | 436 | 436 | |
| Trade Payables | 15 | 31 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 373 | -58 | -44 | -55 | -46 | 232 | 209 | 133 | 151 | 33 | |
| Total Liabilities | 66 | 496 | 345 | 311 | 295 | 95 | 95 | 180 | 333 | 228 |
| 3 | 3 | 259 | 190 | 177 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 436 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 14 | |
| Cash & Bank | 10 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 49 | 41 | 64 | 106 | 112 | 95 | 93 | 177 | 320 | 211 | |
| Total Assets | 66 | 496 | 345 | 311 | 295 | 95 | 95 | 180 | 333 | 228 |
Cash Flows
Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated
| Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -18 | -2 | 15 | -61 | -3 | 285 | -0 | 93 | -6 | 3 | |
| Cash from Investing | 0 | -0 | -11 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -92 | 4 | -2 |
| Cash from Financing | 25 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | -290 | 0 | 0 | -0 | -0 |
| 6 | -2 | 4 | -4 | -4 | -4 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
Ratios
Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated
| Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Documents
Corporate disclosures, annual reports, credit ratings, and concall transcripts
2026-09-04 - Diligent Media Corporation Limited has informed the Exchange about Copy of Newspaper Publication
2026-09-03 - Diligent Media Corporation Limited has informed the Exchange regarding 'Notice under Regulation 36(1)(b) of Listing Regulations sent to shareholders'.
2026-09-03 - Diligent Media Corporation Limited has informed the Exchange regarding Notice of Annual General Meeting to be held on September 25, 2026
2026-09-01 - Diligent Media Corporation Limited has informed the Exchange about Pendency of Litigation(s)/dispute(s) or the outcome impacting the Company
2026-08-28 - Diligent Media Corporation Limited has informed the Exchange about Copy of Newspaper Publication
2026-08-15 - Diligent Media Corporation Limited has informed the Exchange about Copy of Newspaper Publication for un-audited financial results for Q1 FY 2026-27
2026-08-13 - Diligent Media Corporation Limited has informed the Exchange regarding Outcome of Board Meeting held on August 13, 2026.
2026-08-13 - Diligent Media Corporation Limited has informed the Exchange regarding Outcome of Board Meeting held on August 13, 2026.
2026-08-13 - Diligent Media Corporation Limited has informed the Exchange regarding 'Approval of Notice, Board Report / Annual Report of ensuing AGM'.
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