DEN
Den Networks share price & financials
- Price
- ₹33.08
- Market cap
- ₹1.3k Cr
What Den Networks Limited does
DEN Networks operates as a multi-system operator (MSO), distributing digital cable television signals to subscribers through a network of local cable operators (LMOs) spread across urban and semi-urban India, earning through subscription fees and placement/marketing income paid by broadcasters for channel positioning. Its wholly owned subsidiary, DEN Broadband Limited, holds a Unified License and separately provides wired broadband/internet services. DEN is a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited, giving it access to the wider Reliance content and distribution ecosystem.
Segments
- Cable TV Distribution
- Broadband
- States covered
- 13
- Cities/towns covered
- 450+
- Local cable operator (LMO) network
- 14,000+
- Market position
- Largest subscriber base among cable TV players in India
- Parent company
- Subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited
- Broadband subsidiary
- DEN Broadband Limited (wholly owned, holds a Unified License)
Quarterly results
Q1 FY27: revenue up 4.5%, net profit down 35.3% against the same quarter last year.
| Line item | Q2 FY25 | Q3 FY25 | Q4 FY25 | Q1 FY26 | Q2 FY26 | Q3 FY26 | Q4 FY26 | Q1 FY27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 245 | 258 | 244 | 246 | 248 +1% | 258 +0% | 250 +2% | 257 +4% |
| EBITDA | -1 | 1 | -18 | 7 | -1 +0% | -10 −1100% | 8 +144% | 6 −14% |
| Net profit | 34 | 23 | 24 | 51 | 23 −32% | 20 −13% | 29 +21% | 33 −35% |
How to read this
₹ crore, as filed. The percentage beside a figure is the change against the same quarter a year earlier — never the quarter before, which would make every seasonal business look like it collapses and booms each year.
Performance −25.1% 1Y
1Y: ₹36.03 on 10 Sept 2025 → ₹26.98. High ₹36.6 (18 Sept 2025), low ₹22.98 (30 Mar 2026).
Financials, as filed
Revenue fell 4.0% a year over 3 years, FY23 to FY26. Operating margin narrowed to 0.4%.
| Year ending | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹1.1k Cr | ₹1.0k Cr | ₹990 Cr | ₹1.0k Cr |
| Operating profit | ₹151 Cr | ₹77 Cr | ₹-5 Cr | ₹4 Cr |
| Operating margin | 13.3% | 7.4% | -0.5% | 0.4% |
| Interest | ₹2 Cr | ₹4 Cr | ₹3 Cr | ₹1 Cr |
| Depreciation | ₹109 Cr | ₹72 Cr | ₹72 Cr | ₹65 Cr |
| Net profit | ₹264 Cr | ₹176 Cr | ₹117 Cr | ₹123 Cr |
| Net margin | 23.3% | 17.0% | 11.8% | 12.3% |
| Cash from operations | ₹121 Cr | ₹71 Cr | ₹-67 Cr | ₹-55 Cr |
| Free cash flow | ₹43 Cr | ₹40 Cr | ₹-97 Cr | ₹-91 Cr |
| ROCE | 3.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 2.0% |
How to read this
From the company's own filings. Margins are computed from the filed sums; a year with an incomplete quarter is left blank rather than estimated.
Balance sheet
| Year ending | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity capital | ₹477 Cr | ₹477 Cr | ₹477 Cr | ₹477 Cr | ₹477 Cr | ₹477 Cr |
| Reserves | ₹2.5k Cr | ₹2.7k Cr | ₹3.0k Cr | ₹3.1k Cr | ₹3.2k Cr | ₹3.4k Cr |
| Borrowings | ₹0 Cr | ₹0 Cr | ₹28 Cr | ₹26 Cr | ₹22 Cr | ₹20 Cr |
| Other liabilities | ₹669 Cr | ₹494 Cr | ₹481 Cr | ₹461 Cr | ₹570 Cr | ₹468 Cr |
| Total liabilities | ₹3.6k Cr | ₹3.6k Cr | ₹3.9k Cr | ₹4.1k Cr | ₹4.3k Cr | ₹4.3k Cr |
| Fixed assets | ₹259 Cr | ₹249 Cr | ₹275 Cr | ₹252 Cr | ₹434 Cr | ₹187 Cr |
| Capital work in progress | ₹31 Cr | ₹18 Cr | ₹25 Cr | ₹16 Cr | ₹12 Cr | ₹7 Cr |
| Investments | ₹2.6k Cr | ₹2.4k Cr | ₹1.9k Cr | ₹2.2k Cr | ₹1.7k Cr | ₹611 Cr |
| Other assets | ₹699 Cr | ₹944 Cr | ₹1.7k Cr | ₹1.6k Cr | ₹2.2k Cr | ₹3.5k Cr |
| Total assets | ₹3.6k Cr | ₹3.6k Cr | ₹3.9k Cr | ₹4.1k Cr | ₹4.3k Cr | ₹4.3k Cr |
How to read this
As filed each year. A line the company does not report — deposits for a non-lender, for instance — is left out rather than shown as a row of dashes.
Who owns it
As disclosed at Jun 2026
Since Jun 2025, the public added +0.38 pp while FIIs trimmed −0.28 pp. The shareholder count shrank 10% to 1,47,480.
- Promoters
- 74.9%
- FIIs
- 0.3%
- DIIs
- 0.1%
- Public
- 24.6%
- Others
- 0.1%
Since Jun 2025
- Public +0.38 pp
- FIIs −0.28 pp
- DIIs −0.09 pp
How it drifted, 12 quarters
Over this window the public went from 23.5% to 24.6% — +1.1 pp.
Ownership split by quarter, oldest first. Sep '23: Promoters 74.9%, FIIs 1.3%, DIIs 0.2%, Public 23.5%, Others 0.1%.Dec '23: Promoters 74.9%, FIIs 1.0%, DIIs 0.2%, Public 23.9%, Others 0.1%.Mar '24: Promoters 74.9%, FIIs 1.1%, DIIs 0.2%, Public 23.7%, Others 0.1%.Jun '24: Promoters 74.9%, FIIs 1.0%, DIIs 0.2%, Public 23.9%, Others 0.1%.Sep '24: Promoters 74.9%, FIIs 0.8%, DIIs 0.2%, Public 24.1%, Others 0.1%.Dec '24: Promoters 74.9%, FIIs 0.7%, DIIs 0.2%, Public 24.1%, Others 0.1%.Mar '25: Promoters 74.9%, FIIs 0.8%, DIIs 0.1%, Public 24.1%, Others 0.1%.Jun '25: Promoters 74.9%, FIIs 0.6%, DIIs 0.1%, Public 24.2%, Others 0.1%.Sep '25: Promoters 74.9%, FIIs 0.5%, DIIs 0.1%, Public 24.4%, Others 0.1%.Dec '25: Promoters 74.9%, FIIs 0.5%, DIIs 0.1%, Public 24.4%, Others 0.1%.Mar '26: Promoters 74.9%, FIIs 0.5%, DIIs 0.1%, Public 24.4%, Others 0.1%.Jun '26: Promoters 74.9%, FIIs 0.3%, DIIs 0.1%, Public 24.6%, Others 0.1%.
Who is on the register
Named in the Jun 2026 filing
Every holder of Den Networks Limited above SEBI's 1% disclosure line, and what changed since Mar 2026.
| Holder | Stake | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jio Futuristic Digital Holdings Private Limited | 35.94% | unchanged |
| Jio Television Distribution Holdings Private Limited | 15.47% | unchanged |
| Jio Digital Distribution Holdings Private Limited | 15.02% | unchanged |
| Sameer Manchanda | 3.69% | unchanged |
| Lucid Systems Private Limited | 3.35% | unchanged |
| Kavita Manchanda | 0.79% | unchanged |
| Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings Limited | 0.31% | unchanged |
| Network 18 Media & Investments Limited | 0.15% | unchanged |
| Reliance Ventures Limited VC / PE | 0.10% | unchanged |
| Vandana Manchanda | 0.08% | unchanged |
| Sanjeev Manchanda | 0.01% | unchanged |
| Reliance Industries Limited | 0.00% | unchanged |
A holder disappearing from this list has fallen below the 1% line — it is not necessarily a sale. Percentages are of total shares, as disclosed in the company's own filing. Who was buying across the market this quarter.
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