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Keynote Financial Services financials
- Market cap
- ₹133 Cr
- Sector
- Financial Services
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)
Quarterly results
Q1 FY27: revenue up 141.4%, net profit up 110.6% 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -0 −104% | 2 +398% | -3 −1381% | 15 +141% |
| EBITDA | 2 | -1 | -2 | 4 | -2 −221% | 0 +133% | -5 −130% | 10 +136% |
| Net profit | 1 | -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
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 ending | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 margin | 1.5% | 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 |
| ROCE | 1.2% | 21.9% | 3.5% | — |
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 | ₹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 |
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
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.
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 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.
| Holder | Stake | Change |
|---|---|---|
| NSS Digital Media Limited | 55.91% | unchanged |
| Vivek Nirmal Suchanti | 10.45% | unchanged |
| India Max Investment Fund Limited FPI fund | 9.26% | 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.
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