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NETWORK18

Network18 Media & Investments Limited
Media Entertainment & PublicationSmall capRs 4,570 crRs 6.7 cr traded a dayMedia
Close on 2026-08-21
29.86
−2.39%
52-week range8% of the way up
27.5256.22
Market cap
4,570 cr
Revenue YoY
+10.3%
Q1 FY27
Profit YoY
-125.8%
Net margin
-7.4%
-39.2pt vs a year ago
Growth trend
+0.6pt
vs last quarter’s YoY
1 month
+6.2%
Below 52w high
88.3%
RSI (14)
53
Daily swing
3.0%
average true range
Volume
1.0×
vs 20-day average
Traded
Rs 7 cr
median day
Close200-day averageMaterial filing
304050Aug 25Oct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26
260 sessions · hover for the filing behind a move
1 week
+2.93%
1 month
+6.15%
3 months
−5.09%
6 months
−10.57%
1 year
−44.47%

The read

written from the numbers on this page
The evidence leans negative1 supporting, 5 against, 0 worth knowing

Supporting

  • revenue grew 10% year on year in the quarter ending 2026-06-30

Against

  • trading 15% below its 200-day average
  • at 8% of its 52-week range — nearly everyone who bought in the past year is underwater
  • down 44% over twelve months
  • 1 of the scans it matches has historically underperformed the market
  • net margin has narrowed from 8.3% to -7.4% across four quarters

Worth knowing

  • nothing the data supports either way
NETWORK18 sits in Media — worth checking whether the whole group is moving together or whether this name is doing it alone.
What would change this read: a close back above 35, its 200-day average.
Assembled automatically from the figures on this page — the scans matched, their measured record, the filed financials, the derivatives positioning and the peer comparison. It is not a recommendation, no one has spoken to the company, and every claim above can be checked against a number further down this page.

What is working, what is not

read from the filings, with the figure behind every line
Working1

Revenue +10.3% year on year, Rs 468 cr to Rs 516 cr.

+10.3%Rs 468 crRs 516 cr
Needs watching3

Net profit -125.8% year on year, Rs 149 cr to Rs -38 cr.

-125.8%Rs 149 crRs -38 cr

Profit grew slower than revenue, -125.8% against +10.3%.

-125.8%+10.3%

Net margin moved from 31.8% to -7.4%.

31.8%-7.4%
Every figure here is computed from the company’s own filings. The wording is generated directly from the figures.

How it has performed

price return over each window, measured against zero
+2.9%1W+6.2%1M-5.1%3M-10.6%6M-44.5%1Y

What the scans say today

1 of 47 matched on 2026-08-21
NETWORK18 matches 1 of the 47 scans today, across 1 different kinds of evidence.

Valuation against its own history

158 sessions since 2026-01-14
28×
median 32×
38×
now 29×
NETWORK18 trades at 29× trailing earnings, close to its median of 32× over this window. The band runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile, so single-day spikes do not set the edges.
This window is short by the standards of valuation history — it begins where four quarters of filed earnings first exist. A stock can look cheap against two years and expensive against ten.

Recent filings

from the exchange, newest first
Other filing filings were typically -0.08pt vs the market over the next 5 sessions (n=12,093) · AGM / EGM filings were typically +0.00pt vs the market over the next 5 sessions (n=4,362)

The business

from the company’s filed results
Everything below is taken from the company’s own quarterly filing with the exchange — the XBRL document it submitted, not a vendor’s summary of it. Figures in rupees crore.
1.8k1.4k561468498539616516-8.3%-102.9%31.8%-7.4%Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
RevenueNet profit, drawn inside its revenue barNet margin, own scale belowrupees crore, per quarter as filed. Revenue bars start at zero.

Going for it

  • revenue grew 10% against the same quarter a year earlier
  • revenue rose in 3 of the last 4 quarters

Going against it

  • profit dropped 126% year on year
  • net margin narrowed from -4.8% to -7.4%
  • the company has not been profitable over the last four filed quarters
Quarter-by-quarter numbers, as filed
QuarterRevenueProfit before taxNet profitEPSNet margin
Q1 FY27
2026-06-30 · consolidated
516-76-38-7.4%
Q4 FY26
2026-03-31 · consolidated
616-67-30-4.8%
Q3 FY26
2025-12-31 · consolidated
539-81-5-1.0%
Q2 FY26
2025-09-30 · consolidated
498-79410.278.3%
Q1 FY26
2025-06-30 · consolidated
468791490.9731.8%
Q4 FY25
2025-03-31 · consolidated
561-76-29-5.2%
Quarterly filings are unaudited unless stated. Consolidated figures are used where the company files both. A single quarter is a noisy thing — the trend across the column is worth more than the top row.

Where the price stands

the same figures every scan on this site is computed from
Trend
Distance from the averages traders watch. Above all of them is a bull phase; below the 200-day is the line most investors use to say otherwise.
Versus 50-day average-3.0%
Versus 200-day average-15.0%
Below 52-week high-46.9%
Above 52-week low+8.5%
Momentum
How hard it has been pushed lately. Above 70 on RSI is stretched, below 30 is washed out — neither is a signal on its own.
RSI (14)53.4
Higher closes in last 51 of 5
Six-month return−10.57%
Risk and liquidity
What a position costs to hold and to exit. Position sizing starts with the daily swing, not with conviction.
Typical daily swing (ATR)2.97%
Volume versus 20-day1.0x
Median daily turnoverRs 6.7 cr

Peers

Media Entertainment & Publication · 8 classified companies
CompanyMarket cap (Rs cr)P/E1 month1 yearTurnover (Rs cr)
PFOCUS23,058158.8+3.64%+105.16%19.4
SUNTV18,60312.1−3.40%−16.80%12.4
NAZARA13,129+16.49%+22.30%70.1
PVRINOX11,94926.9+20.79%+8.70%37.6
ZEEL10,33835.8+4.02%−6.71%268.9
SAREGAMA9,76640.8+3.64%+2.98%24.6
TIPSMUSIC8,32140.5−3.79%+12.08%14.5
NETWORK184,570+6.15%−44.47%6.7
largest twelve by market capitalisation. Market cap and P/E need filed financials, so blanks are companies whose filings have not been read yet

Recent sessions

what this stock has matched since the engine went live
This is the live record, not the backtest — the scans this stock actually appeared in on each stored session. A name that keeps reappearing is in a persistent condition; a one-day appearance usually is not.
SessionScansWhich
2026-08-211Inside bar — quieter than yesterday
2026-08-201Trading far more than usual