DBCORP

D.B.Corp Limited

Hindi newspapers and My FM radio stations with digital properties

Consumer Discretionary›Media, Entertainment & Publication›Media›Print Media

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Key metrics

Price as of 2026-10-16

Stock price
₹165.90
Market cap
2,957 Cr
Stock P/E
9.0
P/B
1.18
Dividend yield
4.2%
ROE (FY26)
13.7%
ROCE (FY26)
19.3%
Operating margin (FY26)
16.5%
Debt / equity (FY26)
0.0086
OCF / EBITDA (FY26)
74.8%
OCF / EBITDA (3Y)
82.0%

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What you need to know

DB Corp (D.B. Corp) publishes the Dainik Bhaskar group of newspapers and also runs radio stations and digital news properties in India, earning most of its money from print advertising.

Company snapshot

1stBy market cap

Ranked among 5 companies in Print Media.

Segment mix

Reportable segments as of 2024-12-31 (Consolidated). Revenue share = segment revenue ÷ total revenue.

Largest segment: 92.9% of revenue

SegmentRevenue shareRevenuePBTAssets
Printing, Publishing and allied business
92.9%
1,663 Cr362 Cr—
Radio
7.2%
129 Cr34 Cr—

What we see

Positives
  • ✓Debt-to-equity of 0.01x — the company is largely funded by its own money, not borrowed funds.
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Statement tables · Consolidated

Switches quarterly, P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow. Key metrics and ratios stay on consolidated when available.

Amounts in ₹ Cr · tap + to expand rows

Quarterly results

Quarterly · ₹ Cr · tap + rows to expand

MetricDec 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sept 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sept 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026Sept 2026
Sales645 Cr617 Cr590 Cr559 Cr643 Cr548 Cr559 Cr614 Cr605 Cr576 Cr604 Cr581 Cr
Operating expenses (approx.)462 Cr445 Cr425 Cr438 Cr465 Cr465 Cr449 Cr476 Cr470 Cr472 Cr467 Cr490 Cr
EBITDA183 Cr172 Cr164 Cr121 Cr177 Cr83 Cr111 Cr138 Cr135 Cr104 Cr136 Cr91 Cr
OPM %28.4%27.9%27.9%21.6%27.6%15.1%19.8%22.5%22.3%18.1%22.6%15.6%
Other income20 Cr25 Cr26 Cr24 Cr13 Cr19 Cr28 Cr20 Cr24 Cr13 Cr28 Cr33 Cr
Interest7 Cr6 Cr6 Cr7 Cr6 Cr7 Cr7 Cr7 Cr6 Cr7 Cr6 Cr6 Cr
Depreciation29 Cr29 Cr28 Cr27 Cr24 Cr24 Cr24 Cr25 Cr25 Cr26 Cr24 Cr25 Cr
Profit before tax167 Cr162 Cr157 Cr110 Cr160 Cr71 Cr108 Cr126 Cr129 Cr85 Cr134 Cr93 Cr
Tax %25.9%24.1%25.1%25.2%26.1%26.1%24.9%26.0%25.8%27.0%24.9%26.1%
Net profit124 Cr123 Cr118 Cr83 Cr118 Cr52 Cr81 Cr93 Cr96 Cr62 Cr101 Cr69 Cr
EPS (₹)₹6.96₹6.88₹6.62₹4.63₹6.62₹2.93₹4.54₹5.24₹5.36₹3.49₹5.65₹3.85

Profit & loss (annual)

Annual · last column is TTM · ₹ Cr · tap + to expand

MetricMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026TTM
Sales2,258 Cr2,328 Cr2,463 Cr2,224 Cr1,508 Cr1,769 Cr2,129 Cr2,402 Cr2,339 Cr2,356 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
Operating expenses (approx.)1,616 Cr1,765 Cr1,958 Cr1,742 Cr1,203 Cr1,466 Cr1,807 Cr1,779 Cr1,794 Cr1,867 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
EBITDA642 Cr564 Cr504 Cr482 Cr305 Cr303 Cr322 Cr623 Cr545 Cr488 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
OPM %28.4%24.2%20.5%21.7%20.2%17.1%15.1%25.9%23.3%20.7%Sign in free for the trailing twelve months
Other income17 Cr24 Cr17 Cr12 Cr14 Cr20 Cr39 Cr80 Cr82 Cr85 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
Interest7 Cr7 Cr9 Cr25 Cr24 Cr18 Cr21 Cr24 Cr25 Cr26 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
Depreciation86 Cr92 Cr99 Cr121 Cr115 Cr110 Cr112 Cr114 Cr104 Cr100 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
Profit before tax565 Cr488 Cr414 Cr348 Cr193 Cr195 Cr228 Cr565 Cr499 Cr448 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
Tax %33.7%33.7%33.8%21.0%26.8%26.8%25.8%24.8%25.6%25.9%Sign in free for the trailing twelve months
Net profit375 Cr324 Cr274 Cr275 Cr141 Cr143 Cr169 Cr426 Cr371 Cr332 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
EPS (₹)₹20.39₹17.61₹15.32₹15.72₹8.08₹8.12₹9.53₹23.90₹20.82₹18.63Sign in free for the trailing twelve months
Dividend payout %————0.0%61.4%62.8%33.5%96.0%37.6%Sign in free for the trailing twelve months
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Balance sheet

Annual · ₹ Cr · tap + rows to expand

MetricMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
Equity capital184 Cr184 Cr175 Cr175 Cr175 Cr177 Cr178 Cr178 Cr178 Cr178 Cr
Reserves1,410 Cr1,745 Cr1,652 Cr1,503 Cr1,648 Cr1,705 Cr1,770 Cr2,043 Cr2,046 Cr2,251 Cr
Borrowings56 Cr45 Cr51 Cr168 Cr56 Cr23 Cr32 Cr23 Cr58 Cr21 Cr
Other liabilities434 Cr462 Cr516 Cr639 Cr597 Cr632 Cr598 Cr749 Cr772 Cr747 Cr
Total liabilities2,084 Cr2,435 Cr2,394 Cr2,486 Cr2,476 Cr2,537 Cr2,579 Cr2,993 Cr3,055 Cr3,197 Cr
Fixed assets (net)746 Cr834 Cr806 Cr629 Cr571 Cr550 Cr493 Cr457 Cr428 Cr630 Cr
CWIP21 Cr21 Cr1 Cr0.87 Cr0.44 Cr0.18 Cr0.87 Cr2 Cr10 Cr3 Cr
Investments27 Cr36 Cr117 Cr104 Cr108 Cr114 Cr158 Cr141 Cr132 Cr122 Cr
Loans & advances——31 Cr0.67 Cr0.26 Cr0 Cr0 Cr0 Cr0 Cr0 Cr
Inventories199 Cr160 Cr250 Cr253 Cr233 Cr215 Cr214 Cr187 Cr254 Cr215 Cr
Trade receivables418 Cr542 Cr637 Cr631 Cr497 Cr479 Cr466 Cr510 Cr452 Cr464 Cr
Cash & bank174 Cr298 Cr132 Cr34 Cr120 Cr113 Cr81 Cr85 Cr122 Cr106 Cr
Other assets499 Cr545 Cr421 Cr834 Cr945 Cr1,066 Cr1,166 Cr1,611 Cr1,658 Cr1,656 Cr
Total assets2,084 Cr2,435 Cr2,394 Cr2,486 Cr2,476 Cr2,537 Cr2,579 Cr2,993 Cr3,055 Cr3,197 Cr

Cash flows

Annual · ₹ Cr · tap + rows to expand · last column includes FCF

MetricMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
Cash from operating activity360 Cr364 Cr235 Cr363 Cr374 Cr371 Cr244 Cr579 Cr414 Cr365 Cr
Cash from investing-32 Cr-198 Cr-21 Cr-154 Cr-137 Cr-224 Cr-144 Cr-380 Cr-11 Cr-173 Cr
Cash from financing-244 Cr-42 Cr-381 Cr-307 Cr-151 Cr-155 Cr-132 Cr-194 Cr-366 Cr-208 Cr
Net cash flow84 Cr124 Cr-166 Cr-98 Cr86 Cr-7 Cr-32 Cr5 Cr37 Cr-16 Cr
Free cash flow (OCF − Capex)306 Cr182 Cr170 Cr317 Cr327 Cr340 Cr218 Cr531 Cr365 Cr207 Cr

Ratios

MetricMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
ROCE %34.7%25.1%22.5%20.2%11.6%11.2%12.6%26.3%22.9%19.3%
ROE %23.5%16.8%15.0%16.4%7.8%7.6%8.7%19.2%16.7%13.7%
Debtor days6785941041209980777072
Inventory days10979981202021419293144120
Days payable11512811713219915891117137103
Cash conversion cycle613676921238280537789
OCF / EBITDA %56.1%64.6%46.7%75.4%122.7%122.4%75.8%92.8%76.0%74.8%
OCF / EBITDA % (3 years)——56.1%62.1%75.4%101.7%106.4%95.6%83.0%82.0%
Debt / equity0.040.020.030.100.030.010.020.010.030.0086
Current ratio2.493.072.651.962.803.182.492.943.723.96
Net debt / EBITDA-0.18—-0.160.28-0.21-0.30-0.15-0.10-0.12-0.17