PDSL
PDS share price & financials
- Price
- ₹338.75
- Market cap
- ₹5.2k Cr
- Sector
- Textiles
- Calls analysed
- 8
PDS Q1 FY27
What went well
- Revenue grew 15% YoY to ₹3,444 crores, driven by strong North America performance (48% growth).
- EBITDA increased 90% YoY to ₹96 crores, with EBITDA margin expanding by 111 bps to 2.8%.
- Profit after tax grew 43% YoY to ₹29 crores.
What to watch
- Ted Baker business incurred approximately $2 million in losses in Q1 FY27, with full-year losses expected not to exceed $2-3 million.
What PDS does
PDS Limited operates an asset-light apparel sourcing platform that designs, sources and delivers finished garments and other apparel-adjacent products for global retailers and brands, taking minimal inventory or credit risk itself. It runs as a federation of entrepreneur-led sourcing verticals and agencies spread across multiple sourcing and consumption geographies, working with a network of compliant third-party factory partners rather than owning large-scale captive manufacturing. Beyond core sourcing, the group also holds a small manufacturing operation (including an acquired knitwear unit) and a portfolio of design-led and owned/licensed fashion brands under its Brand Management and PDS Ventures businesses.
Segments
- Sourcing
- Manufacturing
- PDS Ventures and Others
- Countries with operating presence
- 22+
- Offices worldwide
- 90+
- People strength (employees + factory associates)
- 12,000+ (4,500+ employees, 7,500+ factory associates)
- Sourcing/business verticals
- 40+
- In-house designers
- 250+
- Compliant factory partners
- 600+
Guidance record · Q1 FY27
what the last two calls moved 26 tracked 5 delivered 8 missed 13 open- FY25 PAT Growth delivered, diluted said Q2 FY25 Promised: 25-30% Q1 FY27: Historical promise, resolved in FY25.
- PAT Margin went quiet said Q3 FY25 Promised: 3% PAT by FY27 Q1 FY27: Q1 PAT margin was ~0.84%. Management continues to focus on EBITDA margin and overall profit growth, but the specific 3% PAT margin target for FY27 remains unaddressed and appears highly unlikely.
- GMV and PAT Margin at risk said Q3 FY25 Promised: $5 billion GMV and 5% PAT in 5 years (by FY29) Q1 FY27: Q1 performance (15% revenue growth, 43% PAT growth) is a positive step, but PAT margin remains low at 0.84%. Management remains cautious, deferring guidance updates until after Q2.
All 26 tracked — every revision, and every one management stopped mentioning.
Open the guidance ledgerQuarterly results
Q1 FY27: revenue down 17.2%, net profit down 68.5% against the same quarter last year.
| Line item | Q2 FY25 | Q3 FY25 | Q4 FY25 | Q1 FY26 | Q2 FY26 | Q3 FY26 | Q4 FY26 | Q1 FY27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 111 | 122 | 122 | 48 | 65 −41% | 73 −40% | 71 −41% | 40 −17% |
| EBITDA | 2 | 3 | -6 | 1 | -0 −114% | -2 −169% | -12 −114% | 1 −28% |
| Net profit | 2 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 1 −71% | 0 −94% | 27 +77% | 1 −69% |
How to read this
₹ crore, as filed. The percentage beside a figure is the change against the same quarter a year earlier — never the quarter before, which would make every seasonal business look like it collapses and booms each year.
Performance +4.4% 1Y
1Y: ₹333.65 on 10 Sept 2025 → ₹348.2. High ₹407.4 (20 Nov 2025), low ₹253.85 (23 Mar 2026).
How the price took the results
close before → close after
- Q1 FY27
- +5.6%
- 10 Aug
- Q4 FY26
- +6.0%
- 18 May
- Q3 FY26
- −3.5%
- 11 Feb
- Q2 FY26
- +0.1%
- 28 Oct
The move from the last close before each results date to the first close after it — the market's first read on the quarter, not the quarter itself.
Financials, as filed
Revenue fell 68.2% a year over 3 years, FY23 to FY26. Operating margin narrowed to -5.1%.
| Year ending | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹8.0k Cr | ₹625 Cr | ₹451 Cr | ₹257 Cr |
| Operating profit | ₹334 Cr | ₹18 Cr | ₹6 Cr | ₹-13 Cr |
| Operating margin | 4.2% | 2.9% | 1.3% | -5.1% |
| Interest | ₹45 Cr | ₹5 Cr | ₹7 Cr | ₹6 Cr |
| Depreciation | ₹60 Cr | ₹7 Cr | ₹6 Cr | ₹7 Cr |
| Net profit | ₹290 Cr | ₹79 Cr | ₹72 Cr | ₹32 Cr |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 12.6% | 16.0% | 12.4% |
| Cash from operations | ₹87 Cr | ₹-30 Cr | ₹-29 Cr | ₹16 Cr |
| Free cash flow | ₹79 Cr | ₹-36 Cr | ₹-37 Cr | ₹14 Cr |
| ROCE | 43.0% | 31.0% | 15.0% | 5.0% |
How to read this
From the company's own filings. Margins are computed from the filed sums; a year with an incomplete quarter is left blank rather than estimated.
Balance sheet
| Year ending | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity capital | ₹26 Cr | ₹26 Cr | ₹26 Cr | ₹26 Cr | ₹28 Cr | ₹28 Cr |
| Reserves | ₹130 Cr | ₹176 Cr | ₹190 Cr | ₹239 Cr | ₹1.7k Cr | ₹670 Cr |
| Borrowings | ₹11 Cr | ₹12 Cr | ₹15 Cr | ₹65 Cr | ₹1.2k Cr | ₹53 Cr |
| Other liabilities | ₹26 Cr | ₹43 Cr | ₹186 Cr | ₹176 Cr | ₹2.0k Cr | ₹88 Cr |
| Total liabilities | ₹193 Cr | ₹256 Cr | ₹417 Cr | ₹507 Cr | ₹4.9k Cr | ₹840 Cr |
| Fixed assets | ₹36 Cr | ₹36 Cr | ₹43 Cr | ₹41 Cr | ₹842 Cr | ₹49 Cr |
| Capital work in progress | ₹0 Cr | ₹0 Cr | ₹0 Cr | ₹0 Cr | ₹1 Cr | ₹0 Cr |
| Investments | ₹101 Cr | ₹122 Cr | ₹162 Cr | ₹183 Cr | ₹525 Cr | ₹506 Cr |
| Other assets | ₹56 Cr | ₹99 Cr | ₹212 Cr | ₹283 Cr | ₹3.5k Cr | ₹285 Cr |
| Total assets | ₹193 Cr | ₹256 Cr | ₹417 Cr | ₹507 Cr | ₹4.9k Cr | ₹840 Cr |
How to read this
As filed each year. A line the company does not report — deposits for a non-lender, for instance — is left out rather than shown as a row of dashes.
Who owns it
As disclosed at Jun 2026
Since Jun 2025, the public added +1.41 pp while DIIs trimmed −0.74 pp.
- Promoters
- 61.4%
- FIIs
- 3.8%
- DIIs
- 5.2%
- Public
- 29.5%
- Others
- 0.2%
Since Jun 2025
- Public +1.41 pp
- DIIs −0.74 pp
- FIIs −0.65 pp
How it drifted, 12 quarters
Over this window promoters fell from 66.0% to 61.4% — −4.6 pp.
Ownership split by quarter, oldest first. Sep '23: Promoters 66.0%, FIIs 3.0%, DIIs 0.7%, Public 30.2%, Others 0.1%.Dec '23: Promoters 65.8%, FIIs 3.4%, DIIs 0.6%, Public 30.0%, Others 0.1%.Mar '24: Promoters 65.8%, FIIs 3.7%, DIIs 0.8%, Public 29.5%, Others 0.1%.Jun '24: Promoters 65.7%, FIIs 3.7%, DIIs 0.9%, Public 29.5%, Others 0.2%.Sep '24: Promoters 61.7%, FIIs 5.2%, DIIs 5.3%, Public 27.6%, Others 0.2%.Dec '24: Promoters 61.5%, FIIs 5.2%, DIIs 5.7%, Public 27.4%, Others 0.2%.Mar '25: Promoters 61.4%, FIIs 5.0%, DIIs 5.7%, Public 27.7%, Others 0.2%.Jun '25: Promoters 61.4%, FIIs 4.4%, DIIs 5.9%, Public 28.1%, Others 0.2%.Sep '25: Promoters 61.4%, FIIs 3.7%, DIIs 5.7%, Public 29.1%, Others 0.2%.Dec '25: Promoters 61.4%, FIIs 3.2%, DIIs 5.8%, Public 29.4%, Others 0.2%.Mar '26: Promoters 61.4%, FIIs 3.3%, DIIs 5.8%, Public 29.4%, Others 0.2%.Jun '26: Promoters 61.4%, FIIs 3.8%, DIIs 5.2%, Public 29.5%, Others 0.2%.
Who bought this quarter
since Mar 2026
Disclosed holders that added to a position or appeared on the register for the first time, biggest addition first.
- ICICI Prudential Manufacturing Fund Mutual fund newly disclosed 2.58% held
- Unico Global Opportunities Fund Limited FPI fund newly disclosed 1.20% held
The same filing shows 0 holders trimming and 2 off the list — both are in the register beside this.
Who is on the register
Named in the Jun 2026 filing
Every holder of PDS above SEBI's 1% disclosure line, and what changed since Mar 2026.
| Holder | Stake | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Payel Seth | 49.23% | unchanged |
| Deepak Kumar Seth | 11.16% | unchanged |
| Sanjiv Dhireshbhai Shah | 5.37% | unchanged |
| ICICI Prudential Manufacturing Fund Mutual fund | 2.58% | newly disclosed |
| Mukul Mahavir Agrawal | 2.38% | unchanged |
| Enam Investments Private Limited | 1.48% | unchanged |
| Vishal Rameshbhai Patel | 1.21% | unchanged |
| Unico Global Opportunities Fund Limited FPI fund | 1.20% | newly disclosed |
| Pallak Seth | 0.99% | unchanged |
| Nim International Commerce LLP | 0.00% | unchanged |
| Pulkit Seth | 0.00% | unchanged |
| Shifalli Seth | 0.00% | unchanged |
A holder disappearing from this list has fallen below the 1% line — it is not necessarily a sale. Percentages are of total shares, as disclosed in the company's own filing. Who was buying across the market this quarter.
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