Black Box Limited share price

Black Box Limited provides information and communications technology solutions in India, the United States, and internationally. It operates through System Integration, Technology Product Solution, and Others segments. The company offers enterprise networking, data centers, digital workplace, connected buildings, and cyber security products; keyboard, video and mouse (KVM), cables, Internet of Things (IoT), and audio video products; and IP-led hardware and software offerings, including KVM switches, OEM-distributed equipment, and contract-manufactured solutions. It also provides connectivity infrastructure, including structured cabling and fiber connectivity, passive infrastructure and netw…Read more

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Information TechnologySoftware - ApplicationNifty 500 Nifty Smallcap 250NSE: BBOXISIN INE676A01027

16 Oct 2026, 3:30 PM IST₹907.25▲ 27.05 (3.07%)

Market Cap₹ 16,113 Cr.
Current Price₹ 907.25
High / Low₹ 1,103 / 444
Stock P/E69.6
Book Value₹ 73
Dividend Yield0.11 %
ROCE12.6 %
ROE21.30 %
Face Value₹ 2.0

More figures (10)

EPS (TTM)₹ 13.04
Price / Book12.51
OPM7.6 %
Debt / Equity0.90
Sales growth (5Y)6.2 %
Profit growth (5Y)22.7 %
Promoter holding74.1 %
EV / EBITDA27.3
Beta0.95
All-time high₹ 1,103

Price chart

Price on NSE 50 DMA 200 DMA Volume

Returns	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3Y CAGR	5Y CAGR
BBOX	+18.87%	+4.54%	+71.08%	+64.70%	+63.78%	+63.13%	+35.39%
Nifty 50	-0.31%	-3.85%	-4.34%	-11.42%	-9.53%	+5.46%	+4.76%

Price returns only (dividends not included). Prices from NSE via Yahoo Finance; may be delayed.

Quick take

Black Box Limited is in the Software - Application industry (Technology), with a market value of ₹16,113 crore.
It trades at 69.6 times its last 12 months' earnings and 12.5 times book value.
Revenue grew 6.2% a year over the last 5 years, profit 22.7% a year.
Return on equity was 21.3% and return on capital employed 12.6% in the latest year.
Debt was 0.90 times shareholders' equity.
The share price is 17.8% below its 52-week high and up 63.8% over one year.
Promoters and insiders hold about 74.1%; institutions about 5.7%.

Pros

Strong return on equity: 29.9% on average over the last 3 years.
Profit has grown 22.7% a year over the last 5 years.
Latest quarter (Jun 2026): sales up 24% and profit up 18% from a year ago.
Promoters hold a large stake of 69.95%.

Cons

Trades at 69.6 times earnings, above its 3-year median of 54.0.
Trades at 12.5 times its book value.

Pros and cons are generated automatically from the reported figures. They are observations, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

AI analysis

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About Black Box Limited

Employees: 2,931
Head office: Navi Mumbai
NSE industry: Information Technology

TechnologyInformation TechnologySoftware - Application

Part ofNifty 500 Nifty Smallcap 250

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1.	Black Box	907.25	69.6	16,113	0.11	56	17.90	1,719	23.92	12.6	21.3	12.51	7.6	0.90	74.08	6,322	6.2
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Quarterly Results

Consolidated figures in ₹ crore /

₹ Cr	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
	1,571	1,574	1,655	1,480	1,423	1,497	1,502	1,545	1,387	1,585	1,660	1,691	1,719
YOY Sales Growth %	14.56%	0.78%	-0.97%	-11.98%	-9.42%	-4.90%	-9.29%	4.34%	-2.57%	5.83%	10.51%	9.48%	23.92%
	1,480	1,473	1,541	1,355	1,309	1,362	1,368	1,398	1,270	1,442	1,513	1,527	1,559
Material Cost %	31%	30%	32%	21%	24%	29%	34%	35%	34%	36%	35%	35%	31%
Employee Cost %	38%	40%	38%	43%	42%	40%	37%	34%	38%	35%	35%	34%	38%
Other Expenses %	25%	23%	24%	27%	25%	22%	20%	21%	19%	20%	20%	21%	22%
Operating Profit	92	102	114	125	115	135	134	147	116	143	147	164	160
OPM %	6%	6%	7%	8%	8%	9%	9%	10%	8%	9%	9%	10%	9%
	1	6	11	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	4
Exceptional items	-7	-14	-9	-9	-15	-21	-13	-16	-13	-14	-22	-14	-19
Interest	33	32	36	41	34	32	31	47	34	39	40	45	48
Depreciation	28	29	28	29	26	28	31	28	27	29	30	31	36
Profit before tax	24	33	52	47	40	55	59	57	45	61	57	76	61
	2%	4%	21%	13%	8%	6%	5%	-5%	-5%	9%	12%	15%	9%
Current tax	2	3	11	7	2	3	3	5	1	8	1	12	9
Deferred tax	-1	-1	-0	-1	1	1	0	-8	-3	-2	6	-1	-3
	24	32	41	41	37	51	56	60	47	56	50	65	56
Profit from associates								0	-0	-0	0
YOY Profit Growth %	55.30%		424.92%	77.08%	54.93%	60.01%	37.22%	47.85%	27.88%	8.82%	-11.41%	7.09%	17.90%
EPS in Rs	1.43	1.90	2.43	2.44	2.21	3.04	3.33	3.57	2.80	3.28	2.92	3.78	3.15
Raw filing

₹ Cr	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
	84	95	104	104	84	81	87	124	76	117	103	110	96
YOY Sales Growth %	3.20%	19.94%	-1.71%	6.94%	-0.12%	-14.39%	-16.19%	20.03%	-9.73%	44.00%	18.06%	-11.34%	26.83%
	82	95	98	111	84	82	84	107	74	109	99	93	99
Material Cost %	45%	48%	49%	28%	44%	42%	51%	45%	43%	57%	50%	37%	50%
Employee Cost %	16%	14%	15%	14%	15%	15%	9%	8%	14%	10%	14%	11%	14%
Other Expenses %	36%	39%	31%	65%	42%	43%	36%	33%	40%	26%	33%	36%	39%
Operating Profit	2	-1	6	-7	-0	-0	4	17	2	8	4	17	-2
OPM %	3%	-1%	5%	-7%	0%	-1%	4%	14%	3%	7%	4%	16%	-2%
	1	1	11	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	4
Exceptional items										-2	-3
Interest	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2
Depreciation	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2
Profit before tax	-0	-4	13	-10	-3	-2	1	15	1	3	-1	15	-2
			73%				2%	0%	2%	2%		1%
Current tax			10	4
Deferred tax	0	-0	-0	0	-0	0	0	-0	0	0	0	0	-0
	-1	-4	3	-14	-3	-2	1	15	1	3	-1	15	-2
YOY Profit Growth %	-125.91%		-66.47%				-58.17%				-191.78%	-1.87%	-306.90%
EPS in Rs	-0.03	-0.24	0.21	-0.85	-0.15	-0.15	0.09	0.91	0.07	0.19	-0.08	0.89	-0.14
Raw filing

Source: the company's results filed with NSE, as reported. EPS restated for bonus issues and splits. Tap a row marked + for its breakdown. Latest quarter on the right.

Profit & Loss

Consolidated figures in ₹ crore /

₹ Cr	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	TTM
	733	1,853	4,994	4,674	5,370	6,288	6,282	5,967	6,322	6,654
YOY Sales Growth %		152.61%	169.54%	-6.41%	14.89%	17.08%	-0.10%	-5.01%	5.95%
	700	1,806	4,625	4,322	5,096	6,009	5,849	5,437	5,752	6,040
Material Cost %	33%	34%	30%	33%	33%	32%	29%	31%	35%	34%
Employee Cost %	26%	34%	38%	39%	40%	43%	40%	38%	35%	36%
Other Expenses %	36%	30%	25%	20%	22%	21%	25%	22%	20%	21%
Operating Profit	33	47	368	352	274	279	432	530	570	614
OPM %	5%	3%	7%	8%	5%	4%	7%	9%	9%	9%
	5	6	33	11	6	22	19	5	6	8
Exceptional items	14	-73	-125	-73	-22	-52	-40	-66	-63	-69
Interest	25	45	129	98	74	111	141	145	158	172
Depreciation	8	15	99	96	99	107	114	113	116	125
Profit before tax	19	-79	48	96	86	29	156	211	239	255
	22%		15%	19%	15%	20%	12%	3%	9%	11%
Current tax	5	-0	-3	16	11	7	23	13	22
Deferred tax	-1	-0	10	2	2	-1	-4	-6	-0
	15	-79	41	78	73	24	138	205	218	226
Profit from associates								1	-0	-0
YOY Profit Growth %		-627.60%		89.90%	-6.88%	-67.41%	480.96%	48.75%	6.22%
EPS in Rs	1.03	-5.39	2.77	5.21	4.45	1.42	8.20	12.16	12.78	13.13

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:: 6%
3 Years:: 0%
TTM:: 12%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:: 23%
3 Years:: 109%
TTM:: 5%

Stock Price CAGR

5 Years:: 35%
3 Years:: 63%
1 Year:: 64%

Return on Equity

4 Years:: 24%
Last Year:: 21%

₹ Cr	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	TTM
	303	307	309	250	294	363	387	377	406	426
YOY Sales Growth %		1.14%	0.81%	-19.33%	17.65%	23.77%	6.41%	-2.53%	7.73%
	274	298	291	237	282	346	386	357	374	399
Material Cost %	39%	39%	39%	28%	40%	44%	42%	46%	47%	48%
Employee Cost %	15%	15%	12%	13%	13%	12%	15%	11%	12%	12%
Other Expenses %	36%	43%	44%	55%	43%	39%	43%	38%	33%	33%
Operating Profit	29	8	18	12	12	18	0	20	32	27
OPM %	10%	3%	6%	5%	4%	5%	0%	5%	8%	6%
	5	6	6	8	6	2	13	5	6	8
Exceptional items	21	6			-2				-5	-5
Interest	21	17	19	17	6	8	7	5	5	5
Depreciation	2	2	7	5	4	7	8	8	9	9
Profit before tax	32	1	-2	-2	6	6	-1	12	19	15
						-1%		1%	1%	1%
Current tax							14
Deferred tax						-0	0	0	0
	32	1	-2	-2	6	6	-15	12	18	15
YOY Profit Growth %		-95.97%	-227.34%			0.52%	-356.51%		53.45%
EPS in Rs	2.17	0.09	-0.11	-0.12	0.36	0.35	-0.89	0.71	1.07	0.86
Dividend Payout %									92%

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:: 10%
3 Years:: 4%
TTM:: 16%

Compounded Profit Growth

3 Years:: 46%
TTM:: -6%

Stock Price CAGR

5 Years:: 35%
3 Years:: 63%
1 Year:: 64%

Return on Equity

4 Years:: 24%
Last Year:: 21%

Financial years ending March; TTM = the last four quarters. Source: the company's results filed with NSE, as reported. EPS restated for bonus issues and splits. Tap a row marked + for its breakdown. Dividend payout = dividends paid in the year ÷ net profit.

Balance Sheet

Consolidated figures in ₹ crore, as at 31 March

₹ Cr	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Equity Capital	34	34	34	36
Reserves	262	447	725	1,251
	628	712	942	1,153
Long term borrowings	305	362	633	797
Short term borrowings	47	35	21	30
	2,078	1,607	1,371	1,854
Trade payables	1,158	722	556	790
Current liabilities	2,044	1,576	1,362	1,769
Total Liabilities	3,002	2,800	3,072	4,294
	420	412	356	411
Gross block	737	652	356	806
Accumulated depreciation	317	240		395
Goodwill & intangibles	375	397	412	473
	2,583	2,389	2,716	3,883
Inventories	362	246	210	323
Trade receivables	421	386	567	1,153
Cash & equivalents	200	214	214	528
Current assets	2,026	1,837	2,130	3,236
Total Assets	3,002	2,800	3,072	4,294

Source: Yahoo Finance (compiled from the annual reports). Tap a row marked + for its breakdown.

Cash Flows

Consolidated figures in ₹ crore, financial years ending March

₹ Cr	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	13	129	-88	84
Profit for the year	24	138	205	218
Working capital changes	-282	-301	-551	-342
Direct taxes paid	-0	24	-2	-27
	19	1	-47	-57
Fixed assets purchased	-99	-51	-44	-72
Fixed assets sold	118	55	3
Investments purchased			-6
Investments sold				15
	-58	-155	192	197
Proceeds from borrowings	108	82	650	192
Repayment of borrowings	-25	-36	-394	-18
Interest paid	-44	-48	-36	-55
Dividends paid				-17
Net Cash Flow	-26	-25	58	224
Free Cash Flow	-85	79	-132	12

Free cash flow = cash from operations − capital expenditure. Source: Yahoo Finance.

Ratios

Ratio	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
ROE	—	8.0%	35.4%	33.0%	21.3%
ROCE	—	7.5%	16.7%	16.0%	12.6%
Operating margin	—	2.8%	5.1%	7.1%	7.6%
Net margin	—	0.4%	2.2%	3.4%	3.4%
Debt / equity	—	2.12	1.48	1.24	0.90
Current ratio	—	0.99	1.17	1.56	1.83
Debtor days	—	24	22	35	67
Inventory days	—	24	17	15	22
Days payable	—	75	49	41	55
Cash conversion cycle	—	-27	-10	9	34
Working capital days	—	-1	15	47	85

Computed from the reported statements: ROE on average equity; ROCE = EBIT / (total assets − current liabilities). Debtor days = receivables ÷ sales × 365; inventory and payable days use cost of goods sold; cash conversion cycle = debtor + inventory − payable days; working capital days = (current assets − current liabilities) ÷ sales × 365.

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages · as filed with NSE each quarter

Promoters 69.95%
FIIs 3.78%
DIIs 3.33%
Government 0.12%
Public 22.81%

%	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026	Sep 2026
Promoters	71.14%	71.09%	71.06%	71.06%	70.60%	70.53%	70.35%	70.24%	70.11%	69.99%	69.95%	69.95%
	4.83%	4.81%	4.71%	3.38%	4.34%	4.70%	4.09%	4.22%	3.43%	3.26%	4.69%	3.78%
Foreign portfolio investors (Cat. I)	4.83%	4.81%	4.71%	3.38%	3.85%	4.39%	4.01%	4.13%	3.33%	3.17%	3.65%	3.62%
Foreign portfolio investors (Cat. II)					0.48%	0.31%	0.08%	0.09%	0.10%	0.09%	1.04%	0.16%
	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.04%	0.04%	2.46%	2.99%	3.41%	3.33%
Mutual funds	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.02%	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%	0.01%	2.42%	2.95%	3.40%	3.32%
Insurance companies												0.01%
Alternative investment funds							0.02%	0.03%	0.04%	0.04%	0.01%
Government	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%
	23.90%	23.97%	24.08%	25.41%	24.91%	24.61%	25.40%	25.37%	23.86%	23.63%	21.83%	22.81%
Retail (up to ₹2 lakh)	6.70%	6.68%	7.19%	8.64%	8.97%	8.78%	9.58%	9.89%	9.37%	8.61%	7.37%	8.27%
HNIs (above ₹2 lakh)	6.75%	6.66%	6.74%	6.83%	6.91%	7.07%	6.99%	6.54%	5.66%	6.04%	6.22%	6.11%
NRIs	0.37%	0.36%	0.42%	0.48%	0.19%	0.16%	0.21%	0.24%	0.24%	0.22%	0.17%	0.21%
Bodies corporate	3.29%	3.42%	2.98%	3.18%	3.15%	3.36%	3.31%	3.34%	4.33%	4.57%	4.14%	5.31%
IEPF	0.43%	0.43%	0.43%	0.43%	0.43%	0.43%	0.43%	0.42%	0.42%	0.40%	0.39%	0.39%
No. of Shareholders	16,394	16,647	26,206	55,997	60,198	64,210	78,709	88,065	81,639	73,638	72,559	83,578

Source: shareholding patterns filed by the company with NSE. Public = non-institutional holders. Tap a row marked + for its breakdown.

Mutual funds & institutions holding Black Box

Holder (above 1%)	Stake
Quant Small Cap FundMutual fund	3.02%

As named in the shareholding pattern for Sep 2026 filed with NSE; mutual funds together hold 3.32% of the company. Shareholders below 1% are not named in the filing.

Documents

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Annual reports

Credit ratings

Concalls & investor meets

Filings made by the company with NSE; documents open on NSE's website.

Key dates

Ex-dividend date: 28 Aug 2026
Latest quarter: 30 Jun 2026
Financial year end: 31 Mar 2026

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What is the P/E ratio of Black Box Limited?

About 69.6 times its earnings over the last 12 months.

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