V. B. Desai Financial Services (BSE: VBDESAI) had a P/E of 7.2× on 6 Nov 2026, below the industry P/E of 18.4×, and the shares are 46% below their 52-week high. Its ROCE of 0.6% is the lowest among the 7 largest Capital Markets peers, and sales and net profit grew 4.5% and 41% a year over 3 years, though net profit is above operating profit, which points to a one-off gain. It is a small-cap company with a market cap of ₹6.80 Cr, ranked 207th of 219 Capital Markets companies by market cap; the shares fell 35% over the past year.
- ₹15.80
- ₹15.80
- ₹15.02
- ₹15.80
- 994
Health check
- ReturnsBehind
−35.3% over a year, better than 0 of 7 peers.
- Price tagDistorted
A one-off gain inflates profit, so P/E isn’t comparable right now.
- GrowthSteady
Sales +4.5%, profit +41.0% a year over 3 years.
- ProfitabilityWeak
ROCE 0.6% vs peer median 22.1%.
- Balance sheetFair
Piotroski 5 of 9.
- Red flags3 to check
Return on equity is low at 7.0%.
Small cap
Defensive
Key metrics
- Market cap
- ₹6.80 Cr
- Small cap
- P/E
- 7.2
- Industry 18.4
- Price to book
- 0.53
- Peers 4.53
- Dividend yield
- 0.00%
- ROE
- 7.0%
- Peers 18.9%
- ROCE
- 0.6%
- Peers 22.1%
- Debt to equity
- n/a
- Debt ₹0.00 Cr
- EPS (TTM)
- ₹2.10
- OPM (TTM)
- 7.8%
- Net margin 23.6%
- Sales growth
- +12.5%
- Latest quarter vs a year ago
- Profit growth
- +43.8%
- Latest quarter vs a year ago
- Price to sales
- 1.68
Strengths and risks
Strengths
- Quarterly profit up 43.8% on a year ago.
Risks to check
- Return on equity is low at 7.0%.
- Net profit is above operating profit, so a one-off gain is likely flattering earnings.
- 46% below its 52-week high.
About V. B. Desai Financial Services
V. B. Desai Financial Services Limited provides merchant banking and advisory services in India. The company offers merchant banking services, including valuation and corporate advisory, AIF certification, management of open offers, buy-backs and delisting, and management of public IPOs, as well as rights issue, offer for sale, and qualified institutional placement services. It also provides merger and acquisition services, such as preparing pitch…
- Headquarters
- Mumbai
- Employees
- 5
- Sector
- Financial Services
- ISIN
- INE848D01018
- Website
- vbdesai.com
Price range
- Avg volume (3M)
- 1.2K
- 1-year return
- minus 35.3%
- From 52-week high
- minus 46.1%
Peers · Capital Markets
| Company | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GROWWBillionbrains Garage Ventures | 215.08 | minus 3.93% | 1,33,585 | 50.3 | 13.78 | 29.3% | 21.6% | 62.9% | – | – | 0.00% | plus 63.8% |
| MOTILALOFSMotilal Oswal Financial Services | 1,102.00 | plus 0.64% | 66,448 | 25.0 | 4.27 | 18.1% | 18.9% | 52.4% | 29.0% | 26.1% | 0.54% | plus 11.1% |
| AIILAuthum Investment & Infrastructure | 570.05 | plus 0.08% | 48,410 | 27.6 | 3.29 | 15.2% | 13.1% | 74.0% | 44.4% | −23.5% | 0.00% | minus 0.7% |
| ANGELONEAngel One | 331.00 | plus 1.49% | 30,290 | 26.8 | 4.53 | 26.9% | 18.4% | 39.7% | 20.3% | 0.9% | 1.95% | plus 29.5% |
| CDSLCentral Depository Services (India) | 1,331.40 | minus 0.19% | 27,826 | 55.1 | 14.03 | 29.7% | 26.4% | 51.3% | 27.3% | 18.2% | 0.96% | minus 13.3% |
| CHOICEINChoice International | 748.20 | minus 0.09% | 16,668 | 62.9 | 8.90 | 17.6% | 15.8% | 35.3% | 42.2% | 53.6% | 0.00% | minus 7.4% |
| IIFLCAPSIIFL Capital Services | 349.80 | plus 0.13% | 13,036 | 18.8 | 3.15 | 22.1% | 19.5% | 36.1% | 19.9% | 30.9% | 0.86% | plus 4.1% |
| VBDESAIV. B. Desai Financial Services | 15.02 | minus 4.94% | 7 | 7.2 | 0.53 | 0.6% | 7.0% | 7.8% | 4.5% | 41.0% | 0.00% | minus 35.3% |
| Median of 7 peers | – | 0.08% | 30,290 | 27.6 | 4.53 | 22.1% | 18.9% | 51.3% | 28.2% | 22.2% | 0.54% | 4.1% |
Quarterly results
| ₹ Cr | Jun 25 | Sep 25 | Dec 25 | Mar 26 | Jun 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.1 | |
| 1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | |
| 0.2% | 5.9% | 4.6% | 1.3% | 14.3% | |
| 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
| 25.0% | 25.5% | 26.6% | 25.3% | 31.6% | |
| 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
| 0.45 | 0.52 | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.64 |
Profit & loss
- Sales CAGR 3Y
- +4.5%
- Profit CAGR 3Y
- +41.0%
- EPS CAGR 3Y
- +41.3%
- ROE
- 7.0%
| ₹ Cr | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.8 | |
| – | +25.5% | minus 9.3% | +0.3% | |
| 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.8 | |
| 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
| 6.9% | 14.1% | 11.8% | 2.9% | |
| 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0.1 | 0 | −0 | 0 | |
| 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | |
| 30.3% | 24.6% | 27.3% | 25.6% | |
| 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | |
| – | +50.9% | +19.6% | +55.5% | |
| 0.68 | 1.03 | 1.23 | 1.92 |
Forecast
Balance sheet
| ₹ Cr | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | |
| 6.5 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 8.4 | |
| 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | |
| 11.6 | 12.2 | 12.6 | 13.5 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8.7 | 8.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
| 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | |
| 2.8 | 2.9 | 11.7 | 12.5 | |
| 11.6 | 12.2 | 12.6 | 13.5 |
Cash flow
| ₹ Cr | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| −0.1 | 0.3 | −8.3 | 0.3 | |
| −0 | 0 | 8.5 | −0.1 | |
| −0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
| −0 | – | −0 | −0 | |
| −0.1 | 0.3 | −8.3 | 0.3 |
Shareholding pattern
This company is listed only on BSE, so there’s no NSE category split. See Major shareholders below for the named holders. Institutions hold about 0.6% (Yahoo estimate).
Major shareholders
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