Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd.
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ABOUT
KEY POINTS
Revenue Breakup Mar 2011 • B & C: 100.0% • Film Production/ Distribution: 0.0%
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 has consistently been profitable over the last 5 years
- Strong cash generation - operating cash flow backs reported profits (CFO/PAT 2.23x)
- Company generates healthy free cash flow
- Company comfortably covers its interest (7.1x coverage)
- Offers a healthy dividend yield of 2.5%
CONS
- Recent results are weak - TTM profit is down 69.6% versus prior year
- A large part of profit comes from other income (72.6% of PBT)
- Company has a low return on capital employed of 5.1%
- Company has a low return on equity of 3.4% over last 3 years
- Company has delivered a poor profit growth of -19.3% over past five years
- Operating margins have contracted to 4.3% from 14.7%
* 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 | 34.59 | -35.52 | 242.77 | 0.62 | 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 |
| RADIOCITY | 6.13 | 4.52 | 211.91 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | 44.14 | — | -8.67 | 9.64 |
Quarterly Results
Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,984 | 2,438 | 2,046 | 2,170 | 2,130 | 2,001 | 1,979 | 2,184 | 1,825 | 1,969 | 2,280 | 2,025 | 1,907 | |
| 1,825 | 2,105 | 1,837 | 1,960 | 1,860 | 1,678 | 1,658 | 1,886 | 1,586 | 1,810 | 2,024 | 2,280 | 1,864 | |
| Operating Profit | 159 | 333 | 209 | 210 | 270 | 323 | 321 | 298 | 239 | 159 | 256 | -255 | 43 |
| OPM % | 8.00% | 13.65% | 10.22% | 9.69% | 12.70% | 16.15% | 16.21% | 13.63% | 13.09% | 8.07% | 11.21% | -12.58% | 2.25% |
| -56 | -48 | -33 | -12 | -10 | 45 | -46 | 36 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 76 | 31 | |
| Interest | 23 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 13 |
| Depreciation | 79 | 77 | 76 | 77 | 76 | 73 | 66 | 64 | 59 | 57 | 54 | 47 | 44 |
| Profit before Tax | 1 | 184 | 82 | 114 | 180 | 286 | 198 | 262 | 197 | 115 | 202 | -241 | 74 |
| Tax % | -480.00% | 29.49% | 35.12% | 89.38% | 30.14% | 26.86% | 17.30% | 28.03% | 27.14% | 33.74% | 23.25% | 56.92% | -0.27% |
| Net Profit | -534 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 209 | 164 | 188 | 144 | 76 | 155 | -104 | 74 |
| 0.04 | 1.35 | 0.56 | 0.12 | 1.31 | 2.18 | 1.70 | 1.96 | 1.50 | 0.79 | 1.62 | -1.08 | 0.79 |
Profit & Loss
Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone
| Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 | TTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6,434 | 6,686 | 7,934 | 8,130 | 7,730 | 8,186 | 8,088 | 8,637 | 8,294 | 8,099 | 8,181 | |
| 4,728 | 4,626 | 5,372 | 6,868 | 6,136 | 6,426 | 6,987 | 7,727 | 7,125 | 7,753 | 7,979 | |
| Operating Profit | 1,706 | 2,060 | 2,562 | 1,262 | 1,594 | 1,760 | 1,101 | 911 | 1,169 | 346 | 203 |
| OPM % | 26.52% | 30.81% | 32.29% | 15.52% | 20.62% | 21.50% | 13.61% | 10.54% | 14.09% | 4.28% | 2.48% |
| 1,447 | 584 | 236 | 112 | -16 | 3 | -250 | -149 | 68 | 189 | 143 | |
| Interest | 137 | 145 | 130 | 145 | 57 | 44 | 70 | 72 | 33 | 45 | 50 |
| Depreciation | 115 | 182 | 235 | 271 | 265 | 221 | 313 | 309 | 278 | 217 | 202 |
| Profit before Tax | 2,901 | 2,319 | 2,434 | 956 | 1,256 | 1,498 | 468 | 381 | 926 | 274 | 150 |
| Tax % | 23.47% | 36.27% | 35.63% | 45.14% | 36.83% | 29.68% | 46.29% | 47.73% | 25.77% | 0.84% | -34.18% |
| Net Profit | 2,220 | 1,478 | 1,567 | 525 | 793 | 1,054 | 251 | 199 | 687 | 271 | 202 |
| EPS | 23.13 | 15.40 | 16.32 | 5.48 | 8.33 | 10.04 | 0.50 | 1.47 | 7.07 | 2.84 | — |
| Dividend Payout % | 10.80% | 18.82% | 21.44% | 5.47% | 30.03% | 29.89% | 0.00% | 67.96% | 34.37% | 70.38% | — |
COMPOUNDED SALES GROWTH
- 10 Years:
- 3%
- 5 Years:
- 1%
- 3 Years:
- 0%
COMPOUNDED PROFIT GROWTH
- 10 Years:
- -10%
- 5 Years:
- -19%
- 3 Years:
- 79%
STOCK PRICE CAGR
- 10 Years:
- -17%
- 5 Years:
- -15%
- 3 Years:
- -34%
- 1 Year:
- -32%
RETURN ON EQUITY
- 10 Years:
- 11%
- 5 Years:
- 5%
- 3 Years:
- 3%
- Last Year:
- 2%
Balance Sheet
Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone
| Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity Capital | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 |
| Minority Interest | 1 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| 6,594 | 7,465 | 8,826 | 9,245 | 9,995 | 10,763 | 10,623 | 10,777 | 11,437 | 11,634 | |
| 1,848 | 1,147 | 759 | 391 | 21 | 57 | 219 | 162 | 240 | 194 | |
| Trade Payables | 834 | 1,150 | 1,490 | 1,680 | 1,398 | 1,372 | 1,749 | 1,436 | 1,191 | 1,467 |
| 793 | 1,258 | 1,748 | 721 | 981 | 643 | 618 | 525 | 360 | 376 | |
| Total Liabilities | 10,167 | 11,130 | 12,933 | 12,144 | 12,504 | 12,932 | 13,305 | 12,996 | 13,324 | 13,765 |
| 801 | 1,321 | 1,259 | 1,235 | 1,139 | 1,117 | 1,310 | 1,155 | 957 | 859 | |
| Capital Work in Progress | 127 | 78 | 108 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 4 |
| 1,343 | 1,529 | 976 | 325 | 798 | 65 | 35 | 39 | 1,195 | 1,275 | |
| 1,696 | 2,628 | 3,850 | 5,348 | 5,403 | 6,386 | 7,308 | 6,913 | 6,775 | 6,512 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,702 | 1,532 | 1,724 | |
| Cash & Bank | 2,613 | 1,612 | 1,222 | 734 | 1,091 | 1,273 | 804 | 1,193 | 1,250 | 1,494 |
| 3,587 | 3,963 | 5,516 | 4,468 | 4,060 | 4,086 | 3,830 | 1,984 | 1,614 | 1,898 | |
| Total Assets | 10,167 | 11,130 | 12,933 | 12,144 | 12,504 | 12,932 | 13,305 | 12,996 | 13,324 | 13,765 |
Cash Flows
Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone
| Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,422 | 1,384 | 1,065 | 561 | 2,049 | 777 | 518 | 714 | 1,161 | 708 | |
| Cash from Investing | 1,397 | -1,050 | 866 | 389 | -506 | 577 | -202 | -48 | -1,578 | -299 |
| Cash from Financing | -414 | -1,090 | -966 | -1,062 | -541 | -715 | -408 | -274 | 23 | -339 |
| 1,724 | -1,586 | 35 | -423 | 501 | 142 | -481 | 393 | -395 | 70 |
Ratios
Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone
| 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
2026-09-07 - The Exchange has sought clarification from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited with respect to recent news item captioned ZEE Entertainment shares fell 6% today; here's why. The response from the Company is attached.
2026-09-07 - The Exchange has sought clarification from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited with respect to recent news item captioned ZEE Entertainment shares fell 6% today; here's why. The response from the Company is awaited.
2026-08-31 - Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited has informed the Exchange regarding 'General update'.
2026-08-31 - Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited has informed the Exchange about Submission of Certificate obtained from Statutory Auditors in terms of Regulation 169(5) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018 ( ICDR Regulations )
2026-08-27 - Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited has informed the Exchange regarding Disclosure under Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 Allotment of fully Convertible Warrants on a preferential basis
2026-08-27 - Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited has informed the Exchange about Disclosure under Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, as amended
2026-08-26 - Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited has informed the Exchange about Copy of Newspaper Publication
2026-08-25 - Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited has informed the Exchange regarding 'Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report' for year ended March 31, 2026
2026-08-25 - Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited has informed the Exchange regarding Notice of Annual General Meeting to be held on September 17, 2026
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