Upstox posts Rs 1,208 Cr income and Rs 215 Cr profit in FY25

Stockbroking firm Upstox reported flat revenue in the fiscal year ended March 2025, but improved profitability by 21.5% to Rs 215 crore, driven largely by higher non-operating income.

Upstox’s revenue from operations remained flat at Rs 945 crore in the fiscal year ended March 2025, compared to Rs 951 crore in FY24, according to its consolidated financial statements sourced from the Registrar of Companies (RoC).

Upstox provides retail investors with investment options, including stocks, IPOs, futures & options (F&O), commodities, currencies, fixed deposits, peer-to-peer lending, government bonds, non-convertible debentures (NCDs), gold, and insurance. As of  December 2025, Upstox has 2.08 million active clients with a market share of 4.64%.

Brokerage income remained the company’s primary revenue stream at Rs 767 crore, which formed over 81% of total income. Depository operations added Rs 65 crore, while the remaining Rs 113 crore came from management services and other operating income.

The company also reported Rs 263 crore in non-operating income, for which no detailed breakup was provided. Including this, the company’s total income for FY25 stood at Rs 1,205 crore.

On the cost front, advertising and business promotion expenses remained the largest cost head for the stockbroking firm, accounting for over 47% of total expenses at Rs 467 crore. This spend was largely flat compared to Rs 455 crore in FY24.

Upstox’s employee benefit expenses rose 11% year-on-year to Rs 211 crore, including Rs 13.6 crore in non-cash ESOP costs, while legal and professional expenses declined 8% to Rs 123 crore.

Other overheads, including finance costs, depreciation and amortisation, travel, and miscellaneous expenses, pushed the company’s total expenses to Rs 991 crore in the last fiscal year, which grew 6% from Rs 935 crore in FY24.

Overall, while Upstox’s revenue and expenses remained largely flat in FY25, a Rs 103 crore increase in non-operating income helped the company post a 21.5% rise in profit to Rs 215 crore, compared to Rs 177 crore in FY24.

The company’s ROCE and EBITDA margin stood at -0.45% and 0.98% respectively in FY25, with a positive EBITDA of Rs 9 crore. As of March 2025, its current assets totaled Rs 4,029 crore, including a healthy cash and bank balance of Rs 2,744 crore.

Upstox has raised over $200 million to date and was last valued at $3.5 billion. Data from startup intelligence platform TheKredible shows Tiger Global as the largest external shareholder with a 38.54% stake.

Upstox competes with players such as Zerodha, Groww, and Angel One. In FY25, Zerodha reported revenue of Rs 8,847 crore with a profit of Rs 4,237 crore, while Groww posted a 50% year-on-year rise in revenue to Rs 3,902 crore. Angel One reported revenue of Rs 5,238 crore during the year.