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Persistent Systems Ltd.

Persistent Systems Ltd. paid ₹40 a share over the last twelve months, a yield of 0.68%, and has now paid in 16 consecutive years.

Trailing yield
0.68%
Paid last year
₹40
Unbroken years
16
Yield on 10y cost
12.8%

Price vs Dividends

How much of PERSISTENT's return came from dividends

A share price tells you only half the story for a company that pays. Over the last 15 years Persistent Systems Ltd.'s quoted price moved +7218.6%, but a holder who reinvested every dividend ended on +8672.1% — which makes dividends 17% of everything the stock returned.

PeriodPrice returnDividends addedTotal returnFrom dividends
1 year+10.7%+0.8 pts+11.5%7%
3 years+118.8%+4.2 pts+123.0%3%
5 years+253.7%+13.6 pts+267.3%5%
10 years+1787.7%+220.8 pts+2008.5%11%
15 years+7218.6%+1453.5 pts+8672.1%17%

“Dividends added” is in percentage points of total return, with dividends treated as reinvested at the time they were paid — which is why it compounds and grows faster than the raw cash paid out. “From dividends” is shown only where the total return was positive; against a loss it would be a share of a negative number and would mean nothing.

Payout Record

PERSISTENT dividend history, year by year

Per share, by the calendar year the dividend went ex — 17 years on record.

YearPer sharePaymentsRelative size
2026₹402
2025₹352
2024₹262
2023₹252
2022₹162
2021₹102
2020₹62
2019₹62
2018₹52
2017₹52
2016₹42
2015₹52
2014₹32
2013₹22
2012₹22
2011₹12
2010₹13

Grouped by calendar year rather than financial year, because that is how the ex-dates arrive in the data. A year with an unusually large figure often contains a special dividend rather than a raised regular one.

Dividend Income

What PERSISTENT would pay on your holding

Based on the last twelve months of declared dividends. A company can cut or raise its payout at any time, so this is a record of what it recently paid, not an income you can count on.

InvestedA year at today's priceIf you had bought 10 years ago
₹1.00L₹680₹12,850
₹5.00L₹3,400₹64,250
₹10.00L₹6,800₹1,28,500
₹25.00L₹17,000₹3,21,250
₹50.00L₹34,000₹6,42,500

The right-hand column is the same dividend measured against what the shares cost a decade ago — a yield on cost of 12.8% against 0.7% today. It is what a long holder is actually earning, and it is the reason a low headline yield on a growing payer is not the whole story.

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PERSISTENT dividends — common questions

Everything you need to know about this page and the data presented.

How much dividend does PERSISTENT pay?
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Persistent Systems Ltd. paid ₹40 per share in dividends over the last twelve months, a yield of 0.68% against the current share price. It has paid in 17 separate calendar years across the history we hold, totalling ₹190 per share.

What is the dividend yield of PERSISTENT?
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PERSISTENT's trailing dividend yield is 0.68% — the last twelve months of declared dividends divided by the current share price. Yield moves inversely with the price, so a falling share price raises the yield without the company paying a rupee more. That is why the payout record below matters more than the headline number.

Has PERSISTENT paid dividends consistently?
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Persistent Systems Ltd. has paid in 16 consecutive years, counting back from the last complete calendar year. A streak is a better guide to a company's intent than a single year's yield, which can be inflated by a one-off special dividend. It is still a record of the past — a payout can be cut at any time, and several long-running Indian payers have done exactly that.

What would PERSISTENT dividends pay on shares bought 10 years ago?
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Today's dividend measured against PERSISTENT's price ten years ago is a yield on cost of 12.8%, against 0.7% for someone buying now. ₹10 lakh invested a decade ago would therefore be paying about ₹1,28,500 a year at the current payout. That gap is what a growing dividend does over time, and it is invisible in the headline yield.

How much of PERSISTENT's return came from dividends?
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Over the last 15 years PERSISTENT's share price moved +7218.6% while a holder reinvesting dividends earned +8672.1% — so dividends account for about 17% of the total return. Almost every site quotes only the price change, which understates what a dividend payer actually returned.

When did PERSISTENT last pay a dividend?
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The most recent dividend on record went ex on 2026-07-27, at ₹18 per share. In 2026 it has paid 2 times, totalling ₹40 per share. Dates are ex-dividend dates from our price data, not the credit date — the money reaches a shareholder some weeks later.

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Dividend figures come from our price data provider's recorded ex-dates and are per share, before tax. Dividends in India are taxed in the recipient's hands and TDS may apply — nothing here accounts for that. ReturnScreener is an educational research platform and is not a SEBI-registered investment adviser. A payout can be cut or suspended at any time; past dividends are not a forecast of future ones. See our methodology and disclaimer.