HT Media Q2 Results: Returns To Profit At Rs 35.94 Crore, Revenue Up 2.5%
HT Media Q2 results show a return to consolidated profit: Rs 35.94 crore for the quarter ended 30 September 2026, against a loss of Rs 4.34 crore a year earlier. Revenue from operations rose 2.5% to Rs 441.59 crore. The publisher of Hindustan Times approved the results on 5 November.
- Revenue from operations: Rs 441.59 crore, up 2.5%
- Consolidated profit: Rs 35.94 crore, against a loss of Rs 4.34 crore
- EBITDA before exceptional items: Rs 87.58 crore, up from Rs 69.58 crore
- Profit before tax, continuing operations: Rs 54.38 crore, up from Rs 28.88 crore
Print Carries HT Media Q2
Printing and publishing revenue rose to Rs 385.75 crore from Rs 356.53 crore, with a segment result of Rs 21.84 crore, almost unchanged. Radio revenue fell to Rs 24.88 crore from Rs 32.20 crore, though its loss narrowed to Rs 2.10 crore from Rs 11.15 crore. Digital revenue fell to Rs 28.23 crore from Rs 40.25 crore, but the segment turned a small profit of Rs 61 lakh.
Costs And Discontinued Business
Total expenses eased to Rs 447.33 crore. Employee costs fell to Rs 94.89 crore from Rs 104.61 crore, and depreciation fell to Rs 19.48 crore. Other income rose to Rs 60.12 crore. Discontinued operations, which include the OTTplay business, lost Rs 3.47 crore after tax, against Rs 23.46 crore a year earlier.
Profit attributable to the company's owners was Rs 23.24 crore. Basic EPS including discontinued operations was Rs 1.
The Half Year
For the six months, revenue from operations rose to Rs 878.89 crore from Rs 824.62 crore, and profit before tax from continuing operations rose to Rs 109.80 crore from Rs 19.15 crore. Quarter on quarter, print revenue rose but its segment result fell to Rs 21.84 crore from Rs 36.50 crore.
Ad Tribe covered HT Media's first-quarter results in August.
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