Dhan reports Rs 408 Cr PAT on Rs 877 Cr revenue in FY25

India’s stockbroking space continues to show strong momentum, with several platforms including Zerodha, Groww, Upstox and Angel One reporting sustained profitability. Joining this league, stockbroking and investment platform Dhan posted a robust performance in FY25, with its revenue from operations surging more than 2.3X. At the same time, its profit jumped 2.6X and crossed Rs 400 crore in the last fiscal year.

Dhan’s revenue from operations rose to Rs 877 crore year on year in the fiscal year ending March 2025 from Rs 371 crore in FY24, as per its standalone financial statements filed with the Registrar of Companies.

Founded in 2021 by Pravin Jadhav, Dhan is a stockbroking and investment platform focused on active traders and young investors. It offers equity, ETF, and futures and options trading on NSE, BSE, and MCX, with integrations like smallcase and TradingView.

Income from brokerage fees and commissions from equity, derivatives, and commodities trading accounted for 88% of the total operating revenue which surged 2.35X year-on-year in FY25 to Rs 769 crore. The company also reported Rs 108 crore in revenue from other operating activities, for which no detailed breakup was disclosed in its annual filings.

In FY25, Dhan earned an additional Rs 10 crore from non-operating activities, including interest on fixed deposits, inter-corporate deposits, and current investments, taking its total income to Rs 887 crore.

As of December 2025, Dhan had 9.8 lakh active clients with a market share of 2.2%, but it remains far behind industry leaders such as Groww and Zerodha, which had 1.21 crore and 68.5 lakh active users, respectively. Notably, Dhan’s reported its active client base at 4.69 lakh in FY24.

For the stockbroking firm, commission paid to selling agents emerged as the largest cost component for the stockbroking platform, amounting to Rs 82.6 crore in FY25, nearly doubling year-on-year and forming about 24% of total expenses. Advertising was another major cost head, with Dhan spending Rs 73.6 crore during the year, nearly 2.7 times higher as compared to FY24. Employee benefit expenses followed closely, rising 66% year-on-year to Rs 73 crore in the last fiscal year.

Software and technology charges for the stock broking firm also shot up over 85% to Rs 39.7 crore in the previous fiscal. Royalty cost, demat charges, legal & professional and other overheads pushed the company’s total expenses to Rs 341 crore in FY25, from Rs 175 crore in FY24.

The 2.3X strong revenue growth helped Dhan to zoom its profits by 2.6X to Rs 408 crore in FY25 from Rs 159 crore in FY24. Its ROCE and EBITDA margins improved to 91.9% and 63.25%, respectively. On a unit economics basis, Dhan spent Rs 0.39 to earn a rupee of operating revenue. For context, Zerodha and Groww’s expense-to-operating-revenue ratios were recorded at Rs 0.37 and Rs 0.41, respectively during FY25.

As of March 2025, the Mumbai-based firm reported cash and bank balance of Rs 1,498 crore while its current assets stood at Rs 1,911 crore.

Dhan recently turned unicorn, reaching a $1.2 billion valuation after raising $120 million in a Series B round led by Hornbill Capital in October. The round also delivered strong exits for several angels and early backers, including Cred’s Kunal Shah, Miten Sampat, and members of the PhonePe founding network, with returns of nearly 45X in under four years.

The stunning numbers reflect a surging market during 2024-25, a picture that has soured significantly in Fy 25-26, especially post the Budget blues for F&O segment where STT rates have been hiked significantly. While the stock broking market has already reflected some of the pain with slowing or even negative growth in active users, it is safe to say that the firms have a solid long term story in place. While growth will certainly moderate, competitive pressure on margins  will also keep pricing power in check. A return to growing markets will of course do much to reverse some of the damage from the F&O blow. All in all, as strong players emerge, one is waiting to see what these firms do to truly differentiate their offerings from each other.  Investors should be optimistic when it comes to the choice of platforms they have for sure.