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PERSISTENT SYSTEMS Mar-18 |
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High | Rs | 878 | 2,728 | - | |
Low | Rs | 558 | 1,745 | - | |
Sales per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 379.2 | 4,300.7 | - | |
Earnings per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 40.4 | 194.1 | - | |
Cash flow per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 60.2 | 362.0 | - | |
Dividends per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 10.00 | 44.16 | - | |
Dividend yield (eoy) | % | 1.4 | 2.0 | 70.6% | |
Book value per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 265.9 | 1,035.2 | - | |
Shares outstanding (eoy) | m | 80.00 | 1,839.29 | - | |
Bonus/Rights/Conversions | - | OI | - | ||
Price / Sales ratio | x | 1.9 | 0.5 | 364.0% | |
Avg P/E ratio | x | 17.8 | 11.5 | 154.3% | |
P/CF ratio (eoy) | x | 11.9 | 6.2 | 193.0% | |
Price / Book Value ratio | x | 2.7 | 2.2 | 124.9% | |
Dividend payout | % | 24.8 | 22.7 | 108.8% | |
Avg Mkt Cap | Rs m | 57,424 | 4,113,796 | 1.4% | |
No. of employees | `000 | 7.2 | 302.0 | 2.4% | |
Total wages/salary | Rs m | 18,317 | 0 | - | |
Avg. sales/employee | Rs Th | 4,231.7 | 26,193.1 | 16.2% | |
Avg. wages/employee | Rs Th | 2,555.0 | 0 | - | |
Avg. net profit/employee | Rs Th | 450.7 | 1,182.4 | 38.1% |
INCOME DATA | |||||
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Net Sales | Rs m | 30,337 | 7,910,305 | 0.4% | |
Other income | Rs m | 1,191 | 28,563 | 4.2% | |
Total revenues | Rs m | 31,528 | 7,938,868 | 0.4% | |
Gross profit | Rs m | 4,687 | 811,666 | 0.6% | |
Depreciation | Rs m | 1,585 | 308,711 | 0.5% | |
Interest | Rs m | 1 | 64,463 | 0.0% | |
Profit before tax | Rs m | 4,293 | 467,055 | 0.9% | |
Minority Interest | Rs m | 0 | 0 | - | |
Prior Period Items | Rs m | 0 | 0 | - | |
Extraordinary Inc (Exp) | Rs m | 0 | 0 | - | |
Tax | Rs m | 1,062 | 109,979 | 1.0% | |
Profit after tax | Rs m | 3,231 | 357,076 | 0.9% | |
Gross profit margin | % | 15.5 | 10.3 | 150.6% | |
Effective tax rate | % | 24.7 | 23.5 | 105.0% | |
Net profit margin | % | 10.7 | 4.5 | 235.9% |
BALANCE SHEET DATA | |||||
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Current assets | Rs m | 17,620 | 3,571,828 | 0.5% | |
Current liabilities | Rs m | 4,870 | 3,115,244 | 0.2% | |
Net working cap to sales | % | 42.0 | 5.8 | 728.1% | |
Current ratio | x | 3.6 | 1.1 | 315.6% | |
Inventory Days | Days | 0 | 21 | 0.0% | |
Debtors Days | Days | 58 | 45 | 128.3% | |
Net fixed assets | Rs m | 5,174 | 807,748 | 0.6% | |
Share capital | Rs m | 800 | 1,282 | 62.4% | |
Net worth | Rs m | 21,272 | 1,904,049 | 1.1% | |
Long term debt | Rs m | 17 | 1,142,458 | 0.0% | |
Total assets | Rs m | 26,589 | 7,351,363 | 0.4% | |
Interest coverage | x | 5,366.8 | 8.2 | 65,088.6% | |
Debt to equity ratio | x | 0 | 0.6 | 0.1% | |
Sales to assets ratio | x | 1.1 | 1.1 | 106.0% | |
Return on assets | % | 12.2 | 5.7 | 212.0% | |
Return on equity | % | 15.2 | 18.8 | 81.0% | |
Return on capital | % | 20.2 | 17.4 | 115.6% |
CASH FLOW | |||||
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From Operations | Rs m | 4,212 | 878,480 | 0.5% | |
From Investments | Rs m | -3,474 | -198,874 | 1.7% | |
From Financial Activity | Rs m | -956 | -468,052 | 0.2% | |
Net Cashflow | Rs m | -118 | 211,553 | -0.1% |
Compare PERSISTENT SYSTEMS With: KINGDEE INTER. (China) IBM (US) CHINASOFT (China)
Compare PERSISTENT SYSTEMS With: INFOSYS LTD FIRSTSOURCE SOL. APTECH LTD HCL TECH. NIIT LTD
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Indian share markets continued their momentum during closing hours and ended the day on a strong note. Gains were largely seen in the metal sector and oil & gas sector.
For the quarter ended December 2018, PERSISTENT SYSTEMS has posted a net profit of Rs 917 m (up 0.1% YoY). Sales on the other hand came in at Rs 9 bn (up 9.1% YoY). Read on for a complete analysis of PERSISTENT SYSTEMS's quarterly results.
For the quarter ended September 2018, PERSISTENT SYSTEMS has posted a net profit of Rs 881 m (up 6.7% YoY). Sales on the other hand came in at Rs 8 bn (up 9.8% YoY). Read on for a complete analysis of PERSISTENT SYSTEMS's quarterly results.
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