Zee Entertainment (ZEEENT) : Strong Show Future Portends Heavy Spending
Zee Entertainment (ZEEENT) : Strong Show Future Portends Heavy Spending
Zee Entertainment (ZEEENT) : Strong Show Future Portends Heavy Spending
Key Metrics
Ad Revenue Growth 22.7% 18.1% 2.9% 18.6%
Domestic Subscription % 25.9% 15.0% -13.5% 12.2%
International Subscription % 1.9% 3.0% -16.1% -6.6%
Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research
Change in estimates
FY19E FY20E
(| Crore) Old New % Change Old New % Change Comments
Revenue 7,605.6 7,754.1 2.0 8,720.9 8,806.1 1.0 Re-align our estimates to incorporate H1FY19 performance
EBITDA 2,432.4 2,483.3 2.1 2,877.9 2,906.0 1.0
EBITDA Margin (%) 32.0 32.0 4 bps 33.0 33.0 0 bps
PAT 1,590.3 1,505.7 -5.3 1,922.0 1,920.1 -0.1
EPS (|) 16.6 15.7 -5.3 20.0 20.0 0.0 Earnings for FY19 have ben cut to account for higher tax rate
Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research
Assumptions
Current Earlier
FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19E FY20E FY19E FY20E
Ad Revenue Growth 29.4% 7.1% 14.5% 17.0% 16.0% 15.9% 16.1% Slightly raise our estimates to incorporate strong domestic ad growth
Domestic Subscription % 13.2% 13.0% -10.1% 17.0% 14.7% 14.0% 16.5% Align our estimates in line with management guidance
International Subscription % 6.9% 3.0% -11.5% 0.1% 1.4% -4.1% 5.1%
Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research
6,000.0 5,710.3 35
28.9 4,921.7
5,000.0 30
4,204.8
3,673.5 25
4,000.0
3,429.6
20
| crore
3,000.0 2,660.3
(%)
2,380.021.2 11.8 17.1 16.0 15
14.5
2,000.0
10
1,000.0 7.1
5
- -
FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19E FY20E
Ad revenue Growth
es
3,000 20.0
2,500 13.8 15.0
12.8 12.5
10.0 10.0
2,000
5.0
| crore
1,500
(%)
-
1,000 2,308 (5.0)
500 (10.0)
2,058 2,263 2,029(10.3) 2,596
- (15.0)
FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19E FY20E
35.0
32.0 33.0
30.0 29.9 31.1
15.0
10.0
5.0
-
FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19E FY20E
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Zee Marathi Zee Talkies Colors Marathi STAR Pravah
Zee Bangla has taken further lead vs STAR Jalsha with Exhibit 5: Bengali market
41.4% average viewership share 50.0
45.0
40.0
35.0
Market Share (%)
30.0
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STAR Jalsha Zee Bangla Jalsha Movies Colors Bangla
and Gemini TV
25.0
23.0
21.0
19.0
17.0
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Colors Kannada Zee Kannada Udaya Movies
Udaya TV STAR Suvarna
Zee Tamil further improved its market share and is No 2 Exhibit 8: Tamil Market
player as far as latest rankings 50.0
45.0
40.0
Market Share (%)
35.0
30.0
25.0
20.0
15.0
10.0
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Sun TV STAR Vijay KTV Zee Tamil
30.0
25.0
20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
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Zee Anmol Zee TV Colors STAR Plus
Rishtey Sony Pal
17.0
15.0
Market Share (%)
13.0
11.0
9.0
7.0
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Sun TV Zee Anmol Zee TV Colors
50.0
(%)
400 40.0
30.0
300 20.0
10.0
200 0.0
Sep-15 Dec-15 Feb-16 May-16 Jul-16 Oct-16 Dec-16 Feb-17 May-17 Jul-17 Oct-17 Dec-17 Mar-18 May-18 Jul-18 Oct-18
Key events
Date Event
Apr-10 The education business undertaking of the company was demerged from the company and transferred to Zee Learn Ltd on the appointed date
Mar-11 Zee Entertainment Studios Ltd, BVI and ZES Mauritius Ltd, Mauritius amalgamated with their holding company ZES Holdings Ltd, Mauritius
Jan-12 Company introduces new Bangla movie channel
Dec-13 Court approves bonus issue of redemable preference shares in the ratio of 1:21
Jun-14 Launches new channel Zee Zindagi, which serves as a platform for global content
Jan-15 Launches new channel & TV
Aug-16 Zee Entertainment enters into definitive agreement to sell its sports business held under wholly-owned subsidiaries viz. Taj TV and Taj Television India Pvt Ltd to
Sony Networks India Pvt Ltd for an all-cash consideration of ~ $385 million (~| 2600 crore). The deal entails a non-compete clause of four years
Nov-16 Zee Entertainment announces the acquisition of the TV business of Reliance Broadcast Network (RBNL), which houses Big Magic (comedy genre GEC) and Big
Ganga (Bhojpuri GEC) for an enterprise valuation (EV) of | 298.4 crore
Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research
Recent Activity
Investor name Investor name
Buys Sells
ICICI Prudential Asset Management Co. Ltd. +13.77M +1.73M The Vanguard Group, Inc. -76.85M -8.70M
Wellington Management Company, LLP +12.69M +1.44M Vontobel Asset Management, Inc. -58.40M -6.61M
Schroder Investment Management Ltd. (SIM) +7.16M +0.81M BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. -6.83M -0.86M
Essel Group +5.76M +0.72M Waddell & Reed Investment Management Company -7.81M -0.86M
Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited +5.52M +0.69M AGF Investments Inc. -6.63M -0.73M
Source: Reuters, ICICI Direct Research
The historical numbers have been shown according to the previous reporting standards and have not been reclassified on the basis of the quarterly restated numbers given by the
company. We will restate the numbers once the same is available for all the four quarters of FY16.
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ICICI Direct Research coverage universe (Media)
CMP M Cap EPS (|) P/E (x) EV/EBITDA (x) RoCE (%) RoE (%)
Sector / Company (|) TP(|) Rating (| Cr) FY18 FY19E FY20E FY18 FY19E FY20E FY18 FY19E FY20E FY18 FY19E FY20E FY18 FY19E FY20E
DB Corp (DBCORP) 188 235 Hold 3,462 17.1 15.8 19.4 11.0 11.9 9.7 5.8 6.6 5.1 23.1 23.5 26.6 16.3 16.9 18.8
DISH TV (DISHTV) 55 80 Hold 10,173 -0.4 1.0 2.4 NM 53.9 22.6 9.5 5.4 4.7 3.1 9.2 11.2 0.1 2.8 6.3
ENIL (ENTNET) 626 780 Hold 2,984 7.5 13.7 23.9 83.7 45.6 26.2 25.0 18.5 12.6 6.2 10.3 16.0 3.5 6.9 10.8
Inox Leisure (INOX) 202 275 Buy 1,946 11.9 8.0 12.0 17.0 25.3 16.9 10.6 10.1 7.8 13.2 12.6 15.3 10.6 10.3 13.4
Jagran Prakashan (JAGPRA) 108 185 Hold 3,355 10.6 9.6 9.9 10.1 11.2 10.9 5.1 5.8 5.3 18.9 18.6 18.8 16.1 14.7 14.3
PVR (PVRLIM) 1,253 1,390 Hold 5,854 26.4 33.0 43.1 47.5 38.0 29.1 16.6 14.2 12.1 14.7 15.6 17.8 11.5 12.6 14.3
Sun TV (SUNTV) 639 920 Buy 25,182 28.8 35.7 41.8 22.2 17.9 15.3 11.6 9.2 7.4 35.5 36.7 36.0 24.2 25.0 24.2
TV Today (TVTNET) 390 450 Hold 2,326 19.9 26.6 30.0 19.6 14.7 13.0 10.2 7.9 6.3 30.4 30.9 29.7 19.3 20.0 19.0
ZEE Ent. (ZEEENT) 464 540 Buy 44,601 15.4 15.7 20.0 30.2 29.6 23.2 20.0 16.5 13.7 25.6 24.5 25.5 15.3 14.7 16.0
Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research
Strong Buy: >15%/20% for large caps/midcaps, respectively, with high conviction;
Buy: >10%/15% for large caps/midcaps, respectively;
Hold: Up to +/-10%;
Sell: -10% or more;
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