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PERSISTENT

Persistent Systems
Information TechnologyLarge capRs 89,405 crRs 261.6 cr traded a dayDigitalInformation technology
Close on 2026-08-21
5,667.50
−0.11%
52-week range60% of the way up
4,298.506,563.50
Market cap
89,405 cr
P/E (TTM)
48.4×
industry 26×
EPS (TTM)
117.12
Revenue YoY
+57.2%
Q1 FY27
Profit YoY
+57.6%
Net margin
11.2%
+0.0pt vs a year ago
Growth trend
+32.1pt
vs last quarter’s YoY
1 month
+13.3%
Below 52w high
15.8%
RSI (14)
56
Daily swing
2.3%
average true range
Volume
0.6×
vs 20-day average
Traded
Rs 262 cr
median day
Close200-day averageMaterial filing
5,0006,000Aug 25Oct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26
260 sessions · hover for the filing behind a move
1 week
+1.57%
1 month
+13.31%
3 months
+11.00%
6 months
+18.53%
1 year
+4.91%

The read

written from the numbers on this page
The evidence is mixed3 supporting, 2 against, 2 worth knowing

Supporting

  • trading 4% above its 200-day average
  • up 5% over twelve months
  • revenue grew 57% year on year in the quarter ending 2026-06-30

Against

  • net margin has narrowed from 12.2% to 11.2% across four quarters
  • priced at 48× earnings against an industry median of 26× — 89% above its peers

Worth knowing

  • the 6 scans it matches come from only 2 families — one signal wearing several hats rather than several signals
  • the rise is short covering rather than fresh buying, which historically runs out when the shorts are done
PERSISTENT sits in Digital, Information technology — worth checking whether the whole group is moving together or whether this name is doing it alone.
What would change this read: a close below 5,438, its 200-day average.
Assembled automatically from the figures on this page — the scans matched, their measured record, the filed financials, the derivatives positioning and the peer comparison. It is not a recommendation, no one has spoken to the company, and every claim above can be checked against a number further down this page.

How it has performed

price return over each window, measured against zero
+1.6%1W+13.3%1M+11.0%3M+18.5%6M+4.9%1Y

What the scans say today

6 of 47 matched on 2026-08-21
PERSISTENT matches 6 of the 47 scans today, across 2 different kinds of evidence. Note how few kinds of evidence that is: several scans in one family are one signal wearing several hats, not several signals.

Valuation against its own history

500 sessions since 2024-09-06
44×
median 63×
79×
now 48×
PERSISTENT trades at 48× trailing earnings, below its median of 63× over this window — 24% less expensive than usual. The band runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile, so single-day spikes do not set the edges.
This window is short by the standards of valuation history — it begins where four quarters of filed earnings first exist. A stock can look cheap against two years and expensive against ten.

Recent filings

from the exchange, newest first
Analyst call filings were typically +0.14pt vs the market over the next 5 sessions (n=3,352) · Other filing filings were typically -0.08pt vs the market over the next 5 sessions (n=12,093)

The business

from the company’s filed results
Everything below is taken from the company’s own quarterly filing with the exchange — the XBRL document it submitted, not a vendor’s summary of it. Figures in rupees crore.
2.6k2.7k2.9k3.1k3.2k3.8k4.1k4.3k12.2%11.2%13.0%11.2%Q4 FY24Q1 FY25Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
RevenueNet profit, drawn inside its revenue barNet margin, own scale belowrupees crore, per quarter as filed. Revenue bars start at zero.

Going for it

  • revenue grew 57% against the same quarter a year earlier
  • profit rose 58% year on year
  • revenue rose in 4 of the last 4 quarters

Going against it

  • net margin narrowed from 13.0% to 11.2%
Quarter-by-quarter numbers, as filed
QuarterRevenueProfit before taxNet profitEPSNet margin
Q1 FY27
2026-06-30 · consolidated
4,30362348330.8811.2%
Q4 FY26
2026-03-31 · consolidated
4,05667452933.8313.0%
Q3 FY26
2025-12-31 · consolidated
3,77856543928.1511.6%
Q4 FY25
2025-03-31 · consolidated
3,24250539625.6412.2%
Q3 FY25
2024-12-31 · consolidated
3,06248237324.2812.2%
Q2 FY25
2024-09-30 · consolidated
2,89743532521.1911.2%
Quarterly filings are unaudited unless stated. Consolidated figures are used where the company files both. A single quarter is a noisy thing — the trend across the column is worth more than the top row.

Where the price stands

the same figures every scan on this site is computed from
Trend
Distance from the averages traders watch. Above all of them is a bull phase; below the 200-day is the line most investors use to say otherwise.
Versus 50-day average+10.2%
Versus 200-day average+4.2%
Below 52-week high-13.7%
Above 52-week low+31.8%
Momentum
How hard it has been pushed lately. Above 70 on RSI is stretched, below 30 is washed out — neither is a signal on its own.
RSI (14)55.9
Higher closes in last 52 of 5
Six-month return+18.53%
Risk and liquidity
What a position costs to hold and to exit. Position sizing starts with the daily swing, not with conviction.
Typical daily swing (ATR)2.30%
Volume versus 20-day0.6x
Median daily turnoverRs 261.6 cr

Derivatives

near expiry 2026-08-25 · 2026-08-20
Short Covering
Price up, open interest down. Sellers are closing, not buyers arriving. Rallies built only on this tend not to last once the shorts are out.
Futures basis versus spot+0.22%
Open interest change-3.7%
Put / call ratio0.70
Put wall (support)5,500
Call wall (resistance)5,800
Max pain5,500
How to read this
Open interest is contracts still open, so a rise means new positions and a fall means positions closing. Combined with price direction that gives the state on the left. The walls are the strikes carrying the most open interest near expiry — levels other people are watching, not levels the price is obliged to respect. A future below spot means sellers are paying to be short.

Peers

Information Technology · 35 classified companies
PERSISTENT trades at 48.4× trailing earnings against an industry median of 25.6× across 34 other classified companies in its industry — more expensive than them, by 89%. A multiple is a statement about expectations, not about quality: cheap usually means the market expects less, and it is often right.
CompanyMarket cap (Rs cr)P/E1 month1 yearTurnover (Rs cr)
TCS833,32416.5+2.63%−26.02%727.4
INFY454,00515.0+7.03%−25.20%1,012.7
HCLTECH353,62920.3+4.64%−11.13%318.7
WIPRO179,04513.4+3.41%−27.95%158.6
TECHM140,31128.3+1.81%+4.71%463.8
LTM132,83925.6+13.18%−15.21%197.6
OFSS101,99929.9+8.13%+38.31%275.1
PERSISTENT89,40548.4+13.31%+4.91%261.6
COFORGE83,70843.6+31.38%+7.81%418.1
MPHASIS46,38424.3+8.85%−16.28%122.7
LTTS38,20928.9+6.79%−14.32%37.4
TATATECH33,32759.5+17.88%+20.50%80.7
largest twelve by market capitalisation. Market cap and P/E need filed financials, so blanks are companies whose filings have not been read yet

Recent sessions

what this stock has matched since the engine went live
This is the live record, not the backtest — the scans this stock actually appeared in on each stored session. A name that keeps reappearing is in a persistent condition; a one-day appearance usually is not.
SessionScansWhich
2026-08-191Opened and closed at the same price