DGCONTENTConsumer Discretionary

Digicontent Limited

Advertising & Media Agencies · ISIN INE03JI01017 · BSE 542685 · NSE EQ · FV ₹2
Last price
₹24
+0.50%today
What this company does

Digicontent Limited operates in Advertising & Media Agencies, part of the Consumer Discretionary sector. It booked ₹123 cr of revenue in its latest quarter (Q1 FY27) and kept -1.6% of sales as profit. It is the 3rd largest of 3 Advertising & Media Agencies companies we track, by market value.

Digicontent Limited (DCL) is a leading provider of end-to- end content-sourcing services, operating at the intersection Digital news subscriptions totaled INR 3.3 bn in CY 2024, of media, technology and digital platforms.
In the report:
45out of 100
Equitytale Health Score
Mixed

Healthier than 45% of companies in Consumer Discretionary, on all six measures of filed financials. Each measure is ranked against the 301–421 companies that reported it.

Measures financial condition, not whether to buy. Learn what this score means · How this is calculated

Price momentum
neutral
RSI (14)
46

At close. Not part of the score.

Profitability & returns13

How much profit it earns on the money it employs

Balance sheet20

How much it owes, and whether earnings cover the interest

Cash quality98

Whether reported profit actually arrives as cash · highest in its sector on what we could measure

Growth & consistency68

Whether sales and profit have grown, and how steadily

Valuation19

What today's price implies, against our models or its peers

Governance & risk100

How much of the promoters' stake is pledged, and how much they hold · highest in its sector on what we could measure

Is this company doing well?
not investment advice
Some things to watch
Strengths
Sales up 12% vs last year
Promoters hold 67%
No promoter shares pledged
Watch-outs
! Currently loss-making
! Thin -1.6% net margin
! Low -20.9% return on equity

What if I invest in DGCONTENT?

Set a growth rate and see what a monthly SIP would add up to. Your assumption, our arithmetic.

You would put in
₹12.00 lakh
120 instalments
At 12% a year, it would become
₹22.40 lakh

The slider starts at 12%, taken from this company's own free-cash-flow trend. That is history, not a forecast — this is your assumption, and the figure above is arithmetic on it. Returns are not steady year to year, and a real holding would not grow in a straight line. We do not publish price targets or predict returns.

Key ratios · latest quarter + price
₹24 +0.50%
latest close · 2026-09-17
1-year return
+82.5%
52-wk low ₹1152-wk high ₹29
Is it cheap or expensive?
What you pay for the profits, book value and cash flow. Higher isn't automatically worse — it can signal faster growth.
P/B ratio3.78High
Below bookModerateHigh
EV / EBITDA16.3High
LowAverageHigh
How good is the business?
How much profit it earns from its money and its sales.
Return on equity-20.9%Loss
WeakFairStrong ▸15%
Return on capital1.6%Weak
WeakFairStrong
Net margin-1.6%Loss
ThinDecentStrong
EBITDA margin2.0%Thin
ThinDecentHealthy
Is it financially safe?
How much it owes, and whether it can comfortably cover it.
Debt to equity0.89Moderate
LowModerateHigh ▸1
Interest cover0.2×Risky
RiskyOkayStrong ▸5×
Current ratio1.50Healthy
Tight ◂1HealthyAmple
More figures
Market cap
₹140 cr
Book value
₹6
EPS
₹-0.33
latest quarter
Net debt
₹23 cr
owes more than its cash
Enterprise value
₹163 cr
EBITDA
₹10 cr
annualised
EBIT
₹2 cr
annualised
Operating margin
0.5%
Return on assets
-3.1%
Earnings yield
P/S
0.28
Sales / share
₹84.7
Tax rate
Face value
₹2
Shares
5.8 cr
Working capital
₹51 cr
Current assets
₹154 cr
Current liabilities
₹103 cr
Delivery %
76.1%
Strong / safeFairWeak / riskyValuation — a level, not good/badBands are general rules of thumb, not advice.

P/E, ROE, ROCE and margins are annualised from the latest quarter; per-share and balance-sheet ratios use the most recent balance sheet on file · prices as of 2026-09-17.

Worth vs price · from the FY 2025 report & filings
not investment advice
Hard to value confidentlyLow confidence
One year's profit is a one-off (far above the multi-year norm), so its recurring earnings power is unclear.
Models span ₹113₹114, midpoint ₹113

An educational model from the company's own filings, every assumption shown — not investment advice or a price target. Prices can stay above or below any model for years.

P&L · Q1 FY27 (consolidated)
Revenue from Operations₹123 cr
Other Income₹61 L
Total Income₹124 cr
Cost of Materials₹0 cr
Purchases of Stock-in-Trade₹0 cr
Employee Benefit Expense₹56 cr
Finance Costs₹2 cr
Depreciation & Amortisation₹2 cr
Other Expenses₹66 cr
Total Expenses₹126 cr
Profit before Tax₹-2 cr
Tax Expense₹7 L
Net Profit₹-2 cr
Net margin on total income-1.6%
Where the money goes · Q1 FY27
% of total spend
Employee benefit expense₹56 cr44.1%
Finance costs₹2 cr2.0%
Depreciation & amortisation₹2 cr1.5%
Other expenses₹66 cr52.4%
Tax expense₹7 L0.1%
Total income ₹124 cr

The company made a net loss of ₹2 cr this quarter — income covered only 98 of every ₹100 it spent on costs and tax.

Quarterly results · consolidated (₹ cr)
MetricQ3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
Revenue128 cr118 cr123 cr
Total income129 cr119 cr124 cr
Expenses122 cr117 cr126 cr
Profit before tax-9 cr2 cr-2 cr
Tax-1 cr1 cr7 L
Net profit (owners' share)-7 cr90 L-2 cr
Net margin (owners' share, on revenue)-5.7%0.8%-1.6%
EPS (₹)-1.250.15-0.33
YoY (latest quarter): total income +11.7% · net profit
Balance sheet & cash flow · as of Mar 2026
Moderate debt
Total assets
₹253 cr
Shareholder equity
₹37 cr
parent shareholders
Total debt
₹33 cr
Cash
₹10 cr
Cash flow · H1 FY26
Operating
₹8 cr
Investing
₹4 cr
Financing
₹-17 cr
Peer comparison
Advertising & Media Agencies · by market value
CompanyPriceMarket capP/E
Signpost India Limited₹262₹1,401 cr18.8
R K Swamy Limited₹88₹445 cr31.9
Digicontent Limitedthis company₹24₹140 cr
Same industry · latest reported numbers · not a recommendation.
Who owns it · 2026-06-30
No pledge
Promoter
66.8%
FII / Foreign
DII / Domestic
0.1%
Retail / others
32.9%
Smart-money activity
Insider trades
BoughtThe Hindustan Times Limited · Promoters343 · ₹6,95822 Nov 23
BoughtThe Hindustan Times Limited · Promoters500 · ₹10,14621 Nov 23
BoughtThe Hindustan Times Limited · Promoters1,000 · ₹20,35420 Nov 23
Bulk / block deals
BoughtBHIMAVARAPU SRIDHAR REDDY · NSE5.03 L @ ₹5.515 Jun 20
BoughtUNIQUE COMTRADE PRIVATE LIMITED · NSE6.00 L @ ₹3.0522 Nov 19
BoughtKARMA CAPITAL ADVISORS(P) LTD · NSE3.00 L @ ₹3.519 Nov 19
Stake changes
BoughtRatangarh Welfare Trust→ 9.53% · 12.75 L22 Jul 22
BoughtRatangarh Welfare Trust→ 9.53% · 12.75 L22 Jul 22
BoughtRatangarh Welfare Trust→ 9.53% · 12.75 L22 Jul 22
What shareholders were asked to approve
5 proposals passed only on promoter votes

A company cannot decide everything on its own. Things like a top executive’s pay, issuing new shares, or re-appointing a director have to be put to the people who own the company, and they vote — one vote per share. So whoever owns the most shares has the most say.

Special shareholder meeting · 7 Aug 2026
See the official result
1
Increase in Authorised Share Capital of the Company and alteration in the capital clause of the Memorandum of Association of the Company
⚑ Passed only because promoters voted yes
Backed by 3% of shareholders other than promotersneeded 50%
1.11 L votes for, 36.82 L against
2
Issuance of Warrants on Preferential Basis
⚑ Passed only because promoters voted yesPromoters had a personal stake in this
Backed by 3% of shareholders other than promotersneeded 75%
1.11 L votes for, 36.82 L against

Every vote count above is taken from the result the company filed with the stock exchange, certified by an independent counter. To work out what would have happened without the promoters, we simply remove their votes and re-apply the same legal bar the proposal had to clear. Nothing here is an estimate or an opinion.

Who controls this company, and what it pays them

Most Indian companies are controlled by a family or group — the promoters. The exchange requires them to be listed by name, including members who own no shares at all, and requires the company to disclose any business it does with them.

The promoter group — 1 named members
owning 66.8% between them · as of 2026-06-30
THE HINDUSTAN TIMES LTD66.81%
Business done with them
FY2025 · 1 of the group
The company paid ₹4 cr to companies in the promoter group last year — about 1.0% of its ₹443 cr revenue and received ₹17 cr back from them.
THE HINDUSTAN TIMES LTD
Other income from them · Rent & maintenance & Prepaid expenses & Security deposit given (undiscounted value)
also owns 66.81% of the company
₹17 cr
company received
THE HINDUSTAN TIMES LTD
Other payments to them · Rent & maintenance & Prepaid expenses & Security deposit given (undiscounted value)
also owns 66.81% of the company
₹4 cr
company paid

The company also transacted with 5 other related parties — subsidiaries, joint ventures, directors and others — that we could not match by name to the promoter list above. Some may still be connected to the family; we only count the ones the filings let us match with certainty.

Names and holdings from the company’s shareholding pattern filed with the exchange; transactions from the related-party note in its annual report. Every figure is as filed — these are legal, disclosed dealings, and what to make of them is your call.

How the stock has moved · adjusted for splits & bonuses
Data from primary exchange filings · analysis tool, not investment advice.