Sterlite Technologies share price
NSE: STLTECHBSE: 532374Telecom - Equipment & AccessoriesSmall Cap
Share price at the NSE close on 23 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹800.85.
- Under NSE's long-term additional surveillance, stage IV, on the list for 23 Oct 2026. The exchange puts a share here when its price has moved unusually, and trading in it carries extra conditions.
- Delivery only: shares bought must be paid for in full, with no selling on the same day.
- Next results date: the board meets on 23 Oct 2026 to consider: financial results.
- 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.
- ₹42,495 Cr460th 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 24 Jul 2026
- 174.9
- 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.
- Shares changed
- Dividend yieldDividend yield. Dividends paid per share in the twelve months to the day, as a percentage of the day's share price.
- Nonein the last 12 months
- 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 24 Jul 2026
- 11.4%
- 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 24 Jul 2026
- 12.4%
- 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 Mar 2026.
- 0.81
- Volume, NSEVolume. Shares traded on the last trading day.
- 45,37,896
Results
Consolidated; ₹ crore, the charts by years to March, the table by quarter.Quarterly results
Quarter to Sep 2026, against the quarter beforeFiled 23 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.
- ₹2,529 Crup 32.41%
- 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.
- ₹517 Crup 162.44%
- 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.
- 20.4%
Revenue by year
Net profit by year, a loss in red
- Net profit
- Loss
The years either side of a change of basis do not compare. From the year to Mar 2018, GST replaced excise duty on 1 Jul 2017, and revenue before that day includes the duty. From the year to Mar 2023, the company's revenue for that year, ₹6,925 Cr, differs from its quarters added, ₹7,097 Cr; the company reports a discontinued business. From the year to Mar 2025, the company's revenue for that year, ₹3,996 Cr, differs from its quarters added, ₹4,944 Cr.
| ₹ crore | Dec 2024Filed 17 Jan | Mar 2025Filed 12 Jun | Jun 2025Filed 25 Jul | Sep 2025Filed 6 Nov | Dec 2025Filed 23 Jan | Mar 2026Filed 29 Apr | Jun 2026Filed 24 Jul | Sep 2026Filed 23 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1,261 | 1,052 | 1,019 | 1,034 | 1,257 | 1,441 | 1,910 | 2,529 |
| Net profit | −24 | −40 | 10 | 4 | −17 | 59 | 197 | 517 |
| 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. | −1.9% | – | 1.0% | 0.4% | −1.4% | 4.1% | 10.3% | 20.4% |
The quarters either side of a change of basis do not compare. From the quarter to Mar 2025, the company's revenue for the year to Mar 2025, ₹3,996 Cr, differs from its quarters added, ₹4,944 Cr; the company reports the part of the business demerged on 24 Apr 2025 as discontinued, and figures before the change include it.
Business segments
Share of revenue, year to Mar 2026, consolidated. The demerger of 24 Apr 2025 fell inside the year to Mar 2026.Segment revenue and profit
- Optical networking businessOptical networking business, 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.₹4,486 Crup 19.91%94.0%
- Digital and technology solutionsDigital and technology solutions, 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.₹284 Crdown 2.07%6.0%
Valuation
Today, against the company's own history. Not shown, P/B: the share count changed after the latest balance sheet (a rights issue, a buyback, an allotment or a listing), which does not yet hold the money it brought or returned. Not shown, EV/EBITDA: the share count changed after the latest balance sheet (a rights issue, a buyback, an allotment or a listing), which does not yet hold the money it brought or returned. Its history crosses a change of basis in the accounts in the years to Mar 2018, Mar 2023 and Mar 2025: days before it are of the company before the change.PE ratio and valuation history
At or below today's level on 23% of 2,432 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 | With the demerger reinvestedReturn with the demerger reinvested. The yearly price growth with the price before the demerger multiplied by the demerger's price factor (its opening price on the ex-date over the close before it), plus the average dividend yield: the return of a holder who put the value of the shares of the company that was split off back into this share on the ex-date. | Earnings growth | Change in P/E | Dividend yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year | +117.9% | +210.2% | – | – | 0.0% |
| 3 years | +6.1% | +19.4% | −31.2% | +54.2% | 0.0% |
| 5 years | −1.7% | +5.4% | −30.2% | +40.5% | 0.2% |
Mutual funds holding it
91 funds disclosed a holding for Sep 2026. What they did in Sep 2026, against each fund's month before. 6 of the 28 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.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.
- 29
- 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.
- 15
- AddedAdded. Funds that held more shares than at the end of the month before.
- 6
- CutCut. Funds that held fewer shares than at the end of the month before.
- 22
- Held unchangedHeld unchanged. Funds that held the same number of shares as at the end of the month before.
- 19
- Sold outSold out. Funds that held it at the end of the month before and hold none at this month's end.
- 1
| Fund | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Motilal Oswal Midcap FundMotilal Oswal Mutual Fund | 1,94,26,538 | 4.40% | ₹1,767.6 Cr |
| Motilal Oswal Large and Midcap FundMotilal Oswal Mutual Fund | 94,06,816 | 4.32% | ₹855.9 Cr |
| Motilal Oswal Flexi cap FundMotilal Oswal Mutual Fund | 65,50,764 | 4.43% | ₹596.1 Cr |
 Bandhan Small Cap FundBandhan Mutual Fund | 27,60,000 | 0.70% | ₹251.1 Cr |
| Motilal Oswal ELSS Tax Saver FundMotilal Oswal Mutual Fund | 24,39,591 | 4.54% | ₹222.0 Cr |
 HSBC Small Cap FundHSBC Mutual Fund | 19,25,999 | 0.95% | ₹175.2 Cr |
 HDFC Large & Mid Cap FundHDFC Mutual Fund | 16,00,000 | 0.51% | ₹145.6 Cr |
| Bandhan Value FundBandhan Mutual Fund | 14,50,000 | 1.39% | ₹131.9 Cr |
| HDFC Value FundHDFC Mutual Fund | 14,00,000 | 1.58% | ₹127.4 Cr |
| HSBC Large Cap FundHSBC Mutual Fund | 11,00,000 | 5.70% | ₹100.1 Cr |
Peers and competitors
Telecom - Equipment & Accessories, 15 listed companies, priced on 23 Oct 2026. The table lists the 8 companies closest to Sterlite Technologies in market cap.
Where the company sits among the companies nearest its size
| Company | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 ITIITI | 20,738 | 64.0 | 10.9 | 401.1 | −41.3% | – | 18.4% | −0.1% | 0.00% |
 Tejas NetworksTEJASNET | 7,256 | – | 2.9 | – | −71.1% | – | −27.9% | −11.6% | 0.00% |
 Optiemus InfracomOPTIEMUS | 6,075 | 83.6 | 7.8 | 62.5 | +20.9% | +10.6% | 10.1% | 6.7% | 0.00% |
| Orient Cables (India)ORIENTCABL | 3,884 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.00% |
 Valiant CommunicationsVALIANT | 1,610 | 59.1 | 16.7 | 44.7 | +65.7% | +143.0% | 34.5% | 32.2% | 0.11% |
 ADC India CommunicationsADCINDIA | 915 | 40.6 | 10.6 | 33.4 | +19.0% | +0.3% | 28.8% | 29.0% | 1.26% |
 Birla CableBIRLACABLE | 846 | 18.3 | 3.0 | 11.5 | +28.1% | +656.8% | 17.3% | 16.8% | 0.44% |
 Frog InnovationsFROG | 361 | – | 2.3 | – | −51.7% | −106.6% | −1.0% | – | 0.00% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Aug 2023 | 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. | ₹1.00 |
| 22 Aug 2022 | 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. | ₹0.50 |
| 20 Aug 2021 | 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. | ₹2.00 |
| 27 Aug 2020 | 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. | ₹3.50 |
| 18 Jul 2019 | 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. | ₹3.50 |
| 21 Jun 2018 | 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. | ₹2.00 |
Latest announcements
Routine notices left out.Share news and announcements
Oct 2026
22 Oct · Disclosure
6 Oct · Analysts
Sterlite Technologies share price by year
Each calendar year to 2025.Sterlite Technologies share price history
| Year | Close at year end | Change | Highest close | Lowest close |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025Demerger | 103.20 | −9.9% | 137.58 | 59.48 |
| 2024 | 114.57 | −19.8% | 149.25 | 110.80 |
| 2023 | 142.80 | −18.7% | 188.35 | 132.90 |
| 2022 | 175.75 | −38.9% | 284.65 | 133.20 |
| 2021 | 287.75 | +57.9% | 312.35 | 174.15 |
| 2020 | 182.25 | +53.7% | 188.50 | 63.20 |
| 2019 | 118.55 | −59.6% | 297.20 | 104.20 |
| 2018 | 293.45 | +0.3% | 409.95 | 262.30 |
| 2017 | 292.55 | +203.9% | 299.90 | 96.15 |
| 2016 | 96.25 | −0.7% | 110.85 | 70.30 |
Recent sessions
The last 10 trading days to 23 Oct 2026, as traded on NSE.
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Average price | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Oct 2026 | 770.00 | 840.00 | 760.85 | 826.65 | 792.82 | 45,37,896 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 801.15 | 845.00 | 800.80 | 800.85 | 805.67 | 33,29,095 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 903.00 | 914.80 | 842.90 | 842.90 | 860.64 | 18,97,222 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 855.00 | 908.80 | 840.90 | 887.25 | 881.66 | 23,59,894 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 850.10 | 891.00 | 834.55 | 865.90 | 862.44 | 25,28,045 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 878.45 | 878.45 | 878.45 | 878.45 | 878.45 | 16,50,495 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 936.30 | 957.30 | 915.30 | 924.65 | 931.43 | 15,08,354 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 995.05 | 1,014.15 | 963.45 | 963.45 | 967.12 | 15,36,136 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 1,025.00 | 1,030.00 | 995.00 | 1,014.15 | 1,011.54 | 8,77,882 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 993.00 | 1,037.00 | 975.00 | 1,015.20 | 999.79 | 13,26,359 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Apr 2025 | Demerger | 0.7027 | Part of the business became a separate company. The factor is the opening price on the ex-date divided by the previous close. The chart shows earlier prices with the demerger reinvested. |
| 9 Mar 2010 | Bonus | 0.5000 | Holders received 1 bonus share for every 1 held. |
| 9 Mar 2010 | Split | 0.4000 | Every 2 shares became 5. |
| 23 Jan 2008 | Price move | – | Between two trading sessions the price moved by a fifth or more. The Nifty 500 moved 5% or more the same way over the same sessions. Not adjusted for. |
| 22 Jan 2008 | Price move | – | Between two trading sessions the price moved by a fifth or more. The Nifty 500 moved 5% or more the same way over the same sessions. Not adjusted for. |
About Sterlite Technologies
Sterlite Technologies Limited, known as STL, supplies optical fibre, specialty cables, optical fibre cables and optical connectivity products. Its customers include telecom operators, data centre and cloud companies and large enterprises. Its businesses include the Optical Networking Business and STL Digital, an IT engineering and services business. Its products include Stellar bend-insensitive fibre, Celesta ribbon cables, Multiverse multicore fibre and the OptoBlaze plug-and-play solution. Neuralis is its connectivity portfolio for data centres. Its Hollow Core Fibre is designed for data centres and sends light mainly through an air-filled core instead of solid silica.
STL has manufacturing units in India and Italy, a manufacturing facility at Lugoff in the United States and a plant in Haimen, China. It serves customers in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and it entered Australia in 2020. Its registered office is in Pune, Maharashtra.
It was incorporated in 2000. A demerger has taken place, and 48 of its patents pertain to the demerged entity and are in the process of being transferred. With effect from March 2026, its subsidiary STL Optical Interconnect S.p.A. merged with Metallurgica Bresciana S.p.A.
Its promoter is Twin Star Overseas Limited, a company in Mauritius that is also its immediate holding company. A promoter is the person or group that set up a company or controls it. Anil Agarwal, founder of the Vedanta Group, is the non-executive chairman. His brother Pravin Agarwal is vice-chairman and a whole-time director, and Pravin's son Ankit Agarwal is managing director.
- Legal name
- Sterlite Technologies Limited
- NSE symbol
- STLTECH
- BSE code
- 532374
- ISIN
- INE089C01029
- Industry
- Telecom - Equipment & Accessories
- Listed
- Oct 2000 on BSE, Dec 2000 on NSE
- Face value
- ₹2
- Former symbols
- STRTECH, STROPTICAL
- CIN
- L31300PN2000PLC202408
- Corporate identity number, the registrar of companies' code for it