Question 1

What is the share price of Central Depository Services (India) Limited today?

Accepted Answer

Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL) is trading at ₹1,188.5. The price shown is the latest available from the exchange feed and updates through the trading session.

Question 2

What is CDSL’s P/E ratio versus the sector?

Accepted Answer

CDSL trades at a P/E of 57.4. Its industry median is shown alongside it in Key Stats, so you can see at a glance whether the stock is priced above or below the businesses it competes with. A lower P/E is not automatically cheaper — it can also reflect slower expected growth.

Question 3

What is CDSL’s dividend yield?

Accepted Answer

CDSL has a dividend yield of 1.01%, based on dividends declared over the last twelve months against the current price. The full dividend history is on the News & Filings tab.

Question 4

What is CDSL’s 52-week high and low?

Accepted Answer

CDSL has traded between ₹1,116.3 and ₹1,673.7 over the past year. The Trading Data block shows where the current price sits inside that band.

Question 5

What is the market capitalisation of Central Depository Services (India) Limited?

Accepted Answer

Central Depository Services (India) Limited has a market capitalisation of ₹26,459 crore.

Question 6

What is CDSL’s return on equity?

Accepted Answer

CDSL reports a return on equity of 31.3%. For a lender, ROE is the primary profitability measure — return on capital employed and debt-to-equity, which we show for operating companies, do not carry their usual meaning here because borrowing IS the business.

Question 7

Who are CDSL’s competitors?

Accepted Answer

The Peers block on this page lists other Capital Markets companies with their price, P/E and market capitalisation. The Valuation tab compares multiples against the industry median in more depth.

Question 8

What is CDSL’s promoter holding?

Accepted Answer

Promoters hold 15.00% of CDSL. The Ownership tab shows the full shareholding pattern — promoter, FII, DII and public — and how each has moved across recent quarters.

Question 9

Which indices include CDSL?

Accepted Answer

Index membership is listed in the Context block on this page, along with the weight CDSL carries in each. That weight is what determines how much passive money tracks the stock.

Question 10

Is Central Depository Services (India) Limited a good buy?

Accepted Answer

We do not publish buy or sell calls. What this page gives you instead is the evidence: our Value & Investment Index for where the price sits against its own history, the Fundamental Strength Index for the quality of the business, an investment checklist of criteria applied to every stock, and pros and cons generated from CDSL’s own numbers. The judgement is yours.

Revenue	₹960 crore
Net profit	₹468 crore
Operating margin	54%
EPS	₹22.4

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