COFORGE vs PERSISTENT
Side-by-side comparison of Coforge Ltd. and Persistent Systems Ltd.. Descriptive only — not investment advice.
Coforge Ltd.
IT
Quality Score: 66/100
Persistent Systems Ltd.
IT
Quality Score: 67/100
At a glance
| Metric | COFORGE | PERSISTENT |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Score | 66/100 | 67/100 |
| P/E (trailing) | 37.2 | 45.4 |
| Forward P/E | 25.4 | 31.2 |
| ROE | — | — |
| Profit margin | +9.6% | +12.2% |
| Debt-to-equity | 7.52 | 6.09 |
| Dividend yield | +0.88% | +0.66% |
| 1Y price return | +11.5% | +9.2% |
| From 52w high | -8.4% | -16.5% |
| Analyst rating1 = Strong Buy, 5 = Strong Sell | 1.63 | 2.53 |
Highlighted value = better on the metric (lower for P/E, D/E, drawdown, analyst rating; higher elsewhere). Descriptive only.
Snapshots
Coforge trades at ₹1810, up 42.66% over the trailing 3 months and 11.5% over 12 months, sitting 8.39% below its 52-week high with RSI at 74.51 (overbought). Q1 FY27 headline revenue growth of 49% YoY was reported, though organic growth was cited separately at 1.1%, with the balance attributed to the Encora acquisition. The stock trades at 37.22x trailing earnings, the highest among 6 tracked IT peers, against a quality score of 48 that ranks 5th of 6.
Persistent Systems trades at Rs 5,474, up 9.23% over 1 year and 18.67% over 3 months, above both its 50-day (Rs 5,037) and 200-day (Rs 5,449) moving averages, and 16.46% below its 52-week high. Trailing PE of 45.35 is the richest among 6 tracked IT peers (HCLTECH 21.27, INFY 15.44, TCS 17.78, TECHM 28.38, WIPRO 14.65), set against 5-year revenue growth of 29.1%, 5-year earnings growth of 12.1%, and a 12.24% profit margin. Mean analyst rating stands at 2.53 across 34 analysts (1-5 scale, lower = more constructive), and news flow over the tracked period was evenly split at 3 positive, 3 neutral, and 2 negative headlines.
Pros
- ✓5-year revenue growth of 49.9% and earnings growth of 30.9%, with positive free cash flow in 4 of the last 5 years (persistence data).
- ✓News sentiment over the tracked period skews positive (5 positive vs 1 negative of 8 headlines), including a reported $230 million AI transformation deal win from a European client.
- ✓Mean analyst rating of 1.63 across 35 analysts (1-5 scale, lower = more constructive).
- ✓Price trades above both the 50-DMA (₹1519.70) and 200-DMA (₹1506.06), extending an 11.5% gain over the trailing 12 months.
- ✓Debt-to-equity of roughly 0.06x (raw metric 6.09 on a percent scale) with a falling debt trend and free cash flow positive in 4 of the last 5 years.
- ✓5-year revenue growth of 29.1%, among the faster growth rates in the tracked data set.
- ✓Trades above both the 50-DMA (Rs 5,037) and 200-DMA (Rs 5,449), with RSI at 62.15 (neutral band) and price up 18.67% over the past 3 months.
- ✓ROE above 15% in 4 of the last 5 years per the persistence data, with a consistency score of 98.
Cons
- ✗Trailing PE of 37.22x is the highest among the 6 IT peers tracked (HCLTECH 21.27x, INFY 15.44x, TCS 17.78x, TECHM 28.38x, WIPRO 14.65x), against a quality score of 48 that ranks 5th of 6.
- ✗RSI of 74.51 sits in overbought territory following a 42.66% three-month price advance.
- ✗Q1 organic revenue growth was cited at just 1.1%, with the remainder of the reported 49% YoY growth attributed to the Encora acquisition; persistence data separately flags the debt trend as rising, though the rescaled debt-to-equity of ~0.075x remains low in absolute terms.
- ✗ROE is not available in the current fundamental data set; persistence data shows ROE above 15% in only 3 of the last 5 years, with profit margin at 9.64%.
- ✗Trailing PE of 45.35 (forward 31.24) is the highest among 6 tracked IT peers and ranks 6th of 6 on the sector PE ranking.
- ✗Quality score of 45 sits at the bottom of the peer set (HCLTECH 53, INFY 57, TCS 59, TECHM 45, WIPRO 58), ranking 5th of 6 (tied last).
- ✗5-year earnings growth of 12.1% trails 5-year revenue growth of 29.1% by more than 2x, alongside a 12.24% profit margin, pointing to margin compression.
- ✗Stock is 16.46% below its 52-week high, and same-day Q1 headlines carried conflicting profit narratives (Moneycontrol: net profit up 13.7% YoY; NDTV Profit: profit down 9% with margin narrowing).
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