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Keynote Financial Services financials

Market cap
₹133 Cr

What Keynote Financial Services Limited does

Keynote Financial Services is a merchant bank focused on Equity Capital Markets (ECM) in the mid-market segment, acting as Book Running Lead Manager on main-board IPOs, executing corporate finance and advisory mandates, and issuing due-diligence certificates for SEBI-regulated Alternative Investment Funds. Its wholly-owned subsidiary Keynote Capitals Limited (KCL) is an integrated broking house and CDSL depository participant offering institutional/HNI broking, investment advisory and research, and runs FIKAA, an AI-driven investing app aimed at women investors. A further subsidiary, Keynote Fincorp Limited, is an NBFC carrying out lending operations, and the group holds a minority stake in associate Maple Leaf Trading and Services Limited.

Segments

  • Merchant Banking & Corporate Advisory
  • Stock Broking & Depository Services
  • Investment Advisory & Research
  • NBFC Lending
AIF due-diligence certificates issued
50+ (FY25)
Group structure
2 subsidiaries + 1 associate company
Employees (standalone)
28 (15 male, 13 female)
Broking subsidiary exchange memberships
Member of BSE & NSE; Depository Participant with CDSL (via KCL)
Active BRLM/IPO mandates
Several mid-market IPO mandates in progress (FY25)
Early-stage startup investments (via KCL)
2 (50 Fin, Arthum)
Founded 1993Headquarters Mumbai, MaharashtraEmployees 28 (FY25) Company website

Quarterly results

Q1 FY27: revenue up 141.4%, net profit up 110.6% against the same quarter last year.

₹ Cr · quarterly
Line itemQ2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
Revenue4 0 0 6 -0 −104%2 +398%-3 −1381%15 +141%
EBITDA2 -1 -2 4 -2 −221%0 +133%-5 −130%10 +136%
Net profit1 -1 1 4 -1 −185%0 +120%-4 −681%8 +111%
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 −3.8% 1Y

₹250₹300₹350Sept 25Oct 25Dec 25Jan 26Mar 26Apr 26Jun 26Jul 26Sept 26

1Y: ₹248.6 on 10 Sept 2025 → ₹239.2. High ₹360 (4 Nov 2025), low ₹227.55 (30 Mar 2026).

Financials, as filed

Revenue fell 15.1% a year over 3 years, FY23 to FY26. Operating margin narrowed to -48.2%.

Year endingFY23FY24FY25FY26
Revenue₹9 Cr₹25 Cr₹10 Cr₹6 Cr
Operating profit₹-0 Cr₹14 Cr₹2 Cr₹-3 Cr
Operating margin-1.1%55.8%18.8%-48.2%
Interest₹0 Cr₹0 Cr₹0 Cr₹0 Cr
Depreciation₹1 Cr₹0 Cr₹0 Cr₹0 Cr
Net profit₹0 Cr₹11 Cr₹4 Cr₹-2 Cr
Net margin1.5%44.6%39.2%-29.6%
Cash from operations₹-4 Cr₹8 Cr₹0 Cr₹-2 Cr
Free cash flow₹-4 Cr₹8 Cr₹-1 Cr₹-2 Cr
ROCE1.2%21.9%3.5%
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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 endingFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Equity capital₹7 Cr₹7 Cr₹7 Cr₹7 Cr₹6 Cr₹6 Cr
Reserves₹52 Cr₹55 Cr₹55 Cr₹65 Cr₹70 Cr₹139 Cr
Borrowings₹0 Cr₹0 Cr₹0 Cr₹0 Cr₹1 Cr₹4 Cr
Other liabilities₹3 Cr₹4 Cr₹4 Cr₹10 Cr₹4 Cr₹11 Cr
Total liabilities₹62 Cr₹66 Cr₹66 Cr₹82 Cr₹80 Cr₹159 Cr
Fixed assets₹8 Cr₹8 Cr₹8 Cr₹7 Cr₹8 Cr₹19 Cr
Capital work in progress₹0 Cr₹0 Cr₹0 Cr₹0 Cr₹0 Cr₹0 Cr
Investments₹38 Cr₹53 Cr₹49 Cr₹65 Cr₹69 Cr₹78 Cr
Other assets₹17 Cr₹6 Cr₹10 Cr₹10 Cr₹4 Cr₹63 Cr
Total assets₹62 Cr₹66 Cr₹66 Cr₹82 Cr₹80 Cr₹159 Cr
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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

The ownership split has held steady since Jun 2025. The shareholder count shrank 13% to 4,527.

Promoters
71.9%
FIIs
9.3%
DIIs
0.0%
Public
18.9%

Since Jun 2025

  • Public +0.03 pp
  • FIIs −0.02 pp
  • Promoters 0.00 pp

How it drifted, 12 quarters

Over this window the public fell from 36.2% to 18.9% — −17.4 pp.

Sep '23Dec '24Jun '26

Ownership split by quarter, oldest first. Sep '23: Promoters 56.4%, FIIs 7.3%, Public 36.2%.Dec '23: Promoters 56.4%, FIIs 7.3%, Public 36.2%.Mar '24: Promoters 56.4%, FIIs 7.3%, Public 36.2%.Jun '24: Promoters 56.4%, FIIs 7.3%, Public 36.2%.Sep '24: Promoters 57.0%, FIIs 7.3%, Public 35.6%.Dec '24: Promoters 57.0%, FIIs 7.3%, Public 35.6%.Mar '25: Promoters 71.9%, FIIs 9.3%, DIIs 0.0%, Public 18.9%.Jun '25: Promoters 71.9%, FIIs 9.3%, DIIs 0.0%, Public 18.8%.Sep '25: Promoters 71.9%, FIIs 9.3%, DIIs 0.0%, Public 18.9%.Dec '25: Promoters 71.9%, FIIs 9.3%, DIIs 0.0%, Public 18.9%.Mar '26: Promoters 71.9%, FIIs 9.3%, DIIs 0.0%, Public 18.9%.Jun '26: Promoters 71.9%, FIIs 9.3%, DIIs 0.0%, Public 18.9%.

Who was buying across the market this quarter →

Who is on the register

Named in the Jun 2026 filing

Every holder of Keynote Financial Services Limited above SEBI's 1% disclosure line, and what changed since Mar 2026.

HolderStakeChange
NSS Digital Media Limited 55.91%unchanged
Vivek Nirmal Suchanti 10.45%unchanged
India Max Investment Fund Limited FPI fund9.26%unchanged
Concept Production Limited 4.34%unchanged
Investor Education and Protection Fund 2.13%−0.11 pp
B Madhuprasad 1.83%unchanged
Narsingh Pal Singh 1.17%unchanged
Bela Properties Private Limited 0.73%unchanged
Vineet Nirmal Suchanti 0.22%unchanged
Rita Vivek Suchanti 0.09%unchanged
Dhanvirdhi Tieup Private Limited 0.07%unchanged
Rinku Vineet Suchanti 0.07%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.