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Central Depository Services (India) Limited

CDSL NSE Financial Services

Central Depository Services (India) Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides depository services in India. It operates through Depository; Data Entry and Storage; and Repository segments. The Depository segment…

ISIN INE736A01011
Listed 30 Jun 2017
Quarters tracked 13
Filings 15 docs

About

Central Depository Services (India) Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides depository services in India. It operates through Depository; Data Entry and Storage; and Repository segments. The Depository segment offers various services to investors, such as dematerialisation, rematerialisation, holding, transfer, and pledge of securities in electronic form; and e-voting services to companies. Its Data Entry and Stroage segment provides centralized record keeping of KYC document of capital market investors. The Repository segment offers policyholders/warehouse receipt holders a facility to keep insurance policies/warehouse receipts in electronic form and to undertake changes, modifications, and revisions in the policy/receipt. It also provides account opening, processing delivery and receipt instructions, pledging, nomination, transmission of securities, change in address, bank account details, and SMS services for depository participants (DPs). In addition, the company offers various services, such as electronic access to security information, electronic access to security information and execution of secured transaction, SMS alerts related to transactions, electronic consolidated account statements, and virtual annual general meetings; Myeasi mobile application; application programming interfaces for DPs, electronic delivery instruction slip, and electronic margin pledge; and electronic foreign investment monitoring, electronic system driven disclosure services, and electronic notices, as well as e-locker services. Further, it provides KYC registration agency, eKYC, electronic signature service, tax filing, stamp duty calendar, electronic negotiable warehouse receipts and electronic non-negotiable warehouse receipts, and electronic insurance account. The company serves market participants, exchanges, clearing corporations, DPs, issuers, and investors. Central Depository Services (India) Limited was incorporated in 1997 and is based in Mumbai, India.

Key Metrics

as of Sep 2026
Market Cap29,147 Cr
P/E61.80
Div Yield0.91 %
Book Valueβ‚Ή93.80
52w Highβ‚Ή1,674.00
52w Lowβ‚Ή1,116.00
Face Valueβ‚Ή10.00

Quarterly Results

Rs. Crores Β· hover row for definition
Metric Jun 2026 Mar 2026 Dec 2025 Sep 2025 Jun 2025 Mar 2025 Dec 2024 Sep 2024 Jun 2024 Mar 2024 Dec 2023 Sep 2023 Jun 2023
Sales 293.00 263.00 304.00 319.00 259.00 224.00 278.00 322.00 257.00 241.00 214.00 207.00 150.00
Expenses 155.00 147.00 145.00 143.00 129.00 115.00 117.00 122.00 103.00 93.00 84.00 79.00 70.00
Operating Profit 138.00 116.00 160.00 176.00 130.00 109.00 161.00 200.00 154.00 148.00 130.00 128.00 80.00
OPM % 47.00 44.00 52.00 55.00 50.00 49.00 58.00 62.00 60.00 61.00 61.00 62.00 53.00
Other Income 48.00 6.00 29.00 22.00 36.00 32.00 21.00 37.00 30.00 29.00 21.00 23.00 24.00
Depreciation 19.00 18.00 17.00 16.00 15.00 14.00 13.00 12.00 10.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 6.00
Interest 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Profit before tax 167.00 103.00 172.00 183.00 151.00 127.00 168.00 225.00 175.00 168.00 145.00 145.00 98.00
Tax % 29.00 23.00 23.00 23.00 32.00 21.00 23.00 28.00 23.00 23.00 26.00 25.00 25.00
Net Profit 118.00 80.00 133.00 140.00 102.00 100.00 130.00 162.00 134.00 129.00 107.00 109.00 74.00
EPS in Rs 5.62 3.84 6.38 6.71 4.90 4.80 6.22 7.75 6.42 6.18 5.14 5.21 3.52

Profit & Loss

Annual Β· Rs. Crores
Metric Mar 2026Mar 2025Mar 2024Mar 2023Mar 2022Mar 2021Mar 2020Mar 2019Mar 2018Mar 2017Mar 2016Mar 2015
Sales 1,145.001,082.00812.00555.00551.00344.00225.00196.00188.00146.00123.00105.00
Expenses 563.00457.00324.00236.00186.00132.00136.0087.0077.0067.0059.0060.00
Operating Profit 582.00625.00488.00319.00365.00212.0089.00109.00110.0079.0064.0045.00
OPM % 51.0058.0060.0057.0066.0062.0040.0056.0059.0054.0052.0043.00
Other Income 93.00119.0095.0066.0055.0057.0059.0049.0038.0041.0072.0023.00
Interest 0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Depreciation 66.0049.0027.0019.0011.009.0012.0010.007.004.004.006.00
Profit before tax 609.00695.00556.00365.00409.00260.00136.00148.00141.00117.00131.0063.00
Tax % 25.0024.0025.0024.0024.0022.0022.0023.0027.0026.0031.0031.00
Net Profit 455.00526.00420.00276.00312.00201.00107.00115.00104.0087.0091.0043.00
EPS in Rs 21.8225.2020.0513.2014.899.595.085.434.944.104.352.09
Dividend Payout % 58.0050.0055.0061.0050.0047.0044.0037.0035.0037.0029.0053.00

Balance Sheet

Annual Β· Rs. Crores β€” latest first
Metric Mar 2026Mar 2025Mar 2024Mar 2023Mar 2022Mar 2021Mar 2020Mar 2019Mar 2018Mar 2017Mar 2016Mar 2015
Equity Capital 209.00209.00104.00104.00104.00104.00104.00104.00104.00104.00104.00104.00
Reserves 1,751.001,551.001,359.001,109.00988.00773.00619.00564.00494.00429.00375.00265.00
Borrowings 2.003.001.002.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Other Liabilities 457.00399.00317.00241.00232.00206.00138.00116.0092.0073.0074.00122.00
Total Liabilities 2,419.002,162.001,781.001,457.001,326.001,084.00862.00784.00690.00606.00553.00491.00
Fixed Assets 500.00446.00342.00125.00106.0073.0074.0075.0076.005.004.007.00
CWIP 7.007.004.00174.004.0023.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Investments 1,487.001,351.001,149.00937.00925.00709.00665.00593.00521.00503.00457.00389.00
Other Assets 424.00357.00287.00221.00290.00278.00123.00115.0093.0098.0092.0095.00
Total Assets 2,419.002,162.001,781.001,457.001,326.001,084.00862.00784.00690.00606.00553.00491.00

Cash Flows

Annual Β· Rs. Crores β€” latest first
Metric Mar 2026Mar 2025Mar 2024Mar 2023Mar 2022Mar 2021Mar 2020Mar 2019Mar 2018Mar 2017Mar 2016Mar 2015
Cash from Operating Activity 467.00543.00386.00249.00283.00193.0082.0086.0079.0043.0028.0043.00
Cash from Investing Activity -185.00-299.00-249.00-126.00-146.00-107.00-33.00-67.00-67.0018.000.00-19.00
Cash from Financing Activity -262.00-231.00-169.00-158.00-94.00-47.00-51.00-20.00-38.00-31.00-28.00-23.00
Net Cash Flow 19.0014.00-32.00-35.0044.0038.00-1.00-1.00-26.0029.001.000.00
Free Cash Flow 346.00388.00313.0044.00258.00175.0073.0074.003.0037.0027.0040.00
CFO/OP % 107.00110.00102.00107.00105.00118.00119.00110.00107.0094.00102.00140.00

Ratios

Annual Β· Days / % β€” latest first
Metric Mar 2026Mar 2025Mar 2024Mar 2023Mar 2022Mar 2021Mar 2020Mar 2019Mar 2018Mar 2017Mar 2016Mar 2015
Debtor Days 21.0018.0030.0025.0030.0040.0042.0036.0037.0033.0039.0024.00
Cash Conversion Cycle 21.0018.0030.0025.0030.0040.0042.0036.0037.0033.0039.0024.00
Working Capital Days -32.00-57.00-22.00-45.00-75.00-110.00-85.00-79.00-92.00-79.00-100.00-253.00
ROCE % 32.0042.0040.0030.0040.0031.0018.0022.0024.0022.0022.0014.00

Shareholding Pattern

% holding β€” latest first
Holder Jun 2026 Mar 2026 Dec 2025 Sep 2025 Jun 2025 Mar 2025 Dec 2024 Sep 2024 Jun 2024 Mar 2024 Dec 2023 Sep 2023
Promoters 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00
FIIs 8.24 11.36 12.40 11.54 12.90 11.34 17.15 13.77 14.00 11.38 18.16 15.25
DIIs 15.19 14.42 15.12 14.18 14.24 15.41 19.11 21.57 24.92 23.15 21.33 21.80
Public 61.57 59.22 57.49 59.28 57.87 58.25 48.74 49.66 46.09 50.47 45.51 47.94
No. of Shareholders 1,522,866 1,514,807 1,462,630 1,512,183 1,497,889 1,529,589 1,173,419 1,103,616 828,805 843,101 777,030 809,315

Corporate Actions

10 records
ActionEx DateRecord DateRatioAmount (β‚Ή)Notes
Dividend 17 Jul 2026 17 Jul 2026 β€” 12.75
Dividend 07 Aug 2025 07 Aug 2025 β€” 12.50
Bonus 23 Aug 2024 24 Aug 2024 1:1 β€”
Dividend 16 Jul 2024 16 Jul 2024 β€” 3.00
Dividend 25 Aug 2023 25 Aug 2023 β€” 16.00
Dividend 07 Sep 2022 08 Sep 2022 β€” 15.00
Dividend 13 Sep 2021 14 Sep 2021 β€” 9.00
Dividend 07 Sep 2020 08 Sep 2020 β€” 4.50
Dividend 06 Sep 2019 10 Sep 2019 β€” 4.00
Other 09 Aug 2018 β€” β€” β€” Annual General Meeting/Dividend Rs - 3.50 Per Share

Announcements

5 filings
  • Analysts/Institutional Investor Meet/Con. Call Updates
    01 Sep 2026 1 Sep - CDSL schedules one-to-one virtual investor meeting with Lyptus Capital on September 4, 2026.
  • General Updates
    01 Sep 2026 1 Sep - ONDC allotted 5 lakh shares to CDSL on August 24, 2026 for β‚Ή5 crore, giving 2.2% stake.
  • Appointment
    27 Aug 2026 27 Aug - SEBI approved Geetha Gangadharan’s appointment as Non-Independent Director on CDSL board, effective August 27, 2026.
  • Change in Management
    27 Aug 2026 27 Aug - Farokh Patel appointed Chief Regulatory Officer from Sept. 1, 2026; Nayana Ovalekar ceases Aug. 31, 2026.
  • Outcome of Board Meeting
    27 Aug 2026 27 Aug - Farokh Patel appointed Chief Regulatory Officer from Sept 1, 2026; Nayana Ovalekar ceases Aug 31, 2026.