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Music Broadcast Ltd

BSE: 540366

P/L Snapshot

Q1 FY27 · standalone

vs Q4 FY26·vs Q1 FY26
Revenue
52.74
+16.3%-6.4%
Expenditure
40.42
-58.0%-30.9%
Net Profit
9.22
+119.2%+524.2%
OPM %
20.03%
+120.03pp+18.13pp

Shareholding

Pattern breakdown

P/L Trends

(in crores)

RevenueExpenditureNet Profit
-67.13-17.6031.9281.44130.96Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
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Reports

The ₹524% Profit Surge That Isn't What It Looks Like

cost discipline · other income · margin expansion

Result verdictFollow-upQ1 FY2702 Aug 20266 minTelecom & Media

Cost discipline offsets YoY revenue decline; Q2 facing headwinds

cost optimization · Radio Plus growth · government spending unpredictable

TranscriptDeep diveQ1 FY2702 Aug 20266 minTelecom & Media

Music Broadcast turns profitable in Q1 FY27 as cost cuts offset 9.7% revenue drop

fm radio · cost discipline · profit turnaround

ResultsQ1 FY2725 Jul 20263 minTelecom & Media
Latest
Quarterly Result22 Jul, 5:21 pm

Music Broadcast turns profitable in Q1 FY27 as cost cuts offset 9.7% revenue drop

Music Broadcast (standalone basis — the company has no subsidiaries) swung to a Q1 FY27 net profit of ₹9.22 Cr against a ₹2.17 Cr loss in Q1 FY26, a clear YoY turnaround, even as revenue from operations fell 9.7% YoY to ₹44.54 Cr (from ₹49.32 Cr). Sequentially revenue rose 9.2% over Q4 FY26's ₹40.79 Cr, but that comparison is distorted: Q4 FY26 carried a one-off ₹49 Cr (₹4,900 lakh) asset impairment that produced a ₹47.96 Cr loss that quarter, so the QoQ 'recovery' is largely the absence of that charge rather than organic momentum. No consensus estimates for this print turned up in a web search — Music Broadcast is thinly covered — so the result cannot be benchmarked against street numbers (vsStreet: unknown). The turnaround was driven by expense discipline rather than revenue growth. Total expenses fell 30.9% YoY to ₹40.42 Cr from ₹58.52 Cr: employee benefit expense down 32.9% (₹12.25 Cr vs ₹18.25 Cr), depreciation down 42.4% (₹4.08 Cr vs ₹7.08 Cr — a smaller net block after last year's impairment lowers the ongoing charge), and finance costs down 76.4% (₹0.72 Cr vs ₹3.06 Cr) following the company's full redemption of its NCRPS on January 19, 2026. Other income also rose to ₹8.20 Cr from ₹7.02 Cr (about 15.5% of total income). Net margin expanded from -3.9% to +17.5% YoY. This confirms management's Q4 FY26 guidance that 'continued focus on operational efficiency and cost discipline' would lift margins, but the accompanying expectation of 'gradual improvement in advertising demand' has not yet shown up — revenue from operations is still down YoY, not up. Corporate developments this quarter were largely non-financial: two senior management designations announced the same day as results (July 22, 2026), and a ₹19.94 lakh stamp duty demand (July 9, 2026) that is immaterial against the ₹9.22 Cr profit. The filing also notes that with the NCRPS fully redeemed, the company has no listed non-convertible securities outstanding, removing Regulation 52 disclosure obligations going forward. No management press release with the company's own framing of the quarter was available for this filing, so the reported figures above are the primary record.

22 Jul 2026, 05:21 pm

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