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NSE PERSISTENT · BSE 533179 · Software & Programming · NIFTY 500

Persistent Systems Share Price

Market closed · updated 25 Sep, 4:47 PM IST
₹5,277.00 ▲ +₹39.80 · 0.76% NSE · as of 24 Sep 2026, 10:20 AM · BSE ₹5,276.00
Today's range
₹5,190.00Low₹5,344.00High
52-week range
₹4,242.65Low · 30 Jun 2026₹6,597.00High · 23 Dec 2025

Persistent Systems Overview

Where the price stands, how it has moved and how it sits against its averages.

Persistent Systems shares last traded at ₹5,277.00 on the NSE, up 0.76% on the day. That is 20.0% below the 52-week high of ₹6,597.00 and 24.4% above the 52-week low of ₹4,242.65. The stock trades at 35.13× earnings, above the sector average of 25.15. Its market value is ₹83,229 Cr.

Price returns

1 Day▲ +0.76%
5 Days▼ −3.68%
This month▼ −6.34%
3 Months▲ +6.32%
6 Months▲ +6.31%
This year▼ −16.45%
1 Year▼ −0.01%

Against the market: 1 Month ▼ −2.96% · 3 Months ▲ +9.39% · 6 Months ▲ +6.95% · This year ▼ −4.85% · 1 Year ▲ +9.71%

Shading grows with the size of the move. Prices refresh every 15 minutes while the market is open (9:15 AM–3:30 PM IST); next update from Mon 28 Sep, 9:15 AM.

Moving averages — price is above 1 of 6

  1. 20-day average₹5,566.25 ▼ price 5.2% below
  2. 50-day average₹5,467.98 ▼ price 3.5% below
  3. 10-day average₹5,462.60 ▼ price 3.4% below
  4. 5-day average₹5,428.80 ▼ price 2.8% below
  5. 300-day average₹5,427.44 ▼ price 2.8% below
  6. Today's price₹5,277.00
  7. 100-day average₹5,192.66 ▲ price 1.6% above

Averages above today's price sit higher on the ladder. Price above most of its averages is usually read as an upward trend.

Persistent Systems Financial Results

Revenue and net profit in ₹ crore, with the full statements underneath.

Revenue₹ crore
14,748
Net profit₹ crore · losses below zero
1,865

Year by year

Fiscal yearRevenueGrowthNet profitNet marginEPSDividend
FY 2026 ₹14,748 Cr ▲ +23.5% ₹1,865 Cr 12.6% ₹118.87 ₹40.00
FY 2025 ₹11,939 Cr ▲ +21.6% ₹1,400 Cr 11.7% ₹90.24 ₹35.00
FY 2024 ₹9,822 Cr ▲ +17.6% ₹1,093 Cr 11.1% ₹71.07 ₹26.00
FY 2023 ₹8,351 Cr ▲ +46.2% ₹921 Cr 11.0% ₹60.26 ₹20.00
FY 2022 ₹5,711 Cr ▲ +36.4% ₹690 Cr 12.1% ₹45.17 ₹15.50
FY 2021 ₹4,188 Cr ▲ +17.4% ₹451 Cr 10.8% ₹29.48 ₹10.00
FY 2020 ₹3,566 Cr — ₹340 Cr 9.5% ₹22.19 ₹6.00

Balance sheet — FY26

Owes (liabilities)Shareholders' equity
31%
69%
  • Total assets₹11,377 Cr
  • Total liabilities₹3,539 Cr
  • Shareholders' equity₹7,838 Cr
  • Total debt₹477 Cr
  • Cash & investments₹2,025 Cr
  • Current ratio2.43×
  • Revenue growth, 5 yr28.63% a year
  • EPS growth, 5 yr32.16% a year
  • Operating margin (TTM)15.08%
  • Net margin (TTM)12.24%

Cash flow — FY26

Operating activities
▲ ₹1,767 Cr
Investing activities
▼ −₹610 Cr
Financing activities
▼ −₹748 Cr
Free cash flow
▲ ₹1,559 Cr
Net change in cash
▲ ₹401 Cr

Right of the line = cash coming in, left = cash going out. Free cash flow = cash from operations minus capital spending.

Full financial statements, FY20–FY26
₹ croreFY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Total revenue3,565.814,187.895,710.758,350.599,821.5911,938.7214,748.45
Cost of revenue591.55767.31982.891,412.411,745.492,534.543,247.10
Gross profit2,974.263,420.584,727.866,938.188,076.109,404.1711,501.35
Operating expenses3,238.823,676.244,911.997,129.778,452.5010,181.6812,428.90
Operating income326.99511.64798.761,220.821,369.091,757.032,319.55
Depreciation165.96175.55166.01271.90309.37306.91402.95
Profit before tax452.34609.44924.281,240.851,447.611,822.312,411.21
Tax112.05158.77233.89319.76354.12422.15546.09
Net profit340.29450.68690.39921.091,093.491,400.161,865.12
EPS (₹)22.1929.4845.1760.2671.0790.24118.87
Dividend per share (₹)6.0010.0015.5020.0026.0035.0040.00

What Analysts Say

34 analysts

Recommendations from 34 analysts who cover Persistent Systems.

Hold average rating 2.85 on a 1–5 scale

▲ 16 bullish (47.1%) · 8 hold (23.5%) · ▼ 10 bearish (29.4%)

Votes

Strong Buy
5 (15%)
Buy
11 (32%)
Hold
8 (24%)
Sell
4 (12%)
Strong Sell
6 (18%)

How the votes changed

Rating3M ago2M ago1M ago1W agoNow3-month change
Strong Buy66555 ▼ −1
Buy1412131111 ▼ −3
Hold47788 ▲ +4
Sell64444 ▼ −2
Strong Sell55666 ▲ +1

Analyst ratings are opinions, not a guarantee of returns.

Persistent Systems vs Peers

Side by side with other software & programming companies. The small bars compare each column.

CompanyPriceChangeMarket capP/EP/BROE (5 yr)Net marginDiv. yieldRating
Persistent Systems ₹5,277.00 ▲ +0.76% ₹83,229 Cr 35.13 10.55 24.95% 12.24% 0.76% This stock
Tata Consultancy Services ₹2,077.00 ▼ −0.43% ₹7,51,477 Cr 15.67 7.66 48.55% 18.15% 2.86% Bearish
Infosys ₹1,009.10 ▼ −0.99% ₹4,09,516 Cr 14.79 4.78 30.67% 16.50% 4.38% Bearish
HCL Technologies ₹1,244.85 ▼ −0.89% ₹3,37,811 Cr 18.81 4.35 23.46% 12.97% 4.98% Moderately Bearish
Tech Mahindra ₹1,546.00 ▼ −0.58% ₹1,51,529 Cr 27.90 5.20 16.03% 8.72% 3.24% Bullish
Billionbrains Garage Ventures ₹185.00 ▼ −1.93% ₹1,16,062 Cr 61.26 13.32 — 46.54% — Moderately Bearish

Rating = the data provider's overall technical view of each peer. Company names link to their own pages.

Shareholding Pattern

Who owns Persistent Systems shares, quarter by quarter (latest on top).

PromoterFIIMFOther
Jun '26
30.3%
20.8%
21.3%
27.6%
Mar '26
Dec '25
Sep '25
HolderSep '25Dec '25Mar '26Jun '26Change
Promoter30.56%30.29%30.29%30.29% 0.00 pts
FII21.24%22.79%22.11%20.79% ▼ −1.32 pts
MF23.71%22.98%22.12%21.32% ▼ −0.80 pts
Other24.49%23.94%25.48%27.60% ▲ +2.12 pts

Persistent Systems Key Metrics

Each ratio placed against a benchmark — the sector average, the company's own 5-year average, or a common rule of thumb.

Persistent SystemsBenchmarkComfortable → stretched

Valuation Is the price reasonable?

P/E (TTM)Price ÷ yearly earnings per share
35.13
▲ 40% above the sector average of 25.15
P/E, 12-month rangeLow 30.32 · high 75.72
11%
Today's P/E sits 11% of the way from its low to its high
P/BPrice ÷ book value per share
10.55
P/SPrice ÷ sales per share
5.22
P/CFPrice ÷ cash flow per share
34.98
PEGP/E ÷ earnings growth (≈1 is fair)
1.69

Profitability Of every ₹100 of sales, how much is kept?

Gross marginKept after the cost of goods
77.08%
▼ below its 5-yr average of 80.38%
Operating marginKept after running costs
15.08%
▲ above its 5-yr average of 14.76%
Pre-tax marginKept before tax
15.77%
▲ above its 5-yr average of 15.52%
Net marginKept as profit
12.24%
▲ above its 5-yr average of 11.81%

Returns & efficiency How well does it use its money?

Return on equityProfit on shareholders' money
26.35%
▲ above its 5-yr average of 24.95%
Return on assetsProfit on everything it owns
18.55%
▲ above its 5-yr average of 16.69%
Return on investmentProfit on long-term capital
24.78%
▲ above its 5-yr average of 22.85%

Growth Is the business getting bigger?

Revenue — last 12 months
+25.4%
▲ growing (off the scale)
Revenue — 3 yr, a year
+20.9%
▲ growing
Revenue — 5 yr, a year
+28.6%
▲ growing (off the scale)
EPS — last 12 months
+25.3%
▲ growing (off the scale)
EPS — 3 yr, a year
+25.4%
▲ growing (off the scale)
EPS — 5 yr, a year
+32.2%
▲ growing (off the scale)
Dividend — 3 yr, a year
+26.0%
▲ growing (off the scale)
Book value — 5 yr, a year
+22.1%
▲ growing

Financial strength Can it pay its bills and debts?

Debt to equityBorrowings for every ₹1 of shareholders' money
0.06×
✓ Low debt
Current ratioShort-term assets for every ₹1 due within a year
2.43×
✓ Comfortable
Quick ratioLike the current ratio, without inventory
2.37×
✓ Comfortable
Payout ratioShare of profit paid as dividend
33.83%
✓ Balanced

Per share What each share stands for

EPS (TTM)
₹122.15
Book value
₹496.70
Cash flow
₹149.12
Dividend
₹40.00
Revenue
₹998.37

The share price is 10.62× the book value behind each share.

Benchmarks: sector averages and 5-year averages come from the data provider; the debt and liquidity bands are common rules of thumb, not investment advice.

All 131 metrics from the data provider

Valuation

P/E excluding extraordinary items, most recent fiscal year44.08
Current Dividend Yield - Common Stock Primary Issue, LTM0.76
Price to Book - most recent fiscal year10.55
Price to Free Cash Flow per Share - trailing 12 months95.92
P/E Basic excluding extraordinary items - TTM35.13
P/E including extraordinary items - TTM42.90
P/E excluding extraordinary items low, trailing 12 months30.32
Price to Tangible Book - most fiscal year13.92
Dividend Yield - 5 Year Average0.72
Price to sales - most recent fiscal year5.57
Net Debt, LFI−13,641.43
Price to Tangible Book - most recent quarter12.66
Price to Book - most recent quarter9.82
Dividend Yield - indicated annual dividend divided by closing price0.76
Price to Cash Flow per share - trailing 12 month34.98
Peg Ratio1.69
Price to Free Cash Flow per Share - most recent fiscal year83.83
P/E Normalized, most recent fiscal year42.61
P/E excluding extraordinary items high, trailing 12 months75.72
P/E excluding extraordinary items, most recent fiscal year quarter42.90
Price to sales - trailing 12 month5.22
Net Debt, LFY−15,479.71

Per share

Dividend Per Share - 5 year average27.30
Cash Flow per share - trailing 12 month149.12
Free Cash Flow per share - trailing 12 month54.38
Cash Flow per share - most recent fiscal year144.55
Book value (tangible) per share - most recent quarter411.17
Cash per share - most recent quarter123.50
EPS including extraordinary items - trailing 12 month122.15
EPS including extraordinary items - most recent fiscal year118.87
EBITD per share - trailing 12 month183.16
Revenue/share - trailing 12 month998.37
EPS excluding extraordinary items - trailing 12 month122.15
EPS Basic excluding extraordinary items - most recent fiscal year119.74
EPS Basic excluding extraordinary items - trailing 12 month123.17
Book value per share - most recent fiscal year496.85
Book value per share - most recent quarter533.57
Dividend per share - most recent fiscal year40.00
Revenue/share - most recent fiscal year939.98
EPS Normalized - most recent fiscal year122.98
Book value (tangible) per share - most recent fiscal year373.95
Dividends per share - trailing 12 month40.00
EPS excluding extraordinary items - most recent fiscal year118.87
Cash per share - most recent fiscal year128.39

Margins

Operating margin - trailing 12 month15.08
Gross Margin - 5 year average80.38
Operating margin - 1st historical fiscal year15.73
Operating Margin - 5 year average14.76
Net Profit Margin % - 1st historical fiscal year12.65
Gross Margin - 1st historical fiscal year77.98
Net Profit Margin % - trailing 12 month12.24
Net Profit Margin - 5 year average11.81
Pretax Margin - 5 year average15.52
Free Operating Cash Flow/Revenue, TTM5.45
Pretax margin - 1st historical fiscal year16.35
Pretax margin - trailing 12 month15.77
Free Operating Cash Flow/Revenue, 5 Year Average4.84
Gross Margin - trailing 12 month77.08

Growth

EPS Change %, TTM over TTM25.25
Revenue growth rate, 5 year28.63
EPS growth rate, 5 year32.16
Revenue Change % - most recent quarter 1 year ago29.09
Growth rate% - dividend, 3 year25.99
Growth rate% - EPS, 3 year25.41
Revenue/share (5 yr growth)27.96
Free Operating Cash Flow, 5 Year CAGR14.22
Tangible Book Value, Total Equity, 5 Year CAGR17.23
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation & Amortization, 5 Year Interim CAGR31.01
Capital Spending growth rate, 5 year10.24
Revenue Change %, TTM over TTM25.39
Growth rate% - Revenue, 3 year20.88
Book value per share growth rate, 5 year22.13
EPS Change % - most recent quarter 1 year ago12.13
Net Profit Margin growth rate, 5 year3.28
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation & Amortization, 5 Year CAGR32.48
Total Debt, 5 Year CAGR37.14

Financial strength

Current EV/Free Cash Flow, LTM46.44
Free Cash Flow - trailing 12 month8,561.01
Total debt/total equity - most recent quarter0.07
Free Cash Flow - most recent fiscal year9,795.08
LT debt/equity - most recent fiscal year0.04
Quick ratio - most recent fiscal year2.37
Quick ratio - most recent quarter2.66
Payout ratio - trailing 12 month32.66
Current ratio - most recent fiscal year2.43
Current EV/Free Cash Flow, LFY54.42
LT debt/equity - most recent quarter0.05
Total debt/total equity - most recent fiscal year0.06
Current ratio - most recent quarter2.71
Payout ratio - most recent fiscal year33.83

Returns & efficiency

Return on average equity - 5 year average24.95
Net Income/employee - trailing 12 month7,81,767.80
Revenue/employee - most recent fiscal year64,49,665.00
Return on investment - most recent fiscal year24.78
Return on average assets - most recent fiscal year18.55
Receivables turnover - most recent fiscal year4.67
Return on investment - trailing 12 month23.36
Return on average assets - trailing 12 month17.79
Inventory turnover - most recent fiscal year22.78
Inventory turnover - trailing 12 month24.50
Revenue/employee - trailing 12 month63,89,208.00
Return on average assets - 5 year average16.69
Net Income/employee - most recent fiscal year8,15,638.30
Return on average equity - trailing 12 month25.20
Receivables turnover - trailing 12 month4.55
Asset turnover - most recent fiscal year1.47
Asset turnover - trailing 12 month1.45
Return on average equity - most recent fiscal year26.35
Return on investment - 5 year average22.85

Price & volume

Market Cap83,228.90
52 week Low Date30 Jun 2026
Price - 1 Day % Change−2.35
Relative (S&P500) price percent change - 13 week9.39
Avg trading volume last 10 days0.45
Price - 13 week price percent change6.32
Price - 52 week price percent change−0.01
Avg Trading Volume Last 3 months14.87
Price - 5 Day % Change−3.68
Price % Change Month To Date−6.34
Relative (S&P500) price percent change - 04 week−2.96
52 week High Date23 Dec 2025
Price - 26 week price percent change6.31
PDATE23 Sep 2026
Price - YTD price percent change−16.45
Relative (S&P500) price percent change - 52 week9.71
NPRICE5,240.00
Relative (S&P500) price percent change - 26 week6.95
52 week Low4,244.50
52 week High6,599.00
Beta1.13
Relative (S&P500) price percent change - Year to Date−4.85

Dividends & Corporate Events

Payouts to shareholders, splits and bonus issues, and company meetings — newest first.

Dividend per share₹ per share, by fiscal year
₹40.00
  • Dividend yield0.76%
  • Payout ratio33.83%
  • 5-year average dividend₹27.30 a share
  • Latest dividend₹18.00 per share · 27 Jul 2026

Corporate calendar

  • BoardProposal of raising of funds
  • MeetingAnnual General Meeting
  • BoardQuarterly Results
  • Dividend₹18.00 per share · 360% · Final dividend
  • BoardAudited Results & Final Dividend
  • Dividend₹22.00 per share · 440% · Interim dividend
  • BoardQuarterly Results, Interim Dividend & ESOP
  • BoardQuarterly Results
Show 14 older events
  • BoardQuarterly Results & Others
  • BoardAudited Results & Final Dividend
  • Dividend₹20.00 per share · 400% · Interim dividend
  • BoardQuarterly Results & Interim Dividend
  • MeetingAnnual General Meeting
  • Dividend₹10.00 per share · 200% · Final dividend
  • SplitStock split — face value ₹10 → ₹5
  • MeetingPostal Ballot
  • Dividend₹32.00 per share · 320% · Interim dividend
  • MeetingAnnual General Meeting
  • Dividend₹12.00 per share · 120% · Final dividend
  • Dividend₹10.00 per share · 100% · Special special dividend
  • Dividend₹28.00 per share · 280% · Interim dividend
  • MeetingAnnual General Meeting

About Persistent Systems

Software & Programming

Persistent Systems Limited is a holding company, which is engaged in the business of providing software products, services and technology innovation. Its segments include Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI), Healthcare & Life Sciences, and Software, Hi-Tech, and Emerging Industries. It provides services, including Application Development & Management, Cloud & Infrastructure, Consulting, Client Experience (CX) Transformation, CX Contact Center Intelligence, Data & Analytics, Enterprise Integration, Enterprise Information Technology (IT) Security, Experience Transformation, Global Capability Centers, Intelligent Automation, Persistent Artificial Intelligence (AI), Open Source Hub, and Software Product Engineering. Its subsidiaries include Persistent Systems Inc., Persistent Systems Pte. Ltd., Persistent Systems France S.A.S., Persistent Systems Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., Persistent Systems Germany GmbH, Capiot Software Private Limited, and MediaAgility India Private Limited.

Key people

  • Anand Suresh DeshpandeChairman of the Board, Founder, Managing Director
  • Sandeep KalraChief Executive Officer, Executive Director
  • Vinit Ajit TeredesaiChief Financial Officer, Additional Executive Director
  • Shimona ChadhaChief Marketing Officer
  • Amit AtreCompany Secretary

Company facts

  • NSE symbolPERSISTENT
  • BSE code533179
  • ISININE262H01021
  • IndustrySoftware & Programming
  • IndexNIFTY 500
  • Market cap₹83,229 Cr
  • Revenue (FY26)₹14,748 Cr
  • Net profit (FY26)₹1,865 Cr

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Frequently Asked Questions

Persistent Systems (NSE: PERSISTENT) last traded at ₹5,277.00 on the NSE, up 0.76% (₹39.80) on the day, as of 24 Sep 2026, 10:20 AM. On the BSE it was ₹5,276.00. The day's range was ₹5,190.00 – ₹5,344.00.

Persistent Systems's 52-week high is ₹6,597.00 (23 Dec 2025) and its 52-week low is ₹4,242.65 (30 Jun 2026). At ₹5,277.00 the share is 20.0% below its high and 24.4% above its low.

Persistent Systems's market capitalisation is ₹83,229 Cr (₹83,229 Cr). It is part of the NIFTY 500 index.

Persistent Systems's P/E ratio (trailing 12 months) is 35.13. The sector average is 25.15, so investors pay 40% more for each rupee of its earnings than for the average company in its sector. Its earnings per share (TTM) are ₹122.15.

Persistent Systems shares are down 0.01% over the last year, down 16.45% so far this year, up 6.31% over 6 months, up 6.32% over 3 months. Over the last year the stock did 9.71% better than the market.

In FY26 (year to Mar 2026), Persistent Systems reported revenue of ₹14,748 Cr (up 23.53% on the year before) and a net profit of ₹1,865 Cr. Earnings per share were ₹118.87.

Yes. Persistent Systems's latest dividend is ₹18.00 per share (360%, final dividend), with an ex-date of 27 Jul 2026. The dividend yield is 0.76%. It has paid 8 dividends in the records shown on this page.

Of 34 analysts covering Persistent Systems, 16 are bullish (5 strong buy, 11 buy), 8 say hold and 10 are bearish. The consensus is Hold (average rating 2.85 on a scale where 1 is Strong Buy and 5 is Strong Sell). Analyst views are opinions, not a guarantee.

As of Jun 2026: Promoter 30.29%, FII 20.79%, MF 21.32%, Other 27.60%.

Persistent Systems's listed peers in Software & Programming include Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, HCL Technologies, Tech Mahindra, Billionbrains Garage Ventures. By market capitalisation it ranks #6 of 6 in this group.