Sun TV Network share price & results
- Sept 2026
- Sept 2026
Broadcasts satellite TV channels in 7 Indian languages, runs FM radio, owns IPL/T20 cricket teams and the Sun NXT OTT app.
Price & Snapshot
Performance +10.0% 1Y
1Y: ₹554.25 on 7 Nov 2025 → ₹609.9. High ₹653.1 (14 Oct 2026), low ₹449.3 (9 Sept 2026).
- Previous close
- ₹600.85
- Market cap
- ₹24.0k Cr
- 52-week range
- ₹449.3 – ₹653.1
- One year
- +9.91%
- Price to earnings (TTM to Sept 2026)
- 15.11×
- Return on equity (TTM to Sept 2026)
- 11.82%
Reported
Key financial metrics & valuation ratios
Each figure keeps its basis and period; nothing is filled in.
| Metric | Value | Change | Basis | Period | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 940 | −27.7% YoY | Quarterly, as filed | Quarter to Sept 2026 | Revenue from operations as filed. |
| Operating margin | 48.0 | −10.0 pts YoY | Operating profit / revenue | Quarter to Sept 2026 | For the quarter; a change is in percentage points. |
| Net profit | 365 | +2.8% YoY | Quarterly, as filed | Quarter to Sept 2026 | Profit after tax as filed. |
| Return on equity | 11.82 | −3.4 pts | Trailing twelve months | TTM to Sept 2026 | Adjusted profit attributable to owners ÷ average owners’ equity. |
| Free cash flow margin | -9.41 | −41.3 pts | Fiscal year | FY ending Mar 2026 | (Operating cash flow − fixed-asset purchases + disposals) ÷ revenue. |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -5.00 | +14.0 pts | Trailing twelve months | TTM to Sept 2026 | Revenue change against the same period one year earlier. |
Live Summary
Overview
- Symbol
- NSE:SUNTV
- Industry
- Consumer Discretionary
- Exchange
- NSE
- Currency
- INR
What Sun TV Network Limited does
Based on the company's own presentations, annual report and earnings calls.
Sun TV Network is one of India's largest television broadcasters, operating satellite television channels across seven languages — Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Bangla, Marathi and Hindi — with flagship channel Sun TV ranked the most-watched in the country. The company produces and acquires its own television and film content, airs FM radio stations across India through subsidiaries Kal Radio Limited and South Asia FM Limited, and operates the Sun NXT digital OTT platform. It also owns the IPL cricket franchise SunRisers Hyderabad and the SunRisers Eastern Cape franchise in Cricket South Africa's T20 league, run out of a branch office in South Africa, and has board approval to acquire Northern Superchargers, a franchise in England's "The Hundred" cricket league.
- Broadcast languages
- 7 (Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Bangla, Marathi, Hindi)
- Market position
- Sun TV ranked India's most-watched television channel
- IPL franchise owned
- SunRisers Hyderabad
- South Africa T20 franchise owned
- SunRisers Eastern Cape (Cricket South Africa T20 League)
- UK cricket franchise (acquisition approved)
- Northern Superchargers, "The Hundred" league
- Digital OTT platform
- Sun NXT
Fundamentals
Valuation, return & balance-sheet ratios
Current values with the period they cover; the trend reads across the 6 fiscal years held (Mar 2021 to Mar 2026).
Financials
Quarterly & annual financial statements
Net profit, year on year: +3% (quarter to sept 2026 against sept 2025).
| Line item | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sept 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 | Jun 2026 | Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 829 | 942 | 1,290 | 1,300 | 862 | 883 | 1,458 | 940 | |
| 384 | 527 | 674 | 546 | 443 | 492 | 723 | 493 | |
| 445 | 414 | 617 | 754 | 420 | 391 | 735 | 447 | |
| 54.0% | 44.0% | 48.0% | 58.0% | 49.0% | 44.0% | 50.0% | 48.0% | |
| 146 | 184 | 189 | 140 | 133 | 33 | 179 | 138 | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| 113 | 118 | 108 | 404 | 113 | 98 | 96 | 116 | |
| 474 | 477 | 694 | 486 | 436 | 323 | 818 | 467 | |
| 23.0% | 22.0% | 24.0% | 27.0% | 26.0% | 28.0% | 24.0% | 22.0% | |
| 364 | 371 | 529 | 355 | 324 | 232 | 619 | 365 | |
| 9.22 | 9.41 | 13.43 | 8.99 | 8.22 | 5.89 | 15.70 | 9.24 |
| Line item | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,772 | 4,281 | 4,021 | 4,335 | |
| 1,385 | 1,645 | 1,901 | 2,155 | |
| 2,389 | 2,637 | 2,119 | 2,182 | |
| 384 | 516 | 651 | 495 | |
| 9 | 9 | 14 | 14 | |
| 487 | 532 | 540 | 723 | |
| 2,278 | 2,613 | 2,217 | 1,939 | |
| 1,706 | 1,926 | 1,704 | 1,440 |
| Line item | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Sept 2025 | Mar 2026 | Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 197 | 197 | 197 | 197 | 197 | 197 | |
| 9,075 | 10,339 | 11,454 | 12,150 | 12,446 | 13,260 | |
| 63 | 38 | 124 | 146 | 106 | 108 | |
| 814 | 847 | 875 | 920 | 1,092 | 1,072 | |
| 10,148 | 11,421 | 12,651 | 13,413 | 13,841 | 14,637 | |
| 1,729 | 1,707 | 1,579 | 3,100 | 2,538 | 3,828 | |
| 131 | 145 | 344 | 15 | 888 | 4 | |
| 5,512 | 7,061 | 8,303 | 7,772 | 7,821 | 7,762 | |
| 2,775 | 2,508 | 2,425 | 2,526 | 2,595 | 3,043 | |
| 10,148 | 11,421 | 12,651 | 13,413 | 13,841 | 14,637 |
| Line item | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,464 | 1,634 | 2,096 | 2,171 | 1,665 | 1,802 | |
| -1,152 | -1,026 | -1,553 | -1,313 | -1,064 | -1,308 | |
| -249 | -603 | -631 | -697 | -618 | -525 | |
| 63 | 5 | -88 | 161 | -18 | -32 | |
| 1,235 | 504 | 1,775 | 1,660 | 1,281 | -409 |
| Line item | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 165 | 149 | 143 | 107 | 111 | 121 | |
| 165 | 149 | 143 | 107 | 111 | 121 | |
| 102 | 106 | 87 | 70 | 74 | 69 | |
| 29.0% | 27.0% | 25.0% | 26.0% | 20.0% | 16.0% | |
| 13.0% | 33.0% | 35.0% | 34.0% | 35.0% | 34.0% |
Reverse DCF: growth rate implied by today's share price
Growth trapTo justify its price of ₹610, this stock must grow earnings at 11% every year for 7 years. Our analysis caps realistic growth at ~-6%. At that growth it is worth ₹254 — downside of 58%.
- Growth the price implies
- 10.5% a year
- for 7 years, fading to 4%
- It has actually compounded at
- -5.5% a year
- net profit, FY23–FY26 · EPS -5.5%
- The gap
- 0.2 pp
- -58% downside if it only repeats history
Multiples & returns vs own history
Ownership
Who owns it — shareholding pattern
Promoters hold 75.00% as of Sept 2026; institutions cut 0.77 pts since Jun 2026.
- Promoters 75.00%
- Foreign institutions 5.52%
- Domestic institutions 10.81%
- Public 8.66%
Who bought this quarter
since Jun 2026
Disclosed holders that added to a position or appeared on the register for the first time, biggest addition first.
- newly disclosed 4.72% held
- Mutual fund newly disclosed 2.70% held
- Mutual fund newly disclosed 1.24% held
The same filing shows 0 holders trimming and 2 off the list — both are in the register beside this.
Who is on the register
Named in the Sep 2026 filing
Every holder of Sun TV Network Limited above SEBI's 1% disclosure line, and what changed since Jun 2026.
| Holder | Stake | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 75.00% | unchanged | |
| 4.72% | newly disclosed | |
| 3.47% | unchanged | |
| Mutual fund | 2.70% | newly disclosed |
| Mutual fund | 1.24% | newly disclosed |
| Mutual fund | — | off the list |
| Mutual fund | — | off the list |
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.
Mutual funds in SUNTV
Filings to Sep 2026
0 new, 0 added, 4 trimmed, 0 sold out — net −0.11 L shares (−0.2%).
- Held by funds
- ₹287 Cr
- 8 schemes
- Biggest holder
- SBI Children's Fund - Investment Plan (Erstwhile known as SBI Magnum Children's Benefit Fund- IP)
- ₹242 Cr · 3.0% of that fund
| Scheme | Holding | Last month | Held since |
|---|---|---|---|
| SBI Children's Fund - Investment Plan (Erstwhile known as SBI Magnum Children's Benefit Fund- IP) SBI Mutual Fund | ₹242 Cr | held | Jun '26 |
| HDFC Large & Mid Cap Fund HDFC Mutual Fund | ₹21 Cr | held | Dec '22 |
| HDFC Dividend Yield Fund HDFC Mutual Fund | ₹9 Cr | held | Dec '22 |
| Nippon India Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund Nippon India Mutual Fund | ₹9 Cr | −0.05 L | Sep '25 |
| SBI Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund SBI Mutual Fund | ₹5 Cr | −0.02 L | Oct '25 |
| Nippon India Nifty 500 Equal Weight Index Fund Nippon India Mutual Fund | ₹1 Cr | −0.03 L | Sep '24 |
| SBI Nifty 500 Index Fund SBI Mutual Fund | ₹0 Cr | −0.00 L | Sep '24 |
| SBI Nifty Small Cap 250 ETF SBI Mutual Fund | ₹0 Cr | held | May '26 |
HDFC, Nippon India and SBI schemes, from their monthly disclosures. Changes are counted in shares, so a price move never looks like buying or selling.
Mutual funds Sep 2026
0 added, 4 trimmed — net −10,546 shares (−0.2%)
- Funds are sitting on
- +19%
- vs est. average cost
- Held by funds
- ₹287 Cr
- 8 schemes · ≈ 1.2% of the company
- Biggest holder
- SBI Children's Fund - Investment Plan (Erstwhile known as SBI Magnum Children's Benefit Fund- IP)
- ₹242 Cr · 3.0% of that fund
- Longest holder
- HDFC Large & Mid Cap Fund
- 3y 10m · since Dec '22
Shares held by these funds +225%
Oct '23 47.52 L shares Sep '26
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Frequently asked questions on Sun TV Network Limited
Compiled directly from SUNTV's filed financial statements, earnings call transcripts, and ownership disclosures.
How did Sun TV Network Limited (SUNTV) perform in its latest reported quarter (Sept 2026)?
For the quarter ended Sept 2026, Sun TV Network Limited reported revenue of ₹940 Cr, net profit of ₹365 Cr, an operating margin of 48.0%. Diluted earnings per share stood at ₹9.24.
How is Sun TV Network Limited (SUNTV) valued today, and what growth does the stock price imply?
Sun TV Network Limited (SUNTV) trades at ₹609.9, with a market capitalization of ₹24.0k Cr. Reverse-DCF analysis shows the current stock price implies 10.5% annual earnings growth over the next 7 years compared with its historical net-profit CAGR of -5.5%.
Who owns Sun TV Network Limited (SUNTV) — promoters, FIIs, DIIs, and mutual funds?
As of Sept 2026, Promoters hold 75.0%, FIIs hold 5.5%, DIIs hold 10.8%, Public shareholders hold 8.7%.
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