Central Depository Services (India) share price
NSE: CDSLCapital MarketsSmall Cap
Share price at the NSE close on 29 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹1,232.00.
29 Oct: open ₹1,232.00, high ₹1,284.40, low ₹1,231.90
- Next results date: the board meets on 31 Oct 2026 to consider: financial results. The notice · Results calendar
- Market capMarket capitalisation. Share price times the number of shares: what the whole company is worth at the day's price. The rank is by average market value over the six months to Jun 2026, among listed companies. Market capitalisation: how it is worked out
- ₹26,794 Cr291st largest listed
- P/EPrice to earnings, trailing. Market cap divided by the profit of the last twelve months (the latest four quarters, or two half years for a company that reports half-yearly) that belongs to the company's own shareholders, after the share of the other owners of its subsidiaries: what investors pay for each rupee of a year's profit. Price to earnings, trailing: how it is worked out
- 56.85
- P/BPrice to book. Market cap divided by the net worth that belongs to the company's own shareholders, its assets less everything it owes and less the other owners' share of its subsidiaries, on its latest balance sheet. Price to book: how it is worked out
- 13.67
- Dividend yieldDividend yield. Dividends paid per share in the twelve months to the day, as a percentage of the day's share price.
- 0.99%
- ROEReturn on equity. Profit over the last twelve months (the latest four quarters, or two half years for a company that reports half-yearly) that belongs to the company's own shareholders, as a percentage of their net worth, the money they have in the business. Net worth is the average of the latest balance sheet and the one a year before it.
- 25.3%
- ROCEReturn on capital employed. Operating profit after depreciation (revenue less operating expenses and depreciation, without other income and one-off items) as a percentage of all the money the business runs on: the whole group's net worth, the other owners of its subsidiaries included, plus borrowings. Lease liabilities are not counted: the results filings do not state them. The profit is over the last twelve months (the latest four quarters, or two half years for a company that reports half-yearly); net worth and borrowings are on the latest balance sheet.
- 26.1%
- Debt to equityDebt to equity. Borrowings divided by the whole group's net worth, the other owners of its subsidiaries included: rupees borrowed for each rupee of equity in the business. Lease liabilities are not counted: the results filings do not state them. From the balance sheet at the end of Mar 2026.
- 0.00
- Volume, NSEVolume. Shares traded on the last trading day. Volume in the glossary
- 18,28,237
About Central Depository Services (India)
Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL) is a Mumbai-based securities depository registered with SEBI: it holds securities in electronic (dematerialised, or demat) form and enables transactions in them.12 It serves investors, issuers of securities, stock exchanges, clearing corporations and depository participants, the banks and brokers through which investors open their accounts.34
Its services for investors include easi and easiest (online access to demat accounts and online debit instructions), the MyEasi mobile app, e-CAS (one statement of an investor's holdings across demat accounts and mutual funds), eDIS (online authorisation to deliver shares when selling) and e-Voting (online voting on company resolutions); for companies it runs eAGM virtual meetings and system-driven disclosures (eSDD).567 Its subsidiaries are CDSL Ventures Limited (CVL, wholly owned), a KYC registration agency that keeps investors' verified identity records for market intermediaries; Centrico Insurance Repository Limited (54.25%), which keeps insurance policies in electronic accounts; and Countrywide Commodity Repository Limited (52%), which issues electronic receipts for commodities in registered warehouses.8910
It was incorporated in 1997.2 It began operations in 1999 and listed on NSE in June 2017, the first listed depository in the Asia-Pacific region and the second in the world, the company says.3 Its promoter is BSE Limited, which held 15.00% of its shares at the end of June 2026.311
Central Depository Services (India) key points
Results
- In the quarter to Jun 2026, consolidated total income was ₹340.50 crore, against ₹295.14 crore a year earlier, and consolidated net profit ₹118 crore, against ₹102 crore.12
- In the quarter to Jun 2026, standalone total income was ₹326.51 crore, against ₹312.36 crore, including a ₹39.50 crore dividend from a subsidiary (₹62 crore a year earlier); standalone net profit was ₹144 crore, against ₹152 crore.13
- In the year to Mar 2026, consolidated total income was ₹1,239 crore and consolidated net profit ₹455 crore. The board recommended a final dividend of ₹12.75 a share, subject to shareholder approval, its highest dividend so far.14
- On a standalone basis, total income in the year to Mar 2026 crossed ₹1,096 crore, up 11% year on year, net profit was ₹468 crore and EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) was ₹658 crore.15
Market position
- CDSL had 18.59 crore demat accounts at the end of June 2026, a market share of about 80%, after opening about 58 lakh in that quarter.16
- CDSL has been India's largest depository by number of demat accounts since 2019, and in 2023 became the first Indian depository to cross 100 million accounts.17
- CDSL Ventures (CVL) has over 70% of India's KYC registration agency market, the company stated in its annual report for the year to Mar 2026; its presentation of 1 Aug 2026 put CVL's KYC records at over 10.62 crore.1819
Depository services
- CDSL's annual report for the year to Mar 2026 puts the assets in its demat accounts at over ₹86 trillion; at 31 March 2026, its depository participants covered 98% of India's PIN codes through 19,914 service centres.20
- At the end of March 2026, CDSL managed 1.26 lakh ISINs (the codes that identify each security).21
Other income
- Consolidated other income of ₹75 crore in the quarter to Jun 202622
Item quarter to Jun 2026 Gains on investments and income accrued on them ₹43.8 crore e-CAS statement fees ₹14.80 crore e-voting income ₹6.32 crore Other operating revenue ₹6 crore Other income ₹3.94 crore
Subsidiaries
- CDSL Ventures (CVL) had revenue from operations of ₹45 crore in the quarter to Jun 2026, against ₹36 crore a year earlier, and profit after tax of ₹12.12 crore, against ₹12.71 crore.23
- A SEBI directive cut CVL's fee for fetching an investor's KYC record from ₹35 to ₹28 and for creating one from about ₹20 to ₹5; higher fetch volumes and a new ₹0.25 charge on each KYC search offset part of the cut, the company said.2425
- Centrico Insurance Repository (CIRL) held more than 23.94 lakh insurance policies in 24.42 lakh electronic insurance accounts and had 49 life, health and general insurers as partners, the company said in its presentation of 1 Aug 2026.26
- Countrywide Commodity Repository (CCRL) had issued 71,610 electronic negotiable warehouse receipts (digital titles to goods in registered warehouses) since it began, and 6,763 of the 10,785 warehouses on its system were active, its annual report for the year to Mar 2026 says.18
Recent events
- On 13 Aug 2026, SEBI approved a further investment of ₹5 crore by CDSL in Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), a Commerce Ministry initiative for open digital commerce.2728
- On 8 Jul 2026, SEBI approved an additional investment of ₹20 crore by CDSL in India International Bullion Holding IFSC Limited, set up to run a bullion exchange, clearing corporation and depository at GIFT City; CDSL's holding would stay at 20%.293031
- On 9 Jun 2026, SEBI approved CDSL's investment of ₹1 crore for 2% of Sahamati Foundation, which the RBI recognised on 5 Jun 2026 as the self-regulatory organisation for account aggregators (firms that share a person's financial data with their consent).3233
- On 4 Feb 2026, the International Financial Services Centres Authority registered CVL as a KYC registration agency in the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC); the company says CVL is the first such agency to operate there.3435
Litigation and regulatory matters
- As of its filing of 20 Mar 2026, Ketan Shah and others were seeking indemnity from CDSL in arbitration for alleged losses from broker Anugrah Stock & Broking's misuse of clients' securities, and had filed fresh statements of claim with the amounts unchanged.3637
- In an arbitration brought by Nimish Shah and others against CDSL, the Bombay High Court on 23 Dec 2025 set aside a 29 Apr 2024 award that had rejected their claim; CDSL appealed on 13 Feb 2026, and its documents give no outcome.38
- After SEBI advised it in a letter of 7 Apr 2025, CDSL paid ₹3 crore into the CDSL Investor Protection Fund in April 2025 as a financial disincentive (a regulatory penalty) for technical glitches between 2021 and 2024.39
Last updated
All 39 sources, each with its page
- 1. Annual report, 8 Jul 2026, page 230
- 2. Annual report, 8 Jul 2026, page 3
- 3. Annual report, 8 Jul 2026, page 152
- 4. Annual report, 8 Jul 2026, page 35
- 5. Annual report, 8 Jul 2026, page 5
- 6. Annual report, 8 Jul 2026, page 35
- 7. Annual report, 8 Jul 2026, page 36
- 8. Investor presentation, 1 Aug 2026, page 4
- 9. Annual report, 8 Jul 2026, page 9
- 10. Annual report, 8 Jul 2026, page 36
- 11. Investor presentation, 1 Aug 2026, page 11
- 12. Earnings call, 3 Aug 2026, page 4
- 13. Earnings call, 3 Aug 2026, page 4
- 14. Annual report, 8 Jul 2026, page 18
- 15. Annual report, 8 Jul 2026, page 32
- 16. Earnings call, 3 Aug 2026, page 3
- 17. Investor presentation, 1 Aug 2026, page 5
- 18. Annual report, 8 Jul 2026, page 9
- 19. Investor presentation, 1 Aug 2026, page 15
- 20. Annual report, 8 Jul 2026, page 152
- 21. Annual report, 8 Jul 2026, page 18
- 22. Earnings call, 3 Aug 2026, page 6
- 23. Earnings call, 3 Aug 2026, page 4
- 24. Earnings call, 3 Aug 2026, page 7
- 25. Earnings call, 3 Aug 2026, page 5
- 26. Investor presentation, 1 Aug 2026, page 16
- 27. Exchange filing, 13 Aug 2026, page 1
- 28. Exchange filing, 13 Aug 2026, page 2
- 29. Exchange filing, 9 Jul 2026, page 1
- 30. Exchange filing, 9 Jul 2026, page 3
- 31. Exchange filing, 9 Jul 2026, page 5
- 32. Exchange filing, 10 Jun 2026, page 1
- 33. Exchange filing, 10 Jun 2026, page 5
- 34. Annual report, 8 Jul 2026, page 164
- 35. Annual report, 8 Jul 2026, page 84
- 36. Exchange filing, 20 Mar 2026, page 2
- 37. Exchange filing, 20 Mar 2026, page 3
- 38. Exchange filing, 14 Feb 2026, page 2
- 39. Annual report, 8 Jul 2026, page 88
Results
Consolidated; ₹ crore.Central Depository Services (India) quarterly results
- Revenue growth, 12 monthsRevenue growth, 12 months. The last twelve months against the twelve before them. Left empty where the earlier figure was nought or a loss: growth out of a loss has no percentage.
- +8.8%
- Net profit growth, 12 monthsNet profit growth, 12 months. The last twelve months against the twelve before them. Left empty where the earlier figure was nought or a loss: growth out of a loss has no percentage.
- −4.8%
Quarter to Jun 2026, against the quarter before
- RevenueRevenue. The pill is the change in revenue against the quarter before: this period's figure divided by that one's, less one, in per cent.
- ₹293 Crup 11.38%
- Net profitNet profit. The pill is the change in net profit against the quarter before: this period's figure divided by that one's, less one, in per cent. Net profit in the glossary
- ₹118 Crup 47.47%
- Net marginNet margin. Net profit as a percentage of revenue: how much of each rupee of sales is left after every cost, interest and tax. Net margin in the glossary
- 40.2%
Revenue by quarter
Net profit by quarter, a loss in red
| ₹ crore | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 | Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 322 | 278 | 224 | 259 | 319 | 304 | 263 | 293 |
| Net profit | 162 | 130 | 100 | 102 | 140 | 133 | 80 | 118 |
| Net margin | 50.3% | 46.7% | 44.7% | 39.6% | 43.9% | 43.7% | 30.4% | 40.2% |
Year to Mar 2026, against the year before
- RevenueRevenue. The pill is the change in revenue against the year before: this period's figure divided by that one's, less one, in per cent.
- ₹1,145 Crup 5.79%
- Net profitNet profit. The pill is the change in net profit against the year before: this period's figure divided by that one's, less one, in per cent.
- ₹455 Crdown 13.54%
- Net margin
- 39.7%
Revenue by year
Net profit by year, a loss in red
| ₹ crore | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 195 | 225 | 344 | 551 | 555 | 812 | 1,082 | 1,145 |
| Net profit | 115 | 107 | 201 | 312 | 276 | 420 | 526 | 455 |
| Net margin | 59.0% | 47.4% | 58.6% | 56.6% | 49.7% | 51.7% | 48.6% | 39.7% |
Business segments
Share of revenue, year to Mar 2026, consolidated.Segment revenue and profit
- Depository ActivityDepository Activity, share of revenue. The segment's revenue as a percentage of the revenue of all the company's reported business segments together, leaving out eliminations between them and unallocated items.₹960 Crup 13.23%83.8%
- Data Entry and StorageData Entry and Storage, share of revenue. The segment's revenue as a percentage of the revenue of all the company's reported business segments together, leaving out eliminations between them and unallocated items.₹183 Crdown 21.15%15.9%
- RepositoryRepository, share of revenue. The segment's revenue as a percentage of the revenue of all the company's reported business segments together, leaving out eliminations between them and unallocated items.₹3 Cr0.3%
Valuation
Today, against the company's own history.Central Depository Services (India) PE ratio and valuation
At or below today's level on 69% of 2,039 trading days since Aug 2018.
At or below today's level on 31% of 996 trading days since Oct 2022.
At or below today's level on 61% of 2,194 trading days since Oct 2017.
Where the return came from
Yearly rates to Mar 2026, per-share figures restated for splits and bonuses.
| Over | Return a year | Earnings growth | Change in P/E | Dividend yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year | −7.1% | −13.4% | +6.0% | 1.1% |
| 3 years | +36.2% | +18.2% | +14.2% | 1.1% |
| 5 years | +29.1% | +17.9% | +8.4% | 1.2% |
Mutual fund holdings
116 funds disclosed a holding for Sep 2026. What they did in Sep 2026, against each fund's month before. 71 of the 76 funds that added or cut are index funds, ETFs or arbitrage funds: an index fund or ETF holds what its index holds, and an arbitrage fund holds the share against a sale of its future.All 116 funds holding Central Depository Services (India)
- Bought for the first timeBought for the first time. Funds that held it at the month's end and had not held it in any month on record before.
- 1
- Bought againBought again. Funds that held it at the month's end, had not held it the month before, and held it in an earlier month.
- 2
- AddedAdded. Funds that held more shares than at the end of the month before.
- 34
- CutCut. Funds that held fewer shares than at the end of the month before.
- 42
- Held unchangedHeld unchanged. Funds that held the same number of shares as at the end of the month before.
- 37
- Sold outSold out. Funds that held it at the end of the month before and hold none at this month's end. Sold out in the glossary
- 4
| Fund | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 25,39,226 | 0.40% | ₹321.0 Cr | |
| 22,64,603 | 0.20% | ₹286.2 Cr | |
| 10,47,801 | 0.43% | ₹132.4 Cr | |
| 9,33,632 | 1.42% | ₹118.0 Cr | |
| 7,70,000 | 1.95% | ₹97.3 Cr | |
| 7,30,075 | 0.12% | ₹92.3 Cr | |
| 6,95,796 | 0.36% | ₹87.9 Cr | |
| 6,13,999 | 0.48% | ₹77.6 Cr | |
| 6,12,000 | 1.33% | ₹77.4 Cr | |
| 5,14,900 | 0.14% | ₹65.1 Cr |
Promoter and insider buying and selling
Trades made since 29 Oct 2025.Central Depository Services (India) insider trading
No promoter, director, key manager or employee bought or sold on the market.
- Promoters and promoter group: no market trade · 237 pledge filings of unclear kind
- Others: no market trade
Central Depository Services (India) competitors and peers
Capital Markets, 73 listed companies, priced on 29 Oct 2026. The table lists the 8 companies closest to Central Depository Services (India) in market cap.Finance companies
Where the company sits among the companies nearest its size
| Company | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43,861 | 35.18 | – | +29.4% | +10.7% | 12.7% | 9.8% | 1.32% | |
| 37,691 | 82.91 | 29.37 | +20.7% | +32.4% | 43.5% | 30.9% | 0.33% | |
| 32,916 | 30.40 | 7.99 | +12.9% | +5.2% | 28.5% | 15.6% | 1.57% | |
| 26,857 | 23.25 | 4.03 | +21.3% | +47.7% | 18.5% | 14.8% | 2.20% | |
| 24,449 | 24.77 | 6.30 | +5.6% | +1.7% | 26.5% | 26.6% | 3.02% | |
| 17,314 | 34.98 | 13.11 | +7.7% | +5.1% | 40.6% | 46.2% | 1.84% | |
| 14,864 | 42.63 | 9.15 | +27.7% | +0.8% | 22.6% | 28.1% | 1.40% | |
| 14,146 | 36.42 | 5.97 | – | – | 16.4% | 16.3% | 0.57% |
Dividends
Per share, by the year it was paid for, and the latest payments.Central Depository Services (India) dividend history
Dividend per share, ₹, restated for later splits and bonuses
Dividend per share. The dividends declared for the year, each restated to today's share count by the splits and bonuses after its own ex-date, added up. Dividend per share in the glossary| Ex-date | Type | Per share |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Jul 2026 | FinalFinal dividend. Called final by its date: the company did not say which kind it was, and it went ex within six months after the company's year end, the time in which the annual general meeting that declares the final dividend must be held. Final dividend in the glossary | ₹12.75 |
| 7 Aug 2025 | Final | ₹12.50 |
| 16 Jul 2024 | Final | ₹19.00 |
| 16 Jul 2024 | Special | ₹3.00 |
| 25 Aug 2023 | Final | ₹16.00 |
| 7 Sep 2022 | Final | ₹15.00 |
Latest announcements
Routine notices left out.Central Depository Services (India) announcements
Oct 2026
28 Oct · Retirement
27 Oct · Analysts
12 Oct · Board meeting
Sep 2026
22 Sep · Management
Central Depository Services (India) annual report, year to Mar 2026
Central Depository Services (India) share price by year
Each calendar year to 2025.Central Depository Services (India) share price history
| Year | Close at year end | Change | Highest close | Lowest close |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,443.60 | −17.9% | 1,808.65 | 1,058.20 |
| 2024 | 1,758.65 | +92.8% | 1,964.05 | 828.80 |
| 2023 | 912.20 | +63.6% | 977.40 | 442.85 |
| 2022 | 557.65 | −25.6% | 818.05 | 525.90 |
| 2021 | 749.90 | +181.3% | 833.30 | 241.35 |
| 2020 | 266.55 | +139.4% | 273.53 | 92.85 |
| 2019 | 111.35 | −0.3% | 121.28 | 92.95 |
| 2018 | 111.68 | −37.5% | 187.40 | 109.13 |
| 2017 | 178.80 | – | 222.15 | 130.80 |
Recent sessions
The 9 trading days to 28 Oct 2026, as traded on NSE; the latest is at the top of the page.
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Average price | Volume | Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 1,215.60 | 1,235.80 | 1,207.90 | 1,232.00 | 1,224.82 | 6,78,644 | 28.3% |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 1,200.00 | 1,222.00 | 1,193.60 | 1,222.00 | 1,213.01 | 8,26,875 | 28.7% |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 1,188.50 | 1,204.00 | 1,159.10 | 1,196.00 | 1,184.16 | 9,07,846 | 27.3% |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 1,223.00 | 1,224.70 | 1,173.60 | 1,188.50 | 1,188.11 | 13,12,164 | 37.2% |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 1,235.00 | 1,242.80 | 1,218.80 | 1,225.00 | 1,227.68 | 6,77,522 | 35.0% |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 1,270.00 | 1,278.80 | 1,230.00 | 1,237.20 | 1,249.00 | 6,50,041 | 37.4% |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 1,286.90 | 1,293.70 | 1,266.00 | 1,270.00 | 1,275.64 | 5,55,214 | 38.7% |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 1,296.00 | 1,301.00 | 1,272.00 | 1,286.90 | 1,282.41 | 8,25,106 | 24.5% |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 1,285.00 | 1,306.50 | 1,281.10 | 1,293.00 | 1,297.19 | 8,28,150 | 28.6% |
Price adjustments
What the price chart is corrected for, so it reads as one share held throughout.Bonus share history
| Ex-date | Event | Price factor | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Aug 2024 | Bonus | 0.5000 | Holders received 1 bonus share for every 1 held. |
Company details
- NSE symbol
- CDSL
- ISIN
- INE736A01011
- Industry
- Capital Markets
- Website
- www.cdslindia.com