Sterlite Technologies Limited share price

Sterlite Technologies Limited, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells telecom products in India and internationally. It operates through Optical Networking Business and Digital and Technology Solutions segments. The company designs and manufactures optical fibres, optical fibre cables and specialty cables, optical connectivity, and optical inter connect products. It also provides STL neuralis data center solutions; sensron, a fibre optic sensing solution; FTTH and enterprise solutions; STL store; and operates Neox communication platform, as well as enabling digital transformation of telcos and enterprises. Sterlite Technologies Limited was founded in 1988 and is based in Pun…Read more

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TelecommunicationCommunication EquipmentNifty 500 Nifty Smallcap 250NSE: STLTECHISIN INE089C01029

16 Oct 2026, 3:30 PM IST₹865.90▼ 12.55 (1.43%)

Market Cap₹ 44,512 Cr.
Current Price₹ 865.90
High / Low₹ 1,051 / 85
Stock P/E187.8
Book Value₹ 46
Dividend Yield0.00 %
ROCE8.0 %
ROE2.60 %
Face Value₹ 2.0

More figures (10)

EPS (TTM)₹ 4.61
Price / Book18.64
OPM5.9 %
Debt / Equity0.86
Sales growth (5Y)-0.3 %
Profit growth (5Y)-26.7 %
Promoter holding50.8 %
EV / EBITDA56.3
Beta1.60
All-time high₹ 1,051

Price chart

Price on NSE 50 DMA 200 DMA Volume

Returns	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3Y CAGR	5Y CAGR
STLTECH	+5.85%	+59.95%	+237.78%	+739.05%	+639.58%	+75.85%	+25.31%
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

Sterlite Technologies Limited is in the Communication Equipment industry (Technology), with a market value of ₹44,512 crore.
It trades at 187.8 times its last 12 months' earnings and 18.6 times book value.
Revenue grew -0.3% a year over the last 5 years, profit -26.7% a year.
Return on equity was 2.6% and return on capital employed 8.0% in the latest year.
Debt was 0.86 times shareholders' equity.
The share price is 17.6% below its 52-week high and up 639.6% over one year.
Promoters and insiders hold about 50.8%; institutions about 21.2%.

Pros

Latest quarter (Jun 2026): sales up 87% and profit up 1,870% from a year ago.
Institutional (FII + DII) holding has risen by 24.8 points over 3 years.

Cons

Return on equity has been low: -2.0% on average over the last 3 years.
Interest cover is thin: operating earnings are 2.5 times the interest cost.
Sales growth has been slow: -0.3% a year over the last 5 years.
Profit growth has been weak: -26.7% a year over the last 5 years.
Promoter holding has fallen by 11.71 points over 3 years, to 42.28%.

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

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About Sterlite Technologies Limited

Employees: 707
Head office: Pune
NSE industry: Telecommunication

TechnologyTelecommunicationCommunication Equipment

Part ofNifty 500 Nifty Smallcap 250

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1.	Sterlite Technologies	865.90	187.8	44,512	0.00	197	1,870.00	1,910	87.44	8.0	2.6	18.64	5.9	0.86	50.83	4,745	-0.3
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3.	Vodafone Idea	12.59	3.6	1,36,404	0.00	-3,754	—	11,682	6.12	36.9	-65.1	—	-7.0	-5.38	74.64	44,789	2.1
4.	Indus Towers	383.30	14.1	1,01,084	3.67	1,746	-1.87	8,431	9.11	18.4	19.8	2.44	33.3	0.53	51.31	32,493	4.6
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7.	ITI	243.47	132.3	23,443	0.00	-32	—	425	-14.65	23.5	16.6	12.29	-0.6	0.40	97.90	2,184	16.1
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	Median: 8 Co.	319.66	42.1	62,804	0.04	213	2.99	2,212	13.50	17.6	12.3	7.72	9.4	0.47	52.23	7,141	8.5

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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
	1,522	1,494	1,322	1,140	1,218	1,413	1,261	1,052	1,019	1,034	1,257	1,441	1,910
YOY Sales Growth %		-15.50%	-29.76%	-39.10%	-19.97%	-5.42%	-4.61%	-7.72%	-16.34%	-26.82%	-0.32%	36.98%	87.44%
	1,308	1,281	1,232	1,087	1,134	1,268	1,133	927	887	905	1,137	1,246	1,525
Material Cost %	40%	45%	49%	50%	49%	52%	39%	54%	50%	48%	52%	50%	50%
Employee Cost %	17%	16%	19%	18%	17%	14%	15%	13%	15%	15%	13%	12%	10%
Other Expenses %	30%	24%	25%	27%	27%	24%	36%	20%	21%	24%	25%	24%	19%
Operating Profit	214	213	90	53	84	145	128	125	132	129	120	195	385
OPM %	14%	14%	7%	5%	7%	10%	10%	12%	13%	12%	10%	14%	20%
	21	3	19	14	9	6	5	21	8	12	9	23	12
Exceptional items											-15	31
Interest	92	95	94	88	71	84	83	65	50	55	56	63	55
Depreciation	81	85	84	85	82	83	84	79	77	80	79	77	85
Profit before tax	62	36	-69	-106	-60	-16	-34	2	13	6	-21	109	257
	31%	33%						-150%	23%	33%		46%	23%
Current tax	25	26		11	10	3	10	22	8	12	7	5	34
Deferred tax	-6	-14	-17	-34	-23	-6	-21	-25	-5	-10	-11	45	26
	52	32	-59	-82	-48	-14	-24	-40	10	4	-17	59	197
Profit from associates	1	2	1
Minority share	-2	-2	-2
Profit to shareholders	54	34	-57	-82		-14	-24	-40	10	28	-4	59	197
YOY Profit Growth %		-20.00%	-225.53%	-230.16%	-192.31%	-143.75%							1,870.00%
EPS in Rs	1.35	0.86	-1.44	-2.05	-0.99	-0.28	-0.48	-0.84	0.20	0.08	-0.35	1.21	4.03
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
	1,155	1,135	867	795	836	870	843	555	542	559	592	752	929
YOY Sales Growth %	-9.06%	-15.04%	-41.06%	-41.29%	-27.62%	-23.35%	-2.77%	-30.19%	-35.17%	-35.75%	-29.77%	35.50%	71.40%
	1,019	1,051	888	864	851	811	801	530	501	524	578	689	727
Material Cost %	51%	58%	62%	61%	61%	59%	38%	57%	55%	56%	56%	54%	49%
Employee Cost %	7%	8%	12%	8%	8%	8%	8%	7%	8%	6%	7%	7%	6%
Other Expenses %	30%	26%	28%	40%	33%	27%	48%	31%	29%	32%	34%	31%	24%
Operating Profit	136	84	-21	-69	-15	59	42	25	41	35	14	63	202
OPM %	12%	7%	-2%	-9%	-2%	7%	5%	5%	8%	6%	2%	8%	22%
	30	43	44	56	41	40	33	39	38	39	30	72	49
Exceptional items											-10
Interest	77	76	71	70	53	63	62	42	34	35	40	43	36
Depreciation	49	49	50	49	47	46	46	41	42	42	41	42	46
Profit before tax	40	2	-98	-132	-74	-10	-33	-19	3	-3	-47	50	169
	25%	50%							33%			34%	26%
Current tax	7		-4	22				11				4	1
Deferred tax	3	1	-25	-50	-18	-2	-8	-22	1	-1	-16	13	43
	38	14	-75	-103	-57	-9	-26	-25	2	-2	-31	33	125
YOY Profit Growth %	1,800.00%		-241.51%	-496.15%	-250.00%	-164.29%							6,150.00%
EPS in Rs	0.95	0.36	-1.88	-2.55	-1.18	-0.17	-0.53	-0.53	0.05	-0.05	-0.65	0.00	2.56
Raw filing

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

Profit & Loss

Consolidated figures in ₹ crore /

₹ Cr	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	TTM
	5,087	5,154	4,825	5,754	6,925	5,478	3,996	4,745	5,642
YOY Sales Growth %		1.32%	-6.39%	19.25%	20.35%	-20.90%	-27.05%	18.74%
	3,960	4,085	4,015	5,219	6,035	4,908	3,580	4,176	4,813
Material Cost %	49%	48%	50%	50%	48%	46%	50%	50%	50%
Employee Cost %	10%	12%	13%	15%	13%	17%	15%	14%	12%
Other Expenses %	19%	19%	20%	26%	26%	27%	24%	24%	23%
Operating Profit	1,127	1,069	811	535	890	570	416	569	829
OPM %	22%	21%	17%	9%	13%	10%	10%	12%	15%
	37	34	43	59	41	57	36	59	56
Exceptional items		-51		16				16	16
Interest	105	221	203	241	311	369	241	224	229
Depreciation	195	290	285	326	309	335	316	313	321
Profit before tax	864	542	365	44	311	-77	-105	107	351
	32%	20%	30%	34%	27%			48%	31%
Current tax	289	120	94	100	167	62	33	32
Deferred tax	-11	-11	18	-86	-83	-71	-66	19
	587	424	265	47	127	-57	-123	56	243
Profit from associates			15	5	4	4
Minority share	15	-9	-10	-15	-14	-6
Profit to shareholders	563	434	275	62	141	-51	-123	56	280
YOY Profit Growth %		-27.67%	-37.48%	-82.16%	168.27%	-144.88%
EPS in Rs	14.00	10.76	6.93	1.56	3.53	-1.27	-2.54	1.15	4.97
Dividend Payout %				128%	14%

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:: 0%
3 Years:: -12%
TTM:: 19%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:: -27%
3 Years:: -24%

Stock Price CAGR

5 Years:: 25%
3 Years:: 76%
1 Year:: 640%

Return on Equity

4 Years:: 0%
Last Year:: 3%

₹ Cr	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	TTM
	4,863	4,761	4,142	5,021	5,356	3,952	2,215	2,446	2,832
YOY Sales Growth %		-2.10%	-12.99%	21.22%	6.67%	-26.21%	-43.95%	10.43%
	3,823	3,764	3,429	4,594	4,615	3,823	2,188	2,293	2,518
Material Cost %	51%	49%	50%	52%	51%	57%	57%	55%	53%
Employee Cost %	9%	11%	12%	12%	9%	9%	8%	7%	6%
Other Expenses %	18%	19%	21%	27%	26%	31%	34%	31%	29%
Operating Profit	1,040	997	713	427	741	129	27	153	314
OPM %	21%	21%	17%	9%	14%	3%	1%	6%	11%
	35	33	58	59	175	173	133	179	190
Exceptional items		-51		53				-10	-10
Interest	95	204	190	219	280	294	163	152	154
Depreciation	168	232	215	209	203	197	174	167	171
Profit before tax	811	542	366	111	433	-189	-177	3	169
	34%	20%	29%	26%	23%			33%	26%
Current tax	271	112	75	67	102	25		4
Deferred tax	5	-3	29	-38	-4	-71	-50	-3
	535	434	261	82	75	-127	-115	2	125
YOY Profit Growth %		-19.00%	-39.70%	-68.71%	-8.31%	-269.33%
EPS in Rs	13.32	10.75	6.57	2.06	1.89	-3.17	-2.38	0.00	1.86
Dividend Payout %				97%	27%

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:: -10%
3 Years:: -23%
TTM:: 1%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:: -62%
3 Years:: -70%

Stock Price CAGR

5 Years:: 25%
3 Years:: 76%
1 Year:: 640%

Return on Equity

4 Years:: 0%
Last Year:: 3%

Financial years ending March; TTM = the last four quarters. Source: the company's results filed with NSE, as reported. 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	80	80	98	98
Reserves	2,011	1,943	1,891	2,170
	3,834	3,376	1,926	1,942
Long term borrowings	1,002	991	837	1,155
Short term borrowings	2,665	2,234	981	672
	2,940	2,932	1,605	2,136
Trade payables	2,152	2,178	1,028	1,336
Minority interest	4
Current liabilities	5,529	5,181	2,509	2,720
Total Liabilities	8,865	8,331	5,520	6,346
	3,010	2,948	2,699	2,747
Gross block	5,179	5,346	5,256	5,638
Accumulated depreciation	2,169	2,398	2,557	2,891
Goodwill & intangibles	392	371	257	275
CWIP	158	111	31	54
	5,697	5,272	2,790	3,545
Inventories	832	822	736	906
Trade receivables	1,822	1,598	826	1,066
Cash & equivalents	450	339	396	298
Current assets	5,206	4,643	2,285	2,663
Total Assets	8,865	8,331	5,520	6,346

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
	228	791	348	520
Profit for the year	141	-51	-123	56
Working capital changes	-543	248	-118	-53
Direct taxes paid	-19	-134	-56	-59
	-57	-209	-89	-507
Fixed assets purchased	-375	-280	-137	-193
Fixed assets sold	26	33	15	17
Investments purchased	-40	-7	-9	-4
Investments sold	62	5	36	50
	-132	-691	4	-133
Proceeds from borrowings	346	457	100	509
Repayment of borrowings	-523	-961	-278	-196
Interest paid	-314	-366	-320	-221
Dividends paid	-20	-41
Net Cash Flow	39	-109	263	-120
Free Cash Flow	-147	511	211	327

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

Ratios

Ratio	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
ROE	—	6.7%	-2.5%	-6.1%	2.6%
ROCE	—	16.8%	5.6%	3.1%	8.0%
Operating margin	—	10.0%	4.8%	2.8%	5.9%
Net margin	—	2.1%	-1.3%	-3.1%	1.2%
Debt / equity	—	1.83	1.67	0.97	0.86
Current ratio	—	0.94	0.90	0.91	0.98

Computed from the reported statements: ROE on average equity; ROCE = EBIT / (total assets − current liabilities).

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages · as filed with NSE each quarter

Promoters 42.28%
FIIs 17.77%
DIIs 13.74%
Public 26.21%

%	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	53.99%	53.98%	44.18%	44.17%	44.17%	44.16%	44.40%	44.45%	44.44%	44.44%	44.51%	42.28%
	4.75%	5.02%	7.77%	8.36%	8.71%	7.28%	6.74%	11.28%	10.93%	11.47%	18.22%	17.77%
Foreign portfolio investors (Cat. I)	4.51%	4.75%	7.51%	8.03%	8.45%	6.94%	6.35%	10.17%	9.66%	9.03%	16.58%	16.21%
Foreign portfolio investors (Cat. II)	0.24%	0.27%	0.26%	0.33%	0.26%	0.34%	0.39%	1.11%	1.27%	2.44%	1.64%	1.55%
	1.97%	2.01%	11.74%	10.69%	9.43%	11.61%	11.34%	10.79%	11.05%	10.84%	11.44%	13.74%
Mutual funds	0.09%	0.10%	8.49%	7.45%	6.57%	8.93%	8.66%	8.04%	8.27%	7.41%	9.48%	12.31%
Insurance companies	1.43%	1.44%	1.23%	1.26%	1.17%	1.17%	1.17%	1.17%	1.17%	1.17%	0.82%	0.43%
Banks	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
Alternative investment funds	0.42%	0.44%	2.00%	1.97%	1.66%	1.48%	1.49%	1.57%	1.59%	2.24%	1.12%	0.98%
	39.29%	38.99%	36.31%	36.77%	37.70%	36.96%	37.52%	33.48%	33.57%	33.26%	25.83%	26.21%
Retail (up to ₹2 lakh)	24.42%	24.63%	21.32%	22.38%	22.93%	22.13%	22.74%	19.95%	19.62%	18.58%	15.50%	16.19%
HNIs (above ₹2 lakh)	6.49%	6.80%	6.16%	5.77%	6.11%	7.39%	7.31%	6.74%	7.30%	6.91%	4.79%	4.21%
NRIs	1.01%	1.02%	1.00%	1.16%	1.27%	1.09%	1.17%	0.89%	1.01%	0.97%	0.80%	0.89%
Bodies corporate	4.97%	4.13%	5.65%	5.28%	5.17%	4.16%	4.09%	3.69%	3.45%	4.77%	2.95%	3.25%
IEPF	1.16%	1.17%	0.96%	0.96%	0.97%	0.97%	0.97%	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%	0.99%	0.94%
No. of Shareholders	2,30,463	2,32,669	2,38,975	2,42,245	2,44,033	2,38,357	2,62,629	2,31,127	2,19,889	2,12,162	2,33,593	2,75,650

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

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: 8 Aug 2023
Latest quarter: 30 Jun 2026
Financial year end: 31 Mar 2026

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What is the P/E ratio of Sterlite Technologies Limited?

About 187.8 times its earnings over the last 12 months.

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