HAPPSTMNDSInformation Technology

Happiest Minds Technologies Limited

Computers - Software & Consulting · ISIN INE419U01012 · BSE 543227 · NSE EQ · FV ₹2
Last price
₹328
+0.14%today
What this company does

Happiest Minds Technologies Limited operates in Computers - Software & Consulting, part of the Information Technology sector. It booked ₹629 cr of revenue in its latest quarter (Q1 FY27) and kept 10.8% of sales as profit.

56out of 100
Equitytale Health Score
Mixed

Healthier than 56% of companies in Information Technology, on all six measures of filed financials. Each measure is ranked against the 42–123 companies that reported it.

Measures financial condition, not whether to buy. Learn what this score means · How this is calculated

Price momentum
oversold
RSI (14)
30

At close. Not part of the score.

Profitability & returns65

How much profit it earns on the money it employs

Balance sheet15

How much it owes, and whether earnings cover the interest

Cash quality83

Whether reported profit actually arrives as cash

Growth & consistency54

Whether sales and profit have grown, and how steadily

Valuation41

What today's price implies, against our models or its peers

Governance & risk100

How much of the promoters' stake is pledged, and how much they hold · highest in its sector on what we could measure

Is this company doing well?
not investment advice
Strengths
Makes a profit
Sales up 14% vs last year
Profit up 18% vs last year
Promoters hold 44%
No promoter shares pledged
Strong 16% return on equity
Turns profit into real cash
Watch-outs
None flagged from our data

What if I invest in HAPPSTMNDS?

Set a growth rate and see what a monthly SIP would add up to. Your assumption, our arithmetic.

You would put in
₹12.00 lakh
120 instalments
At 15% a year, it would become
₹26.30 lakh

The slider starts at 15%, taken from this company's own free-cash-flow trend. That is history, not a forecast — this is your assumption, and the figure above is arithmetic on it. Returns are not steady year to year, and a real holding would not grow in a straight line. We do not publish price targets or predict returns.

Key ratios · latest quarter + price
₹328 +0.14%
latest close · 2026-09-17
1-year return
-77.2%
52-wk low ₹32352-wk high ₹1,568
Is it cheap or expensive?
What you pay for the profits, book value and cash flow. Higher isn't automatically worse — it can signal faster growth.
P/E ratio18.3Average
LowAverageHigh
P/B ratio2.92Moderate
Below bookModerateHigh
EV / EBITDA11.0Average
LowAverageHigh
How good is the business?
How much profit it earns from its money and its sales.
Return on equity16.0%Strong
WeakFairStrong ▸15%
Return on capital21.3%Strong
WeakFairStrong
Net margin10.8%Decent
ThinDecentStrong
EBITDA margin22.5%Healthy
ThinDecentHealthy
Is it financially safe?
How much it owes, and whether it can comfortably cover it.
Debt to equity0.84Moderate
LowModerateHigh ▸1
Interest cover4.2×Okay
RiskyOkayStrong ▸5×
Current ratio1.48Healthy
Tight ◂1HealthyAmple
More figures
Market cap
₹4,932 cr
Book value
₹112
EPS
₹4.49
latest quarter
Net debt
₹1,293 cr
owes more than its cash
Enterprise value
₹6,225 cr
EBITDA
₹565 cr
annualised
EBIT
₹475 cr
annualised
Operating margin
18.9%
Return on assets
7.5%
Earnings yield
5.48%
P/S
1.96
Sales / share
₹167.2
Tax rate
25.1%
Face value
₹2
Shares
15.0 cr
Working capital
₹674 cr
Current assets
₹2,076 cr
Current liabilities
₹1,402 cr
Delivery %
33.9%
Strong / safeFairWeak / riskyValuation — a level, not good/badBands are general rules of thumb, not advice.

P/E, ROE, ROCE and margins are annualised from the latest quarter; per-share and balance-sheet ratios use the most recent balance sheet on file · prices as of 2026-09-17.

Worth vs price · from the exchange filings
not investment advice
Looks overpricedMedium confidence
Median of 3 models ₹200 vs market price ₹328 — price is 64% above it
Safety cushion-63.7%(target ≥ +20%)
Models span ₹109₹273, midpoint ₹200
Model ₹200
Price ₹328
Cheap sideExpensive side

An educational model from the company's own filings, every assumption shown — not investment advice or a price target. Prices can stay above or below any model for years.

P&L · Q1 FY27 (consolidated)
Revenue from Operations₹629 cr
Other Income₹24 cr
Total Income₹652 cr
Cost of Materials₹0 cr
Purchases of Stock-in-Trade₹0 cr
Employee Benefit Expense₹411 cr
Finance Costs₹28 cr
Depreciation & Amortisation₹23 cr
Other Expenses₹100 cr
Total Expenses₹562 cr
Profit before Tax₹90 cr
Tax Expense₹23 cr
Net Profit₹68 cr
Net margin on total income10.4%
Where the money goes · Q1 FY27
% of total income
Employee benefit expense₹411 cr63.0%
Finance costs₹28 cr4.4%
Depreciation & amortisation₹23 cr3.5%
Other expenses₹100 cr15.3%
Tax expense₹23 cr3.5%
Profit for the period₹68 cr10.4%
Total income ₹652 cradds up to ₹100 ✓
Quarterly results · consolidated (₹ cr)
MetricQ3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
Revenue588 cr604 cr629 cr
Total income603 cr622 cr652 cr
Expenses527 cr545 cr562 cr
Profit before tax54 cr80 cr90 cr
Tax14 cr19 cr23 cr
Net profit (owners' share)40 cr61 cr68 cr
Net margin (owners' share, on revenue)6.9%10.1%10.8%
EPS (₹)2.684.064.49
YoY (latest quarter): total income +12.5% · net profit +18.3%
Balance sheet & cash flow · as of Mar 2026
Moderate debt
Total assets
₹3,625 cr
Shareholder equity
₹1,689 cr
parent shareholders
Total debt
₹1,413 cr
Cash
₹120 cr
Cash flow · H1 FY26
Operating
₹123 cr
Investing
₹67 cr
Financing
₹-175 cr
Peer comparison
Computers - Software & Consulting · by market value
CompanyPriceMarket capP/E
Tata Consultancy Services Limited₹2,190₹7.93 L cr14.8
Infosys Limited₹1,059₹4.29 L cr13.8
HCL Technologies Limited₹1,258₹3.42 L cr18.4
Wipro Limited₹166₹1.65 L cr13.0
Tech Mahindra Limited₹1,561₹1.38 L cr23.6
LTM Limited₹4,265₹1.26 L cr21.6
Persistent Systems Limited₹5,473₹86,337 cr44.3
Coforge Limited₹1,793₹79,340 cr36.3
MphasiS Limited₹2,320₹44,284 cr22.6
Same industry · latest reported numbers · not a recommendation.
Corporate actions
Dividend yield
1.95%
trailing 12 months
Dividend / share (TTM)
₹6.4
Last dividend
₹3.65
ex 17 Jul 2026
ActionDetailEx-date
Dividend₹3.65 / share17 Jul 2026
Dividend₹2.75 / share4 Nov 2025
Dividend₹3.5 / share18 Jul 2025
Dividend₹2.5 / share27 Nov 2024
Dividend₹3.25 / share14 Jun 2024
Dividend₹2.5 / share30 Oct 2023
Who owns it · 2026-06-30
No pledge
Promoter
44.2%
FII / Foreign
6.0%
DII / Domestic
5.7%
Retail / others
42.9%
Promoter stake down 7.1% over the last 12 quarters.
Smart-money activity
Insider trades
SoldAJAY DURGAPRASAD AGRAWAL · -1,000 · ₹1,4296 Aug 21
SoldHUZEFA SAIFEE · -3,000 · ₹1,4055 Aug 21
SoldAJAY DURGAPRASAD AGRAWAL · -5,000 · ₹1,3654 Aug 21
Bulk / block deals
short · NSE116 Sep 26
BoughtQE SECURITIES LLP · NSE7.70 L @ ₹368.351 Sep 26
SoldQE SECURITIES LLP · NSE7.37 L @ ₹371.721 Sep 26
Stake changes
SoldSBI Mutual fund under its Various Schemes→ 3.54% · 1.56 L14 Jul 26
SoldSBI Mutual fund under its Various Schemes→ 5.61% · 1.25 L7 May 26
BoughtSBI Mutual fund under its Various Schemes→ 7.61% · 10.67 L6 Mar 25
Promoter pledges
PledgedICICI Bank Limited11.84 L · 2.93% held6 Feb 23
PledgedICICI BANK LIMITED43.00 L · 0.00% held25 Oct 22
What shareholders were asked to approve
3 proposals passed only on promoter votes

A company cannot decide everything on its own. Things like a top executive’s pay, issuing new shares, or re-appointing a director have to be put to the people who own the company, and they vote — one vote per share. So whoever owns the most shares has the most say.

Postal ballot · 4 Sep 2025
See the official result
1
To consider and approve the re-appointment of Mr. Joseph Vinod Kumar Anantharaju (DIN: 08859640) as Whole-time Director of the Company designated as Co-Chairman & CEO
Backed by 97% of shareholders other than promotersneeded 75%
2.44 cr votes for, 8.02 L against · 4% of mutual funds and other big investors said no
2
To consider and approve the re-appointment of Mr. Venkatraman Narayanan (DIN: 01856347) as Whole-time Director of the Company designated as Managing Director.
⚑ Passed only because promoters voted yes
Backed by 73% of shareholders other than promotersneeded 75%
1.85 cr votes for, 67.32 L against · 31% of mutual funds and other big investors said no

Every vote count above is taken from the result the company filed with the stock exchange, certified by an independent counter. To work out what would have happened without the promoters, we simply remove their votes and re-apply the same legal bar the proposal had to clear. Nothing here is an estimate or an opinion.

Who controls this company, and what it pays them

Most Indian companies are controlled by a family or group — the promoters. The exchange requires them to be listed by name, including members who own no shares at all, and requires the company to disclose any business it does with them.

The promoter group — 6 named members
owning 44.2% between them · as of 2026-06-30
ASHOK SOOTA32.34%
ASHOK SOOTA MEDICAL RESEARCH LLP11.79%
USHA SAMUEL0.05%
DEEPAK SOOTA0.02%
KUNKU SOOTA0.01%
VEENA SOOTA0.01%

Names and holdings from the company’s shareholding pattern filed with the exchange; transactions from the related-party note in its annual report. Every figure is as filed — these are legal, disclosed dealings, and what to make of them is your call.

Money it raised, and what it did with it

When a company raises money from investors, it has to say up front what the money is for. The rules then make it report, every three months until the money is gone, how much of each of those things it has actually paid for — so a promise made while asking for the money can be checked afterwards.

₹5 cr raised in Jul 2023 by selling shares to large investors

The company has not broken this money down into purposes in its filing for Mar 2025, so there is nothing to measure it against yet. CARE Ratings Limited watches the spending on the exchange’s behalf.

Every figure above is taken from the statement the company files with the stock exchange each quarter, for as long as money it has raised remains unspent. The only thing we work out is how much of each stated purpose has been paid for — one number divided by another from the same filing. Whether a plan that changed was a good change is not something a filing can tell you. See the filing

How the stock has moved · adjusted for splits & bonuses
Data from primary exchange filings · analysis tool, not investment advice.