Persistent Records $328.2 Million Revenue in Q1 FY25 with 5.6% Q-o-Q, 16.0% Y-o-Y Growth

Pivots to AI-led, platform-driven services approach

PUNE, India and SANTA CLARA, Calif. , July 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Persistent Systems (BSE: 533179) (NSE: PERSISTENT) today announced the Company's audited financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, as approved by the Board of Directors.

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Consolidated Financial Highlights for the Quarter ended June 30, 2024


                                Q1FY25 Margin%   QoQ    YoY



     
     Revenue (USD Million)    328.2           5.6 % 16.0 %



     
     Revenue (INR Million) 27,371.7           5.7 % 17.9 %



     
     EBITDA (INR Million)   4,552.1   16.6 %  0.2 %  7.6 %



     
     PBT (INR Million)      4,005.4   14.6 %  1.3 % 30.4 %



     
     PAT (INR Million)      3,064.2   11.2 % -2.8 % 33.9 %

The 34(th) Annual General Meeting of the Company was held on July 16, 2024. All the resolutions, including final dividend payment of INR 10 per share, were approved by the members with requisite majority.

"I am pleased to announce our 17(th) consecutive quarter of revenue growth, underscoring our clients' sustained trust and confidence in us. Our continued success is driven by resilience, innovation, and a strategic focus on future readiness.

We have pivoted to an AI-led, platform-driven services approach, deepening our hyperscaler partnerships and developing a suite of innovative solutions. Recognizing our transformative digital solutions, ISG, the leading advisory firm, ranks us as a Leader for Digital Engineering services in the US and Europe 2024, for the second year in a row.

Ms. Roshini Bakshi retired as an Independent Director from our Board after a decade. We thank her for her leadership and guidance. We are delighted to welcome Ms. Anjali Joshi as an Independent Director. Her vast expertise as a technology leader will enrich our Board and guide us on our growth journey."

First Quarter FY25 Client Wins and Outcomes

The order booking for the quarter ended on June 30, 2024, was at $462.8 million in Total Contract Value (TCV) and at $337.3 million in Annual Contract Value (ACV) terms.

Some of the key wins for the quarter include:

Software, Hi-Tech & Emerging Industries

    --  Delivering engineering and support services to accelerate the virtual
        private cloud roadmap and provide managed services for one of the
        largest US-based technology companies
    --  Consolidating R&D operations globally and enhancing productivity to
        advance the AI, data, and SaaS strategy of a leading European network
        lifecycle automation company
    --  Setting up greenfield IT and security operations with managed services
        model to ensure timely transition for an application security testing
        firm, a PE-led carve-out from a top semiconductor company

Banking, Financial Services & Insurance

    --  Modernizing customer data applications, enhancing risk and sales
        business KPIs, and implementing GenAI to improve customer experience for
        an American financial services and wealth management company
    --  Building a cloud-native payment rail solution to enable real-time
        payments for the customers of one of the largest US-based fintech
        companies
    --  Transforming legacy platforms and digitizing processes to elevate the
        experience of business banking customers for a leading Australian
        multinational bank

Healthcare & Life Sciences

    --  Enhancing the software platform that tracks sample processing as well as
        reagent and instrument usage to improve turnaround time and reduce
        manual errors for a leading precision oncology company
    --  Migrating on-prem clinical and claim data warehouse to a cloud-based
        platform to boost analytics efficiency for a multinational health
        insurance company
    --  Undertaking product lifecycle management of critical applications for
        genetic condition diagnostics to increase operational efficiency for a
        leading US-based diagnostics company

    --  Persistent Acquires Starfish Associates, Strengthening its Position in
        AI-powered Contact Center and Unified Communications
    --  Persistent Enters into Strategic Partnership Agreement to Drive
        Innovative Solutions Powered by Google Cloud
    --  Persistent Achieves Premier Services Partner Status with Snowflake,
        Boosting Data Management and Analytics Capabilities
    --  Persistent Transforms Enterprise Data Management with iAURA, a Portfolio
        of AI-Powered Data Solutions

    --  Persistent's Founder, Chairman, and Managing Director, Dr. Anand
        Deshpande honored with the Association of Computing Machinery
        Presidential Award 2023
    --  Persistent ranked a Leader in ISG Provider Lens(TM) Digital Engineering
        Services Quadrant Report U.S. 2024
    --  Persistent named a Leader in ISG Provider Lens(TM) Digital Engineering
        Services Quadrant Report for Europe, 2024
    --  Persistent cited a Leader and Rising Star in ISG's Provider Lens(TM)
        Salesforce Ecosystem Partners 2024 Report
    --  Persistent Recognized for Excellence in Governance and Executive
        Leadership in Institutional Investor's 2024 Asia Executive Team Survey
    --  Persistent won the "Masters of Risk" award in the Risk Governance
        category at the CNBC-TV18 India Risk Management Awards

About Persistent

Persistent Systems (BSE & NSE: PERSISTENT) is a global services and solutions company delivering Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization to businesses across industries. With over 23,500 employees located in 19 countries, the Company is committed to innovation and client success. Persistent offers a comprehensive suite of services, including AI-enabled software engineering, product development, data and analytics, CX transformation, cloud computing, and intelligent automation. The Company has been recognized as the "Most Promising Company" of the Year by CNBC-TV18 at the 2023 India Business Leader Awards. As a participant of the United Nations Global Compact, Persistent is committed to aligning strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption, as well as take actions that advance societal goals.

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Forward-looking and Cautionary Statements

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