Quess Corp Limited
₹306.05-₹18.40 (-5.7%)
Last close · Data as of Oct 30, 2026
- Market cap
- ₹3,169 Cr
- P/E
- 15.3x
- Revenue
- ₹13,787 Cr
Price chart
Technical chartScreen technicals →+24.6% over the last year
Daily closes.
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Technical chart: candles, 9 moving averages, RSI, MACD and drawing tools
Performance
Price change over each period, before dividends.
- 1M
- -8.6%
- 3M
- -1.3%
- 6M
- +54.6%
- 1Y
- +24.6%
- 5Y
- -65.5%
52-week range
Day change -₹18.40 (-5.7%) from ₹324 to ₹306 · Last close Oct 30, 2026
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AI Summary
Indian StockStrengths1
- Strong cash conversion — FCF/PAT ratio of 1.71
Concerns1
- Net profit declined 65.0% year-over-year
Rule-based from financial data. Not advice.
About the company
Quess Corp Limited provides staffing and workforce solutions in India and internationally. The company operates through four segments: General Staffing, Professional Staffing, Overseas Staffing, and Digital Platforms. It offers general staffing, including tailor-made solutions for diverse staffing requirements and expert recruitment solutions.
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Quess Corp Limited provides staffing and workforce solutions in India and internationally. The company operates through four segments: General Staffing, Professional Staffing, Overseas Staffing, and Digital Platforms. It offers general staffing, including tailor-made solutions for diverse staffing requirements and expert recruitment solutions. The company also provides professional staffing, such as digital workplace solutions, cloud and datacenter services, and managed network services; staff augmentation services, such as contract hiring services; hire, train, and deploy (HTD) programs; interview as a service (IAAS); workforce optimization; international skill mobility and turnkey workforce solutions; and global capability centre services across areas, such as cloud, cybersecurity, and enterprise platforms, as well as operates offshore development centers for flexible staffing and optimizes IT workforce management through its managed capacity services. In addition, it offers digital platforms, including Hamara Academy, an upskilling platform; Hamara Jobs, a proprietary blue-collar auto-hiring technology platform; Hamara HR, a workforce management tool; Hamara Benefits, an employee benefit and financial wellness platform; and Taskmo, a gig discovery platform that enables enterprises scale business operations through digital hiring solutions, as well as digital and hyperlocal solutions for financial products, e-commerce, q-commerce, food tech, grocery, mobility, rental, pharmacy, retail, and other industries through its network of gig workers. Further, it provides overseas staffing solution that connects businesses with skilled talent enabling workforce deployment across industries through regional expertise and cross-border mobility. The company was formerly known as Ikya Human Capital Solutions Limited and changed its name to Quess Corp Limited in January 2015. Quess Corp Limited was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Bengaluru, India.
- Sector
- Industrials
- Shares outstanding
- 14.9 Cr shares
- ISIN
- INE615P01015
- BSE code
- 539978
Key statistics
Screen fundamentals →Valuation, profitability, growth and solvency at the latest close; hover a label for its meaning.
Valuation
- Market cap
- ₹3,169 Cr
- P/E
- 15.3x
- P/B
- 3.5x
- Earnings yield
- 6.5%
- 52-week high
- ₹381.25
- 52-week low
- ₹168.85
Growth
- RevenueLatest stored company figure. It is not dated and can be a year behind the FY2025 statements; the Growth card lists each year.
- ₹13,787 Cr
- Revenue growth, 1YLatest stored company figure. It is not dated and can be a year behind the FY2025 statements; the Growth card lists each year.
- 14.4%
- Net profit growth, 1YLatest stored company figure. It is not dated and can be a year behind the FY2025 statements; the Growth card lists each year.
- -65.0%
- Cash from operationsLatest stored company figure. It is not dated and can be a year behind the FY2025 statements; the Growth card lists each year.
- ₹405 Cr
- CFO growth, 1YLatest stored company figure. It is not dated and can be a year behind the FY2025 statements; the Growth card lists each year.
- 17.4%
- Free cash flowLatest stored company figure. It is not dated and can be a year behind the FY2025 statements; the Growth card lists each year.
- ₹105 Cr
- Asset growth, 1YLatest stored company figure. It is not dated and can be a year behind the FY2025 statements; the Growth card lists each year.
- 6.5%
Solvency and efficiency
- Current ratio
- 2.26
- Debt / Equity
- 0.25
- Debt / Assets
- 0.13
- Financial leverage
- 1.98
- Cash / Market cap
- 107.9%
- Cash per share
- ₹229.87
- Debtor days
- 66 days
- Cash conversion cycle
- 66 days
Where the revenue went
FY2025 ended in a loss, so the lines are listed rather than drawn as a flow.
| Line | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Sales | ₹13,787 Cr |
| Expenses | ₹13,582 Cr |
| Operating profit | ₹206 Cr |
| Other income | -₹24 Cr |
| Interest | ₹37 Cr |
| Depreciation | ₹39 Cr |
| Profit before tax | ₹106 Cr |
| Tax and other | -₹14 Cr |
| Net profit | ₹120 Cr |
Revenue and net profit
Revenue grew 14.4% in FY2025; net profit is the dashed line.
| Date | Revenue | Net profit |
|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | ₹7,483 Cr | -₹100 Cr |
| FY2022 | ₹9,758 Cr | ₹145 Cr |
| FY2023 | ₹13,638 Cr | ₹208 Cr |
| FY2024 | ₹12,050 Cr | ₹343 Cr |
| FY2025 | ₹13,787 Cr | ₹120 Cr |
Cash flows
FY2025: ₹327 Cr from operations, ₹205 Cr free after investment (dashed).
| Date | Operating cash flow | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | ₹255 Cr | ₹327 Cr |
| FY2022 | ₹200 Cr | ₹56 Cr |
| FY2023 | ₹345 Cr | ₹364 Cr |
| FY2024 | ₹405 Cr | ₹555 Cr |
| FY2025 | ₹327 Cr | ₹205 Cr |
Growth
Latest fiscal year FY2025 (ending March): each figure with its change over the year before.
- Revenue
- ₹13,787 Cr+14.4%1Y
- Net profit
- ₹120 Cr-65.0%1Y
- Cash from operations
- ₹327 Cr
- Free cash flow
- ₹205 Cr-63.1%1Y
| Year | Revenue | Operating income | EBITDA | Net profit | CFO | FCF | ROE | Revenue growth 1Y | Net profit growth 1Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | ₹13,787 Cr | ₹206 Cr | — | ₹120 Cr | ₹327 Cr | ₹205 Cr | — | +14.4% | -65.0% |
Monthly returns
Month-by-month returns of QUESS across the years, with the seasonal pattern.
Balance sheet
What the company owns and owes at the end of FY2025.
| Line | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Liabilities and equity | ₹2,494 Cr |
| Equity capital | ₹149 Cr |
| Reserves | ₹781 Cr |
| Borrowings | ₹112 Cr |
| Other liabilities | ₹1,452 Cr |
| Assets | ₹2,494 Cr |
| Fixed assets | ₹112 Cr |
| Capital work in progress | ₹0 Cr |
| Investments | ₹243 Cr |
| Other assets | ₹2,139 Cr |
Market cap against peers
8 peers: same sector group, nearest by size.
P/E against peers
QUESS trades at 15.3x earnings against a peer median of 38.3x (a 60% discount).
Peer comparison
Same-sector peers by market cap, with the median.
| Company | Market cap | P/E | P/B | ROE | EV/EBITDA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quess Corp LimitedQUESSthis companyP/E ↓ discount | ₹3,169 Cr | 15.3x | 3.5x | — | — |
| Uflex LimitedUFLEX | ₹3,418 Cr | 16.4x | 1.0x | 5.3% | 7.5x |
| MSTC LimitedMSTCLTD | ₹3,346 Cr | 15.4x | 4.0x | 25.9% | 10.8x |
| PSP Projects LimitedPSPPROJECT | ₹3,278 Cr | 126.0x | 2.7x | 13.6% | 11.9x |
| Kirloskar Industries LtdKIRLOSIND | ₹3,245 Cr | 41.9x | 0.6x | 1.9% | 29.9x |
| Shanthi Gears Ltd.SHANTIGEAR | ₹3,218 Cr | 34.6x | 7.4x | 23.7% | 25.6x |
| Bharat Bijlee Ltd.BBL | ₹3,153 Cr | 21.4x | 1.4x | 7.0% | 14.5x |
| HLE GLASCOAT LIMITEDHLEGLAS | ₹3,115 Cr | 79.5x | 8.2x | 7.8% | 46.3x |
| Sindhu Trade Links LimitedSINDHUTRAD | ₹2,904 Cr | 162.0x | 3.1x | 6.2% | 26.0x |
| Peer median | — | 38.3x | 5.2x | 15.2% | 25.8x |
Year-to-date ROI
QUESS since 1 January, against earlier years.
Historical volatility
QUESS's day-to-day swings over 30, 60 and 180 days.
Financial statements
Income statement, balance sheet and cash flow as reported, in ₹ crore, grouped into plain-language lines.
Figures in ₹ crore as reported, fiscal years ending March, newest first; the trailing twelve months (TTM) last.
Operating margin by fiscal year
| Date | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2021 | 3.0% |
| FY2022 | 2.0% |
| FY2023 | 3.0% |
| FY2024 | 1.0% |
| FY2025 | 1.0% |
| Line | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| RevenueSales | ₹13,787 Cr |
| Costs | |
| Interest | ₹37 Cr |
| Expenses | ₹13,582 Cr |
| Operating profitOperating Profit | ₹206 Cr |
| Other income and charges | |
| Profit before tax | ₹106 Cr |
| Tax | |
| Net profitNet Profit | ₹120 Cr |
| Per share |
| Line | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Liabilities and equityTotal Liabilities | ₹2,494 Cr |
| Equity capitalEquity Capital | ₹149 Cr |
| Reserves | ₹781 Cr |
| Borrowings | ₹112 Cr |
| Other liabilitiesOther Liabilities | ₹1,452 Cr |
| AssetsTotal Assets | ₹2,494 Cr |
| Fixed assetsFixed Assets | ₹112 Cr |
| Capital work in progressCWIP | ₹0 Cr |
| Investments | ₹243 Cr |
| Other assetsOther Assets | ₹2,139 Cr |
| Line | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Operating cash flowCash from Operating Activity | ₹327 Cr |
| Investing cash flowCash from Investing Activity | -₹122 Cr |
| Financing cash flowCash from Financing Activity | -₹316 Cr |
| Change in cashNet Cash Flow | -₹111 Cr |
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