Central Depository Services (India) Ltd.

NSE: CDSL

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Central Depository Services (India) Ltd.

05 May 2025

1720.00

2.03%

Weak operating performance

Neutral: Central Depository Service...

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Motilal Oswal

CDSL’s operating revenue declined 7% YoY and 19% QoQ to INR2.2b (7% miss), primarily due to a 36%/29% YoY decline in transaction revenue/online data charges. For FY25, the company’s revenue grew 33% YoY to INR10.8b.

Central Depository Services (India) Ltd. has gained 18.17% in the last 1 Month

Central Depository Services (India) Ltd.

27 Jan 2025

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Weak transaction income; high tech costs impact PAT

Neutral: Central Depository Service...

Motilal Oswal

CDSL’s operating revenue grew 30% YoY to INR2.8b (10% miss) in 3QFY25, driven by 27%/87% YoY growth in Annual Issuer Charges/IPO and Corporate Action Charges. For 9MFY25, revenues rose 50% YoY to INR8.6b.

Central Depository Services (India) Ltd. has gained 41.41% in the last 3 Months

Central Depository Services (India) Ltd.

07 Aug 2024

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Strong industry position, lower regulatory risk is well accounted in rich valuations

Hold: Central Depository Service...

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ICICI Securities Limited

Depositories remain a structural play on India’s capital markets buoyed by higher retail participation. Central Depository Services (CDSL).

Central Depository Services (India) Ltd. has gained 18.17% in the last 1 Month

Central Depository Services (India) Ltd.

11 Aug 2023

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Beneficiary of capital market momentum; new cost structure reduces operating leverage

Hold: Central Depository Service...

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ICICI Securities Limited

Depositories remain a structural play on India’s capital markets buoyed by higher retail participation. Central Depository Services (CDSL) benefits from: 1) leadership (in a duopoly) in terms of the number of demat accounts (market share at 73% as of Jun’23); 2) growth optionalities for its digital platforms (insurance repository included); and 3) steady non-market-linked revenues (from annuity issuer charges).

FII/FPI have decreased holdings from 17.01% to 11.32% in Mar 2025 qtr

Central Depository Services (India) Ltd.

06 Feb 2023

1720.00

2.03%

Secure play on financialisation despite current cyclical trough

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ICICI Securities Limited

Depositories remain a structural play on India’s capital markets benefitting from higher retail participation. We believe Central Depository Services (CDSL) warrants higher valuation multiples due to its: 1) leadership (in a duopoly) in terms of the number of demat accounts

Central Depository Services (India) Ltd. has gained 41.41% in the last 3 Months

Central Depository Services (India) Ltd.

31 Oct 2022

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2.03%

H1 performance: Increasing demat count underlines steady earnings potential despite market volatility

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ICICI Securities Limited

Depositories remain a structural play on capital markets benefitting from higher retail
participation.

FII/FPI have decreased holdings from 17.01% to 11.32% in Mar 2025 qtr

Central Depository Services (India) Ltd.

11 Jul 2022

1720.00

2.03%

Structural levers supersede prospects of cyclical earnings dip in near term

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ICICI Securities Limited

We note the combination of increased retail participation in capital markets and increased digitisation are two structural levers for CDSL. These remain germane despite the likely dip in market-related revenues (61%/69% of total revenues in FY21/FY22) in FY23E. Optionalities, execution and duopolistic industry structure provide strong long-term earnings growth potential.

FII/FPI have decreased holdings from 17.01% to 11.32% in Mar 2025 qtr

Central Depository Services (India) Ltd.

13 Apr 2022

1720.00

2.03%

Pick of the Week CDSL Ltd 13-04-2022

Buy: Central Depository Service...

SBI Securities

Central Depository Services (India) Ltd. is trading above all available SMAs

Central Depository Services (India) Ltd.

06 May 2021

1720.00

2.03%

CDSL - Company Update - In its own league

Hold: Central Depository Service...

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Monarch Networth Capital Limited

Our positive stance on Central Depository Services Ltd (CDSL) is based on the premise of its business model, positioning, and market share gains, return ratios, and free-cashflow yield. The co. has been the biggest beneficiary of the revival in capital market activities evident in 170%+ YoY in its transaction charges (35% of its revenues) and continued growth in its annual issuer charges. With tailwinds in form of GoI initiatives and efforts by CDSL at enhancing its revenue opportunities, we see drivers for strong revenue/earnings growth. However, in the backdrop of recent outperformance and need for consistency, we lower our rating to HOLD, albeit revise our TP upwards to Rs750 (valued on a two-stage dividend discount model). We have argued for valuation...

Number of MF schemes decreased from 33 to 27 in Mar 2025 qtr

Central Depository Services (India) Ltd.

04 Feb 2021

1720.00

2.03%

CDSL - Company Update - Gaining further ground

Buy: Central Depository Service...

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Monarch Networth Capital Limited

We retain BUY on Central Depository Services Ltd (CDSL) with a target price revised upwards to Rs650. CDSL stands to gain from the strong revival in capital market activities evident in a) increase in Beneficiary accounts (BO), b) surge in deliverybased volumes, c) continued traction in KYC business, and d) steady-rise in annual issuer charges. GoI initiatives (as laid out in the recent Budget), including efforts by CDSL at enhancing its digital footprint, Aadhar-based authentication, online licensing etc. will aid in strong revenue growth / newer revenue opportunities. We are factoring in 20.2%25.1% CAGR in revenue/net profit over FY20-23E. Businesses with a healthy margin profile, asset-light model, and duopoly nature of existence...

Central Depository S.. has an average target of 1150.00 from 2 brokers.

Is Central Depository Services (India) Ltd. worth buying?

1384 Votes:

Buy 80.64%

Sell 10.19%

Hold 9.18%

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