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Music Broadcast financials
- Market cap
- ₹230 Cr
- Calls analysed
- 6
Music Broadcast Limited Q1 FY27
What went well
- Sequential revenue growth of 9% QoQ to INR44.5 crores.
- Operating EBITDA improved significantly to INR8.9 crores from INR0.9 crores in Q1 FY26.
- EBITDA margins expanded to 20% from 1.9% in Q1 FY26.
What to watch
- Revenue declined 10% year-on-year to INR44.5 crores from INR49.3 crores in Q1 FY26.
- Q2 is historically a weaker quarter and has begun on a softer note.
Guidance record · Q1 FY27
what the last two calls moved 7 tracked 4 delivered 2 missed 1 open- EBITDA Margin delivered said Q1 FY26 Promised: A 'remarkable difference' in margins in the next two quarters. Q1 FY27: Promise was achieved in Q3 FY26 and is now closed.
- Digital Business Growth went quiet said Q1 FY26 Promised: 15% to 20% growth going forward. Q1 FY27: Management stated digital revenue is 4% of total revenue, but did not provide a growth figure, effectively ghosting the original 15-20% growth promise.
- EBITDA Margin on track said Q1 FY26 Promised: 20% overall margin profile in the next 3-5 years. Q1 FY27: EBITDA margin for Q1 FY27 was 20.0%, hitting the long-term target level for the quarter. This is a significant positive development, keeping the promise firmly on track towards being sustained.
All 7 tracked — every revision, and every one management stopped mentioning.
Open the guidance ledgerQuarterly results
Q1 FY27: revenue down 9.7%, net profit up 524.9% 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 | 55 | 65 | 55 | 49 | 38 −31% | 46 −29% | 41 −25% | 45 −10% |
| EBITDA | 3 | 11 | -45 | 1 | -5 −281% | 8 −30% | -47 −5% | 8 +772% |
| Net profit | -2 | 4 | -38 | -2 | -7 −246% | 4 +2% | -48 −26% | 9 +525% |
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 −29.6% 1Y
1Y: ₹8.74 on 10 Sept 2025 → ₹6.15. High ₹8.88 (22 Sept 2025), low ₹4.62 (27 Mar 2026).
How the price took the results
close before → close after
- Q1 FY27
- +9.4%
- 23 Jul
- Q4 FY26
- −0.3%
- 22 May
- Q3 FY26
- +2.8%
- 4 Feb
- Q2 FY26
- −2.4%
- 30 Oct
The move from the last close before each results date to the first close after it — the market's first read on the quarter, not the quarter itself.
Financials, as filed
Revenue fell 4.2% a year over 3 years, FY23 to FY26. Operating margin narrowed to -25.5%.
| Year ending | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹198 Cr | ₹229 Cr | ₹234 Cr | ₹174 Cr |
| Operating profit | ₹23 Cr | ₹33 Cr | ₹-22 Cr | ₹-44 Cr |
| Operating margin | 11.4% | 14.5% | -9.5% | -25.5% |
| Interest | ₹4 Cr | ₹10 Cr | ₹12 Cr | ₹10 Cr |
| Depreciation | ₹33 Cr | ₹33 Cr | ₹35 Cr | ₹28 Cr |
| Net profit | ₹3 Cr | ₹7 Cr | ₹-34 Cr | ₹-53 Cr |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 3.0% | -14.4% | -30.6% |
| Cash from operations | ₹31 Cr | ₹27 Cr | ₹17 Cr | ₹22 Cr |
| Free cash flow | ₹21 Cr | ₹18 Cr | ₹4 Cr | ₹17 Cr |
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 | ₹69 Cr | ₹69 Cr | ₹69 Cr | ₹69 Cr | ₹69 Cr | ₹69 Cr |
| Reserves | ₹541 Cr | ₹534 Cr | ₹456 Cr | ₹463 Cr | ₹420 Cr | ₹376 Cr |
| Borrowings | ₹23 Cr | ₹19 Cr | ₹98 Cr | ₹106 Cr | ₹133 Cr | ₹24 Cr |
| Other liabilities | ₹23 Cr | ₹31 Cr | ₹33 Cr | ₹42 Cr | ₹35 Cr | ₹27 Cr |
| Total liabilities | ₹657 Cr | ₹654 Cr | ₹656 Cr | ₹681 Cr | ₹658 Cr | ₹496 Cr |
| Fixed assets | ₹283 Cr | ₹255 Cr | ₹233 Cr | ₹219 Cr | ₹170 Cr | ₹106 Cr |
| Capital work in progress | ₹0 Cr | ₹0 Cr | ₹0 Cr | ₹1 Cr | ₹0 Cr | ₹0 Cr |
| Investments | ₹202 Cr | ₹219 Cr | ₹220 Cr | ₹247 Cr | ₹332 Cr | ₹250 Cr |
| Other assets | ₹172 Cr | ₹180 Cr | ₹203 Cr | ₹213 Cr | ₹155 Cr | ₹140 Cr |
| Total assets | ₹657 Cr | ₹654 Cr | ₹656 Cr | ₹681 Cr | ₹658 Cr | ₹496 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.
All earnings calls (5)
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