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Intellect Design Arena Ltd.

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About Intellect Design Arena

Intellect Design Arena Ltd. is a leading entity in the realm of financial technology solutions. Specializing in the development of software for banking, financial institutions, and insurance sectors, the company focuses on transforming complex processes into seamless and efficient operations. It offers a suite of products that cater to various facets of banking operations including digital core banking, transaction banking, risk management, treasury operations, and more. These solutions are designed to enhance customer experiences, optimize risk management, and drive digital transformation across institutions of all sizes. With a global presence and a strong portfolio of clients, Intellect Design Arena Ltd. plays a pivotal role in advancing the digital strategies of financial institutions. The company’s innovative approach and robust product offerings help shape the operational efficiencies and technological advancements of its clientele, making it a significant player in the financial services technology market.

Sector
Technology
Industry
Software - Application
Listing
NSE: INTELLECT
Employees
6,876
Headquarters
Chennai, India
ISIN
INE306R01017

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Business model & financial foundation

Intellect Design Arena (NSE: INTELLECT), Financial technology software products and implementation: revenue of ₹3,038 crore in FY26 (+21.5% on FY25), an EBITDA margin of 19.1%, net profit of ₹345.4 crore and net cash of ₹1,098 crore.

Key figures
Revenue, FY26 (₹ crore)
3,038
consolidated
Revenue growth, FY26
+21.5%
on FY25
EBITDA margin, FY26
19.1%
EBITDA (Operating EBITDA excluding other income) / revenue
Net profit, FY26 (₹ crore)
345.4
to owners
Return on equity, FY26
11.5%
on average equity
Net debt, FY26 (₹ crore)
-1,098
Net debt incl leases less cash banks treasury investments
Market capitalisation (₹ crore)
9,256
at the close of 18 Oct 2026

Company profile

Intellect develops financial technology product IP and earns licence, platform/subscription, maintenance and implementation revenue from banks, insurers and institutions worldwide. eMACH.ai, Purple Fabric and iTurmeric underpin its composable banking and AI platforms. Statutory reporting treats software product licences and related services as one operating segment. Development capitalisation and contract revenue judgments are material accounting features.

Item, Value
ItemValue
Legal nameIntellect Design Arena Limited
Exchange and tickerNSE: INTELLECT; BSE: 538835
ISININE306R01017
CINL72900TN2011PLC080183
SectorInformation Technology
IndustryFinancial technology software products and implementation
HeadquartersChennai, India
Fiscal year endMarch
Reporting basis and unitconsolidated, in ₹ crore
AuditorMSKC & Associates LLP (since 2024-06-26)
Market capitalisation₹9,256 crore (18 Oct 2026)
Shares outstanding13.97 crore shares (FY26)
Price₹646.4 (close, 18 Oct 2026)
52-week range₹564.0 - ₹1,245 (to 18 Oct 2026)
Websitehttps://www.intellectdesign.com

Corporate structure and shareholding

Entity, Holding, Business
EntityHoldingBusiness
Intellect Design Arena Pte Ltd, Singapore100%Software product development and implementation; overseas holding hub
Intellect Design Arena Limited, United Kingdom100%Software products and implementation; UK holding and delivery hub
Intellect Design Arena SA, Switzerland100%Software product development and implementation
Intellect Design Arena GmbH, Germany100%Software product development and implementation
Intellect Design Arena Inc., United States100%Insurance technology and software products; Singapore subsidiary
Intellect Design Arena FZ-LLC, Dubai100%Software product development and implementation
Sonali Intellect Ltd, Bangladesh51%Software products and implementation; material NCI
Digivation Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd41.14%Digital SME GlobalLinker; consolidated through substantive control rights despite minority legal ownership
Digivation World Pte Limited, Singapore86%Software products; Digivation subsidiary; local holding not ultimate group economic interest
Intellect Design Arena Inc., Canada100%Software products and implementation incl acquired Central1 digital banking operations; UK subsidiary
PT. Intellect Design Arena, Indonesia100%Software product development and implementation; Singapore subsidiary
Intellect Design Arena Chile Limitada100%Software products and implementation; UK subsidiary
Intellect Polaris Design LLC, USA100%Software product development and implementation
Intellect Commerce Limited100%Software product development and implementation
Intellect Design Arena Co. Ltd, Vietnam100%Software product development and implementation
Design Intellect South Africa100%Software product development and implementation
Intellect Design Arena (Mauritius) Ltd100%Software products and implementation; Dubai subsidiary
Intellect Design Arena Philippines Inc.100%Software products and implementation; Singapore subsidiary
Intellect APX Private Limited100%Software products and implementation; USA subsidiary
Intellect Design Arena SDN. BHD., Malaysia100%Software products and implementation; Singapore subsidiary
Intellect Payments Limited100%Software product development and implementation
Intellect Design Arena Hungary LLC100%Software product development and implementation
Intellect Design Arena Arabia Limited, Saudi Arabia100%Software product development and implementation; exists in FY25 comparative, not new FY26 subsidiary
Intellect AI Technologies Limited100%Software product development and implementation; formerly Intellect India Limited
Intellect Design Arena Pty Ltd, Australia100%Software products and implementation; Singapore subsidiary
Intellect Design Arena Limited, Thailand100%Software products and implementation; Singapore subsidiary
Intellect Design Arena Limited, Kenya100%Software product development and implementation

FY26 note45 lists27 subsidiaries. Equity-method associates: Adrenalin eSystems42.34% and NMSWorks42.74%; directors' count3 associates requires reconciliation. Digivation FY25 40% substantive interest vs25.89% legal shares. Project Purple Ventures UK incorporated4Aug2026; intended50:50 FintelJV, not FY26 consolidated subsidiary.

Shareholding (% of shares)
Shareholding (% of shares)Q3FY26Q4FY26Q1FY27Q2FY27
Promoter29.81%29.73%29.62%29.56%
Promoter holding pledged0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Foreign institutions26.60%25.57%23.51%21.40%
Domestic institutions7.11%7.10%7.33%7.54%
of which mutual funds6.33%6.60%6.65%6.74%
Retail14.61%15.64%16.74%18.07%
Other21.88%21.96%22.79%23.43%

The promoter holding pledged is a share of the promoter's own holding.

Business model

Intellect sells financial-software IP to banks, insurers and institutions: licence, platform, AMC and implementation. Modular eMACH.ai and Purple Fabric address core modernisation and governed AI; they compete with Temenos, Oracle FLEXCUBE, Finacle, Finastra and in-house builds. Consolidated Ind AS is the economic perimeter; product labels are not statutory segments. Twenty-seven subsidiaries, two identified equity-method associates; the directors' three-associate count remains unresolved.

Segment, revenue, FY26 (₹ crore), Share, geographic revenue, FY26 (₹ crore)
Segmentrevenue, FY26 (₹ crore)Sharegeographic revenue, FY26 (₹ crore)Sharemanagement geographic revenue, FY26 (₹ crore)Share
Only statutory operating segment: software product license/related services3,038100.0%
Statutory geography: within India (not operating segment)517.217.0%
Statutory geography: outside India (not operating segment)2,52183.0%
Management geography: Americas US/Canada (not segment)825.027.1%
Management geography: Europe (not operating segment)683.022.4%
Management geography: Middle East/Africa (not operating segment)599.019.7%
Management geography: India/South Asia (not statutory India)542.017.8%
Management geography: APAC (not operating segment)394.012.9%

Segments as the company reports them (consolidated); each share is of the segments' sum.

Peer, Why the dossier compares them
PeerWhy the dossier compares them
Oracle Financial Services Software (OFSS)Closest listed Indian financial software IP/licence and implementation comparator; higher scale/maturity.
Newgen Software Technologies (NEWGEN)Enterprise software IP, banking clients, licence/subscription/implementation mix.
Nucleus Software Exports (NUCLEUS)Lending and transaction banking product IP with maintenance revenues.
Aurionpro Solutions (AURIONPRO)Banking/payment software and implementation; adjacent infrastructure reduces comparability.
Ramco Systems (RAMCOSYS)Enterprise product IP, subscriptions and R&D capitalisation; different customer domains.
TemenosGlobal core-banking product IP/SaaS comparator; Swiss listed and different reporting currency.

Financial databook

Profit and loss (₹ crore)
Profit and loss (₹ crore)FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Statutory revenue from operations1,8782,2312,5062,5003,038
Cost of revenue (vendor classification) *276.91,4041,5341,5221,958
Other operating costs (vendor classification) *163.0233.8266.7551.3279.9
EBITDA (vendor classification) *541.5520.4616.2604.3727.5
Operating EBIT excluding other income417.5366.5402.1374.1371.5
Finance cost4.273.192.624.196.31
Statutory PBT413.2363.4461.2443.7460.1
Total statutory tax expense62.794.8138.5109.3116.8
Statutory PAT including NCI350.4268.6322.7334.4343.3
Diluted EPS parent owners (₹)25.1419.2322.8523.6024.31
Software packages consumables maintenance117.4105.1217.4
Technical subcontractors210.780.8105.2
Travelling expenses71.373.195.0
Business promotion60.946.060.3
Legal and professional fees29.741.457.1
Communication expenses31.510.412.0
Bad debt contract assets and advances written off0.624.8530.6
Impairment allowance financial instruments contract assets22.815.80.00
Provision for claims inside other expenses23.00.00n.d.
Office maintenance10.112.011.9
Rates and taxes excluding income taxes7.069.067.22
Power and fuel7.538.418.10
Short-term and low-value lease rent2.607.318.87
Insurance5.304.834.95
Statutory audit fees1.020.850.85
Auditor other services0.230.070.13
Other income59.077.0122.6
Employee benefits expense1,3401,5221,811
Other expenses statutory626.7447.2646.7
Depreciation and amortisation137.2156.4208.9
Pre-tax exceptional signed expense0.000.00-30.8
Share of associate profit or loss signed2.71-3.273.09
PBT before associates458.5447.0457.0
Current tax140.7101.2119.0
Deferred tax signed-14.88.05-2.20
Tax regime exceptional charge12.50.000.00
NCI profit or loss signed1.521.65-2.18
PAT attributable to parent owners321.2332.8345.4
Basic EPS parent owners (₹)23.7224.2924.99
Operating EBITDA excluding other income539.3530.5580.4
Auditor reimbursements0.110.090.08
Repairs plant6.564.422.66
Repairs other3.014.755.46
Printing stationery1.601.451.59
CSR4.925.545.10
Donations0.160.591.54
Bank charges2.893.523.45
Directors sitting fees0.500.971.31
Miscellaneous expenses2.975.825.91
FX loss other expense2.500.00n.d.
Salaries incentives expensed1,1631,3351,577
Provident other funds74.179.2103.7
Regular gratuity expense12.614.018.2
Other employee benefits6.165.758.59
SBC included employee_cost47.447.253.3
Staff welfare36.740.950.6
Statutory total income revenue plus other income2,5652,5773,161
Statutory expenses before exceptional and tax2,1072,1302,673
Separately reported statutory COGS unavailablen.d.n.d.n.d.
Balance sheet (₹ crore)
Balance sheet (₹ crore)FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Total equity incl NCI1,8222,0692,4512,8173,199
Borrowings including lease liabilities note4320.427.144.371.8158.7
Statutory cash and cash equivalents137.886.0199.8323.9452.4
Trade receivables current plus non-current257.2415.8607.5653.11,018
Total trade payables incl MSME256.8268.7267.0211.2236.0
Net property plant and equipment16.716.7155.3162.5178.8
Tangible capital work in progress4.344.590.981.8815.0
Total assets2,5942,8873,4053,8824,580
Equity attributable to parent owners2,4392,7863,170
Non-controlling interest equity12.331.029.1
Current trade receivables554.3448.5678.7
Non-current trade receivables53.2204.5339.2
Revenue accrued and not billed contract assets775.1859.9756.9
Billing in excess and customer advances229.7258.4334.5
Other current bank balances4.523.6238.6
Non-current bank balances178.9208.6188.2
Current treasury investments111.8203.3360.4
Non-current investments excluding associates280.6281.5217.5
Unsecured bank overdraft excluding leases0.010.000.00
Total lease liabilities note4144.371.8158.7
Other intangible assets net315.2428.0498.2
Intangible assets under development372.9305.3283.4
Right-of-use assets50.778.3149.8
Carrying value of equity-method associates56.953.656.7
Net debt incl leases less cash banks treasury investments-731.3-949.1-1,098
Current lease liabilities11.617.932.7
Non-current lease liabilities32.753.9126.0
Cash flow (₹ crore)
Cash flow (₹ crore)FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Cash from operations after tax349.586.4410.1431.4510.5
Free cash flow (vendor definition) *323.78.51237.2259.5291.0
Cash dividends positive outlay excluding NCI-0.82-35.133.748.296.3
Cash PPE plus intangibles incl product development positive outlay-118.6-165.7173.0171.8219.5
Cash from investing signed-254.7-244.6-272.3
Cash from financing signed-49.0-63.3-113.2
NCI cash dividends positive outlay0.000.001.34
Lease payments positive outlay16.918.216.7
Net short-term borrowing flow signed0.01-0.010.00
CFO less cash capex incl capitalised development237.2259.5291.0
Other reported lines (₹ crore)
Other reported lines (₹ crore)FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Actual issued year-end equity shares13.3013.4313.6813.8913.97
Research expenditure expensed statutory note40198.1207.9235.9
Development cost accrual additions NOT extra cash capex137.0138.9162.7
Opening intangible assets under development365.6372.9305.3
Translation adjustment on development assets3.525.1611.8
Transfer development to completed intangible assets133.2211.7196.5
Total amortisation of intangible assets99.6114.4157.7
Salaries capitalised into product development103.299.7124.4
Licence cost capitalised into development2.690.300.64
Direct overheads capitalised into development31.138.937.7
Unexecuted capital commitments net of advances5.290.3012.1
Financial bank guarantees backed by margin deposits3.714.7812.9
Statutory operating EBITDA excluding other income539.3530.5580.4
Basic EPS weighted average shares13.5413.7013.82
Diluted EPS weighted average shares14.0614.1014.21
Broad cash bank balances and treasury investments775.61,0211,257
Adrenalin total share of loss before recognition cap-10.5
Adrenalin recognised share of loss carrying-value cap-2.10
Adrenalin current advances balance not loan flow4.303.154.24
CFO divided by group PAT (x)1.27x1.29x1.49x
Development additions divided by research plus development (%)40.9%40.1%40.8%
Year-end current plus noncurrent receivables over revenue times365 (days)8895122
Year-end total billed plus unbilled balances over revenue times365 (days)201221213
Disputed tax contingents divided by parent owners equity (%)7.7%4.0%1.0%
Net operating working capital revenue days129152145
Other income as share of PBT (%)12.8%17.4%26.6%
Quarterly profit and loss (₹ crore)
Quarterly profit and loss (₹ crore)Q2FY25Q3FY25Q4FY25Q1FY26Q2FY26Q3FY26Q4FY26Q1FY27
Statutory revenue from operations558.1609.6725.9701.7758.1731.4847.0845.2
Operating EBIT excludes other income and exceptional items42.279.1162.895.2104.747.0124.7108.6
Finance cost statutory1.161.020.991.391.351.442.131.24
Statutory profit before tax after associates and exceptional69.893.7182.1125.2135.837.0162.1135.2
Statutory total income tax expense17.322.945.731.533.89.5541.933.3
Statutory consolidated total PAT including NCI52.570.8136.493.7101.927.4120.2101.8
Statutory diluted EPS not annualised (₹)3.734.949.566.657.182.008.487.19
Cost of goods sold (not separately disclosed)n.d.n.d.n.d.n.d.n.d.n.d.n.d.n.d.
Employee benefits expense including ESOP372.2374.6410.2416.0448.3450.3496.5516.7
Other expenses statutory nature classification104.9116.3111.4142.4156.4180.9167.1162.3
Operating EBITDA excludes other income; includes ESOP cost81.0118.8204.2143.3153.5100.3183.4166.2
Other income statutory28.515.222.632.730.821.637.528.1
Depreciation and amortisation38.839.641.448.148.853.258.757.6
Exceptional signed contribution to profit0.000.000.000.000.00-30.80.000.00
Share of associates profit or loss net of tax signed0.200.45-2.29-1.261.610.622.13-0.28
Statutory PAT attributable to owners of parent52.870.2135.394.5102.328.4120.2102.1
PAT attributable to NCI signed-0.330.611.08-0.79-0.35-1.03-0.01-0.25
Current income tax expense13.922.842.231.234.216.736.831.4
Deferred tax charge or benefit signed3.370.143.530.30-0.35-7.185.031.98

Consolidated, as reported. Lines marked * are the market-data provider's figures; the rest are extracted from the company's filings or derived from them. n.d. not disclosed, n.r. not retrieved, n.a. not applicable.

Metrics dashboard

Metric, FY22, FY23, FY24
MetricFY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Revenue growth25.4%18.8%12.3%-0.3%21.5%
EBITDA margin21.5%21.2%19.1%
Net margin12.8%13.3%11.4%
Return on equity14.2%12.6%11.5%
Return on capital employed25.1%18.6%17.5%13.9%11.9%
Return on assets10.2%9.1%8.2%
Net debt (₹ crore)-731.3-949.1-1,098
Net debt / EBITDA-1.36x-1.79x-1.89x
Interest cover97.8x114.9x153.5x89.4x58.9x
Asset turnover0.81x0.81x0.80x0.69x0.72x
Receivable days50688895122
Payable days (on revenue)5044393128
Cash conversion1.28x1.30x1.48x
Capex intensity6.3%7.4%6.9%6.9%7.2%
Free cash flow (₹ crore)230.9-79.3237.2259.5291.0
Dividend payout10.5%14.5%27.9%
EPS, diluted (₹)25.1419.2322.8523.6024.31
Book value per share (₹)137.0154.0179.1202.9229.0

Computed from the statements above:

  • Revenue growth: revenue over the previous year's, less one.
  • EBITDA margin: EBITDA (Operating EBITDA excluding other income) / revenue.
  • Net margin: net profit to owners / revenue.
  • Return on equity: net profit to owners / average equity.
  • Return on capital employed: EBIT / average equity plus borrowings.
  • Return on assets: net profit to owners / average total assets.
  • Net debt (₹ crore): Net debt incl leases less cash banks treasury investments; negative is net cash.
  • Net debt / EBITDA: net debt / EBITDA (Operating EBITDA excluding other income).
  • Interest cover: EBIT / finance cost.
  • Asset turnover: revenue / average total assets.
  • Receivable days: receivables / revenue x 365.
  • Payable days (on revenue): payables / revenue x 365.
  • Cash conversion: cash from operations / net profit to owners.
  • Capex intensity: capital expenditure / revenue.
  • Free cash flow (₹ crore): cash from operations less capital expenditure.
  • Dividend payout: dividends paid / net profit to owners.
  • EPS, diluted (₹): as reported (Diluted EPS parent owners).
  • Book value per share (₹): equity / shares outstanding.

Source: the company's filings and disclosures as extracted into Mool's company dossier (version 1, information to 18 Oct 2026); market data at the close of 18 Oct 2026. Every figure is read from the dossier's files or computed from them; the account of the business model is the analyst's, from the dossier's workings.

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