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Ksolves India Ltd Q3 FY26 – ₹42.3 Cr Revenue, 32% OPM, 157% ROCE: SaaS Dreams on a Services Balance Sheet


1. At a Glance – Blink and You’ll Miss the Margins

₹676 crore market cap. Stock at ₹285. Down ~14% in three months, ~44% in one year. Dividend yield screaming at 5.44% like a retired PSU uncle at an IT startup party. ROCE of 157%, ROE of 154%, debt almost nonexistent at ₹2.5 crore, and yet the stock behaves like it forgot its own numbers.

Latest quarter (Q3 FY26) revenue came in at ₹42.3 crore, up 12.2% YoY, but PAT slipped 5% YoY to ₹9.8 crore. Margins bounced back sharply to 32.4% OPM, after a weak March 2025 quarter that looked like someone accidentally deployed code on Friday evening.

This is a company where profits grew 119% CAGR over 5 years, but the stock price over 3 years is barely awake at 8.4% CAGR. Translation? Market doesn’t trust smallcap IT anymore, especially if you’re not named TCS or Infosys.

But here’s the fun part: despite being labelled “other computer related activities” (which sounds like your cousin’s resume), Ksolves quietly runs a high-margin, repeat-heavy, export-led niche IT services + product hybrid.

So the real question: is this a dividend-paying cash machine disguised as a boring IT services firm… or a services company cosplaying as a product SaaS story?

Let’s audit it. With jokes. 🧾😈


2. Introduction – Smallcap IT, Big Claims, Even Bigger Margins

Ksolves was incorporated in 2014, which in IT years means it’s old enough to have survived demonetisation, COVID, Web3 hype, AI hype, and now the “GenAI will eat your job” hype. Still standing. Still profitable. Still paying dividends like clockwork.

It is a CMMi Level 3 software development firm, which basically means processes exist, documentation exists, and developers are not just vibes and Red Bull. The company claims expertise across Big Data, AI/ML, Salesforce, Odoo, DevOps, penetration testing, and now Generative AI.

Classic Indian IT bingo card? Yes.
But execution matters more than buzzwords.

What stands out immediately:

  • 82% of revenue from repeat clients
  • Top 10 clients only 53% of revenue
  • North America = 59% of revenue
  • Margins north of 30% consistently

This is not a body-shopping sweatshop. This is a small, specialised, high-margin shop that charges well and keeps clients sticky.

Yet the market treats it like a risky microcap because:

  1. It is small
  2. It is IT
  3. It is listed on SME-turned-mainboard
  4. It doesn’t shout enough on Twitter

Fair? Maybe. Lazy? Definitely.

Before judging, let’s decode what they actually do.


3. Business Model – WTF Do They Even Do?

Imagine a client who says:
“Bro, I have data everywhere, Salesforce is crying, Odoo is confused, and now my CEO wants AI.”

Ksolves walks in.

Core Business Buckets:

1. Services (Bread & Butter)

  • AI / ML
  • Generative AI
  • Big Data
  • Salesforce implementation
  • Odoo ERP
  • DevOps, MLOps, LLMOps
  • Digital transformation projects

These are project-based + recurring support revenues. High margin because:

  • Niche skills
  • Mid-sized clients
  • Less pricing pressure than mega IT deals

2. Products (Optional Dessert, Not Main Course Yet)

  • Salesforce tools (Lead Manager Ninja, Roll Up Magic, Crud Magic)
  • Odoo tools (Dashboard Ninja with AI, WooCommerce connector)
  • Mind AI Ninja – GenAI automation platform
  • Data Flow Manager (DFM) – Big Data pipeline manager built on NiFi

Products exist. They generate credibility. But revenue is still services-first, not SaaS-first.

This is crucial:
Ksolves is not a pure product company, no matter how many “Ninja” suffixes they use.

Think of it as:

“A services company with optional product leverage.”

And that’s okay. As long as margins stay sexy.

Question for you:
Would you rather own a loss-making SaaS dream or a dividend-paying services realist?


4. Financials Overview – Numbers Don’t Lie, But They Do Tease

📊 Quarterly Comparison (₹ crore, consolidated)

MetricLatest Q3 FY26Q3 FY25Q2 FY26YoY %QoQ %
Revenue42.3037.7039.67+12.2%+6.6%
EBITDA13.7014.0812.07-2.7%+13.5%
PAT9.8010.328.41-5.0%+16.5%
EPS (₹)4.134.353.55-5.1%+16.3%

Annualised EPS (Q3 rule)
Average of Q1, Q2, Q3 FY26 EPS × 4
= ((2.71 + 3.55 + 4.13) / 3) × 4
₹13.3

At ₹285 CMP → P/E ≈ 21.4x, very close to

Eduinvesting Team

https://eduinvesting.in/

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