
Persistent Systems Q1 profit rose 13.7% YoY to ₹483 crore on 29% revenue growth. Record TCV of $1.15 billion and Nagarro deal point to $2.9B revenue run rate.
Persistent Systems posted a 13.7% rise in net profit for the quarter ended June, reaching ₹483.04 crore. Revenue climbed 29% to ₹4,303.22 crore.
Sequentially, profit fell 8.7% as forex losses weighed, though revenue grew 6%. The company's CEO Sandeep Kalra pointed to a record quarterly total contract value of $1.15 billion.
The Software, Hi-Tech and Emerging Industries vertical remained the largest revenue contributor at 40.7%, up 15.7% from a year earlier. BFSI accounted for 34% of revenue, growing 16.3%. Healthcare and Life Sciences added 25.3%, a 16.4% increase.
North America generated 79.1% of total revenue. India emerged as the second-largest geography at 9.8%, followed by Europe at 8.5%. The rest of the world made up the remaining 2.6%.
During the quarter, Persistent signed a Business Combination Agreement with Nagarro, a Frankfurt-listed digital engineering firm. The deal aims to create an AI-led global engineering company with a revenue run rate of roughly $2.9 billion. The transaction is expected to close by the fourth quarter of calendar 2026 or the first quarter of 2027.
The company's headcount rose to 28,640 as of June 30, up from 27,502 in the previous quarter and 25,340 a year ago.
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