Hindustan Media Ventures Analysis

dividend

Pros

• Dividends paid are thoroughly covered by earnings (8.3x coverage).
• Hindustan Media Ventures's pays a higher dividend yield than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in India (0.76%).

Cons

• Dividend payments have increased, but Hindustan Media Ventures only paid a dividend in the past 9 years.
• Whilst dividend payments have been stable, Hindustan Media Ventures has been paying a dividend for less than 10 years.
• Hindustan Media Ventures's dividend is below the markets top 25% of dividend payers in India (3.08%).

health

Pros

• Hindustan Media Ventures is able to meet its short term (1 year) commitments with its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
• Hindustan Media Ventures is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
• Hindustan Media Ventures is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
• Debt is well covered by operating cash flow (54%, greater than 20% of total debt).
• Debt is covered by short term assets, assets are 7.2x debt.
• Hindustan Media Ventures's cash and other short term assets cover its long term commitments.
• The level of debt compared to net worth has been reduced over the past 5 years (15.3% vs 6.3% today).
• Interest payments on debt are well covered by earnings (EBIT is 21.3x coverage).
• Hindustan Media Ventures's level of debt (6.3%) compared to net worth is satisfactory (less than 40%).
• Low level of unsold assets.

Cons

management

Pros

• The tenure for the Hindustan Media Ventures board of directors is about average.
• The tenure for the Hindustan Media Ventures management team is about average.

Cons

misc

Pros

Cons

• Hindustan Media Ventures is not covered by any analysts.
• Hindustan Media Ventures has significant price volatility in the past 3 months.

past

Pros

Cons

• Hindustan Media Ventures's 1-year earnings growth is negative, it can't be compared to the 5-year average.
• Hindustan Media Ventures's year on year earnings growth rate was negative over the past 5 years and the most recent earnings are below average.
• Hindustan Media Ventures used its assets less efficiently than the IN Media industry average last year based on Return on Assets.
• Hindustan Media Ventures's use of capital deteriorated last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed).
• Hindustan Media Ventures has not efficiently used shareholders’ funds last year (Return on Equity less than 20%).
• Hindustan Media Ventures's 1-year earnings growth is negative, it can't be compared to the IN Media industry average.

value

Pros

• Hindustan Media Ventures is good value based on assets compared to the IN Media industry average.
• Hindustan Media Ventures is good value based on earnings compared to the IN Media industry average.
• Hindustan Media Ventures is good value based on earnings compared to the India market.

Cons

• Hindustan Media Ventures's share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a moderate discount (< 20%).
• Hindustan Media Ventures's share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a substantial discount (< 40%).
• 533217 underperformed the Media industry which returned -34.8% over the past year.
• 533217 underperformed the Market in India which returned -14.5% over the past year.
• BSE:533217 is up 1.1% underperforming the Media industry which returned 10.1% over the past month.
• BSE:533217 is up 1.1% underperforming the market in India which returned 8% over the past month.