Keynote Financial Services Ltd

₹ 273 -0.29%

22 May - close price

keynoteindia.net BSE: 512597 NSE: KEYFINSERV

About

Incorporated in 1993, Keynote Financial Services Ltd is in the business of Investment banking, Corporate advisory, ESOP advisory, etc.^[1]

Key Points

Business Overview:^[1]
Company is a Category 1 Merchant Banker and a full service Investment Bank and Brokerage house offering financial services

Website BSE NSE

Market Cap ₹ 152 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 273
High / Low ₹ 382 / 220
Stock P/E 45.4
Book Value ₹ 136
Dividend Yield 0.37 %
ROCE 3.51 %
ROE 5.12 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Company is almost debt free.
Company has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 53.0%

Cons

Tax rate seems low
Company has a low return on equity of 7.57% over last 3 years.
Earnings include an other income of Rs.1.84 Cr.

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Quarterly Results

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025
	2.90	0.44	4.80	3.48	7.13	9.27	5.31	3.57	0.46	0.21	6.11	-0.13	2.29
	1.50	1.44	1.46	1.40	1.59	6.47	2.02	1.74	1.57	2.42	1.86	2.09	1.92
Operating Profit	1.40	-1.00	3.34	2.08	5.54	2.80	3.29	1.83	-1.11	-2.21	4.25	-2.22	0.37
OPM %	48.28%	-227.27%	69.58%	59.77%	77.70%	30.20%	61.96%	51.26%	-241.30%	-1,052.38%	69.56%		16.16%
	0.35	0.24	0.15	0.17	0.39	0.35	0.14	0.18	0.39	0.38	0.65	0.75	0.06
Interest	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.01
Depreciation	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08
Profit before tax	1.70	-0.81	3.44	2.20	5.88	3.10	3.37	1.91	-0.82	-1.93	4.80	-1.56	0.34
Tax %	2.94%	114.81%	25.58%	26.36%	24.66%	22.58%	28.49%	27.23%	-2.44%	-138.86%	23.75%	-23.72%	52.94%
	1.65	-1.74	2.56	1.62	4.44	2.39	2.41	1.39	-0.80	0.74	3.67	-1.18	0.16
EPS in Rs	2.35	-2.48	3.65	2.31	6.33	3.41	3.43	1.98	-1.14	1.33	6.59	-2.12	0.29
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Upcoming result date: 29 May 2026

Profit & Loss

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	TTM
	9.28	5.65	9.55	7.53	10.42	7.89	5.23	10.98	8.92	6.80	25.32	10.34	8.48
	6.17	4.49	4.69	4.85	5.48	5.85	5.66	4.12	5.29	6.11	10.91	7.75	8.29
Operating Profit	3.11	1.16	4.86	2.68	4.94	2.04	-0.43	6.86	3.63	0.69	14.41	2.59	0.19
OPM %	33.51%	20.53%	50.89%	35.59%	47.41%	25.86%	-8.22%	62.48%	40.70%	10.15%	56.91%	25.05%	2.24%
	0.13	0.05	0.43	0.11	-0.12	0.66	0.32	0.29	0.28	0.27	0.41	0.29	1.84
Interest	0.05	0.05	0.03	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.05	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.05	0.06
Depreciation	0.34	0.37	0.44	0.41	0.39	0.39	0.35	0.32	0.28	0.21	0.21	0.31	0.32
Profit before tax	2.85	0.79	4.82	2.37	4.43	2.31	-0.46	6.78	3.63	0.75	14.61	2.52	1.65
Tax %	27.72%	34.18%	27.80%	19.83%	27.31%	-5.19%	-80.43%	31.86%	-0.83%	32.00%	24.71%	-48.02%
	2.06	0.52	3.48	1.89	3.23	2.43	-0.09	4.62	3.66	0.51	11.01	3.73	3.39
EPS in Rs	2.94	0.74	4.96	2.69	4.60	3.46	-0.13	6.58	5.21	0.73	15.69	6.70	6.09
Dividend Payout %	34.08%	135.00%	20.17%	37.14%	54.33%	28.89%	-780.00%	15.19%	19.18%	137.65%	6.38%	14.93%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	6%
5 Years:	15%
3 Years:	5%
TTM:	-54%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	20%
5 Years:	113%
3 Years:	1%
TTM:	-38%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	19%
5 Years:	32%
3 Years:	42%
1 Year:	-19%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	6%
5 Years:	7%
3 Years:	8%
Last Year:	5%

Balance Sheet

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Sep 2025
Equity Capital	7.02	7.02	7.02	7.02	7.02	7.02	7.02	7.02	7.02	7.02	7.02	5.57	5.57
Reserves	40.38	40.08	42.73	44.62	47.01	48.80	47.88	51.83	54.80	54.70	64.91	68.09	70.01
	0.47	0.33	0.17	0.08	0.00	0.05	0.04	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.03	0.69	0.60
	2.81	2.97	2.43	2.81	2.74	2.25	1.71	3.47	4.03	4.08	10.49	3.91	3.92
Total Liabilities	50.68	50.40	52.35	54.53	56.77	58.12	56.65	62.35	65.88	65.84	82.45	78.26	80.10
	10.58	10.07	9.65	9.30	8.94	8.59	8.25	7.97	7.76	7.66	7.48	8.17	8.03
CWIP	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Investments	23.28	28.32	37.82	31.20	44.52	42.60	33.09	37.60	52.51	48.53	65.01	66.70	68.55
	16.82	12.01	4.88	14.03	3.31	6.93	15.31	16.78	5.61	9.65	9.96	3.39	3.52
Total Assets	50.68	50.40	52.35	54.53	56.77	58.12	56.65	62.35	65.88	65.84	82.45	78.26	80.10

Cash Flows

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
	-1.57	-4.74	8.28	-7.70	12.02	-0.70	-1.08	5.74	-1.06	-4.15	8.46	0.42
	-2.15	-3.39	-7.00	9.15	-11.63	5.94	9.73	-15.88	2.32	4.57	-7.99	1.81
	-1.12	-1.03	-0.94	-0.91	-0.85	-2.11	-0.85	-0.75	-0.71	-0.71	-0.71	-1.42
Net Cash Flow	-4.84	-9.15	0.33	0.55	-0.47	3.13	7.80	-10.88	0.56	-0.28	-0.24	0.80
Free Cash Flow	-1.93	-4.75	8.27	-7.72	11.99	-0.74	-1.09	5.70	-1.13	-4.25	8.42	-0.58
CFO/OP	-14%	-378%	190%	-269%	262%	-15%	133%	90%	-10%	-500%	67%	48%

Ratios

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
Debtor Days	18.88	105.30	37.46	44.59	9.11	26.83	48.85	25.26	55.24	45.09	94.57	9.18
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Cash Conversion Cycle	18.88	105.30	37.46	44.59	9.11	26.83	48.85	25.26	55.24	45.09	94.57	9.18
Working Capital Days	178.96	552.35	82.94	500.24	14.36	-7.40	37.69	-16.95	-10.23	-12.88	7.35	-20.83
ROCE %	6.19%	2.06%	9.96%	4.68%	9.17%	4.20%	-0.83%	12.00%	6.03%	1.21%	21.85%	3.51%

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	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026
	56.42%	56.42%	56.42%	56.42%	56.42%	57.01%	57.01%	71.87%	71.87%	71.87%	71.87%	71.87%
	7.35%	7.35%	7.35%	7.35%	7.35%	7.35%	7.35%	9.26%	9.28%	9.26%	9.26%	9.26%
	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
	36.22%	36.23%	36.22%	36.22%	36.22%	35.64%	35.64%	18.86%	18.83%	18.87%	18.86%	18.85%
No. of Shareholders	3,572	3,760	3,881	4,060	3,941	4,455	4,639	5,139	5,212	4,986	4,860	4,623

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	57.88%	57.88%	57.88%	57.88%	57.88%	57.88%	56.42%	56.42%	71.87%	71.87%
	0.00%	8.00%	8.00%	8.00%	7.35%	7.35%	7.35%	7.35%	9.26%	9.26%
	8.20%	0.20%	0.18%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.01%	0.01%
	33.92%	33.92%	33.94%	34.12%	34.77%	34.77%	36.22%	36.22%	18.86%	18.85%
No. of Shareholders	2,396	2,139	2,014	2,000	2,647	3,875	3,580	4,060	5,139	4,623

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