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Jagran Prakashan Ltd

NSE: JAGRAN BSE: 532705

63.35

(-0.35%)

Tue, 03 Mar 2026, 06:32 pm

Jagran Prakashan Analysis

dividend

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Pros

  • Dividends paid are well covered by earnings (2.7x coverage).
  • Dividends after 3 years are expected to be well covered by earnings (2.3x coverage).
  • Jagran Prakashan's pays a higher dividend yield than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in India (0.76%).
  • Jagran Prakashan's dividend is above the markets top 25% of dividend payers in India (3.08%).
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Cons

  • Dividends per share have fallen over the past 10 years.
  • Dividends per share have been volatile in the past 10 years (annual drop of over 20%).

future

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    Cons

    • Cash flow for Jagran Prakashan is expected to decrease over the next 2 years.
    • Jagran Prakashan's earnings are expected to decrease over the next 1-3 years, this is not considered high growth.
    • Jagran Prakashan's earnings are expected to decrease over the next 1-3 years, this is below the India market average.
    • Jagran Prakashan's earnings are expected to decrease over the next 1-3 years, this is below the low risk savings rate of 7.2%.
    • Jagran Prakashan's earnings are expected to decrease over the next year.
    • Jagran Prakashan's earnings are expected to decrease over the next 3 years.
    • Jagran Prakashan's net income is expected to decrease over the next 2 years.
    • Jagran Prakashan is not expected to efficiently use shareholders’ funds in the future (Return on Equity less than 20%).
    • Performance (ROE) is not expected to exceed the current IN Media industry average.
    • A decline in Jagran Prakashan's performance (ROE) is expected over the next 3 years.
    • Jagran Prakashan's revenue is expected to decrease over the next 2 years.
    • Jagran Prakashan's revenue is expected to grow by 0.2% yearly, however this is not considered high growth (20% yearly).
    • Jagran Prakashan's revenue growth is positive but not above the India market average.

    health

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    Pros

    • Jagran Prakashan is able to meet its short term (1 year) commitments with its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
    • Jagran Prakashan is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
    • Jagran Prakashan is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
    • Debt is well covered by operating cash flow (198%, greater than 20% of total debt).
    • Debt is covered by short term assets, assets are 6x debt.
    • Jagran Prakashan'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 (57.1% vs 9.5% today).
    • Interest payments on debt are well covered by earnings (EBIT is 8.6x coverage).
    • Jagran Prakashan's level of debt (9.5%) compared to net worth is satisfactory (less than 40%).
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    Cons

    • High level of physical assets or inventory.

    management

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    Pros

    • The average tenure for the Jagran Prakashan board of directors is over 10 years, this suggests they are a seasoned and experienced board.
    • Sanjay's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year, both up more than 20%.
    • More shares have been bought than sold by Jagran Prakashan individual insiders in the past 3 months.
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    Cons

    • Sanjay's remuneration is higher than average for companies of similar size in India.

    misc

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    Pros

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      Cons

      • Jagran Prakashan has significant price volatility in the past 3 months.

      past

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      Pros

      • Jagran Prakashan's 1-year earnings growth exceeds its 5-year average (5% vs -5.4%)
      • Jagran Prakashan used its assets more efficiently than the IN Media industry average last year based on Return on Assets.
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      Cons

      • Jagran Prakashan's year on year earnings growth rate was negative over the past 5 years and the most recent earnings are below average.
      • Jagran Prakashan's use of capital deteriorated last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed).
      • Jagran Prakashan has not efficiently used shareholders’ funds last year (Return on Equity less than 20%).
      • Jagran Prakashan's earnings growth has not exceeded the IN Media industry average in the past year (5% vs 5.9%).

      value

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      Pros

      • Jagran Prakashan's share price is below the future cash flow value, and at a moderate discount (> 20%).
      • Jagran Prakashan's share price is below the future cash flow value, and at a substantial discount (> 40%).
      • Jagran Prakashan is good value based on assets compared to the IN Media industry average.
      • Jagran Prakashan is good value based on earnings compared to the IN Media industry average.
      • Jagran Prakashan is good value based on earnings compared to the India market.
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      Cons

      • Jagran Prakashan earnings are not expected to grow next year, we can't assess if its growth is good value.
      • JAGRAN underperformed the Media industry which returned -34.8% over the past year.
      • JAGRAN underperformed the Market in India which returned -14.5% over the past year.
      • NSEI:JAGRAN is up 4.3% underperforming the Media industry which returned 10.1% over the past month.
      • NSEI:JAGRAN is up 4.3% underperforming the market in India which returned 8% over the past month.

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