Sun TV Network Ltd.
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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 20.7%
- Strong cash generation - operating cash flow backs reported profits (CFO/PAT 1.12x)
- Company has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 35.3%
- Company has a consistent dividend-paying track record
- Company generates healthy free cash flow
CONS
- Recent results are weak - TTM profit is down 17.5% versus prior year
- A large part of profit comes from other income (28.5% of PBT)
- Operating margins have contracted to 52.6% from 74.1%
- Company has delivered a poor profit growth of -1.7% over past five years
- Company has delivered a poor sales growth of 5.6% over past five years
- Recurring exceptional / one-off items are inflating headline profit
* The pros and cons are machine generated based on quantitative rules.
Peer comparison
| Name | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUNTV | 449.50 | 11.58 | 17714.10 | 2.78 | 619.07 | 16.98 | 1457.88 | 12.99 | 16.08 | 50.64 |
| ZEEL | 85.72 | 40.03 | 8233.57 | 2.33 | 74.30 | -48.30 | 1907.30 | 4.52 | 2.70 | 5.22 |
| NETWORK18 | 26.94 | 0.00 | 4154.15 | 0.00 | -38.36 | -102.58 | 516.26 | 10.34 | 4.63 | 8.76 |
| DEN | 27.18 | 8.75 | 1297.09 | 0.00 | 34.59 | -35.52 | 242.77 | 0.62 | 5.67 | 4.74 |
| NDTV | 73.71 | 0.00 | 831.63 | 0.00 | -818.80 | -1064.56 | 1172.30 | 988.99 | -91.45 | -58.02 |
| TVTODAY | 110.25 | 38.34 | 657.85 | 0.00 | 10.26 | 39.59 | 206.22 | 4.58 | 3.58 | 7.66 |
| GTPL | 58.15 | 87.00 | 653.97 | 3.44 | 1.38 | -81.20 | 1015.41 | 12.36 | 6.75 | 10.31 |
| ZEEMEDIA | 7.74 | 34.44 | 507.30 | 0.00 | -12.12 | -37.57 | 190.85 | 4.66 | -35.79 | 8.52 |
| ENIL | 100.40 | 0.00 | 478.61 | 1.99 | -6.01 | -14.22 | 113.68 | -1.26 | -2.19 | 7.94 |
| DISHTV | 2.50 | 0.00 | 460.31 | 0.00 | -2863.00 | -2928.67 | 2658.30 | 707.11 | 0.00 | -40.89 |
| NDLVENTURE | 125.50 | 558.23 | 422.58 | 0.40 | -46.36 | -69.15 | 245.22 | -9.40 | 1.69 | 12.47 |
| RADIOCITY | 6.28 | 4.63 | 217.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | 44.14 | — | -8.67 | 9.64 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,318 | 1,018 | 885 | 927 | 1,276 | 900 | 794 | 909 | 1,257 | 1,169 | 828 | 848 | 1,423 | |
| 531 | 302 | 312 | 419 | 570 | 371 | 361 | 482 | 640 | 419 | 418 | 469 | 782 | |
| Operating Profit | 786 | 716 | 574 | 509 | 706 | 529 | 432 | 427 | 617 | 750 | 410 | 380 | 641 |
| OPM % | 59.68% | 70.36% | 64.80% | 54.85% | 55.35% | 58.77% | 54.45% | 46.96% | 49.11% | 64.15% | 49.50% | 44.73% | 45.05% |
| 116 | 107 | 129 | 130 | 140 | 164 | 134 | 153 | 180 | 104 | 126 | 22 | 167 | |
| Interest | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Depreciation | 85 | 214 | 111 | 104 | 109 | 191 | 109 | 112 | 103 | 399 | 108 | 93 | 91 |
| Profit before Tax | 815 | 608 | 591 | 534 | 736 | 498 | 455 | 465 | 692 | 452 | 425 | 306 | 808 |
| Tax % | 28.46% | 24.99% | 26.04% | 25.37% | 25.72% | 20.11% | 23.63% | 22.13% | 23.64% | 27.08% | 25.62% | 28.62% | 24.27% |
| Net Profit | 583 | 456 | 437 | 399 | 547 | 398 | 347 | 362 | 529 | 330 | 316 | 219 | 612 |
| 14.79 | 11.58 | 11.10 | 10.11 | 13.88 | 10.10 | 8.81 | 9.19 | 13.41 | 8.37 | 8.03 | 5.55 | 15.53 |
Profit & Loss
Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated
| Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 | TTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,558 | 2,862 | 3,663 | 3,404 | 3,117 | 3,505 | 3,661 | 4,148 | 3,879 | 4,102 | 4,269 | |
| 872 | 903 | 1,112 | 1,168 | 1,050 | 1,241 | 1,312 | 1,563 | 1,784 | 1,946 | 2,088 | |
| Operating Profit | 1,686 | 1,959 | 2,551 | 2,236 | 2,067 | 2,264 | 2,349 | 2,585 | 2,094 | 2,156 | 2,181 |
| OPM % | 65.90% | 68.45% | 69.65% | 65.68% | 66.31% | 64.59% | 64.16% | 62.32% | 53.99% | 52.57% | 51.08% |
| 197 | 140 | 233 | 249 | 272 | 245 | 362 | 482 | 592 | 433 | 419 | |
| Interest | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
| Depreciation | 391 | 440 | 647 | 679 | 382 | 287 | 468 | 514 | 522 | 704 | 692 |
| Profit before Tax | 1,490 | 1,658 | 2,136 | 1,798 | 1,935 | 2,193 | 2,238 | 2,549 | 2,154 | 1,876 | 1,992 |
| Tax % | 34.28% | 34.09% | 34.70% | 23.70% | 21.42% | 25.00% | 25.18% | 26.42% | 23.21% | 25.73% | 25.86% |
| Net Profit | 979 | 1,093 | 1,395 | 1,372 | 1,520 | 1,645 | 1,675 | 1,875 | 1,654 | 1,394 | 1,477 |
| EPS | 24.85 | 27.74 | 35.39 | 34.81 | 38.58 | 41.74 | 42.49 | 47.58 | 41.98 | 35.36 | — |
| Dividend Payout % | 40.24% | 36.05% | 35.32% | 71.82% | 12.96% | 32.94% | 35.30% | 35.20% | 35.73% | 35.35% | — |
COMPOUNDED SALES GROWTH
- 10 Years:
- 6%
- 5 Years:
- 6%
- 3 Years:
- 4%
COMPOUNDED PROFIT GROWTH
- 10 Years:
- 5%
- 5 Years:
- -2%
- 3 Years:
- -6%
STOCK PRICE CAGR
- 10 Years:
- 0%
- 5 Years:
- -2%
- 3 Years:
- -10%
- 1 Year:
- -18%
RETURN ON EQUITY
- 10 Years:
- 22%
- 5 Years:
- 18%
- 3 Years:
- 15%
- Last Year:
- 12%
Balance Sheet
Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated
| Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity Capital | 197 | 197 | 197 | 197 | 197 | 197 | 197 | 197 | 197 | 197 |
| 3,825 | 4,443 | 5,243 | 5,427 | 6,752 | 7,856 | 8,941 | 10,156 | 11,220 | 12,122 | |
| 14 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 25 | 41 | 21 | 13 | 95 | 77 | |
| Trade Payables | 50 | 56 | 199 | 277 | 259 | 204 | 233 | 256 | 268 | 403 |
| 265 | 482 | 419 | 369 | 207 | 164 | 341 | 392 | 362 | 419 | |
| Total Liabilities | 4,350 | 5,190 | 6,069 | 6,317 | 7,441 | 8,461 | 9,734 | 11,014 | 12,141 | 13,218 |
| 1,089 | 1,027 | 924 | 938 | 760 | 1,599 | 1,561 | 1,558 | 1,441 | 1,170 | |
| Capital Work in Progress | 1 | 46 | 13 | 66 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 31 |
| 1,454 | 2,412 | 3,050 | 2,949 | 3,764 | 3,857 | 5,631 | 7,075 | 8,242 | 8,871 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,211 | 1,181 | 1,390 | |
| Cash & Bank | 738 | 307 | 471 | 529 | 875 | 918 | 492 | 360 | 297 | 256 |
| 1,066 | 1,398 | 1,610 | 1,835 | 1,895 | 2,087 | 2,050 | 804 | 964 | 1,500 | |
| Total Assets | 4,350 | 5,190 | 6,069 | 6,317 | 7,441 | 8,461 | 9,734 | 11,014 | 12,141 | 13,218 |
Cash Flows
Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated
| Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,789 | 1,885 | 2,500 | 2,036 | 1,982 | 2,305 | 2,628 | 2,137 | 1,625 | 1,736 | |
| Cash from Investing | -724 | -1,266 | -1,065 | -367 | -1,142 | -1,010 | -1,526 | -1,288 | -1,050 | -1,262 |
| Cash from Financing | -475 | -475 | -596 | -1,217 | -243 | -596 | -621 | -692 | -611 | -517 |
| 102 | -397 | 117 | 26 | 59 | 8 | -90 | 158 | -37 | -43 |
Ratios
Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated
| Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Documents
Corporate disclosures, annual reports, credit ratings, and concall transcripts
2026-09-01 - Sun TV Network Limited has informed the Exchange about Disclosure under Regulation 30 of SEBI LODR, 2015
2026-08-28 - Sun TV Network Limited has informed the Exchange about Copy of Newspaper Publication
2026-08-27 - Sun TV Network Limited has informed the Exchange regarding Notice of Annual General Meeting to be held on September 18, 2026
2026-08-13 - Sun TV Network Limited has informed the Exchange about Copy of Newspaper Publication
2026-08-12 - Sun TV Network Limited has informed the Exchange that Board of Directors at its meeting held on August 12, 2026, declared Interim Dividend of Rs. 5 per equity share.
2026-08-12 - Sun TV Network Limited has submitted to the Exchange, the financial results for the period ended Jun 30, 2026.
2026-08-07 - Sun TV Network Limited has informed the Exchange that Record date for the purpose of Interim Dividend is 18-Aug-2026, if any.
2026-07-22 - Disclosure under Regulation 30 of SEBI LODR 2015 - Issue of Bonus Shares by Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company
2026-07-10 - Sun TV Network Limited has informed the Exchange about Certificate under SEBI (Depositories and Participants) Regulations, 2018
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