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Governance Classic Home

D. B. LtdPrint MediaINE950I01011Consolidated₹154.88+6.99 (+4.73%)

Valuation

Market Cap₹2.76K Cr

TTM PE8.44x

Forward PE8.94x

PEG-1.20

Book Value₹140.71

P/B1.10x

TTM EPS₹18.35

Fwd EPS₹17.32

TTM Revenue₹2.37K Cr

TTM PAT₹327.05 Cr

TTM EBITDA₹466.87 Cr

TTM EBIT₹366.78 Cr

Last Qtr PAT₹68.62 Cr

Last Qtr EBITDA₹90.87 Cr

Last Qtr EBIT₹65.58 Cr

Profitability

ROE13.04%

ROCE17.04%

TTM NPM13.82%

TTM EBITDA %19.73%

Curr OPM11.17%

Last OPM15.94%

Curr NPM—

Last NPM—

Curr EPS₹3.85

Last EPS₹5.65

Balance sheet

Equity₹178.25 Cr

Reserve₹2.33K Cr

Total Debt₹224.88 Cr

D/E0.09x

Interest %9.01%

Curr Interest₹6.18 Cr

Price / range

Close₹154.88

vs 52W High—

vs 52W Low—

MA50—

MA200—

Returns

1D+4.73%

1W+3.92%

1M-10.22%

3M-26.31%

6M-30.14%

1Y-41.63%

2Y-53.73%

3Y-49.25%

5Y+54.03%

Diwali-40.59%

Sector peers — Print Media

Company	Close	Mkt Cap	TTM P/E	ROE
DBCORP	154.88	₹2.76K Cr	8.44	13.04%
JAGRAN	65.09	₹1.42K Cr	7.52	8.90%
SANDESH	985.45	₹745.93 Cr	7.35	7.11%
HMVL	77.31	₹569.55 Cr	4.19	8.29%
HTMEDIA	24.14	₹561.91 Cr	-83.24	0.36%
CIL	175.75	₹94.86 Cr	12.35	—

Financial Results

Quarterly and yearly P&L · YoY % on Revenue, Total Income, Expenditure, EBITDA, EBIT, PBT, Net Profit and EPS

Metric	Sep-26	Jun-26	Mar-26	Dec-25	Sep-25	FY25-26
Revenue	580.81-5.4%	603.74	576.39	605.24	613.94	2,355.02
Other Income	33.43	28.26	13.13	24.01	20.21	85.10
Total Income	614.24-3.1%	632	589.52	629.26	634.15	2,440.12
Interest	6.18	6.10	6.82	5.64	6.98	25.96
Expenditure	-521.41-2.6%	-497.83	-504.27	-500.62	-508.16	-1,992.67
PBDT	0	0	0	0	0	0
EBITDA	90.87-34.1%	136.43	104.49	135.09	137.93	488.14
Depreciation	-25.29	-24.42	-25.55	-24.83	-25.17	-99.83
EBIT	65.58-41.8%	112.01	78.94	110.26	112.76	388.31
PBT	92.83-26.3%	134.17	85.25	128.63	126	447.45
Tax	-24.24	-33.48	-23	-33.25	-32.79	-115.80
Equity	178.25	178.26	178.25	178.24	0	178.25
OPM	15.11	21.23	14.46	20.44	20.52	18.34
Net Profit	68.59-26.4%	100.69	62.25	95.39	93.21	331.65
NPM	11.17	15.93	10.56	15.16	15.18	13.59
EPS	3.85-26.4%	5.65	3.49	5.35	5.23	18.61

Yearly results

Last 6 financial years · YoY % vs previous FY

Metric	FY 25-26	FY 24-25	FY 23-24	FY 22-23	FY 21-22	FY 20-21
Revenue	2,355.02+0.7%	2,338.24-2.6%	2,400.48+12.8%	2,127.71+20.3%	1,768.54+17.3%	1,507.70
Other Income	85.10	81.90	79.84	38.97	19.84	14.44
Total Income	2,440.12+0.8%	2,420.14-2.4%	2,480.33+14.5%	2,166.68+21.2%	1,788.38+17.5%	1,522.15
Expenditure	-1,992.67-3.7%	-1,921.96-0.3%	-1,915.93+1.2%	-1,939.85-21.7%	-1,593.86-18.8%	-1,342.19
Interest	-25.96	-24.73	-23.78	-21.27	-18.18	-24.31
PBDT	0	0	0	0	0	0
EBITDA	488.14-10.4%	544.67-12.5%	622.35+93.8%	321.14+6.0%	302.82-0.6%	304.69
Depreciation	-99.83	-103.66	-114.02	-112.01	-109.96	-114.87
EBIT	388.31-11.9%	441.01-13.2%	508.33+143.1%	209.13+8.4%	192.86+1.6%	189.82
PBT	447.45-10.2%	498.18-11.7%	564.39+148.8%	226.83+16.6%	194.52+0.7%	193.15
Tax	-115.80	-127.56	-139.96	-58.76	-52.07	-51.82
Equity	178.25	178.19	0	0	0	0
OPM (%)	18.34	20.58	23.00	10.00	11.00	13.00
Net Profit	331.65-10.5%	370.62-12.7%	424.43+152.5%	168.08+18.0%	142.44+0.8%	141.33
NPM (%)	13.59	15.31	17.00	8.00	8.00	9.00
EPS (Rs)	18.61-10.5%	20.80-12.8%	23.84+151.7%	9.47+16.8%	8.11+0.4%	8.08
CEPS	18.60	20.79	23.81	9.46	8.09	8.04

Metric	Sep-26	Jun-26	Mar-26	Dec-25	Sep-25	FY25-26
Revenue	580.81-5.5%	603.74	576.39	605.27	614.41	2,355.52
Other Income	33.46	28.30	13.18	24.06	20.26	85.28
Total Income	614.27-3.2%	632.04	589.57	629.33	634.67	2,440.80
Interest	6.18	6.10	6.82	5.64	6.98	25.97
Expenditure	-521.41-2.6%	-497.83	-504.36	-500.57	-508.42	-1,992.99
PBDT	0	0	0	0	0	0
EBITDA	90.87-34.2%	136.43	104.40	135.17	138.14	488.33
Depreciation	-25.29	-24.42	-25.55	-24.83	-25.17	-99.83
EBIT	65.58-41.9%	112.01	78.85	110.34	112.97	388.50
PBT	92.86-26.4%	134.21	85.21	128.76	126.25	447.81
Tax	-24.24	-33.48	-23.01	-33.25	-32.79	-115.81
Equity	178.25	178.26	178.25	178.24	0	178.25
OPM	15.12	21.23	14.45	20.46	19.89	18.35
Net Profit	68.62-26.6%	100.73	62.19	95.51	93.46	332
NPM	11.17	15.94	10.55	15.18	14.73	13.60
EPS	0-100.0%	5.65	3.49	5.36	5.24	18.63

Yearly results

Last 6 financial years · YoY % vs previous FY

Metric	FY 25-26	FY 24-25	FY 23-24	FY 22-23	FY 21-22	FY 20-21
Revenue	2,355.52+0.7%	2,339.11-2.6%	2,402.09+12.8%	2,129.22+20.4%	1,768.54+17.3%	1,507.70
Other Income	85.28	82.09	79.98	39.03	20	14.49
Total Income	2,440.80+0.8%	2,421.20-2.5%	2,482.06+14.5%	2,168.25+21.2%	1,788.54+17.5%	1,522.19
Expenditure	-1,992.99-3.7%	-1,922.65-0.3%	-1,916.57+1.2%	-1,940.39-21.7%	-1,593.89-18.8%	-1,342.14
Interest	-25.97	-24.73	-23.78	-21.28	-18.19	-24.31
PBDT	0	0	0	0	0	0
EBITDA	488.33-10.4%	544.86-12.6%	623.33+93.5%	322.13+6.4%	302.80-0.6%	304.76
Depreciation	-99.83	-103.67	-114.03	-112.02	-109.96	-114.89
EBIT	388.50-11.9%	441.19-13.4%	509.30+142.4%	210.11+9.0%	192.84+1.6%	189.87
PBT	447.81-10.2%	498.55-11.8%	565.49+148.2%	227.85+17.1%	194.65+0.7%	193.25
Tax	-115.81	-127.57	-139.97	-58.77	-52.09	-51.83
Equity	178.25	178.19	0	0	0	0
OPM (%)	18.35	20.59	22.78	10.51	10.88	12.70
Net Profit	332-10.5%	370.98-12.8%	425.52+151.7%	169.09+18.6%	142.56+0.8%	141.42
NPM (%)	13.60	15.32	17.14	7.80	7.97	9.29
EPS (Rs)	18.63-10.5%	20.82-12.9%	23.90+150.8%	9.53+17.4%	8.12+0.5%	8.08
CEPS	18.62	20.81	23.87	9.52	8.09	8.04

Corporate Actions

Dividends, bonus issues, and stock splits

Dividend

Year	Type	Amount	Ex-Date
2027	Interim Dividend	5	23 Jul 2026
2026	Interim Dividend	2	22 Jan 2026
2026	Interim Dividend	5	23 Jul 2025
2025	Interim Dividend	5	25 Oct 2024
2025	Interim Dividend	7	29 Jul 2024
2025	Interim Dividend	8	03 Jun 2024
2024	Interim Dividend	2	07 Nov 2023
2024	Interim Dividend	3	01 Aug 2023
2024	Interim Dividend	3	31 May 2023
2022	Final Dividend	3	12 Sep 2022
2023	Interim Dividend	3	08 Aug 2022
2021	Final Dividend	3	23 Sep 2021
2022	Interim Dividend	2	25 Aug 2021
2020	Interim Dividend	3.5	03 Feb 2020
2020	Interim Dividend	6.5	29 Oct 2019
2020	Interim Dividend	8	27 May 2019
2019	Interim Dividend	2	01 Feb 2019
2018	Final Dividend	1	31 Aug 2018
2017	Interim Dividend	4	31 Jan 2017
2016	Final Dividend	4.25	04 Aug 2016
2016	Special Dividend	3.25	21 Mar 2016
2016	Interim Dividend	3.5	03 Feb 2016
2015	Final Dividend	4.25	23 Jul 2015
2015	Interim Dividend	3.5	29 Jan 2015
2014	Final Dividend	4.25	15 Jul 2014
2014	Interim Dividend	3	30 Jan 2014
2013	Final Dividend	3.5	15 Jul 2013
2013	Interim Dividend	2	30 Jan 2013
2012	Final Dividend	1.5	27 Aug 2012
2013	Interim Dividend	1.75	15 May 2012
2012	Interim Dividend	1.75	02 Feb 2012
2011	Final Dividend	2	29 Jun 2011
2011	Interim Dividend	2	03 Feb 2011
2010	Final Dividend	1.25	09 Jul 2010
2010	Interim Dividend	0.75	11 Mar 2010

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Split

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