Persistent Systems Ltd

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Persistent Systems Ltd

₹ 5,156 -0.14%
24 Apr - close price
persistent.com BSE: 533179 NSE: PERSISTENT
About

Persistent Systems provides software engineering and strategy services to help companies implement and modernize their businesses. It has its own software and frameworks with pre-built integration and acceleration [1]. It also has partnership with providers such as Salesforce and AWS [2].

Key Points

Solutions Offered[1]
The company provides complete Digital Engineering solutions for :
a Product & Platform Engineering
b CX & Design-Led Transformation
c Cloud-enabled Enterprise Modernization
d Data & Artificial Intelligence
e Intelligent Automation

Website BSE NSE
  • Market Cap ₹ 80,364 Cr.
  • Current Price ₹ 5,156
  • High / Low ₹ 6,789 / 3,232
  • Stock P/E 57.4
  • Book Value ₹ 409
  • Dividend Yield 0.50 %
  • ROCE 31.4 %
  • ROE 24.8 %
  • Face Value ₹ 5.00
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Pros

  • Company has reduced debt.
  • Company is almost debt free.
  • Company has delivered good profit growth of 33.6% CAGR over last 5 years
  • Company has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 39.0%
  • Company's median sales growth is 17.6% of last 10 years

Cons

  • Stock is trading at 12.6 times its book value
  • Working capital days have increased from 40.7 days to 60.0 days

* The pros and cons are machine generated. Pros / cons are based on a checklist to highlight important points. Please exercise caution and do your own analysis.

Peer comparison

Sector: IT - Software Industry: Computers - Software - Large

Part of BSE 500 BSE Information Technology BSE 100 BSE 200 BSE Dollex 200

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Quarterly Results

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

Mar 2022 Jun 2022 Sep 2022 Dec 2022 Mar 2023 Jun 2023 Sep 2023 Dec 2023 Mar 2024 Jun 2024 Sep 2024 Dec 2024 Mar 2025
1,638 1,878 2,049 2,169 2,254 2,321 2,412 2,498 2,591 2,737 2,897 3,062 3,242
1,357 1,545 1,681 1,768 1,838 1,947 2,007 2,056 2,136 2,282 2,416 2,524 2,658
Operating Profit 281 333 368 402 416 374 405 442 454 455 481 538 584
OPM % 17% 18% 18% 19% 18% 16% 17% 18% 18% 17% 17% 18% 18%
42 21 8 3 9 22 37 38 31 31 47 43 18
Interest 5 8 11 14 15 13 12 12 10 14 18 16 18
Depreciation 51 65 69 68 70 76 74 79 80 71 74 82 79
Profit before tax 267 282 296 323 341 307 356 389 395 401 435 482 505
Tax % 25% 25% 26% 26% 26% 25% 26% 26% 20% 24% 25% 23% 22%
201 212 220 238 252 229 263 286 315 306 325 373 396
EPS in Rs 13.15 13.84 14.39 15.56 16.45 14.86 17.11 18.59 20.47 19.89 21.02 24.12 25.59
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Profit & Loss

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

Mar 2014 Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025
1,669 1,891 2,312 2,878 3,034 3,366 3,566 4,188 5,711 8,351 9,822 11,939
1,255 1,501 1,921 2,413 2,565 2,810 3,073 3,505 4,753 6,831 8,146 9,881
Operating Profit 415 390 392 465 469 556 493 683 958 1,519 1,676 2,058
OPM % 25% 21% 17% 16% 15% 17% 14% 16% 17% 18% 17% 17%
31 94 77 84 119 88 132 108 144 41 128 138
Interest 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 12 47 47 67
Depreciation 103 94 99 149 158 157 166 176 166 272 309 307
Profit before tax 343 390 370 401 429 486 452 609 924 1,241 1,448 1,822
Tax % 27% 25% 25% 25% 25% 28% 25% 26% 25% 26% 24% 23%
249 291 277 301 323 352 340 451 690 921 1,093 1,400
EPS in Rs 15.58 18.16 17.33 18.84 20.19 21.98 22.26 29.48 45.15 60.24 70.98 90.54
Dividend Payout % 19% 41% 23% 24% 25% 25% 27% 34% 34% 41% 37% 39%
Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years: 20%
5 Years: 27%
3 Years: 28%
TTM: 22%
Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years: 17%
5 Years: 34%
3 Years: 28%
TTM: 31%
Stock Price CAGR
10 Years: 31%
5 Years: 86%
3 Years: 36%
1 Year: 50%
Return on Equity
10 Years: 20%
5 Years: 23%
3 Years: 25%
Last Year: 25%

Balance Sheet

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

Mar 2014 Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025
Equity Capital 40 80 80 80 80 79 76 76 76 76 77 78
Reserves 1,182 1,326 1,578 1,819 2,047 2,266 2,309 2,719 3,292 3,889 4,881 6,241
3 4 3 3 2 2 71 98 578 658 451 311
318 365 459 433 514 509 635 771 1,473 2,050 1,963 2,107
Total Liabilities 1,543 1,775 2,120 2,335 2,644 2,856 3,092 3,666 5,419 6,673 7,372 8,737
408 408 437 536 512 401 432 457 1,534 2,341 2,221 2,614
CWIP 31 4 27 29 5 32 30 12 107 16 34 4
Investments 489 674 638 684 880 764 979 1,000 822 640 827 980
615 689 1,018 1,086 1,247 1,659 1,652 2,197 2,956 3,676 4,290 5,138
Total Assets 1,543 1,775 2,120 2,335 2,644 2,856 3,092 3,666 5,419 6,673 7,372 8,737

Cash Flows

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

Mar 2014 Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025
281 312 254 286 421 432 352 736 845 956 1,221 1,157
-198 -230 -86 -222 -337 -233 -6 -540 -971 -383 -432 -434
-50 -66 -127 -58 -96 -160 -329 -144 182 -404 -594 -628
Net Cash Flow 33 16 41 6 -12 39 16 52 56 169 196 94

Ratios

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

Mar 2014 Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025
Debtor Days 66 69 67 60 58 53 61 50 61 67 62 56
Inventory Days
Days Payable
Cash Conversion Cycle 66 69 67 60 58 53 61 50 61 67 62 56
Working Capital Days 34 29 40 49 53 43 37 27 6 28 34 60
ROCE % 30% 29% 23% 23% 20% 20% 18% 22% 26% 30% 29% 31%

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

Jun 2022Sep 2022Dec 2022Mar 2023Jun 2023Sep 2023Dec 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025
31.26% 31.26% 31.26% 31.26% 31.06% 31.06% 31.06% 31.02% 31.02% 30.66% 30.66% 30.66%
20.45% 19.81% 20.29% 20.55% 20.50% 21.34% 24.55% 24.96% 22.55% 23.34% 24.75% 24.36%
25.94% 25.92% 26.40% 27.60% 28.04% 28.67% 26.13% 25.88% 28.23% 27.37% 26.26% 26.85%
19.51% 20.44% 19.76% 18.52% 17.99% 16.96% 16.91% 17.03% 17.51% 16.96% 17.22% 17.28%
2.83% 2.56% 2.27% 2.07% 2.41% 1.97% 1.34% 1.12% 0.69% 1.67% 1.09% 0.83%
No. of Shareholders 1,93,0242,14,0912,00,7201,82,3991,87,0821,82,1931,85,7281,89,5702,30,0632,28,5342,39,6822,38,795

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