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BSE Ltd: Why Is It Outperforming Nifty 500?

Active
RS +16.5%AverageRe-Entry

In Week of Mar 28, 2026, BSE Ltd (Exchanges) is outperforming Nifty 500 with +16.5% relative strength. Fundamentals: Average.

PE: Mid ContractionStrong Opportunity

What's Happening

💎PE falling while earnings hold — value emerging
🌐FII stake increased 3.2% this quarter
🏛️DII accumulation — stake up 8.2%
💰Trading 62% below estimated fair value — significant discount

Earnings Acceleration Triggers

1. Thursday Expiry Cycle Implementation
Q3 FY26HIGH
2. Technology Infrastructure Scaling
Q3 FY26HIGH
3. RBI Approval for Debt Indices
Q4 FY26MEDIUM

Key Risks

1. Regulatory Policy Uncertainty
MEDIUM
2. Competitive Market Structure
MEDIUM

Key Numbers

PAT Growth YoY
+173%
Stable
Revenue YoY
+62%
Stable
Operating Margin
59.0%
+2800 bps YoY
PE Ratio
51.9
Current Price
₹2,780
Dividend Yield
0.22%
Fundamental Score
57/100
Average
3Y PAT CAGR
+75%
Market Cap
1.1L Cr
Valuation
Significantly Undervalued

12-Week Performance

Weekly presence in the outperformers list. Green = beating Nifty 500 by 10%+ that week.

12 weeks agoThis week

Why Are BSE Ltd's Earnings Accelerating?

Based on Q3 FY26 earnings • Updated Mar 14, 2026

Thursday Expiry Cycle Implementation

Expected: Q3 FY26HIGH confidence+₹686 Cr revenue

What: Transition to Thursday expiry cycle driving 30% sequential revenue growth

Impact: +₹686 Cr revenue

“We have observed a pronounced expansion in open interest, deeper market participation and the broadening of the contracts liquidity profile.”

Technology Infrastructure Scaling

Expected: Q3 FY26HIGH confidence

What: Real-time risk management system upgrade enabling 9x higher trade capacity

“This is enabled by major tech upgrades including re-engineering of our realtime risk management system and scaling trades per second per member from 3,000 to 27,000.”

RBI Approval for Debt Indices

Expected: Q4 FY26MEDIUM confidence

What: Expansion into fixed income market with two new debt indices

“Additionally, the company has obtained RBI approval for two debt indices, expanding our product suite beyond equities.”

What Are the Key Risks for BSE Ltd?

Earnings deceleration risks from management commentary

Regulatory Policy Uncertainty

MEDIUM

Trigger: STT increase

Management view: I think you are primarily referring to the ST increase. The other part of it is of course with regard to the buyback the capital gains tax.

Monitor: STT policy changes

Competitive Market Structure

MEDIUM

Trigger: Increased competition

Management view: We are very confident that wisdom will prevail and the market will be ready to embrace competitiveness with open mind so that the market participants get the benefit of best price execution and become exchange agnostic.

Monitor: Market share metrics

What Is BSE Ltd's Management Saying?

Key quotes from recent conference calls

“Transaction charges comprising revenues from the equity cash, equity derivatives, mutual fund and clearing of segments have registered a substantial increase of 86%, rising to rupees 953 crores from rupees 511 crores reflecting robust growth in core trading and settlement related activities. — Management”
“The operating bit app including contribution to core SGF has more than tripled to rupees 732 crores as compared to rupees 236 crores with margin expanding to 59% from 39%. — Management”
“It will be deepening and broadening market, enhancing customer delight and in the process help in the capital formation for the economy. All our product introductions will be keeping in mind these broad strategic objectives. — Management”
“We are very confident I'm sure when we pursue these objectives profit is a natural corollary that will be happening. — Management”

What Is BSE Ltd's Management Guidance?

Forward-looking targets from management for 2-4 quarters

Management Tone: BULLISH

Key Milestones

• Debt indices rollout

• Technology infrastructure scaling

• Market share expansion

How Fast Is BSE Ltd Growing?

Revenue, profit and margin growth rates

MetricYoY3Y CAGRTrend
Revenue+62%+56%Stable
PAT (Net Profit)+173%+75%Stable
OPM59.0%+2800 bpsVolatile

The above analysis is parsed from publicly available earnings call transcripts. This is educational research only — not investment advice. Last updated Mar 14, 2026.

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Frequently Asked Questions: BSE Ltd

Based on publicly available financial data. This is educational research, not investment advice.

What were BSE Ltd's latest quarterly results?

BSE Ltd's latest quarterly results (Dec 2025) show

  • PAT Growth YoY: +172.6% (stable)
  • Revenue Growth YoY: +62.0%
  • Operating Margin: 59.0% (volatile)

Is BSE Ltd's profit growing or declining?

BSE Ltd's profit is growing with an stable trend.

  • PAT Growth YoY: +172.6% (latest quarter)
  • PAT Growth QoQ: +7.2% (sequential)
  • 3-Year PAT CAGR: +75.4%
  • Trend: Stable — consistent growth pattern

What is BSE Ltd's revenue growth trend?

BSE Ltd's revenue growth trend is stable.

  • Revenue Growth YoY: +62.0%
  • Revenue Growth QoQ: +16.5% (sequential)
  • 3-Year Revenue CAGR: +56.3%

How is BSE Ltd's operating margin trending?

BSE Ltd's operating margin is volatile.

  • Current OPM: 59.0%
  • OPM Change YoY: +28.0% basis points
  • OPM Change QoQ: -5.0% basis points

What is BSE Ltd's 3-year profit and revenue CAGR?

BSE Ltd's long-term compounding rates

  • 3-Year Profit CAGR: +75.4%
  • 3-Year Revenue CAGR: +56.3%

Is BSE Ltd's growth accelerating or decelerating?

BSE Ltd's earnings growth is stable with positive momentum on a sequential basis.

  • YoY Acceleration: +39.0% bps
  • Sequential Acceleration: +3.7% bps

What is BSE Ltd's trailing twelve month (TTM) performance?

BSE Ltd's trailing twelve month (TTM) performance

  • TTM PAT: ₹2,000 Cr
  • TTM PAT Growth: +100.0% YoY
  • TTM Revenue: ₹4,000 Cr
  • TTM Revenue Growth: +51.3% YoY
  • TTM Operating Margin: 61.3%

Is BSE Ltd overvalued or undervalued?

BSE Ltd appears significantly undervalued based on our fair value analysis.

  • Valuation Signal: Significantly Undervalued
  • Current PE: 51.9x
  • Price-to-Book: 21.7x

What is BSE Ltd's current PE ratio?

BSE Ltd's current PE ratio is 51.9x.

  • Current PE: 51.9x
  • Market Cap: 1.1 Lakh Cr
  • Dividend Yield: 0.22%

How does BSE Ltd's valuation compare to its history?

BSE Ltd's current PE is 51.9x.

  • Current PE: 51.9x
  • Valuation Assessment: Significantly Undervalued

What is BSE Ltd's price-to-book ratio?

BSE Ltd's price-to-book ratio is 21.7x.

  • Price-to-Book (P/B): 21.7x
  • Book Value per Share: ₹128
  • Current Price: ₹2780

Is BSE Ltd a fundamentally strong company?

BSE Ltd is rated Average with a fundamental score of 57.44/100. This score is calculated from objective financial metrics

  • Revenue Growth YoY: +62.0% (10% weight)
  • PAT Growth YoY: +172.6% (10% weight)
  • PAT Growth QoQ: +7.2% (10% weight)
  • Margins stable (10% weight)

Is BSE Ltd debt free?

BSE Ltd has a debt-to-equity ratio of N/A.

  • Total Debt: ₹0 Cr

What is BSE Ltd's return on equity (ROE) and ROCE?

BSE Ltd's return ratios over recent years

  • FY2023: ROCE 13.0%
  • FY2024: ROCE 23.0%
  • FY2025: ROCE 47.0%

Is BSE Ltd's cash flow positive?

BSE Ltd's operating cash flow is positive (FY2025).

  • Cash from Operations (CFO): ₹414 Cr
  • Free Cash Flow (FCF): ₹-344 Cr
  • CFO/PAT Ratio: 31% (weak cash conversion)

What is BSE Ltd's dividend yield?

BSE Ltd's current dividend yield is 0.22%.

  • Dividend Yield: 0.22%
  • Current Price: ₹2780

Who holds BSE Ltd shares — promoters, FII, DII?

BSE Ltd's shareholding pattern (Dec 2025)

  • FII (Foreign): 17.4%
  • DII (Domestic): 23.7%
  • Public: 58.7%

Is promoter holding increasing or decreasing in BSE Ltd?

BSE Ltd's promoter holding is 0.0%.

  • Current Promoter Holding: 0.0% (Dec 2025)

How long has BSE Ltd been outperforming Nifty 500?

BSE Ltd has been outperforming Nifty 500 for 3 consecutive weeks, indicating early-stage outperformance.

Is BSE Ltd a new momentum entry or an established outperformer?

BSE Ltd is a re-entry — it briefly dropped off the outperformance list but has now returned. Re-entries can signal renewed strength.

What are the growth catalysts for BSE Ltd?

BSE Ltd has 3 key growth catalysts identified from recent earnings analysis

  • Thursday Expiry Cycle Implementation
  • Technology Infrastructure Scaling
  • RBI Approval for Debt Indices

What are the key risks in BSE Ltd?

BSE Ltd has 2 key risks worth monitoring

  • Regulatory Policy Uncertainty
  • Competitive Market Structure

What did BSE Ltd's management say in the latest earnings call?

In Q3 FY26, BSE Ltd's management highlighted

  • "Transaction charges comprising revenues from the equity cash, equity derivatives, mutual fund and clearing of segments have registered a substantial i..."
  • "The operating bit app including contribution to core SGF has more than tripled to rupees 732 crores as compared to rupees 236 crores with margin expan..."
  • "It will be deepening and broadening market, enhancing customer delight and in the process help in the capital formation for the economy. All our produ..."

What is BSE Ltd's management guidance for growth?

BSE Ltd's management has provided the following forward guidance for 2-4 quarters

  • Management tone: bullish
  • Milestone: Debt indices rollout
  • Milestone: Technology infrastructure scaling

Is BSE Ltd worth studying for long term investment?

Based on quantitative research signals, here is why BSE Ltd may be worth studying

  • Earnings growing at +172.6% YoY
  • Valuation: appears significantly undervalued
  • Cash flow is positive — CFO ₹414 Cr

What is the investment thesis for BSE Ltd?

BSE Ltd investment thesis summary:

Research Signals (Bull Case)

  • Revenue growing at +62.0% YoY
  • Appears significantly undervalued
  • Growth catalyst: Thursday Expiry Cycle Implementation

Risk Factors (Bear Case)

  • Key risk: Regulatory Policy Uncertainty

What is the future outlook for BSE Ltd?

BSE Ltd's forward outlook based on current data signals

  • Earnings Trend: stable
  • Revenue Trend: stable
  • Margin Trend: volatile
  • Valuation: Significantly Undervalued
  • Key Catalyst: Thursday Expiry Cycle Implementation
  • Key Risk: Regulatory Policy Uncertainty

The above FAQs are generated from publicly available earnings data and conference call transcripts. This is educational research only. Sector Alpha is not SEBI registered and does not provide investment advice.