Persistent Systems share price
NSE: PERSISTENTBSE: 533179IT - SoftwareMid Cap
Share price at the NSE close on 23 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹5,740.50.
- Market capMarket capitalisation. Share price times the number of shares: what the whole company is worth at the day's price. The rank is by average market value over the six months to Jun 2026, among listed companies.
- ₹90,351 Cr129th largest listed
- P/EPrice to earnings, trailing. Market cap divided by the profit of the last twelve months (the latest four quarters, or two half years for a company that reports half-yearly) that belongs to the company's own shareholders, after the share of the other owners of its subsidiaries: what investors pay for each rupee of a year's profit. The filing of 15 Oct 2026
- 50.1
- P/BPrice to book. Market cap divided by the net worth that belongs to the company's own shareholders, its assets less everything it owes and less the other owners' share of its subsidiaries, on its latest balance sheet. The filing of 15 Oct 2026
- 10.5
- Dividend yieldDividend yield. Dividends paid per share in the twelve months to the day, as a percentage of the day's share price.
- 0.70%
- ROEReturn on equity. Profit over the last twelve months (the latest four quarters, or two half years for a company that reports half-yearly) that belongs to the company's own shareholders, as a percentage of their net worth, the money they have in the business. Net worth is the average of the latest balance sheet and the one a year before it. The filing of 15 Oct 2026
- 22.9%
- ROCEReturn on capital employed. Operating profit after depreciation (revenue less operating expenses and depreciation, without other income and one-off items) as a percentage of all the money the business runs on: the whole group's net worth, the other owners of its subsidiaries included, plus borrowings. Lease liabilities are not counted: the results filings do not state them. The profit is over the last twelve months (the latest four quarters, or two half years for a company that reports half-yearly); net worth and borrowings are on the latest balance sheet. The filing of 15 Oct 2026
- 27.2%
- Debt to equityDebt to equity. Borrowings divided by the whole group's net worth, the other owners of its subsidiaries included: rupees borrowed for each rupee of equity in the business. Lease liabilities are not counted: the results filings do not state them. From the balance sheet at the end of Sep 2026. The filing of 15 Oct 2026
- 0.00
- Volume, NSEVolume. Shares traded on the last trading day; delivery is the part buyers kept rather than sold again the same day.
- 11,73,56147.8% delivered
Results
Consolidated; ₹ crore, the charts by years to March, the table by quarter.Quarterly results
Quarter to Sep 2026, against the quarter beforeFiled 15 Oct
- RevenueRevenue. The pill is the change in revenue against the quarter before: this period's figure divided by that one's, less one, in per cent.
- ₹4,664 Crup 8.38%
- Net profitNet profit. The pill is the change in net profit against the quarter before: this period's figure divided by that one's, less one, in per cent.
- ₹352 Crdown 27.23%
- Net marginNet margin. Net profit as a percentage of revenue: how much of each rupee of sales is left after every cost, interest and tax.
- 7.5%
Revenue by year
Net profit by year, a loss in red
| ₹ crore | Dec 2024Filed 22 Jan | Mar 2025Filed 10 Jun | Jun 2025Filed 23 Jul | Sep 2025Filed 14 Oct | Dec 2025Filed 20 Jan | Mar 2026Filed 21 Apr | Jun 2026Filed 2 Aug | Sep 2026Filed 15 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 3,062 | 3,242 | 3,334 | 3,581 | 3,778 | 4,056 | 4,303 | 4,664 |
| Net profit | 373 | 396 | 425 | 471 | 439 | 529 | 483 | 352 |
| Net marginNet margin. Net profit as a percentage of revenue: how much of each rupee of sales is left after every cost, interest and tax. | 12.2% | 12.2% | 12.7% | 13.2% | 11.6% | 13.0% | 11.2% | 7.5% |
Business segments
Share of revenue, year to Mar 2026, consolidated.Segment revenue and profit
- Software, Hi-Tech and Emerging IndustriesSoftware, Hi-Tech and Emerging Industries, share of revenue. The segment's revenue as a percentage of the revenue of all the company's reported business segments together, leaving out eliminations between them and unallocated items.₹5,883 Crup 19.75%39.9%
- BFSIBFSI, share of revenue. The segment's revenue as a percentage of the revenue of all the company's reported business segments together, leaving out eliminations between them and unallocated items.₹5,093 Crup 35.07%34.5%
- Healthcare & Life SciencesHealthcare & Life Sciences, share of revenue. The segment's revenue as a percentage of the revenue of all the company's reported business segments together, leaving out eliminations between them and unallocated items.₹3,772 Crup 15.88%25.6%
Valuation
Today, against the company's own history.PE ratio and valuation history
At or below today's level on 75% of 2,454 trading days over the last 10 years.
At or below today's level on 66% of 1,893 trading days since Oct 2018.
At or below today's level on 68% of 1,893 trading days since Oct 2018.
At or below today's level on 32% of 2,480 trading days over the last 10 years.
Where the return came from
Yearly rates to Mar 2026, per-share figures restated for splits and bonuses.
| Over | Return a year | Earnings growth | Change in P/E | Dividend yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year | −10.7% | +31.3% | −32.6% | 0.8% |
| 3 years | +29.1% | +25.2% | +2.6% | 0.7% |
| 5 years | +39.2% | +32.4% | +4.6% | 0.8% |
Mutual funds holding it
299 funds disclosed a holding for Sep 2026. What they did in Sep 2026, against each fund's month before. 113 of the 149 funds that added or cut are index funds, ETFs or arbitrage funds: an index fund or ETF holds what its index holds, and an arbitrage fund holds the share against a sale of its future. 3 more funds filed their first portfolio on record, holding it.Mutual fund holdings
- Bought for the first timeBought for the first time. Funds that held it at the month's end and had not held it in any month on record before.
- 1
- Bought againBought again. Funds that held it at the month's end, had not held it the month before, and held it in an earlier month.
- 5
- AddedAdded. Funds that held more shares than at the end of the month before.
- 75
- CutCut. Funds that held fewer shares than at the end of the month before.
- 74
- Held unchangedHeld unchanged. Funds that held the same number of shares as at the end of the month before.
- 141
- Sold outSold out. Funds that held it at the end of the month before and hold none at this month's end.
- 9
| Fund | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 HDFC Mid Cap FundHDFC Mutual Fund | 34,37,300 | 1.78% | ₹1,814.6 Cr |
 Motilal Oswal Midcap FundMotilal Oswal Mutual Fund | 33,75,000 | 4.43% | ₹1,781.7 Cr |
| HDFC Flexi Cap FundHDFC Mutual Fund | 27,21,626 | 1.32% | ₹1,436.7 Cr |
 Kotak Mid Cap FundKotak Mahindra Mutual Fund | 20,19,210 | 1.60% | ₹1,065.9 Cr |
 Nippon India Growth Mid Cap FundNippon India Mutual Fund | 16,44,232 | 1.73% | ₹868.0 Cr |
 UTI Flexi Cap FundUTI Mutual Fund | 14,64,250 | 3.44% | ₹773.0 Cr |
 Mirae Asset Large & Midcap FundMirae Asset Mutual Fund | 11,40,008 | 1.41% | ₹601.8 Cr |
| Mirae Asset Midcap FundMirae Asset Mutual Fund | 10,57,566 | 2.86% | ₹558.3 Cr |
 Aditya Birla Sun Life Flexi Cap FundAditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund | 8,37,138 | 1.58% | ₹441.9 Cr |
| Motilal Oswal Flexi cap FundMotilal Oswal Mutual Fund | 7,87,752 | 3.09% | ₹415.9 Cr |
Peers and competitors
Computers - Software & Consulting, 99 listed companies, priced on 23 Oct 2026. The table lists the 8 companies closest to Persistent Systems in market cap.
Where the company sits among the companies nearest its size
| Company | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 HCL TechnologiesHCLTECH | 3,85,937 | 21.1 | 5.1 | 12.9 | +12.8% | +7.9% | 24.9% | 31.4% | 4.22% |
 WiproWIPRO | 1,88,041 | 14.3 | 2.4 | 10.5 | +8.2% | −2.4% | 16.0% | 15.9% | 4.21% |
 Tech MahindraTECHM | 1,75,448 | 31.8 | 5.9 | 16.4 | +13.6% | +23.7% | 19.3% | 26.7% | 2.85% |
 LTMLTM | 1,22,623 | 23.5 | 4.7 | 14.7 | +14.7% | +7.4% | 21.2% | 27.3% | 1.89% |
 CoforgeCOFORGE | 84,199 | 48.1 | – | – | +34.7% | +76.3% | – | – | 0.63% |
 MphasiSMPHASIS | 47,356 | 24.8 | 4.4 | 15.4 | +13.7% | +9.8% | 18.8% | 19.9% | 2.50% |
 Hexaware TechnologiesHEXT | 36,099 | 26.9 | 5.4 | 16.0 | – | – | 21.5% | 26.4% | 1.44% |
 Tata ElxsiTATAELXSI | 23,053 | 34.4 | 7.9 | 23.5 | +10.0% | −0.1% | 23.9% | 28.2% | 2.03% |
Dividends
Per share, by the year it was paid for, and the latest payments.Dividend history and dates
Dividend per share, ₹, restated for later splits and bonuses
Dividend per share. The dividends declared for the year, each restated to today's share count by the splits and bonuses after its own ex-date, added up.| Ex-date | Type | Per share |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Jul 2026 | FinalFinal dividend. Called final by its date: the company did not say which kind it was, and it went ex within six months after the company's year end, the time in which the annual general meeting that declares the final dividend must be held. | ₹18.00 |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Interim | ₹22.00 |
| 14 Jul 2025 | FinalFinal dividend. Called final by its date: the company did not say which kind it was, and it went ex within six months after the company's year end, the time in which the annual general meeting that declares the final dividend must be held. | ₹15.00 |
| 31 Jan 2025 | Interim | ₹20.00 |
| 9 Jul 2024 | FinalFinal dividend. Called final by its date: the company did not say which kind it was, and it went ex within six months after the company's year end, the time in which the annual general meeting that declares the final dividend must be held. | ₹10.00 |
| 30 Jan 2024 | Interim | ₹32.00 |
Latest announcements
Routine notices left out.Share news and announcements
Oct 2026
22 Oct · Rating
21 Oct · Rating
21 Oct · Committee Meeting Updates
21 Oct · Committee Meeting Updates
16 Oct · Committee Meeting Updates
Persistent Systems share price by year
Each calendar year to 2025.Persistent Systems share price history
| Year | Close at year end | Change | Highest close | Lowest close |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,272.00 | −2.9% | 6,563.50 | 4,402.75 |
| 2024 | 6,457.70 | +74.8% | 6,674.20 | 3,351.85 |
| 2023 | 3,694.70 | +90.9% | 3,759.53 | 1,925.95 |
| 2022 | 1,935.45 | −21.1% | 2,457.85 | 1,570.93 |
| 2021 | 2,452.18 | +223.3% | 2,452.18 | 748.78 |
| 2020 | 758.58 | +125.0% | 766.20 | 231.88 |
| 2019 | 337.08 | +8.3% | 345.20 | 251.85 |
| 2018 | 311.33 | −13.3% | 442.50 | 268.88 |
| 2017 | 359.00 | +16.5% | 359.00 | 281.80 |
| 2016 | 308.25 | −3.9% | 385.63 | 292.93 |
Recent sessions
The last 10 trading days to 23 Oct 2026, as traded on NSE.
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Average price | Volume | Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Oct 2026 | 5,810.00 | 5,914.50 | 5,674.50 | 5,727.50 | 5,778.44 | 11,73,561 | 47.8% |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 5,820.00 | 5,906.50 | 5,733.50 | 5,740.50 | 5,796.43 | 7,38,967 | 45.5% |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 5,700.00 | 5,868.00 | 5,690.00 | 5,858.50 | 5,791.64 | 9,11,865 | 42.3% |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 5,742.00 | 5,909.00 | 5,635.00 | 5,690.00 | 5,785.36 | 12,77,186 | 52.6% |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 5,600.00 | 5,755.00 | 5,492.00 | 5,741.00 | 5,636.91 | 21,96,570 | 30.4% |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 5,955.00 | 6,010.00 | 5,791.50 | 5,840.00 | 5,872.72 | 13,34,838 | 50.0% |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 5,988.00 | 6,078.00 | 5,882.50 | 5,898.00 | 5,950.14 | 6,32,681 | 44.7% |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 5,801.00 | 6,008.50 | 5,787.00 | 5,988.00 | 5,941.68 | 10,12,839 | 40.6% |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 5,770.00 | 5,830.00 | 5,736.00 | 5,787.00 | 5,768.92 | 3,32,431 | 39.4% |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 5,499.00 | 5,789.00 | 5,499.00 | 5,770.00 | 5,660.91 | 7,73,886 | 34.6% |
Price adjustments
What the price chart is corrected for, so it reads as one share held throughout.Bonus shares and stock split history
| Ex-date | Event | Price factor | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Mar 2024 | Split | 0.5000 | Each share became 2. |
| 10 Mar 2015 | Bonus | 0.5000 | Holders received 1 bonus share for every 1 held. |
About Persistent Systems
Persistent Systems Limited is a digital engineering and enterprise modernisation company. It presents itself as an AI-led, platform-driven partner. Its clients come from three groups of industries: software and hi-tech, banking, financial services and insurance, and healthcare and life sciences. Its services include product and platform engineering, data and artificial intelligence, cloud-enabled enterprise modernisation, CX and design-led transformation, and agentic business automation.
The company is based in Pune, Maharashtra, and has more than 27,500 employees across 21 countries. It owns facilities in Pune, Goa, Nagpur and Grenoble, France. It also operates from leased and managed facilities in Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Germany, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Poland, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, the UK and the USA. Its employees work under a hybrid working model. Persistent Systems Inc., incorporated in California in 2001, is its only material subsidiary.
It was incorporated in 1990. Its founder, Dr. Anand Deshpande, is its chairman and managing director and a promoter. A promoter is the person or group that set up a company or controls it.
In the year to March 2026, the company absorbed its wholly owned subsidiary Capiot Software Private Limited, with tribunal approval in April 2025. Tribunal approval for the merger of another wholly owned subsidiary, Arrka Infosec Private Limited, followed in April 2026. In December 2025 it set up a branch office in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Its shares are listed on the NSE and BSE.
- Legal name
- Persistent Systems Limited
- NSE symbol
- PERSISTENT
- BSE code
- 533179
- ISIN
- INE262H01021
- Industry
- IT - Software
- Listed
- Apr 2010
- Face value
- ₹5
- CIN
- L72300PN1990PLC056696
- Corporate identity number, the registrar of companies' code for it