Q4 2026 Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd Earnings Call Transcript
Key Points
- Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd (BOM:533217) reported a stable total revenue for the full year, with a notable margin expansion both for the quarter and the year.
- The Print business showed strong performance with ad revenues growing by 10% for the quarter and 8% for the full year, driven by yield improvements.
- The company maintained a robust cash position, with net cash north of INR1,000 crores.
- Circulation revenues held steady with a 4% growth in the quarter, indicating a healthy margin expansion in the Print segment.
- The company has taken decisive steps to streamline operations by discontinuing the OTTplay business and surrendering nonviable Radio licenses, focusing on profitable growth.
- Rising newsprint costs, a weakening rupee, and global supply chain disruptions pose ongoing challenges.
- The Radio business faced a tough year with revenue declines due to a high base from prior year's event-led revenue and larger industry-wide issues.
- Digital segment revenues remained flat with a slight dip in margins, and the segment reported negative operating EBITDA.
- The company incurred significant exceptional losses from continuing operations and discontinued operations, totaling INR215 crores.
- There is no current plan to return cash to shareholders, as the company focuses on investing in future growth areas.
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. This is Aaditya Mulani from the HT Media Group. I would like to welcome you all to our quarter four and full financial year '25-'26 earnings Webinar. (Event Instructions) Joining me on today's call are Mr. Piyush Gupta, Group CFO; Mr. Pervez Bajan, Head Financial Controller; and Controllership and Taxation and members of our team.
We hope you have had an opportunity to review the financial results of Hindustan Media Ventures Limited announced yesterday as well as those of HT Media Limited released earlier this afternoon. Please note that our discussion today will follow the presentation slides which, along with the financial statements, are available on the stock exchanges and in the Investor Relations section of our respective websites. Moving on to slide 2. This slide includes our standard disclaimer regarding forward-looking statements.
As per usual practice, we do not provide specific guidance on revenue or earnings projections. On to the next slide. This slide features comments from our Chairperson on
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