D.b.corp Limited is a print media company in India's Consumer Discretionary sector, generating ₹600+ Cr quarterly revenue. With a market cap of ₹3,770.69 Cr, a PE of 10.72, and operating margins stable around 20%, it is a mature, profitable participant in the print media industry.
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Consolidated figures
| Ratio | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margins | |||||||
| Gross margin % | 65.5% | 72% | 68.7% | 60% | 69.4% | 72.5% | 72.4% |
| EBITDA margin % | 21.7% | 20.2% | 17.1% | 15.1% | 26% | 23.3% | 20.7% |
| EBIT margin % | 16.2% | 12.6% | 10.9% | 9.9% | 21.2% | 18.9% | 16.5% |
| PAT margin % | 12.4% | 9.4% | 8.1% | 7.9% | 17.7% | 15.9% | 14.1% |
| Working capital | |||||||
| Receivable days | 104 | 120 | 99 | 80 | 77 | 71 | 72 |
| Inventory days | 120 | 202 | 142 | 92 | 93 | 144 | 121 |
| Payable days | 132 | 158 | 159 | 92 | 117 | 138 | 103 |
| NWC days | 92 | 164 | 82 | 80 | 53 | 77 | 90 |
| Leverage | |||||||
| Current ratio | 1.96 | 2.8 | 3.18 | 2.49 | 2.94 | 3.72 | 3.96 |
| Debt to EBITDA | 0.35 | 0.18 | 0.07 | 0.1 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.04 |
| Debt to equity | 0.1 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| Interest coverage | 14.9 | 8.4 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 24.8 | 21.2 | 18.2 |
| Asset turnover | 0.89 | 0.61 | 0.7 | 0.83 | 0.8 | 0.77 | 0.74 |
| Return ratios | |||||||
| Return on assets % | 11.1% | 5.7% | 5.6% | 6.6% | 14.2% | 12.1% | 10.4% |
| Return on capital employed % | 19.4% | 10.2% | 10.1% | 11.5% | 25% | 20.7% | 17.9% |
| Return on equity % | 16.4% | 7.8% | 7.6% | 8.7% | 19.2% | 16.7% | 13.7% |
Derived from reported annual statements. ROCE uses EBIT over capital employed (total assets less current liabilities). Day counts average the opening and closing balance; receivables turn on revenue, inventory and payables on cost of goods sold.
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| Holder (%) | Sep 2023 | Dec 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 | Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71.95% | 71.94% | 71.93% | 72.36% | 72.36% | 72.35% | 72.95% | 73.48% | 73.77% | 74.25% | 74.5% | 74.5% | |
| 13.02% | 13.34% | 13.34% | 13.44% | 13.85% | 14.06% | 13.07% | 12.77% | 12.62% | 12.24% | 12.05% | 11.85% | |
| 4.36% | 4.63% | 4.74% | 4.68% | 4.85% | 4.8% | 4.08% | 4.17% | 4.18% | 4.2% | 4.19% | 4.24% | |
| Government | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 10.67% | 10.09% | 9.99% | 9.52% | 8.94% | 8.79% | 9.9% | 9.58% | 9.43% | 9.31% | 9.26% | 9.41% | |
| No. of shareholders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42,295 | 41,424 | 40,879 | 41,178 |
Promoter holding up 2.55 percentage points since Sep 2023.
| Person | Deal | Shares | Value | Holding | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D B Power LimitedPromoter Group | BuyMarket Purchase | 1,20,309 | ₹3.13 cr | 1.03% → 1.10% | 3 Nov 20257(2) |
| D B Power LimitedPromoter Group | BuyMarket Purchase | 1,50,000 | ₹3.9 cr |
| Date | Client | Type | Venue | Side | Quantity | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Sept 2022 | GRAVITON RESEARCH CAPITAL LLP | Bulk | NSE | Sell | 10,55,026 | ₹144.24 | ₹15.22 Cr |
| 14 Sept 2022 | GRAVITON RESEARCH CAPITAL LLP | Bulk | NSE | Buy | 10,55,026 | ₹143.93 | ₹15.18 Cr |
Bulk deals are a client trading over 0.5% of the equity in a session, aggregated across their trades; block deals are single negotiated trades in the exchange’s block window. Each is reported by the exchange it was crossed on, so NSE and BSE rows are separate trades rather than the same trade twice.
Current officeholders as filed with BSE. A person holding two offices is listed once per office.
| 29 Oct 20257(2) |
| D B Power LimitedPromoter Group | BuyMarket Purchase | 59,137 | ₹1.52 cr | 0.90% → 0.94% | 28 Oct 20257(2) |
| D B Power LimitedPromoter Group | BuyMarket Purchase | 47,603 | ₹1.19 cr | 0.87% → 0.90% | 24 Oct 20257(2) |
| D B Power LimitedPromoter Group | BuyMarket Purchase | 18,341 | ₹48.73 L | 0.83% → 0.84% | 1 Oct 20257(2) |
| D B Power LimitedPromoter Group | BuyMarket Purchase | 23,158 | ₹61.39 L | 0.82% → 0.83% | 29 Sept 20257(2) |
| D B Power LimitedPromoter Group | BuyMarket Purchase | 10,505 | ₹28.18 L | 0.81% → 0.82% | 5 Sept 20257(2) |
| D B Power LimitedPromoter Group | BuyMarket Purchase | 45,098 | ₹1.22 cr | 0.78% → 0.81% | 2 Sept 20257(2) |
| D B Power LimitedPromoter Group | BuyMarket Purchase | 32,272 | ₹86.15 L | 0.73% → 0.75% | 29 Aug 20257(2) |
| D B Power LimitedPromoter Group | BuyMarket Purchase | 4,966 | ₹13.32 L | 0.72% → 0.73% | 22 Aug 20257(2) |
| D B Power LimitedPromoter Group | BuyMarket Purchase | 12,302 | ₹32.87 L | 0.71% → 0.72% | 19 Aug 20257(2) |
Disclosed under SEBI’s insider-trading regulations, which require a filing only above ₹10 lakh in a quarter — smaller dealings are in no disclosure. Holdings are the filer’s own percentages, not recomputed.
1 schemes
| Shares | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Investment Manager for Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund) | Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund | 132 | 0 | 0% | 0% | -0 |
Documents link to external sources (exchange filings, company investor pages).
Closure of Trading Window
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Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Newspaper Publication
Intimation For Submission Of Application For Reclassification With Stock Exchanges
Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Earnings Call Transcript
| Date | Category | Subject | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026, 5:01 pm | Insider Trading / SAST Closure of Trading Window | Closure of Trading Window | |
| 16 Sept 2026, 1:15 pm | Company Update General | Intimation Of Environmental, Social And Governance ('ESG') Rating |
| 2 Sept 2026, 6:15 pm | AGM/EGM AGM | Shareholder Meeting / Postal Ballot-Scrutinizer''s Report |
| 2 Sept 2026, 1:33 pm | AGM/EGM AGM | Shareholder Meeting / Postal Ballot-Outcome of AGM |
| 18 Aug 2026, 12:28 pm | Company Update Newspaper Publication | Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Newspaper Publication |
| 7 Aug 2026, 1:26 pm | Company Update Newspaper Publication | Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Newspaper Publication |
| 21 Jul 2026, 10:26 pm | Company Update General | Intimation For Submission Of Application For Reclassification With Stock Exchanges |
| 20 Jul 2026, 6:27 pm | Company Update Earnings Call Transcript | Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Earnings Call Transcript |
| Company | Mkt Cap | EV | Revenue | EBITDA | OPM | PAT | NPM | ROCE | ROE | WC Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.b.corp LimitedDBCORPDBCORP | ₹3,076 Cr | ₹3,097 Cr | ₹2,400 Cr | ₹514 Cr | 20.7% | ₹352 Cr | 14.1% | 17.9% | 14.1% | 90 |
| Jagran Prakashan LimitedJAGRANJAGRAN | ₹1,340 Cr | ₹1,376 Cr | ₹1,916 Cr | ₹256 Cr | 13.3% | ₹189 Cr | 9.9% | 12.8% | 9.9% | 10 |
| The Sandesh LimitedSANDESHSANDESH | ₹752 Cr | ₹752 Cr | ₹824 Cr | ₹9 Cr | 19.6% | ₹107 Cr | 15% | 6.8% | 4.7% | 437 |
| Hindustan Media Ventures LimitedHMVLHMVL | ₹571 Cr | ₹637 Cr | ₹822 Cr | ₹83 Cr | 15.2% | ₹90 Cr | 6.6% | 11.7% | 3.1% | -111 |
| Ht Media LimitedHTMEDIAHTMEDIA | ₹521 Cr | ₹1,183 Cr | ₹1,896 Cr | ₹125 Cr | 7.2% | ₹-10 Cr | -2.7% | 9.4% | -3.3% | -73 |
| Citizen Infoline LtdCITIZENCITIZEN | ₹87 Cr | ₹193 Cr | ₹1 Cr | ₹-1 Cr | 10.7% | ₹-0 Cr | 7.1% | 53.1% | 94.7% | 27 |
| Encode Packaging India LtdENCODEENCODE | ₹4 Cr | ₹4 Cr | ₹4 Cr | ₹0 Cr | — | ₹0 Cr | — | 0% | 0% | — |
Consolidated figures · ₹ crore
| ₹ Cr | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,224 | 1,508 | 1,769 | 2,129 | 2,402 | 2,339 | 2,356 | |
| COGS | 766 | 422 | 553 | 851 | 735 | 642 | 651 |
| Gross profit | 1,457 | 1,086 | 1,215 | 1,278 | 1,667 | 1,697 | 1,705 |
| 976 | 781 | 912 | 956 | 1,044 | 1,152 | 1,217 | |
| 482 | 305 | 303 | 322 | 623 | 545 | 488 | |
| OPM % | 21.7% | 20.2% | 17.1% | 15.1% | 26% | 23.3% | 20.7% |
| Depreciation | 121 | 115 | 110 | 112 | 114 | 104 | 100 |
| Interest | 25 | 24 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 12 | 28 | 20 | 39 | 80 | 82 | 85 | |
| Profit before tax | 348 | 193 | 195 | 228 | 565 | 499 | 448 |
| Tax | 73 | 52 | 52 | 59 | 140 | 128 | 116 |
| Tax % | 21% | 26.8% | 26.8% | 25.8% | 24.8% | 25.6% | 25.9% |
| 275 | 141 | 143 | 169 | 426 | 371 | 332 | |
| PAT margin % | 12.4% | 9.4% | 8.1% | 7.9% | 17.7% | 15.9% | 14.1% |
| EPS (₹) | 31.4 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 9.5 | 23.9 | 20.8 | 18.6 |
| EPS adjusted (₹) | 14.7 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 23.3 | 20.2 | 18.4 |
| 57.3% | 37.1% | 61.6% | 31.5% | 33.5% | 96.1% | — | |
| Annual report | Annual report for Mar 2020 | Annual report for Mar 2021 | Annual report for Mar 2022 | Annual report for Mar 2023 | Annual report for Mar 2024 | Annual report for Mar 2025 | Annual report for Mar 2026 |
| ₹ Cr | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity capital | 184 | 184 | 175 | 175 | 175 | 177 | 178 | 178 | 178 | 178 |
| Reserves | 1,411 | 1,745 | 1,652 | 1,503 | 1,648 | 1,705 | 1,770 | 2,043 | 2,046 | 2,251 |
| Minority interest | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 56 | 45 | 51 | 168 | 56 | 23 | 32 | 23 | 58 | 21 | |
| 434 | 481 | 516 | 639 | 597 | 632 | 598 | 749 | 772 | 747 | |
| Total equity & liabilities | 2,084 | 2,455 | 2,394 | 2,486 | 2,476 | 2,537 | 2,579 | 2,993 | 3,055 | 3,197 |
| 862 | 942 | 906 | 721 | 654 | 624 | 559 | 985 | 934 | 1,042 | |
| CWIP | 21 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
| Investments | 27 | 36 | 37 | 18 | 108 | 114 | 158 | 141 | 132 | 122 |
| 1,174 | 1,456 | 1,450 | 1,746 | 1,713 | 1,799 | 1,861 | 1,864 | 1,980 | 2,030 | |
| Total assets | 2,084 | 2,455 | 2,394 | 2,486 | 2,476 | 2,537 | 2,579 | 2,993 | 3,055 | 3,197 |
As reported in NSE results XBRL. Segment result is before tax and finance costs. ROCE uses that annual result divided by segment assets less liabilities.
Latest reported period · 31 Mar 2026 · ₹ crore
| Segment | Revenue | Result | Assets | Liabilities | Capital employed | ROCE % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Printing, Publishing and allied business | 2,198.17 | 380.4 | 1,846.97 | 672.38 | 1,174.59 | 32.39 |
| Radio | 157.91 | 31.88 |
| ₹ Cr | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 366 | 365 | 363 | 374 | 371 | 244 | 579 | 414 | 365 | |
| -38 | -198 | -154 | -137 | -224 | -144 | -380 | -11 | -173 | |
| -244 | -42 | -307 | -151 | -155 | -132 | -194 | -366 | -208 | |
| Net cash flow | 84 | 124 | -98 | 86 | -7 | -32 | 5 | 37 | -16 |
| Free cash flow | — | — | — | 328 | 341 | 219 | 532 | 365 | 222 |
| CFO / Operating profit % | — | — | 75.4% | 122.8% | 122.4% | 75.8% | 92.8% | 76% | 74.8% |
| 167.65 |
| 88.68 |
| 78.97 |
| 40.37 |
₹ crore by fiscal year