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India | Media & Entertainment 19 August 2020

Company Update/Target price/Rating change

Zee Entertainment
Zee5 revenue remains the silver lining Rating: Buy
Ad in traditional & Zee5 subscriber revenue to drive growth Target Price: INR 250
Upside: 44%
We expect Zee Entertainment (Z IN) to outperform on the ad revenue
CMP: INR 174 (as on 18 August 2020)
front vs the industry in FY21, led by 1) the shift of Zee Anmol from pay
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to FTA last month, which is likely to drive ad spend back in favor, 2) Key data
strong come-back for ad revenue from H2FY21, given the festival Bloomberg /Reuters Code Z IN /ZEE.BO
season and gradual economic recovery. This has been reiterated by Current /Dil. Shares O/S (mn) 960/960
the June 2020 Pitch Madison Report that states TV and digital will Mkt Cap (INR bn/USD mn) 167/2,238
continue to contribute at least 65% of ad spend in India, with TV Daily Vol (3M NSE Avg) 1,257,992
retaining share at 37%; on the digital advertising front, however, Z Face Value (INR) 1
may underperform vs industry average, as YouTube and Hotstar take 1 USD = INR 74.8
Note: *as on 18 August 2020; Source: Bloomberg
away the lion’s share of incremental spend. We estimate 20% YoY
growth in Zee5 ad revenue in FY21E. On subscription revenue front, Price & Volume
Zee5 remains one of the key drivers, and we believe international
400 125
broadcast subscriptions too (which have declined 17% over the past
300 100
two years) will move in favor of Zee5 subscriptions, given access to TV
75
live content, movie & originals; this shift is also favorable for Z as 200
50
scalability in the digital business would attract better valuation.
100 25
Valuation: upgrade to Buy with a higher TP of INR 250 0 0
Aug-19 Dec-19 Apr-20 Aug-20
We upgrade our rating for Z to Buy from Reduce, and raise our TP to Vol. in mn (RHS)
INR 250 from INR 158 based on a SOTP valuation after factoring in Zee Entertainment Enterprises (LHS)
Source: Bloomberg
numbers of Zee5 (digital business) & strong outlook for the OTT
platform. We have moved to a SOTP-based valuation by valuing the Shareholding (%) Q2FY20 Q3FY20 Q4FY20 Q1FY21

Zee5 business separately based on EV/sales and the broadcasting Promoter 22.4 4.9 4.9 4.8
Institutional Investors 61.8 79.2 79.2 77.0
business on P/E basis. Zee5 reported revenue of INR 949mn in
Other Investors 12.4 12.6 13.0 13.6
Q1FY21; based on this, we assume full-year revenue for the OTT
General Public 3.4 3.3 3.0 4.7
platform at INR 3,400mn (assuming a higher share for subscription
Source: BSE
revenue) for FY21E. Hence, after factoring in ad revenue growth of
Price performance (%) 3M 6M 12M
20% YoY and subscription revenue growth of 10% YoY for the platform
Sensex 28.3 (5.8) 3.2
in FY22E, and EV/sales of 4x, which is almost 30% below Netflix’s and
Zee Entertainment 16.4 (29.2) (49.8)
largely in line with other global media companies that have a sizeable Sun TV Network 21.3 (7.9) (2.3)
presence on digital, we arrive at a valuation of INR 16 for the Zee5 Source: Bloomberg
business. Z’s broadcasting business, excluding revenue and losses for
Zee5 platform, will be valued at 15x one-year forward earnings, which
translates into a fair value of INR 280; however, if we were to exclude
write-offs (inventory, receivables & corporate guarantees), taken at a
future date in a worst case scenario, the fair value for the broadcasting
business will be INR 235. Hence, our TP for consolidated Z, including
the digital business, would be INR 250.

Key Financials
YE Revenue YoY EBITDA EBITDA PAT YoY Fully DEPS RoE RoCE P/E EV/EBITDA
March (INR mn) (%) (INR mn) margin (%) (INR mn) (%) (INR) (%) (%) (x) (x)
FY19 79,339 18.7 25,640 32.3 15,892 7.5 16.5 19.3 26.8 10.5 6.3

FY20 81,299 2.5 16,346 20.1 8,089 (49.1) 8.4 8.8 15.5 20.7 10.0

FY21E 72,361 (11.0) 13,881 19.2 8,325 2.9 8.7 8.5 11.6 20.1 11.0

FY22E 77,552 7.2 18,998 24.5 13,011 56.3 13.5 12.2 14.6 12.8 7.4
Note: pricing as on 18 August 2020; Source: Company, Elara Securities Estimate

Karan Taurani•karan.taurani@elaracapital.com• +91 22 6164 8513


Viren Deshpande•viren.deshpande@elaracapital.com • +91 226164 8565
Elara Securities (India) Private Limited
Zee Entertainment

Consolidated Financials (YE March)


Income Statement (INR mn) FY19 FY20 FY21E FY22E Revenue & margin growth trend
Net Revenues 79,339 81,299 72,361 77,552 90,000 32.3 35
EBITDA 25,640 16,346 13,881 18,998 24.5 30
80,000
Add:- Non operating Income 2,515 2,836 2,894 3,102 20.1 19.2 25

(INR mn)
OPBIDTA 28,155 19,182 16,775 22,100 70,000 20

(%)
Less :- Depreciation & Amortization 2,347 2,706 2,732 2,997 60,000 15
EBIT 25,807 16,476 14,044 19,103 10
50,000
Less:- Interest Expenses 1,304 1,449 934 939 5
PBT 24,503 15,027 13,110 18,164 40,000 0
FY19 FY20 FY21E FY22E
Less :- Taxes 8,672 4,317 2,796 4,370
Net Revenues EBITDA Margin
Adjusted PAT 15,831 10,710 10,314 13,793
Add/Less: - Extra-ordinaries (61) 2,621 1,989 783 Source: Company, Elara Securities Estimate
Reported PAT 15,892 8,089 8,325 13,011
Balance Sheet (INR mn) FY19 FY20 FY21E FY22E
Share Capital 961 961 961 961 Adjusted profit growth trend
Reserves 88,279 92,479 1,00,503 1,11,522
20,000 100
Minority Interest 143 110 99 82
15,000 56 75
Borrowings 7,429 3,501 3,542 3,542
10,000 50
Deferred Tax (Net) (8,573) (7,879) (192) (192)

(INR mn)

(%)
5,000 3 25
Total Liabilities 88,239 89,172 1,04,913 1,15,914
0 0
Gross Block 17,951 19,993 22,035 24,077 8
Less:- Accumulated Depreciation 9,359 12,065 14,797 17,794 (5,000) (49) (25)

Net Block 8,592 7,928 7,238 6,283 (10,000) (50)


FY19 FY20 FY21E FY22E
Add:- Capital work in progress
Adjusted PAT PAT Growth
Investments 10,289 3,676 3,002 3,002
Net Working Capital 62,244 71,516 88,622 1,00,578 Source: Company, Elara Securities Estimate
Other Assets 7,113 6,051 6,051 6,051
Total Assets 88,239 89,172 1,04,913 1,15,914
Cash Flow Statement (INR mn) FY19 FY20 FY21E FY22E Return ratios
Cash profit adjusted for non-cash items 19,762 15,089 11,991 16,948
30 26.8
Add/Less : Working Capital Changes (9,595) (13,827) (6,942) (14)
25
Other adjustments (2,758) (5,657) (2,907) (3,120)
Operating Cash Flow 7,409 (4,395) 2,143 13,814 20 15.5 14.6
15 19.3 11.7
Less:- Capex (2,599) (2,042) (2,042) (2,042)
Free Cash Flow 4,810 (6,437) 100 11,772 10
12.2
Financing Cash Flow (16,981) (7,885) 8,020 (2,874) 5 8.9 8.5
Investing Cash Flow 5,673 7,406 852 1,060 0
Net change in Cash (3,899) (4,873) 11,015 12,000 FY19 FY20 FY21E FY22E
ROE (%) ROCE (%)
Ratio Analysis FY19 FY20 FY21E FY22E
Income Statement Ratios (%) Source: Company, Elara Securities Estimate
Revenue Growth 18.7 2.5 (11.0) 7.2
EBITDA Growth 23.5 (36.2) (15.1) 36.9
PAT Growth 7.5 (49.1) 2.9 56.3
EBITDA Margin 32.3 20.1 19.2 24.5
Net Margin 20.0 9.9 11.5 16.8
Return & Liquidity Ratios
Net Debt/Equity (x) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
ROE (%) 19.3 8.9 8.5 12.2
ROCE (%) 26.8 15.5 11.7 14.6
Per Share data & Valuation Ratios
Diluted EPS (INR/Share) 16.5 8.4 8.7 13.5
EPS Growth (%) 7.7 (49.1) 2.9 56.3
DPS (INR/Share) 3.5 0.3 0.3 0.5
P/E Ratio (x) 10.5 20.7 20.1 12.8
EV/EBITDA (x) 6.3 10.0 11.0 7.4
EV/Sales (x) 2.0 2.0 2.1 1.8
BVPS (INR) 92.9 97.3 105.6 117.1
Price/Book (x) 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.5
Dividend Yield (%) 2.0 0.2 0.2 0.3
Note: pricing as on 18 August 2020; Source: Company, Elara Securities Estimate

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Zee Entertainment

Zee5: largest non-sports OTT offering in India The company reported an EBITDA of INR 2,199mn,
Zee5, which reported its quarterly revenue numbers for down 67% YoY and an EBITDA margin of 16.8% (ex-
the first time, translates into annual revenue in the range Zee5 margin stood at 30%), down 1610bp YoY, largely
of INR 3.4-3.6bn. Management clarified this includes only since the fall in revenue was higher than cost savings
the Advertising video on Demand (AVOD) & (marketing investments in the digital business continue,
Subscription video on Demand (SVOD) revenue and has leading to a 36% YoY decline in A&P and other expenses,
no syndication revenue. programming cost down 16%, given no fresh episodes
of existing shows were produced in the first two

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Our channel checks show SVOD revenue share within months). PAT was down 94% YoY to INR 292mn, largely
Zee5 is higher than that of AVOD. There are two reasons on the back of weak operating performance, lower other
for this: 1) better deals for Zee5 with telco partners, and income by 75% YoY and higher depreciation by 4% YoY
2) aggressive launch of new content (~20 new shows & effective tax rate during the quarter.
every quarter), which has led to increased viewership. A
highly skewed subscriber share means subscription Ad revenue falls sharply; subscribers too subdued
revenue, which may almost be as large as Hotstar, the Ad revenue dipped by 64.5% YoY to INR 4.2bn, primarily
largest India-centric OTT offering backed by sports due to a weak macroeconomic environment, hit by the
content (~70% revenue from sports), this also means pandemic and despite a sharp increase in viewership
Zee5 may be the largest non-sports OTT offering in India across mediums. Monetization was poor over April-May,
today in terms of subscription revenue, which is more leading to a 66% YoY drop in domestic advertising
sticky in nature vs ad revenue. Further, as per Madison revenue. International advertising revenue for the
report, India’s video advertising market is pegged at INR quarter was at INR 371mn, down 31.9% YoY.
45bn as on CY19 (video is 30% of total digital Subscription revenue witnessed growth of a mere 5%
advertising). Off this, YouTube and Hotstar hold almost YoY to INR 7.4bn, largely in line with our estimates.
two-thirds share whereas the balance is spilt across 35 Domestic subscription revenue grew 6.2% YoY on high
OTT, which is a long tail; the video advertising market base (47% growth in the base quarter), primarily led by
grew 59% in CY19 and is estimated to grow 45% in Zee5 subscription revenue. International subscription
CY20, however, ex-Hotstar and Youtube, other firms in revenue was at INR 818mn, down 3.5% YoY during the
the OTT ad segment (including Zee5) are estimated to quarter. Other operating revenues saw an uptick by 30%
grow ~20%. However, we believe a higher subscription YoY, led by the sale of rights of movies to the OTT
share without sports content (the biggest genre for platform (Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl was released
online consumption) is commendable, in our view, and directly on the OTT platform, skipping theatrical release).
hence Zee5 remains to be a big value proposition for the
Movie sale to Netflix lifts other operating revenue
company. We await further development on the OTT
business in terms of new content investments to monitor Zee5 Q1 revenue and operating loss stood at INR 949mn
the scalability factor; any further consolidation within and INR 1,451mn, respectively, with 39.7mn global
telecom firms, one of the risks, may negatively impact monthly active users Monthly Active Users (MAU), 4.0mn
subscription revenue over the medium term. Further, if global daily active users Daily Active Users (DAU) in June,
we were to exclude the cost base of Zee5, EBITDA 112 minutes average watch time per viewer per month
margin stands at 30% which too is healthy. in June vs 136 minutes in March, which dropped due to
a lack of original TV content during the lockdown. Zee5
Quarterly Performance entered the short-video space with beta launch of HiPi,
EBITDA margins dips by 290bp YoY which would lift growth for the platform. In case of Zee
Z posted a revenue decline of 34.7% YoY to INR 13.1bn s Studios, after Gunjan Saxena, Khaali Peeli is scheduled
our estimates of INR 14.4bn, well below our estimates, for direct to digital release in this quarter. Zee Music
led by a sharp decline in ad revenue amid COVID-19 Company added 6mn subscribers on YouTube, with
lockdown by 64.5% YoY as well as weakness in 60mn subscribers to be the second-most subscribed
subscription revenue, which grew a mere 5% YoY, music channel in India.
unable to offset the sharp ad decline.

Exhibit 1: Quarterly performance


(INR mn) Q1FY20 Q1FY20E Var (%) Q4FY19 QoQ (%) Q1FY19 YoY (%)
Revenue 13,120 14,431 (9.1) 19,511 (32.8) 20,081 (34.7)
EBITDA 2,199 8,613 (74.5) (2,839) (177.5) 6,598 (66.7)
Net Profit 292 6,846 (95.7) (7,658) (103.8) 5,298 (94.5)
EPS (INR) 0.3 7.1 (95.7) (8.0) (103.8) 5.5 (94.5)
EBITDA Margin 16.8 59.7 (14.5) 32.9
Net Margin 2.2 47.4 (39.3) 26.4
Source: Company, Elara Securities Estimate
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Zee Entertainment

Exhibit 2: Ad spend on video witnesses fastest growth among the digital ad pie
50 46.4

40 36.1 34.3 34.1


29.3 31.2
26.4 27.8 27.9
30 25.4 23.3 23.8
(INR bn)

22.4
20 16.4
12.5
8.4
10
2.2 3.0 3.4 3.8
0
Search spends Social Video spends Display spends Affiliates + Content +
Influencers Tech +
SMS/OBD
CY16 CY17 CY18 CY19

Source: Madison Media,2020, Elara Securities Research

Exhibit 3: Digital share within the ad pie rising rapidly Exhibit 4: Digital to grow multifold in next 5 years
250 50 700
585.5
200 40 600
500
(INR bn)

150 30
(INR bn) 400
(%)

100 20 300
50 10 200 154.67

100
0 0
CY20P
CY15

CY16

CY17

CY18

CY19

0
CY19 CY25E
Digital Adex size Growth YoY Share of Ad pie Digital Adex size

Source: Dentsu Aegis,2020, Elara Securities Research Source: Dentsu Aegis,2020, Elara Securities Research

Exhibit 5: Display ads comprise an average 21% of ads while online video constitutes 20% for key verticals

100
32 20 24 27 25 27
80 35 38 34
11 0 4
0 12 4
1 10 3
(%)

60 17 39 4
27 17
44 23
30 26
40 28 36
26 11 15
21 13
20 13
14
23 19 21 26 18 23 19 24
13
0
Media & Auto Telecom BFSI Consumer E-commerce FMCG Retail Others
Entertainment Durables
Display Online video Paid search Others incl. classifieds Social media

Source: Madison Media 2020, Elara Securities Research

Exhibit 6: Online video constitutes 22-24% of desktop as well as mobile ad spend


Desktop Social Display, Mobile Social Display,
media, 17% media, 22%
29% 27%

Online Others
Others incl.
incl. video, 22%
classifieds, Online
classifieds, 4%
4% Paid Paid video, 24%
search, search,
27% 23%
Source: Dentsu Aegis 2020, Elara Securities Research Source: Dentsu Aegis2020, Elara Securities Research

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Zee Entertainment

Exhibit 7: Zee5 gains traction with rising MAU YoY Exhibit 10: Z continues to invest in original content
100 for Zee5 OTT at average 18-20 shows per quarter
76.4 50
80 39
61.5 63.1 40
(mn)

56.3
60
26

(No.s)
41.3 39.7 30 23
40 16 18 18
20 14 15 15
20 14.2
10

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0 0

Q1FY19

Q2FY19

Q3FY19

Q4FY19

Q1FY20

Q2FY20

Q3FY20

Q4FY20

Q1FY21
Q3FY19
Q1FY19

Q2FY19

Q4FY19

Q1FY20

Q4FY20

Q1FY21
Monthly Active Users (MAU) New original shows/Content launched
Note : Company has not published data for Q2 & Q3FY20 Source: Company,
Elara Securities Research Source: Company, Elara Securities Research

Exhibit 8: Zee5 DAU temporarily hit with lack of live Exhibit 11: Zee Music YouTube channel views CAGR
TV content on platform amid COVID-19 lockdown of 40% over the past two years
12 11.4 10
7.8 8
8 7.1 7.1 7.3
10 8.9 5.9
6 4.9 5.3
(bn)
(mn)

8 6.6 4.1
6 4
6
4 2
4
0
2
Q1FY19

Q2FY19

Q3FY19

Q4FY19

Q1FY20

Q2FY20

Q3FY20

Q4FY20

Q1FY21
0
Q1FY21
Q1FY20

Q2FY20

Q3FY20

Q4FY20

Zee Music Youtube views count

Source: Company, Elara Securities Research


Source: Company, Elara Securities Research
Exhibit 12: Zee Studio shows momentum producing
Exhibit 9: Average time spent surges amid the average 2-3 movies per quarter
lockdown and is expected to stabilize at higher levels
25
160 140 20
136 20
140 120
112
120
(No.s)

15
(No.s)

100
80 10 8 7
60 5 3 3
31 31 31 33 2 2 1 2
40
20 0
Q4FY20
Q1FY19

Q2FY19

Q3FY19

Q4FY19

Q1FY20

Q2FY20

Q3FY20

Q1FY21

0
Q2FY19

Q3FY19

Q4FY19

Q1FY20

Q2FY20

Q3FY20

Q4FY20

Q1FY21

Zee Studios Movies (Production+Distribution) launched


Average time spent on the app by user (in mins)
Source: Company, Elara Securities Research
Source: Company, Elara Securities Research

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Zee Entertainment

Exhibit 13: Change in estimates


(INR mn) Earlier Current Change (%)
FY21E FY21E FY21E FY21E FY21E FY21E
Revenue 69,751 73,661 72,361 77,552 3.7 5.3
EBITDA 17,438 17,310 13,881 18,998 (20.4) 9.7
Pre-tax profit 16,312 16,070 11,110 17,364 (31.9) 8.0
Net profit 12,223 12,042 8,325 13,011 (31.9) 8.0
EPS (INR) 13 13 9 14 (31.9) 8.0
TP 158 250 58.2
Rating Reduce Buy
Source: Elara Securities Estimate

Exhibit 14: SOTP-based valuation


(INR mn) FY21E FY22E
Zee5 Valuation
Revenue 3,400 3,840
EV/Sales (x) 4
EV 15,360
Net Debt 0
Value of Equity 15,360
No. of Shares (mn) 960.5
Per share value (A) (INR) 16

Valuation of Z (Broadcasting) (INR mn) FY21E FY22E


Revenue 68,961 73,712
EBITDA 21,881 22,998
PAT 16,313 16,993
No. of shares (mn) 960.5
EPS (INR) 17.69
TP for Broadcasting Business based on 15x PER (B) (INR) 265
Combined TP (A+B) (INR) 281
Market Cap based on TP (INR) 27,011
Write-offs 3000
Adjusted Mcap 24,011
Adjusted combines TP (INR) 250
Upside (%) 44
Source: Elara Securities Estimate

Exhibit 15: Peer valuation of listed global OTT firms … Add Zee Entertainment
Company Ticker Cur Adj Mkt cap EV P/E (x) EV/Revenue (x)
(INR mn) (INR mn) FY21 FY22 FY21 FY22
Netflix NFLX US Equity 2,17,174 227,729 74.56 51.81 9.15 7.79
Viacom CBS VIAC US Equity 16,839 37,111 6.92 5.92 1.43 1.34
Disney DIS US Equity 2,33,617 292,574 100.76 49.27 4.48 4.05
Discovery DISCA US Equity 15,380 30,913 7.43 6.63 2.98 2.78
Fox Corp FOXA US Equity 15,604 19,801 13.05 11.30 1.65 1.59
Average EV/Sales 3.5x
Note: pricing as on XX Month Year: Source: Bloomberg Consensus estimates for Not Rated Companies, Elara Securities Estimate

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Date Rating Target Price Closing Price


1 15-Jan-2019 Accumulate INR 535 INR 457
2 25-Jan-2019 Buy INR 490 INR 318
3 27-May-2019 Accumulate INR 410 INR 361
4 11-Oct-2019 Accumulate INR 290 INR 243
5 17-Oct-2019 Accumulate INR 310 INR 265
6 22-Jan-2020 Accumulate INR 350 INR 300
7 24-Apr-2020 Buy INR 270 INR 145
8 7-Aug-2020 Reduce INR 158 INR 150
9 18-Aug-2020 Buy INR 250 INR 174

Guide to Research Rating


BUY Absolute Return >+20%
ACCUMULATE Absolute Return +5% to +20%
REDUCE Absolute Return -5% to +5%
SELL Absolute Return < -5%

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