HINDUSTAN MEDIA VENTURES (IN), a company active in the Publishing industry, loses a star(s) at the fundamental level and sees its general evaluation downgraded. The independent financial analyst theScreener just removed a fundamental star(s) for a 3 over 4-star rating. As such, market behaviour remains unchanged and is evaluated as moderately risky. theScreener believes that the loss of a star(s) merits downgrade to the general evaluation of the title, which passes to Neutral. As of the analysis...
HINDUSTAN MEDIA VENTURES: Muted earnings; growth outlook modest (HMVL IN, Mkt Cap USD0.3b, CMP INR220, TP INR237, 8% Upside, Neutral) Dismal revenue growth: revenue declined 14% YoY (-12% QoQ) to INR2b (16% miss). Ad revenue fell 15% YoY to INR1.5b, primarily due to a high base (4QFY17 - due to UP elections). Circulation revenue was down 11% YoY to INR0.5b, mainly due to lower yields. Consol. EBITDA fell 54% YoY to INR264m (59% miss), with the margin down 11.1pp YoY to 13.1%. Yet, PAT fel...
Hindustan Media Ventures: Lackluster growth, but outlook improving (HMVL IN, Mkt Cap USD0.3b, CMP INR266, TP INR305, 15% Upside, Buy) Muted revenue growth: 3QFY18 revenue came in flat YoY (9% QoQ) at INR2.3b (in line v/s est. of INR2.35b), despite a low base (3QFY17 was impacted by demonetization), largely due to (i) shift of Diwali ad spends to 2Q this year and (ii) lackluster local ad spend due to GST-related uncertainty. EBITDA increased 43% YoY (+29% QoQ) to INR583m (est. of INR439m), as...
​Hindustan Media Ventures: GST and RERA prune ad growth;(HMVL IN, Mkt Cap USD0.3b, CMP INR250, TP INR302, 21% Upside, Buy)A quarter of weak earnings: Revenue fell 8% YoY (-11% QoQ) to INR2.1b (below est. of INR2.3b) owing to subdued ad and circulation revenue. EBITDA dropped 10% YoY (-11% QoQ) to INR454m (est. of INR492m), largely led by a decline in revenues and a rise of ~290bp in raw material cost. EBITDA margin shrunk 50bp YoY (flat QoQ) to 21.5% (50bp above est. of 21%). PAT plunged 25% Y...
​Hindustan Media Ventures: GST-led pain impacts ad growth(HMVL IN, Mkt Cap USD0.3b, CMP INR274, TP INR350, 28% Upside, Buy)EBITDA misses estimate led by unfavorable operating leverage: HMVL’s 1QFY18 EBITDA declined 10% YoY to INR510m (est. of INR651m) due to GST-led ad pain. The base quarter does not include charges pertaining to HTDSL (HTML’s multimedia digital content arm) carve-out, and thus, financials are strictly not comparable. Like-to-like comparison is not disclosed. Reported PAT ...
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