Ortel Communications Ltd.
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ABOUT
KEY POINTS
Revenue Breakup Mar 2021 • Cable TV: 76.0% • Others: 8.9% • Broadband: 8.6%
AI Sector View
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 generates healthy free cash flow
- Working capital cycle has improved - days down from -1108 to -1394
CONS
- Net worth is negative - accumulated losses have eroded equity
- Company has a low return on capital employed of -15.2%
- 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 -0.31x)
- Company's sales have been declining over the last five years
* The pros and cons are machine generated based on quantitative rules.
Peer comparison
| Name | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUNTV | 475.45 | 12.25 | 18736.75 | 2.63 | 619.07 | 16.98 | 1457.88 | 12.99 | 16.08 | 50.64 |
| ZEEL | 79.43 | 37.09 | 7629.41 | 2.52 | 74.30 | -48.30 | 1907.30 | 4.52 | 2.70 | 5.22 |
| NETWORK18 | 26.65 | 0.00 | 4109.43 | 0.00 | -38.36 | -102.58 | 516.26 | 10.34 | 4.63 | 8.76 |
| DEN | 27.00 | 8.69 | 1288.50 | 0.00 | 345.89 | 544.84 | 2427.74 | 906.22 | 5.67 | 4.74 |
| NDTV | 71.96 | 0.00 | 811.89 | 0.00 | -818.80 | -1064.56 | 1172.30 | 988.99 | -91.45 | -58.02 |
| GTPL | 59.88 | 89.59 | 673.43 | 3.34 | 1.38 | -81.20 | 1015.41 | 12.36 | 6.75 | 10.31 |
| TVTODAY | 110.10 | 38.28 | 656.95 | 0.00 | 10.26 | 39.59 | 206.22 | 4.58 | 3.58 | 7.66 |
| ZEEMEDIA | 7.45 | 33.15 | 488.29 | 0.00 | -12.12 | -37.57 | 190.85 | 4.66 | -35.79 | 8.52 |
| ENIL | 102.10 | 0.00 | 486.71 | 1.96 | -6.01 | -14.22 | 113.68 | -1.26 | -2.19 | 7.94 |
| DISHTV | 2.52 | 0.00 | 464.00 | 0.00 | -2863.00 | -2928.67 | 2658.30 | 707.11 | 0.00 | -40.89 |
| NDLVENTURE | 125.35 | 557.56 | 422.07 | 0.40 | -46.36 | -69.15 | 245.22 | -9.40 | 1.69 | 12.47 |
| ORTEL | 1.85 | 0.00 | 6.10 | 0.00 | -93.10 | -91.96 | 104.70 | -44.28 | -13.47 | -31.04 |
Quarterly Results
Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated
| Mar 2020 | Jun 2020 | Sep 2020 | Dec 2020 | Mar 2021 | Jun 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 18 | 188 | 163 | 147 | 105 | |
| 30 | 22 | 235 | 235 | 235 | 199 | |
| Operating Profit | -9 | -4 | -48 | -72 | -88 | -94 |
| OPM % | -43.42% | -21.62% | -25.28% | -44.18% | -60.01% | -90.16% |
| 0 | 1 | -1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | |
| Interest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Depreciation | 7 | 6 | 65 | 64 | 63 | 62 |
| Profit before Tax | -9 | -2 | -48 | -64 | -83 | -93 |
| Tax % | -0.00% | -0.00% | -0.00% | -0.00% | -0.00% | -0.00% |
| Net Profit | -9 | -2 | -48 | -64 | -83 | -93 |
| -2.52 | -0.75 | -1.47 | -1.92 | -2.52 | -2.82 |
Profit & Loss
Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated
| Mar 2012 | Mar 2013 | Mar 2014 | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | TTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119 | 120 | 129 | 155 | 188 | 203 | 184 | 111 | 87 | 68 | 603 | |
| 86 | 97 | 104 | 120 | 146 | 163 | 214 | 117 | 98 | 68 | 905 | |
| Operating Profit | 34 | 22 | 24 | 35 | 41 | 40 | -30 | -7 | -11 | -0 | -302 |
| OPM % | 28.15% | 18.67% | 18.96% | 22.73% | 22.09% | 19.76% | -16.40% | -5.93% | -12.44% | -0.50% | -50.13% |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 9 | -9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 14 | |
| Interest | 27 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 27 | 29 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Depreciation | 26 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 32 | 26 | 26 | 254 |
| Profit before Tax | -19 | -23 | -14 | 7 | 15 | -1 | -95 | -51 | -35 | -22 | -288 |
| Tax % | -0.00% | -0.00% | -0.00% | 20.66% | 20.41% | -0.00% | -0.00% | -0.00% | -0.00% | -0.00% | -0.00% |
| Net Profit | -19 | -23 | -14 | 6 | 12 | -1 | -95 | -51 | -35 | -22 | -288 |
| EPS | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -10.57 | -6.66 | — |
| Dividend Payout % | 0.00% | — | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | — |
COMPOUNDED SALES GROWTH
- 10 Years:
- -3%
- 5 Years:
- -18%
- 3 Years:
- -28%
COMPOUNDED PROFIT GROWTH
- 10 Years:
- —
- 5 Years:
- —
- 3 Years:
- —
STOCK PRICE CAGR
- 10 Years:
- -35%
- 5 Years:
- 12%
- 3 Years:
- 21%
- 1 Year:
- 28%
RETURN ON EQUITY
- 10 Years:
- -29%
- 5 Years:
- -29%
- 3 Years:
- 0%
- Last Year:
- 0%
Balance Sheet
Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated
| Mar 2012 | Mar 2013 | Mar 2014 | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 23 | 23 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 33 | |
| 21 | 10 | -17 | 96 | 108 | 83 | -10 | -53 | -88 | -110 | |
| 178 | 164 | 145 | 120 | 198 | 222 | 237 | 245 | 237 | 226 | |
| Trade Payables | 8 | 11 | 20 | 21 | 26 | 16 | 35 | 40 | 42 | 48 |
| 46 | 55 | 69 | 108 | 93 | 151 | 179 | 180 | 180 | 170 | |
| Total Liabilities | 276 | 263 | 240 | 376 | 455 | 502 | 471 | 445 | 404 | 366 |
| 229 | 226 | 197 | 205 | 268 | 355 | 364 | 357 | 331 | 299 | |
| Capital Work in Progress | 10 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 60 | 32 | 30 | 22 | 15 | 13 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cash & Bank | 6 | 6 | 5 | 118 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 4 |
| 30 | 25 | 32 | 39 | 85 | 106 | 71 | 52 | 52 | 49 | |
| Total Assets | 276 | 263 | 240 | 376 | 455 | 502 | 471 | 445 | 404 | 366 |
Cash Flows
Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated
| Mar 2012 | Mar 2013 | Mar 2014 | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 52 | 48 | 68 | 37 | 50 | 36 | 30 | 4 | -0 | |
| Cash from Investing | -36 | -16 | -20 | -38 | -122 | -26 | -41 | -14 | -4 | -3 |
| Cash from Financing | -26 | -42 | -17 | 81 | 4 | -21 | 3 | -12 | 0 | 0 |
| -22 | -7 | 12 | 109 | -85 | 1 | -0 | 1 | -0 | 0 |
Ratios
Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated
| Mar 2012 | Mar 2013 | Mar 2014 | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | |
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