J.A. Finance (BSE: JAFINANCE) had a P/E of 254.9× on 6 Nov 2026, and the shares are 16% below their 52-week high. Net profit grew 10% a year over 3 years; its ROE of 2.7% is the lowest among the 7 largest Credit Services peers. It is a small-cap company with a market cap of ₹152 Cr, ranked 77th of 193 Credit Services companies by market cap; the shares rose 112% over the past year.
- ₹139.50
- ₹146.00
- ₹133.00
- ₹139.50
- 502
Health check
- ReturnsAhead
+111.9% over a year, better than 7 of 7 peers.
- Price tagn/a
Price to book isn’t reported.
- GrowthSlow
Profit +10.1% a year over 3 years.
- ProfitabilityWeak
ROE 2.7% vs peer median 18.7%.
- Balance sheetn/a
Asset quality (bad loans) isn’t in our data.
- Red flags1 to check
Return on equity is low at 2.7%.
Small cap
Market sensitivity
Key metrics
- Market cap
- ₹152 Cr
- Small cap
- P/E
- 254.9
- Industry 15.5
- Price to book
- n/a
- Peers 2.62
- Dividend yield
- 0.00%
- ROE
- 2.7%
- Peers 18.7%
- ROCE
- n/m
- Not meaningful for lenders
- Debt to equity
- n/m
- Not meaningful for lenders
- EPS (TTM)
- ₹0.56
- OPM (TTM)
- 33.0%
- Net margin 0.0%
- Sales growth
- n/m
- Not meaningful for lenders
- Profit growth
- +25.3%
- Latest quarter vs a year ago
- Price to sales
- 54.54
Strengths and risks
Strengths
- Quarterly profit up 25.3% on a year ago.
Risks to check
- Return on equity is low at 2.7%.
About J.A. Finance
J.A. Finance Limited engages in the financing business in India. It is also involved in the investing activities, including share and derivative trading/transactions. The company was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Kolkata, India.
- Headquarters
- Kolkata
- Sector
- Financial Services
- ISIN
- INE825B01010
- Website
- jafinance.co.in
Price range
- Avg volume (3M)
- 1.1K
- 1-year return
- plus 111.9%
- From 52-week high
- minus 15.5%
Peers · Credit Services
| Company | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAJFINANCEBajaj Finance | 1,087.75 | plus 1.66% | 6,77,005 | 31.3 | 5.49 | 19.0% | 3.8% | 18.2% | 0.50% | plus 1.2% |
| SHRIRAMFINShriram Finance | 961.15 | minus 0.30% | 2,26,167 | 16.0 | 2.03 | 14.8% | 3.9% | 18.6% | 1.80% | plus 21.0% |
| CHOLAFINCholamandalam Investment and Finance Company | 1,785.00 | plus 1.42% | 1,53,103 | 24.5 | 4.41 | 20.6% | 2.6% | 25.2% | 0.11% | plus 0.8% |
| TATACAPTata Capital | 358.05 | plus 2.93% | 1,50,979 | 25.4 | 3.10 | 14.1% | 2.2% | – | 0.16% | plus 5.6% |
| MUTHOOTFINMuthoot Finance | 2,869.00 | plus 1.06% | 1,15,181 | 9.4 | 2.62 | 31.6% | 6.3% | 43.1% | 1.05% | minus 11.0% |
| PFCPower Finance Corporation | 328.80 | minus 0.18% | 1,08,507 | 4.1 | 0.74 | 18.7% | 2.7% | 17.7% | 4.99% | minus 16.9% |
| IRFCIndian Railway Finance Corporation | 80.43 | plus 0.37% | 1,05,110 | 14.3 | 1.73 | 12.6% | 1.4% | 4.4% | 2.74% | minus 34.4% |
| JAFINANCEJ.A. Finance | 142.75 | plus 2.33% | 152 | 254.9 | – | 2.7% | – | 10.1% | 0.00% | plus 111.9% |
| Median of 7 peers | – | 1.06% | 1,50,979 | 16.0 | 2.62 | 18.7% | 2.7% | 18.4% | 1.05% | 0.8% |
Quarterly results
| ₹ Cr | Jun 25 | Sep 25 | Dec 25 | Mar 26 | Jun 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |
| 0.3 | 0.3 | −0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
| 34.4% | 39.9% | −14.2% | 42.3% | 59.9% | |
| 0 | −0 | 0 | 0 | −0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0.3 | 0.3 | −0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
| 26.3% | 24.8% | 25.2% | 42.0% | 25.2% | |
| 0.2 | 0.2 | −0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| 0.17 | 0.23 | -0.05 | 0.16 | 0.22 |
Profit & loss
- Profit CAGR 3Y
- +10.1%
- EPS CAGR 3Y
- +10.2%
- ROE
- 2.7%
| ₹ Cr | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.8 | |
| – | +20.5% | minus 21.8% | +22.7% | |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 2 | |
| 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | |
| 25.9% | 44.3% | 48.2% | 28.4% | |
| −0 | 0 | 0 | −0 | |
| – | – | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | – | 0 | – | |
| 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | |
| 34.9% | 21.2% | 104.1% | 31.6% | |
| 0.4 | 1 | −0 | 0.5 | |
| – | +149.6% | minus 104.4% | – | |
| 0.38 | 0.95 | -0.04 | 0.51 |
Forecast
Balance sheet
| ₹ Cr | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.6 | |
| 8.2 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 10 | |
| 8.1 | 7.1 | 4 | 2.6 | |
| 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| 27.2 | 27.2 | 24.2 | 23.3 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 | |
| 0.6 | 3.9 | 0 | 0.2 | |
| 24 | 22 | 23.3 | 22.3 | |
| 27.2 | 27.2 | 24.2 | 23.3 |
Cash flow
| ₹ Cr | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | −1.6 | 3.8 | −1.1 | 2.6 | |
| – | −0.6 | −0.4 | 2.5 | – | |
| – | 2.8 | −2 | −3.5 | −2.5 | |
| – | 0.6 | 1.4 | −2 | 0.1 | |
| −0 | – | – | – | – | |
| – | −1.6 | 3.8 | −1.1 | 2.6 | |
| −0.1 | – | – | – | – |
Shareholding pattern
This company is listed only on BSE, so there’s no NSE category split. See Major shareholders below for the named holders.
Major shareholders
Filings & events
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