Sun TV Network share price
NSE: SUNTVBSE: 532733EntertainmentSmall Cap
Sun TV Network Limited · Formerly Sun TV · Face value ₹5 Face value. The nominal value of one share as the company issued it, the unit its share capital is counted in and a dividend can be stated as a percentage of; it has no link to the share price. Face value in the glossary · Listed Apr 2006
Last close ₹607.55down ₹12.35 (1.99%)BSE ₹607.60
Share price at the NSE close on 30 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹619.90.
30 Oct: open ₹619.90, high ₹624.95, low ₹600.15
52-week range of traded prices to 30 Oct 2026
₹447.20Low, 21 Sep 2026₹673.95High, 15 Oct 2026
- Market capMarket capitalisation. Share price times the number of shares: what the whole company is worth at the day's price. The rank is by average market value over the six months to Jun 2026, among listed companies. Market capitalisation: how it is worked out
- ₹23,943 Cr324th largest listed
- P/EPrice to earnings, trailing. Market cap divided by the profit of the last twelve months (the latest four quarters, or two half years for a company that reports half-yearly) that belongs to the company's own shareholders, after the share of the other owners of its subsidiaries: what investors pay for each rupee of a year's profit. Price to earnings, trailing: how it is worked out
- 15.54
- P/BPrice to book. Market cap divided by the net worth that belongs to the company's own shareholders, its assets less everything it owes and less the other owners' share of its subsidiaries, on its latest balance sheet. Price to book: how it is worked out
- 1.78
- Dividend yieldDividend yield. Dividends paid per share in the twelve months to the day, as a percentage of the day's share price.
- 2.06%
- ROEReturn on equity. Profit over the last twelve months (the latest four quarters, or two half years for a company that reports half-yearly) that belongs to the company's own shareholders, as a percentage of their net worth, the money they have in the business. Net worth is the average of the latest balance sheet and the one a year before it.
- 11.9%
- ROCEReturn on capital employed. Operating profit after depreciation (revenue less operating expenses and depreciation, without other income and one-off items) as a percentage of all the money the business runs on: the whole group's net worth, the other owners of its subsidiaries included, plus borrowings. Lease liabilities are not counted: the results filings do not state them. The profit is over the last twelve months (the latest four quarters, or two half years for a company that reports half-yearly); net worth and borrowings are on the latest balance sheet.
- 11.7%
- Debt to equityDebt to equity. Borrowings divided by the whole group's net worth, the other owners of its subsidiaries included: rupees borrowed for each rupee of equity in the business. Lease liabilities are not counted: the results filings do not state them. From the balance sheet at the end of Sep 2026.
- 0.00
- Volume, NSEVolume. Shares traded on the last trading day; delivery is the part buyers kept rather than sold again the same day. Volume in the glossary
- 4,28,48244.1% delivered
About Sun TV Network
Sun TV Network Limited is a Chennai-based television broadcaster with satellite channels in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Bangla, Marathi and Hindi, FM radio stations and the Sun NXT streaming platform.12 It makes its own programmes and buys the rights to others.2 Its channels serve viewers mainly in India, and also in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East, the United States, Australia, South Africa and Canada.2
Its main channels are Sun TV, Surya TV, Gemini TV, Udaya TV, Sun Bangla, Sun Marathi and Sun Neo.3 It holds the cricket franchises SunRisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League, SunRisers Eastern Cape in South Africa's SA20 league and SunRisers Leeds in England.45 It reports its results as a single business segment, media and entertainment.6 Its radio business runs through Kal Radio, a subsidiary (a company it controls) 96.57% owned by the company, and South Asia FM, a joint venture (a business owned with partners) in which it holds 58.68%.7
It was incorporated on 18 December 1985 and is listed on BSE and NSE.8 Kalanithi Maran, the promoter, is executive chairman and Mahesh Kumar Rajaraman is managing director; Kalanithi Maran's wife Kavery Kalanithi and daughter Kaviya Kalanithi Maran are executive directors.910 It had 1,010 employees on 31 March 2026, against 932 a year earlier.10
Sun TV Network key points
Results
- Consolidated revenue from customers (the company with its subsidiaries) was ₹4,334.82 crore in the year to Mar 2026, against ₹4,019.87 crore a year earlier.11
- On a standalone basis (the company alone), total income, which adds other income such as interest to revenue, was ₹4,637.70 crore in the year to Mar 2026, against ₹4,543.96 crore.12
- Standalone profit before tax (profit before income tax is paid) was ₹1,876.24 crore in the year to Mar 2026, against ₹2,154.45 crore, and profit after tax was ₹1,393.52 crore, against ₹1,654.46 crore.13
- Standalone operating profit margin was 46.50% in the year to Mar 2026, against 46.09%; net profit margin was 30.05%, against 36.41%, each a profit as a share of income, as the company states them.1415
Dividends and balance sheet
- Dividends for the year to Mar 2026 totalled ₹12.50 a share, 250% of the ₹5.00 face value (the nominal value of each share), against ₹15.00 (300%) a year earlier. The payout ratio (the share of standalone profit paid as dividend) was 35.35%.16
- The company had no borrowings on 31 March 2026; standalone shareholders' funds (the owners' equity in the business) were ₹12,319.10 crore, against ₹11,416.70 crore a year earlier.17
- Standalone earnings per share (profit divided by the number of shares) were ₹35.36 in the year to Mar 2026, against ₹41.98.18
- The company stated in its annual report for the year to Mar 2026 that its investment policy permits only AAA-rated instruments (those with the highest credit rating) and disallows equity shares and real estate.19
Where revenue comes from
- Consolidated revenue from customers by region, ₹ crore20
Item year to Mar 2026 year to Mar 2025 India 3,901.29 3,793.19 Outside India 433.53 226.68
Customers and partners
- No customer accounted for more than 10% of total income in the year to Mar 2026; the company stated that in the previous year 2 customers accounted for ₹1,765.67 crore.21
Content and FM radio
- The company stated in its annual report that it commissions and owns a large portion of its programming, retains full rights to its recent fiction content, and has a film library in 4 languages.22
- Kal Radio holds licences to operate 24 FM stations in South India, and South Asia FM, the joint venture, holds licences for 35 FM stations.23
What the company expects
- The company stated in its annual report for the year to Mar 2026 that it expects the SunRisers Leeds franchise to add to consolidated revenue and profit, and anticipates growth from its cricket franchise and its film production and distribution businesses.24
Recent events
- On 20 Feb 2026, the company reported that NSE Sustainability Ratings & Analytics had assigned it an ESG rating (a score for environmental, social and governance practices) of 67 for the year to Mar 2025.25
- On 17 Feb 2026, the stock exchanges approved the company's waiver applications for fines levied for late compliance with certain listing rules in the quarters to Sep 2024 and Dec 2024, delays the filings attribute to waiting for approvals from sector regulators.2627
- On 28 Jul 2025, the company took control of the SunRisers Leeds cricket franchise after buying 100% of it from the England and Wales Cricket Board for £100.5 million (₹1,184.99 crore).28
- On 1 May 2025, Udaya FM merged into the radio subsidiary Kal Radio under a scheme of amalgamation approved by the National Company Law Tribunal.29
Last updated
All 29 sources, each with its page
- 1. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 19
- 2. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 164
- 3. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 164
- 4. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 164
- 5. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 230
- 6. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 221
- 7. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 164
- 8. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 164
- 9. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 43
- 10. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 22
- 11. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 221
- 12. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 19
- 13. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 19
- 14. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 38
- 15. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 39
- 16. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 19
- 17. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 38
- 18. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 38
- 19. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 40
- 20. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 221
- 21. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 221
- 22. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 40
- 23. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 164
- 24. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 37
- 25. Exchange filing, 20 Feb 2026, page 1
- 26. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 58
- 27. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 32
- 28. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 230
- 29. Annual report, 27 Aug 2026, page 230
Results
Consolidated; ₹ crore.Sun TV Network quarterly results
- Revenue growth, 12 monthsRevenue growth, 12 months. The last twelve months against the twelve before them. Left empty where the earlier figure was nought or a loss: growth out of a loss has no percentage.
- −4.9%
- Net profit growth, 12 monthsNet profit growth, 12 months. The last twelve months against the twelve before them. Left empty where the earlier figure was nought or a loss: growth out of a loss has no percentage.
- −4.9%
Quarter to Sep 2026, against the quarter before
- RevenueRevenue. The pill is the change in revenue against the quarter before: this period's figure divided by that one's, less one, in per cent.
- ₹940 Crdown 35.50%
- Net profitNet profit. The pill is the change in net profit against the quarter before: this period's figure divided by that one's, less one, in per cent. Net profit in the glossary
- ₹365 Crdown 41.11%
- Net marginNet margin. Net profit as a percentage of revenue: how much of each rupee of sales is left after every cost, interest and tax. Net margin in the glossary
- 38.8%
Revenue by quarter
Peak revenue ₹1,458 Cr, quarter to Jun 2026; lowest ₹828 Cr, quarter to Dec 2024
Net profit by quarter, a loss in red
| ₹ crore | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 | Jun 2026 | Sep 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 828 | 941 | 1,290 | 1,300 | 862 | 883 | 1,458 | 940 |
| Net profit | 363 | 372 | 529 | 355 | 324 | 232 | 619 | 365 |
| Net margin | 43.9% | 39.5% | 41.0% | 27.3% | 37.6% | 26.3% | 42.5% | 38.8% |
Consolidated. The last eight quarters. The latest is shaded. Net profit is the whole group's, the other owners of its subsidiaries included; P/E and ROE use the company's own share.
Year to Mar 2026, against the year before
- RevenueRevenue. The pill is the change in revenue against the year before: this period's figure divided by that one's, less one, in per cent.
- ₹4,335 Crup 7.96%
- Net profitNet profit. The pill is the change in net profit against the year before: this period's figure divided by that one's, less one, in per cent.
- ₹1,441 Crdown 15.44%
- Net margin
- 33.2%
Revenue by year
Net profit by year, a loss in red
The years either side of a change of basis do not compare. From the year to Mar 2020, the company's revenue for that year, ₹3,520 Cr, differs from its quarters added, ₹3,563 Cr.
| ₹ crore | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2,646 | 2,963 | 3,783 | 3,520 | 3,177 | 3,585 | 3,772 | 4,282 | 4,015 | 4,335 |
| Net profit | 1,031 | 1,135 | 1,434 | 1,385 | 1,525 | 1,642 | 1,707 | 1,926 | 1,704 | 1,441 |
| Net margin | 39.0% | 38.3% | 37.9% | 39.4% | 48.0% | 45.8% | 45.3% | 45.0% | 42.4% | 33.2% |
Consolidated. Years to March. The latest is shaded. Net profit is the whole group's, the other owners of its subsidiaries included; P/E and ROE use the company's own share.
Business segments
In the year to Mar 2026 the company reports one business segment, Media and Entertainment, which carries all its revenue.
Valuation
Today, against the company's own history. Its history crosses a change of basis in the accounts in the year to Mar 2020: days before it are of the company before the change.Sun TV Network PE ratio and valuation
Price to earnings
At or below today's level on 67% of 2,479 trading days over the last 10 years.
LowestHighest
Its median14.04Industry median23.65
Price to book
At or below today's level on 7% of 1,980 trading days since Nov 2018.
LowestHighest
Its median2.57Industry median0.60
Dividend yieldDividend yield. Dividends paid per share in the twelve months to the day, as a percentage of the day's share price. When a year's dividend goes ex later than the year before's, the yield reads zero for the days between; a run of under 60 such trading days is left out of the yield's medians and percentiles. The ex-date is the day from which a buyer of the share no longer gets the dividend.
At or below today's level on 35% of 2,479 trading days over the last 10 years.
LowestHighest
Its median2.33%
Where the return came from
Yearly rates to Mar 2026, per-share figures restated for splits and bonuses.
| Over | Return a year | Earnings growth | Change in P/E | Dividend yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year | −10.6% | −15.4% | +3.1% | 2.2% |
| 3 years | +13.3% | −5.5% | +17.3% | 2.4% |
| 5 years | +6.6% | −1.1% | +5.0% | 2.7% |
Return is price growth plus the average dividend yield. Change in P/E is (1 + price growth) / (1 + earnings growth) - 1, so the parts compound rather than add.
Mutual fund holdings
68 funds disclosed a holding for Sep 2026. What they did in Sep 2026, against each fund's month before. 45 of the 51 funds that added or cut are index funds, ETFs or arbitrage funds: an index fund or ETF holds what its index holds, and an arbitrage fund holds the share against a sale of its future. 2 more funds filed their first portfolio on record, holding it.All 68 funds holding Sun TV Network
- Bought for the first timeBought for the first time. Funds that held it at the month's end and had not held it in any month on record before.
- 2
- AddedAdded. Funds that held more shares than at the end of the month before.
- 17
- CutCut. Funds that held fewer shares than at the end of the month before.
- 34
- Held unchangedHeld unchanged. Funds that held the same number of shares as at the end of the month before.
- 13
- Sold outSold out. Funds that held it at the end of the month before and hold none at this month's end. Sold out in the glossary
- 2
| Fund | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 quant Small Cap Fundquant Mutual Fund | 1,46,61,224 | 2.49% | ₹887.0 Cr |
 Kotak Multi Cap FundKotak Mahindra Mutual Fund | 77,42,452 | 1.54% | ₹468.4 Cr |
 SBI Children's Fund - InvestmentSBI Mutual Fund | 40,00,000 | 3.04% | ₹242.0 Cr |
| quant Multi Cap Fundquant Mutual Fund | 32,61,000 | 2.63% | ₹197.3 Cr |
 Tata Value FundTata Mutual Fund | 19,45,000 | 1.43% | ₹117.7 Cr |
 Mahindra Manulife Multi Cap FundMahindra Manulife Mutual Fund | 18,72,892 | 1.52% | ₹113.3 Cr |
| Mahindra Manulife Small Cap FundMahindra Manulife Mutual Fund | 14,30,320 | 1.61% | ₹86.5 Cr |
 ICICI Prudential Multi Asset Allocation FundICICI Prudential Mutual Fund | 13,87,848 | 0.10% | ₹84.0 Cr |
| Kotak Special Opportunities FundKotak Mahindra Mutual Fund | 10,87,816 | 3.43% | ₹65.8 Cr |
| Kotak Multi Asset Allocation FundKotak Mahindra Mutual Fund | 9,73,557 | 0.39% | ₹58.9 Cr |
Portfolios disclosed for Sep 2026. Weight is the holding as a share of the fund's assets.
Promoter and insider buying and selling
Trades made since 2 Nov 2025.Sun TV Network insider trading
Bought on the marketBought on the market. The value each filer stated for its purchases on the exchange, added up; gifts, transfers and pledges are not counted. A purchase filed with no value is counted under the sum, not in it. Sold on the marketSold on the market. The value each filer stated for its sales on the exchange, added up; gifts, transfers and pledges are not counted. A sale filed with no value is counted under the sum, not in it.
- Employees1 purchase, 0 sales₹0.26 CrNo saleNetNet. The value bought on the market less the value sold, over the trades whose filers stated a value.₹0.26 Cr
Bought and sold count trades on the market only. A pledge is shares given to a lender as security for a loan; a lender invokes it by selling them.
Sun TV Network competitors and peers
TV Broadcasting & Software Production, 20 listed companies, priced on 30 Oct 2026. The table lists the 8 companies closest to Sun TV Network in market cap.Media and entertainment companies
Where the company sits among the companies nearest its size
| Company | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Zee Entertainment EnterprisesZEEL | 6,378 | 36.03 | 0.51 | +6.0% | −69.1% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 3.01% |
 Hathway Cable & DatacomHATHWAY | 1,602 | 23.65 | 0.36 | +5.9% | −30.6% | 1.5% | −0.2% | 0.00% |
 Den NetworksDEN | 1,163 | 7.78 | 0.30 | −2.5% | −22.1% | 4.0% | −0.8% | 0.00% |
 New Delhi TelevisionNDTV | 682 | – | – | +11.3% | – | – | −108.3% | 0.00% |
 GTPL HathwayGTPL | 607 | – | 0.54 | +10.3% | −106.4% | −0.2% | 0.9% | 3.70% |
 TV Today NetworkTVTODAY | 583 | 33.96 | 0.65 | −7.9% | −43.7% | 1.9% | 0.6% | 0.00% |
 Zee Media CorporationZEEMEDIA | 450 | – | 2.01 | +22.2% | – | −0.6% | −0.5% | 0.00% |
 Dish TV IndiaDISHTV | 374 | – | – | −23.8% | – | – | – | 0.00% |
Market cap in ₹ crore. Growth is the last twelve months against the twelve before. A figure is left empty where it would rest on a loss or the company has under a year of results on record. ROE is the shareholders' profit over their net worth. ROCE is profit before interest and tax over the whole group's net worth plus borrowings, as in the figures at the top of the page.
Dividends
Per share, by the year it was paid for, and the latest payments.Sun TV Network dividend history
Dividend per share, ₹, restated for later splits and bonuses
Dividend per share. The dividends declared for the year, each restated to today's share count by the splits and bonuses after its own ex-date, added up. Dividend per share in the glossaryHighest ₹25.00 a share, year to Mar 2020.
| Ex-date | Type | Per share |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov 2026 | Interim | ₹3.75 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | Interim | ₹5.00 |
| 12 Mar 2026 | Interim | ₹1.25 |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Interim | ₹2.50 |
| 20 Nov 2025 | Interim | ₹3.75 |
| 13 Aug 2025 | Interim | ₹5.00 |
Latest payments, as declared, by ex-date.
Latest announcements
Routine notices left out.Sun TV Network announcements
Oct 2026
30 Oct · Results
26 Oct · Corporate action
Sep 2026
30 Sep · News Verification
The exchange asked on 30 Sep 2026
18 Sep · Meeting
Sun TV Network share price by year
Each calendar year to 2025.Sun TV Network share price history
| Year | Close at year end | Change | Highest close | Lowest close |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 587.55 | −14.0% | 693.50 | 523.45 |
| 2024 | 683.35 | −4.1% | 916.85 | 574.65 |
| 2023 | 712.20 | +46.3% | 725.55 | 397.95 |
| 2022 | 486.65 | −2.7% | 560.55 | 404.40 |
| 2021 | 500.10 | +4.0% | 607.55 | 451.60 |
| 2020 | 480.75 | +8.8% | 506.15 | 266.60 |
| 2019 | 441.80 | −27.3% | 641.80 | 415.10 |
| 2018 | 607.75 | −38.6% | 1,079.15 | 559.75 |
| 2017 | 990.15 | +101.1% | 1,005.25 | 501.60 |
| 2016 | 492.40 | +15.5% | 562.85 | 317.25 |
₹ per share, adjusted for splits and bonuses since. Change is on the close at the end of the year before.
Recent sessions
The 9 trading days to 29 Oct 2026, as traded on NSE; the latest is at the top of the page.
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Average price | Volume | Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2026 | 624.05 | 635.50 | 615.00 | 619.90 | 624.47 | 3,56,768 | 25.2% |
| 28 Oct 2026 | 618.10 | 635.00 | 609.60 | 630.85 | 623.60 | 8,76,820 | 16.0% |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 572.10 | 654.00 | 569.15 | 634.55 | 619.38 | 39,16,980 | 16.6% |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 578.00 | 582.00 | 565.35 | 572.10 | 571.72 | 4,21,275 | 45.5% |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 600.00 | 607.00 | 572.20 | 578.80 | 581.64 | 7,87,188 | 46.3% |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 626.00 | 629.80 | 597.00 | 600.30 | 607.75 | 5,79,399 | 46.2% |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 640.10 | 643.85 | 622.10 | 627.15 | 629.48 | 4,77,517 | 48.0% |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 640.00 | 648.90 | 635.00 | 639.95 | 641.75 | 3,40,908 | 28.4% |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 632.25 | 644.50 | 632.25 | 638.00 | 637.55 | 5,55,965 | 33.1% |
Prices in ₹ per share as traded, not adjusted.
Price adjustments
What the price chart is corrected for, so it reads as one share held throughout.Bonus share history
| Ex-date | Event | Price factor | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Jun 2015 | Price move | – | Between two trading sessions the price moved by a fifth or more. The company made an announcement in time for trading that day or the trading day before. Not adjusted for. |
| 2 Jun 2011 | Price move | – | Between two trading sessions the price moved by a fifth or more. No corporate action is on record. Not adjusted for. |
| 23 Jul 2007 | Bonus | 0.5000 | Holders received 1 bonus share for every 1 held. |
| 23 Jul 2007 | Share count change | – | The company changed its share count by an amount the filing does not state, so earlier prices are not shown. |
Earlier prices are multiplied by the factor, so the chart reads as one share held throughout. Where an event has no factor that can be worked out, the chart leaves out the closes before it. Any other event is noted and not adjusted for.
Company details
- NSE symbol
- SUNTV
- BSE code
- 532733
- ISIN
- INE424H01027
- Industry
- Entertainment
- Website
- www.suntv.in
- CIN
- L22110TN1985PLC012491
- Corporate identity number, the registrar of companies' code for it
- Incorporated
- 1985
- Registered office
- Murasoli Maran Towers, 73, MRC Nagar Main Road, MRC Nagar, Chennai 600028, Tamil Nadu
- Share registrar
- KFin Technologies Ltd
- Keeps the register of shareholders and handles transfers and dividend payments
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