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Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd

BSE: 538685

P/L Snapshot

Q1 FY27 · standalone

vs Q4 FY26·vs Q1 FY26
Revenue
123.84
-5.8%-8.2%
Expenditure
135.10
-40.8%-31.5%
Net Profit
-8.90
+87.8%+81.0%
OPM %
-2.18%
+65.19pp+41.30pp

Shareholding

Pattern breakdown

P/L Trends

(in crores)

RevenueExpenditureNet Profit
-108.76-15.5377.69170.92264.15Q1 FY25Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
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Reports

Loss Narrows, but Digital Stalling and Profitability Stay Distant

EBITDA leverage · digital decline · ShemarooMe OTT

Result verdictFollow-upQ1 FY2728 Jul 20266 minTelecom & Media

Loss shrinks, growth stalls on digital decline

digital transformation · operational leverage · geopolitical headwind

TranscriptDeep diveQ1 FY2728 Jul 20266 minTelecom & Media

Shemaroo Q1 loss narrows sharply to ₹8 Cr as inventory charge-offs roll off; revenue dips ~6%

media entertainment · loss narrowing · inventory charge-off

ResultsQ1 FY2723 Jul 20263 minTelecom & Media
Latest
Quarterly Result23 Jul, 5:40 pm

Shemaroo Q1 loss narrows sharply to ₹8 Cr as inventory charge-offs roll off; revenue dips ~6%

Shemaroo Entertainment's Q1 FY27 (consolidated) came in as a much-reduced loss of ₹8.07 Cr, versus a ₹45.75 Cr loss a year ago and a ₹71.97 Cr loss in the seasonally heavy Q4 FY26 — an ~82% YoY and ~89% QoQ narrowing. Revenue from operations, however, kept sliding: ₹131.68 Cr, down ~5.6% YoY and ~5.6% QoQ, so the entire improvement is cost-driven, not demand-driven. Net margin repaired to about -6% from -32% (YoY) and -51% (QoQ), and operating losses ran close to breakeven versus the deep -40% to -63% OPM of the comparison quarters. The swing sits almost entirely on one line: consolidated Operational Cost fell to ₹90.28 Cr from ₹152.26 Cr a year ago and ₹183.30 Cr in Q4 FY26. That directly confirms management's prior-call guidance that the accelerated inventory charge-off cycle — the driver of the outsized FY26 losses — had concluded in Q4 FY26; on that qualitative marker the print delivers. Because those charge-offs were embedded in operational cost rather than flagged as an exceptional item, there is no clean one-off to strip, but the underlying read is the same: cost normalisation, not a revenue recovery, drove the result. A ₹2.39 Cr deferred-tax credit further trimmed the reported loss. The standalone entity tells the same story — loss of ₹8.90 Cr on revenue of ₹123.23 Cr — so consolidated and standalone are not materially divergent. Management offered no quantitative FY27 revenue/PAT guidance (macro uncertainty), only a Digital-First direction with new-initiative spend guided to under half of FY26's ₹155 Cr; this quarter's cost drop is consistent with that discipline but the falling topline means monetisation has yet to show through. There is no analyst/consensus coverage for a company of this size, so the print cannot be benchmarked to street. The board meeting also cleared the 21st AGM (Aug 14) and statutory/cost-auditor reappointments; the earnings call is set for July 24. The overhang to watch remains the GST matter (Note 5): a ₹70.26 Cr ITC demand plus ₹63.35 Cr penalty, currently stayed by the Bombay High Court and referred to a Larger Bench — off the P&L for now but a material contingent liability against a company this size.

23 Jul 2026, 05:40 pm

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