Persistent Systems Ltd.

NSE: PERSISTENT · Information Technology

₹6,053.50-0.92%06 Nov 2026

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Market cap₹95,494 cr

Current price₹6,053.50

High / Low₹6,564 / ₹4,298

P/E72.3

P/B11.12

Book value₹544.5

ROE15.4%

ROCE28.2%

Debt / equity0.00

Dividend yield0.61%

EPS (TTM)₹83.69

Face value₹5

Price & valuation

split & bonus adjusted · pick a metric and range

Annual performance

annual · ₹ crore · line = operating margin

showing latest 6 of 7 periods

	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY26
Revenue	3,366	3,566	4,188	5,711	8,351	9,822	14,748
EBITDA	556	492	683	958	1,519	1,676	2,795
Operating margin	16.5%	13.8%	16.3%	16.8%	18.2%	17.1%	19.0%
Interest	0	6	6	12	47	47	73
Depreciation	157	166	176	166	272	309	403
Profit before tax	486	452	609	924	1,241	1,448	2,411
Tax	135	112	159	234	320	354	546
Net profit	352	340	451	690	921	1,093	1,865
EPS ₹	43.99	44.38	58.97	90.34	123.73	72.44	119.74
Operating cash flow	—	—	—	845	956	1,221	1,767
Capex	—	—	—	385	433	284	-13
Dividend paid	—	—	—	199	298	408	579
Total assets	2,489	2,662	3,666	5,414	6,619	7,374	11,377
Equity	2,221	2,299	2,796	3,368	3,965	4,958	7,838

Quarterly performance

last 32 quarters · ₹ crore

showing latest 8 of 32 periods

	JUN '18	SEP '18	DEC '18	MAR '19	JUN '19	SEP '19	DEC '19	MAR '20	JUN '20	SEP '20	DEC '20	MAR '21	JUN '21	SEP '21	DEC '21	MAR '22	SEP '22	DEC '22	MAR '23	JUN '23	SEP '23	DEC '23	MAR '24	JUN '24	SEP '24	DEC '24	JUN '25	SEP '25	DEC '25	MAR '26	JUN '26	SEP '26
Revenue	834	836	864	832	832	885	923	926	991	1,008	1,075	1,113	1,230	1,351	1,492	1,638	2,049	2,169	2,254	2,321	2,412	2,498	2,591	2,737	2,897	3,062	3,334	3,581	3,778	4,056	4,303	4,664
Operating profit	140	144	146	121	120	122	124	127	146	166	182	188	202	224	251	281	368	402	416	374	405	442	454	455	481	538	612	683	733	768	697	633
Operating margin	16.8%	17.2%	16.9%	14.5%	14.4%	13.8%	13.4%	13.7%	14.7%	16.5%	17.0%	16.9%	16.4%	16.6%	16.8%	17.2%	18.0%	18.5%	18.5%	16.1%	16.8%	17.7%	17.5%	16.6%	16.6%	17.6%	18.3%	19.1%	19.4%	18.9%	16.2%	13.6%
Other income	19	23	23	28	30	38	35	29	21	16	30	40	39	32	31	42	8	33	9	22	37	38	31	31	47	43	55	52	40	33	71	24
Interest	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	5	11	14	15	13	12	12	10	14	18	16	17	18	19	19	29	38
Depreciation	40	40	40	38	39	42	43	42	44	44	46	42	35	37	43	51	69	68	70	76	74	79	80	71	74	82	94	100	101	109	115	167
Profit before tax	119	127	130	111	110	116	114	113	122	138	165	185	203	218	236	267	296	323	341	307	356	389	395	401	435	482	555	617	565	674	623	454
Tax	31	39	38	27	27	29	26	29	32	36	44	47	52	56	60	66	76	85	89	78	92	103	80	94	110	109	130	145	126	145	140	102
Net profit	87	88	92	84	82	86	88	84	90	102	159	138	151	162	176	201	220	238	252	229	263	286	315	306	325	0	448	471	439	529	0	352
EPS ₹	10.92	11.02	11.46	10.59	10.65	11.26	11.50	10.97	11.78	13.34	15.82	18.03	19.79	21.16	23.08	26.30	29.61	31.90	33.65	30.50	35.00	37.83	20.73	20.09	21.19	24.28	27.43	30.31	28.15	33.83	30.88	22.42
Revenue YoY	—	—	—	—	-0.3%	5.9%	6.8%	11.4%	19.1%	13.9%	16.5%	20.2%	24.1%	34.1%	38.7%	47.1%	51.6%	45.4%	37.6%	—	17.7%	15.2%	14.9%	17.9%	20.1%	22.6%	21.8%	23.6%	23.4%	—	29.1%	30.3%
Profit YoY	—	—	—	—	-5.6%	-2.3%	-4.1%	-0.8%	9.1%	18.5%	80.6%	64.4%	68.0%	58.6%	11.1%	45.9%	36.0%	34.9%	25.1%	—	19.7%	20.2%	25.4%	33.9%	23.4%	-100.0%	46.3%	45.1%	—	—	-100.0%	-25.4%

Earlier results (standalone, Mar '10 – Mar '18)

₹ crore · from BSE, before the NSE XBRL filings begin

Persistent Systems Ltd. reports consolidated figures above. Quarterly consolidated results only became mandatory in India in 2019, so the earlier history available is the standalone company only (excluding subsidiaries). It is shown separately so the two bases are never mixed.

Full years

	FY11†	FY12†	FY13†	FY14†	FY15†	FY16†	FY17†	FY18†
Revenue	610	774	997	1,184	1,242	1,447	1,733	1,733
Operating profit	148	193	255	334	299	344	370	378
Operating margin	24.2%	25.0%	25.6%	28.2%	24.1%	23.8%	21.4%	21.8%
Other income	35	48	52	67	99	81	95	131
Interest	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0
Depreciation	40	54	60	58	49	59	61	54
Profit before tax	143	188	247	342	349	366	404	455
Tax	10	53	65	93	90	100	110	113
Net profit	134	135	182	249	259	265	294	342

Quarters

showing latest 8 of 33 periods

	MAR '10†	JUN '10†	SEP '10†	DEC '10†	MAR '11†	JUN '11†	SEP '11†	DEC '11†	MAR '12†	JUN '12†	SEP '12†	DEC '12†	MAR '13†	JUN '13†	SEP '13†	DEC '13†	MAR '14†	JUN '14†	SEP '14†	DEC '14†	MAR '15†	JUN '15†	SEP '15†	DEC '15†	MAR '16†	JUN '16†	SEP '16†	DEC '16†	MAR '17†	JUN '17†	SEP '17†	DEC '17†	MAR '18†
Revenue	138	145	146	152	166	171	184	202	216	234	250	256	256	264	308	304	308	291	301	324	327	336	348	383	381	417	422	463	431	427	437	430	438
Operating profit	39	34	36	42	36	38	42	60	53	62	50	71	71	75	86	88	85	80	58	71	90	109	84	76	75	95	85	115	75	81	93	92	112
Operating margin	28.3%	23.2%	24.6%	27.6%	21.6%	22.2%	22.6%	29.9%	24.7%	26.5%	20.1%	27.9%	27.8%	28.3%	27.9%	29.0%	27.5%	27.6%	19.2%	22.0%	27.4%	32.4%	24.3%	19.7%	19.8%	22.7%	20.2%	24.9%	17.3%	18.9%	21.2%	21.5%	25.6%
Other income	13	12	7	7	9	15	14	8	12	8	19	9	17	33	9	11	14	28	28	24	19	21	17	18	25	25	26	29	15	38	37	25	31
Interest	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Depreciation	8	9	9	10	11	11	12	14	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	12
Profit before tax	44	37	33	39	34	41	43	54	49	55	54	65	72	93	80	84	85	97	73	82	96	115	87	78	85	104	96	129	74	103	116	105	131
Tax	1	3	2	2	2	12	11	16	13	15	12	17	21	23	19	24	27	26	18	21	25	31	28	18	24	24	22	43	21	28	30	27	28
Net profit	42	33	31	37	32	29	32	38	36	40	42	48	52	70	61	60	58	71	56	61	71	85	59	60	61	80	74	87	54	75	86	78	103
EPS ₹	12.86	8.91	8.19	9.79	8.53	7.64	8.30	9.80	9.44	10.44	10.85	12.44	13.38	17.95	15.65	15.51	14.79	18.15	14.17	15.48	8.97	10.63	7.45	7.54	7.69	9.96	9.22	10.85	6.72	9.39	10.80	9.72	12.86
Revenue YoY	—	—	—	—	20.3%	17.8%	26.3%	32.4%	30.2%	36.8%	35.7%	26.8%	18.4%	12.8%	23.0%	18.9%	20.1%	10.0%	-2.2%	6.5%	6.1%	15.4%	15.5%	18.2%	16.5%	24.4%	21.5%	20.8%	13.1%	2.4%	3.6%	-7.1%	1.7%
Profit YoY	—	—	—	—	-23.6%	-12.8%	3.0%	1.6%	12.2%	38.0%	31.8%	27.7%	42.5%	73.0%	45.2%	25.8%	11.8%	2.5%	-8.2%	1.2%	22.9%	18.6%	6.5%	-1.8%	-13.5%	-5.7%	24.1%	44.7%	-12.5%	-5.7%	17.2%	-10.5%	91.2%

Returns & margins

trailing-twelve-month, per quarter

showing latest 8 of 23 periods

	MAR '19	JUN '19	SEP '19	DEC '19	MAR '20	JUN '20	SEP '20	DEC '20	MAR '21	JUN '21	SEP '21	DEC '21	MAR '22	JUN '23	SEP '23	DEC '23	MAR '24	JUN '24	SEP '24	DEC '24	MAR '26	JUN '26	SEP '26
ROE	15.8%	15.6%	15.5%	15.3%	14.8%	15.1%	15.8%	18.9%	17.5%	19.7%	21.8%	22.4%	20.5%	23.7%	22.2%	23.3%	22.1%	23.6%	22.2%	17.0%	24.1%	18.4%	15.4%
ROCE	21.9%	21.6%	21.1%	20.5%	19.9%	20.5%	21.4%	23.6%	22.0%	24.9%	27.8%	30.4%	24.6%	30.0%	29.1%	30.5%	28.9%	30.8%	28.7%	30.4%	31.7%	32.7%	28.2%
Net margin	10.4%	10.3%	10.1%	9.8%	9.5%	9.3%	9.5%	10.9%	11.7%	12.4%	12.8%	12.1%	12.1%	10.7%	10.7%	10.9%	11.1%	11.4%	11.5%	8.4%	12.8%	9.2%	7.9%
EBITDA margin	16.4%	15.8%	14.9%	14.0%	13.8%	13.9%	14.6%	15.5%	16.3%	16.7%	16.7%	16.7%	16.8%	17.7%	17.4%	17.3%	17.1%	17.2%	17.1%	17.1%	19.0%	18.3%	16.9%
Debt / equity	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.13	0.11	0.07	0.07	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.00	0.00	0.00
Interest coverage	1569.81	225.16	121.76	86.50	72.35	79.61	89.63	100.74	106.08	104.98	106.41	100.29	79.13	25.32	25.91	27.88	31.98	32.95	30.90	30.33	34.18	30.25	23.19
Asset turnover	1.35	1.35	1.37	1.39	1.34	1.40	1.45	1.50	1.14	1.21	1.30	1.41	1.05	1.33	1.34	1.39	1.33	1.39	1.30	1.36	1.30	1.38	1.29

Balance sheet

equity vs borrowings over time · ₹ crore

showing latest 6 of 17 periods

	MAR '14‡	MAR '15‡	MAR '16‡	MAR '17‡	MAR '18‡	MAR '19‡	MAR '20‡	MAR '21‡	MAR '22‡	SEP '22	MAR '23	SEP '23	MAR '24	SEP '24	SEP '25	MAR '26	SEP '26
Share capital	40	80	80	80	80	79	76	76	76	76	76	77	77	78	78	79	79
Other equity / reserves	1,182	1,326	1,485	1,734	1,973	2,142	2,222	2,719	3,292	3,448	3,889	4,342	4,881	5,486	7,069	7,759	8,511
Total equity	1,222	1,406	1,565	1,814	2,053	2,221	2,299	2,796	3,368	3,525	3,965	4,419	4,958	5,564	7,147	7,838	8,589
Borrowings	3	2	3	2	2	1	1	5	433	534	429	317	207	263	0	0	0
Current liabilities	278	355	207	218	210	250	325	770	1,421	1,944	1,958	2,119	2,184	2,425	2,399	2,924	3,803
Non-current liabilities	43	14	17	27	16	17	38	100	625	743	696	307	232	290	343	614	638
Total assets	1,543	1,775	1,789	2,059	2,279	2,489	2,662	3,666	5,414	6,211	6,619	6,844	7,374	8,279	9,890	11,377	13,031
Property, plant & equipment	279	306	277	250	232	213	205	240	292	330	486	446	442	455	412	397	406
Capital work-in-progress	31	4	1	3	1	1	5	12	107	116	16	42	34	15	17	11	9
Investments	489	674	769	943	1,142	1,084	1,354	1,000	822	653	640	784	827	804	1,337	1,615	1,354
Inventories	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Receivables	303	359	382	478	343	243	288	571	948	1,324	1,583	1,654	1,749	2,180	2,932	3,424	3,625
Cash & equivalents	96	142	50	45	31	57	53	242	298	441	467	439	663	600	1,001	1,075	1,631

Cash flow

annual · ₹ crore · line = free cash flow

showing latest 5 of 12 periods

	FY14‡	FY15‡	FY16‡	FY17‡	FY18‡	FY19‡	FY20‡	FY21‡	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY26
Cash from operations	281	312	254	195	356	339	276	736	845	956	1,221	1,767
Cash from investing	-196	-232	-116	-141	-286	-147	37	-542	-971	-421	-469	-610
Cash from financing	-50	-66	-127	-58	-96	-159	-321	-144	182	-404	-559	-748
Capex	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	385	433	284	-13
Free cash flow	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	460	522	937	1,781
Dividends paid	44	56	104	48	80	88	114	107	199	298	408	579

Where the assets sit

Sep '26 · ₹ crore

Fixed assets (PPE)

₹406 cr3%

CWIP

₹9 cr0%

Investments

₹1,354 cr10%

Receivables

₹3,625 cr28%

Cash & equivalents

₹1,631 cr13%

Other assets

₹6,006 cr46%

Peer comparison

largest in Information Technology · this company in bold

Company	Market cap ₹cr	Price	P/E	P/B	ROE
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.	9,04,457	2,498.50	17.5	7.60	43.4%
Infosys Ltd.	4,78,703	1,181.40	15.6	4.83	31.0%
HCL Technologies Ltd.	3,90,960	1,440.00	21.3	5.14	24.1%
Wipro Ltd.	1,96,119	198.00	14.9	2.48	16.7%
Tech Mahindra Ltd.	1,62,227	1,831.00	35.2	5.47	15.5%
LTM Ltd.	1,28,405	4,338.00	24.6	4.96	20.2%
Persistent Systems Ltd.	95,494	6,053.50	72.3	11.12	15.4%
Coforge Ltd.	91,967	2,076.00	47.7	4.11	8.6%
Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd.	89,075	10,215.00	25.0	11.59	46.4%
MphasiS Ltd.	48,121	2,520.00	24.0	4.46	18.5%

StoxGud checklist: Bullish setup · 8/10

Price above 50-day average
Price above 200-day average
50-day average above 200-day (uptrend)
RSI in healthy 40–70 zone
Positive 1-year return
Return on equity above 15%
Debt to equity below 1
Revenue growing year on year
Net profit margin above 10%
P/E below industry median

A rules-based screen of trend, momentum, quality and valuation. Educational only — not a buy or sell recommendation.

Returns & technicals

1 month+9.9%

6 months+21.5%

1 year+2.8%

3Y CAGR+24.7%

5Y CAGR+24.2%

10Y CAGR+33.9%

50-day avg₹5,651.93

200-day avg₹5,317.63

RSI (14)68

Long-term financials (FY13–FY15)

from published annual reports

Year	Revenue	Profit before tax	Net profit
FY15	₹1,891 Cr	—	₹291 Cr
FY14	₹1,669 Cr	—	₹249 Cr
FY13	₹1,295 Cr	—	₹188 Cr

Years before FY17 follow the older Indian GAAP standard, so they are not exactly comparable with recent years.

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FAQs

What is the share price of Persistent Systems Ltd.?

Persistent Systems Ltd. (PERSISTENT) closed at ₹6,053.50 on NSE on 06 Nov 2026.

What is the market cap of Persistent Systems Ltd.?

₹95,494 crore at the latest close.

What is the P/E ratio of Persistent Systems Ltd.?

72.3, on trailing-twelve-month earnings from its filings.

How fast is Persistent Systems Ltd. growing?

Persistent Systems Ltd.: revenue has compounded at 37.2% a year over three years; net profit at 39.3% a year. Latest-quarter revenue is up 30.3% year on year, profit down 25.4%.

How profitable is Persistent Systems Ltd.?

On a trailing-twelve-month basis return on equity is 15.4%, return on capital employed 28.2%, operating margin 16.9%, net margin 7.9%.

How much debt does Persistent Systems Ltd. have?

Persistent Systems Ltd. is debt-free: debt to equity is 0.00 with borrowings of ₹0 cr against cash of ₹1,631 cr (balance sheet of 2026-09-30). Operating profit covers interest 23.2 times.

Financials parsed from Persistent Systems Ltd.'s own XBRL filings to NSE (consolidated), ₹ crore unless marked. Quarterly from JUN '18, annual from FY19, balance sheet from Mar '14. * = derived (full year or half year minus earlier quarters). ‡ = balance sheet / cash flow read from the company's published annual report (same basis), for years before the NSE filings carry them; each one checked to add up. Information only, not investment advice.