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PVR posts wider-than-expected Q2 loss at Rs 71 cr

Monday, October 17, 2022
On Monday, leading multiplex chain operator PVR Ltd reported a bigger-than-expected second quarter (Q2FY23) loss at ₹71.23 crores, as lackluster Bollywood and Hollywood movie performances drew fewer crowds, hitting ticket prices. The company had posted a consolidated loss after tax of Rs 153.27 crore in the year-ago period. The company's revenue from operations was up at ₹686.72 crores during the quarter under review. It was ₹120.32 crore in the corresponding quarter last fiscal.PVR Ltd said that total expenses were higher at Rs 813.33 crore compared to Rs 460.68 crore. PVR's total income was also up at ₹703.13 crores, as against ₹275.21 crores in the corresponding quarter. EBITDA for the quarter came at ₹170 crores, compared to ₹86.8 crores for the corresponding quarter in FY22. Admissions and average ticket prices during the quarter were impacted by the weak performance of Bollywood and Hollywood movies, PVR said in an exchange filing. Read more

PVR slips 5% after mega block deals

Thursday, September 15, 2022
Shares of PVR dropped 5 percent to Rs 1,838 on the BSE in Thursday’s intra-day trade, after investors offloaded a 9 percent stake in the company via a block deal on Thursday. The investors who sold stakes in the company were - Multiples PE, Gray Birch, Plenty PE, and Berry Invt, the news channel reported. As per June 2022 shareholding pattern, Gray Brich Investment held 2.2 million (3.6 percent), while Plenty Private Equity FII held a 1.52 million (2.5 percent) stake in PVR. combined 10.25 million equity shares, representing 16.78 percent of the total equity of PVR, changed hands on the NSE and BSE, data shows. With Thursday’s decline, the stock corrected 17 percent, from its 52-week high level of Rs 2,211.55, that it had touched on August 4, 2022. The stock had been gaining after massive earnings from the movie Brahmastra. Read more

PVR, Inox rallied 18 percent and hit 52-week high as theatres to reopen

Monday, September 27, 2021
Shares of multiplex owners Inox Leisure and PVR climbed up to 18 percent and hit their respective 52-week highs on the BSE in intra-day trade on Monday after the Maharashtra government announced the reopening of cinema halls and drama theatres in the state from October 22, ahead of Diwali. Stock market participants are further bullish on the multiplex stocks on the back of the reopening theme. However, they will start operations at 50 percent strength. So, it is still two to three quarters more when these theaters will start their operations at 100 percent strength. Maharashtra is one of the largest markets for cinema theatres with a contribution of around 25 percent of the Hindi box office revenue. Theatres and movie halls across India have been closed since April this year. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in a tweet said the standard operating procedure (SOP) for the reopening was in the works and would be announced at the earliest. Read more

PVR plans to release films in theatres as virus eases

Tuesday, January 19, 2021
PVR Ltd. is now planning to release their movies in cinema halls rather than on streaming sites like those run by Netflix Inc. and Amazon.com Inc., now that the pandemic is easing in India. The country’s biggest cinema operator, which runs about 835 screens across 71 cities, is currently operating most theaters at half capacity due to Covid-related restrictions. However, it sees benefits in the “age-old strategy” of movies first coming to the big screen before being monetized on other platforms. A number of Indian films starring top actors such as Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, and Vidya Balan opted for streaming platform release in 2020 as theaters were shuttered by shelter-at-home rules. PVR’s shares, which snapped eight years of gains to fall about 30% in 2020, have risen almost 14% this year. The stock has 20 buy calls, six holds, and four sales among analysts tracked by Bloomberg.

Multiplex Shares Rally 17 % After Government Allows Cinemas To Operate With 50% Seating

Thursday, October 1, 2020
Shares of multiplex operators like Inox Leisure and PVR rallied up to 17 per cent on the BSE on Thursday after the government allowed cinema halls to operate with 50 per cent seating capacity under 'Unlock 5' rules released by the Home Ministry from October 15 outside containment zones adhering to the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). Following the government's order - PVR shares rallied as much as 14 per cent to hit an intraday high of ₹ 1,395 and Inox Leisure surged as much as 18 per cent to hit an intraday high of ₹ 318.20. About 9,500 theatres have remained shut since the nationwide coronavirus lockdown started in late March. Movie industry representatives in Bollywood have said it would take at least two years for them to recover financially from the pandemic, putting tens of thousands of jobs at risk. Many big-budget Bollywood movies have been getting pushed to the next fiscal year, as falling box-office collections made production houses face a liquidity crunch. Read more

PVR, Inox Leisure share prices plunge up to 11% after reporting Q4 loss

Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Shares of entertainment exhibition companies PVR and Inox Leisure declined up to 11 per cent on the BSE on Tuesday after reporting weak earnings for the quarter ended March 2020 (Q4FY20), impacted by the outbreak of Covid-19 in the last month of the quarter.PVR share price slipped up to 8 per cent to touch the day’s low of Rs 1,064 apiece on BSE, while Inox Leisure share price fell 11 per cent to Rs 248 a piece in today’s session. PVR reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 74.61 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31The company had posted a net profit of Rs 46.75 crore in the January-March quarter a year ago. Consolidated revenues were down 22 per cent YoY at Rs 662 crore as compared to Rs 846 crore during the corresponding period of last year.PVR expenses were at Rs 731.84 crore in the fourth as against Rs 771.27 crore a year ago. The board of directors of PVR has approved the fundraising of up to Rs 300 crore through a rights issue. Read more