KFin Technologies Ltd — Q4 FY26 earnings call
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The short read
KFin Technologies reported Q4 FY26 revenue growth of about 23% year-on-year including the Ascent acquisition, while EBITDA grew about 5% with margins compressed due to Ascent consolidation and mark-to-market erosion on mutual fund and AIF assets. Management attributed the Issuer Solutions segment weakness to retail investor folio erosion and lower corporate actions during the quarter. For the full year, core PAT grew 6.2% to Rs 353 crore including Ascent, with consolidated PAT margin at 27.1%.
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Numbers mentioned
Revenue growth: 19.3% (FY26)
p. 11
“The overall revenue grew in the year at about 19.3%.”
Vivek Mathur, page 11 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Revenue growth: 23% (Q4 FY26 vs Q4 FY25)
p. 11
“And for the same quarter versus last year, it has grown by about 23%.”
Vivek Mathur, page 11 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Revenue growth excluding Ascent: 4.6% (Q4 FY26 vs Q4 FY25)
p. 11
“If you look at excluding Ascent, it has grown for the same quarter versus last year by 4.6%.”
Vivek Mathur, page 11 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Sequential revenue degrowth: 6.3% (Q4 FY26 vs Q3 FY26)
p. 11
“sequentially, there is a degrowth in terms of the overall revenue by 6.3% and excluding Ascent about 8.5%.”
Vivek Mathur, page 11 of the filed PDF · View the filing
EBITDA margin excluding Ascent: 43.5% (FY26)
p. 12
“for the whole year, excluding Ascent was 43.5%.”
Vivek Mathur, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
EBITDA margin including Ascent: 40.7% (FY26)
p. 12
“Including Ascent, we have maintained 40.7% EBITDA margin, which is a guidance we have been giving, although in the quarter, it was 37% because of the reasons I explained.”
Vivek Mathur, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Core PAT: Rs 353 crores (FY26)
p. 12
“So the core PAT for the whole year went up by 6.2% at INR353 crores, including Ascent.”
Vivek Mathur, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
PAT margin: 27.1% (FY26)
p. 12
“And if you look at PAT margins, we are at 27.1% on a consolidated basis.”
Vivek Mathur, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Diluted EPS: INR19.81 (FY26)
p. 12
“If you look at the overall diluted EPS, it's currently at INR19.81 with Ascent and without Ascent, it is INR20.16.”
Vivek Mathur, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Total corporate clients: 10,500 (as of 31st March)
p. 4
“We crossed 10,500 total corporate client as of 31st March.”
Sreekanth Nadella, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Ascent Q4 EBITDA margin: 8% (Q4 FY26)
p. 21
“So the Ascent Q4 margin was 8%.”
Vivek Mathur, page 21 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Labor Code one-time impact: INR12.6 crores (FY26)
p. 21
“On the Labor Code, one-time impact, INR12.6 crores for the whole year, which will not be there from FY27 onwards.”
Vivek Mathur, page 21 of the filed PDF · View the filing
What management said it would do
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Consolidated revenue growth — 23% to 24% · FY27
stated conditionally by Sreekanth Nadella
p. 10
“we believe that we have a reasonable line of visibility to get to about 23% to 24% top line growth into the coming year.”
Sreekanth Nadella, page 10 of the filed PDF · View the filing
EBITDA growth — 16% to 17% · FY27
stated conditionally by Sreekanth Nadella
p. 10
“EBITDA, we expect it to be around 16% to 17% and a PAT little around 10% growth is what we expect to see into the coming year.”
Sreekanth Nadella, page 10 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Organic revenue growth — close to 15% · FY27
stated conditionally by Sreekanth Nadella
p. 10
“Even organically, we believe we have line of visibility to grow close to about 15% and the PAT a little over 11%.”
Sreekanth Nadella, page 10 of the filed PDF · View the filing
EBITDA margin — 40% to 45% · FY27
stated firmly by Sreekanth Nadella
p. 17
“On a compounding year-to-year basis, we continue to look at a 20% top line growth, margins around 40% to 45%.”
Sreekanth Nadella, page 17 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Dependency on domestic mutual funds — below 50% · 5-year period
stated firmly by Sreekanth Nadella
p. 11
“And we said that we'll get to under 50% over a 5-year period.”
Sreekanth Nadella, page 11 of the filed PDF · View the filing
GFS growth — about 60% plus · FY27
stated conditionally by Sreekanth Nadella
p. 9
“it is with that confidence that we are looking at about a 60% plus growth in the GFS in the upcoming year.”
Sreekanth Nadella, page 9 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Total corporate clients — close to 11,500 · FY27
stated as an aspiration by Sreekanth Nadella
p. 4
“We aim to cross -- we aim to get to close to 11,500 into this upcoming year, both in terms of the listed, unlisted and as well as our new focus to expand into the SME markets as well, right, in addition to being the single largest region with provider as well as a bond market provider.”
Sreekanth Nadella, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Ascent business margin — upwards of 35% · 3 to 5 years from acquisition
stated as an aspiration by Sreekanth Nadella
p. 21
“In fact, when we said what we said that was obviously based outside in perspective of based on the due diligence information, now obviously, we work together. Now we are even more confident than what we said at that point. In fact, we'll try to move the number even beyond that.”
Sreekanth Nadella, page 21 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Q&A highlights
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Management said projections assume continuation of a similar asset mix as the previous year, though they expect the mix to shift towards actively managed funds.
Answered by Sreekanth Nadella
Asked by Karthik Chellappa: If metal ETF mix stabilizes, will the original expectation of domestic MF yield decline of 4-5% year-on-year still hold for FY27?
p. 13
“the numbers that I spoke in terms of what our projections for the upcoming year assumes a continuation of similar asset mix as we have ended with the previous year.”
Sreekanth Nadella, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management attributed the decline to folio erosion, weak corporate actions in the quarter, and a high base from a prior-year demerger.
Answered by Sreekanth Nadella
Asked by Karthik Chellappa: What is driving the decline in Issuer Solutions revenue if folios and transactions look reasonably okay?
p. 14
“Those are the three reasons, a little bit of folio erosion, corporate actions being extremely low into the Q4, which will change as the corporate profits of the country goes.”
Sreekanth Nadella, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said Ascent is adding funds at an increasing pace and expects the trend to accelerate further as markets turn around.
Answered by Sreekanth Nadella
Asked by Rajit Aggarwal: What changed to drive the large increase in new clients added at Ascent this quarter, and is the run rate sustainable?
p. 14
“I would expect the trend to be even faster into the coming quarters and years.”
Sreekanth Nadella, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management explained this is due to amortization of acquired client contracts and brand valuation from the Ascent acquisition.
Answered by Vivek Mathur
Asked by Rajit Aggarwal: Why has the gap between EBITDA and PBT/PAT widened for Ascent this quarter?
p. 15
“there is an amortization of the assets that we acquired from Ascent, including the client contracts and the brand valuation, which was done, which is getting amortized over a period of time.”
Vivek Mathur, page 15 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said the ~39% margin implied reflects conservatism from recent market volatility, but they still target 40-45% on a compounding basis.
Answered by Sreekanth Nadella
Asked by Supratim Datta: Does the FY27 guidance of 24-25% revenue and 16-17% EBITDA growth imply a lower EBITDA margin than the previously stated 40% target, and why?
p. 17
“we are still saying that we have the confidence to get that far.”
Sreekanth Nadella, page 17 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said private wealth and PMS revenue was impacted by mark-to-market markdowns on underlying stocks and some large wealth deals not closing as expected.
Answered by Sreekanth Nadella
Asked by Dipanjan Ghosh: What explains the drop in alternatives, private wealth and PMS revenue sequentially and year-on-year in Q4?
p. 20
“Private wealth and PMS was where there was a little bit of an impact, again, largely on account of mark-to-market, right?”
Sreekanth Nadella, page 20 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said Ascent's Q4 margin was 8%, and the amortization from the KFin Singapore Ascent deal is about Rs 6 crore impacting consolidated PAT.
Answered by Vivek Mathur
Asked by Abhijeet Sakhare: What was the Ascent EBITDA margin in Q4, and what is the ongoing amortization impact?
p. 21
“The amortization actually in KFin Singapore is valuation of the client contracts and brand against the goodwill that you pay and you get it externally valued, which is amortized over a period of 10 years.”
Vivek Mathur, page 21 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said the KRA business has signed over 25 asset management companies but flagged a possible industry-wide impact from a proposed singular KYC ID initiative, while Aladdin integration is progressing but complex and will take more time.
Answered by Sreekanth Nadella
Asked by Uday Pai: Any update on the KRA business launch and the Aladdin platform integration?
p. 22
“we have closed contracts with a little over 25 asset management companies, large brokers, and have been chosen by AMFI to be the preferred partner in the objective of identifying the unclaimed assets that are lying in the country.”
Sreekanth Nadella, page 22 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Risks flagged
Mark-to-market erosion on mutual fund and AIF assets from market volatility impacting revenue and EBITDA
p. 5
“a significant mark-to-market erosion in the case of mutual funds has impacted and that is the data is out there for everyone to see in terms of the total mark-to-market write-downs.”
Sreekanth Nadella, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Retail investor exodus reducing folios in Issuer Solutions business
p. 5
“a continual mass exodus of the retail investors meant that the retail folios have further come down in the case of Issuer Solutions”
Sreekanth Nadella, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Shift in asset mix towards metal ETFs reducing yield on equity-linked revenue
p. 6
“the asset mix for us for equity has come down by 200 basis points into the last 2 quarters.”
Sreekanth Nadella, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Weak corporate actions activity in India reducing Issuer Solutions revenue
p. 13
“the corporate actions declared by the corporate India have been far and few, right?”
Sreekanth Nadella, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Geopolitical uncertainty in the Middle East potentially affecting international fund domiciliation
p. 9
“Middle East was expanding quite rapidly. But obviously, with all that's happening in the last couple of months, it's a wait and watch.”
Sreekanth Nadella, page 9 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Potential regulatory change to a singular KYC ID that could reduce KRA industry revenue
p. 22
“a decent part of KRA revenue, which comes in the form of fetch costs probably will go away.”
Sreekanth Nadella, page 22 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Global fundraising and investment activity being tepid, affecting Ascent's growth
p. 14
“despite a fairly distressed financial markets across the globe and fundraising activity being a little tepid and the same is the case with investment activities downstream”
Sreekanth Nadella, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
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