Freedom Holding Corp. More Than Doubles Net Income and Reports Record Revenue in Fiscal 2026
New York, United States, June 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Company advances international expansion and integrated financial, insurance, consumer and technology ecosystem strategy
Freedom Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:FRHC), a multinational investment and technology company, today announced financial results for its fiscal year ended March 31, 2026. The company maintained a strong liquidity position and demonstrated the effectiveness of its diversified business model, which brings together financial services, insurance, consumer services and technology businesses within a single integrated ecosystem.
For fiscal 2026, net income increased from $76.2 million to $153.3 million, representing growth of approximately 101% year over year. Total revenue, net reached a record $2.19 billion, compared with $2.00 billion in fiscal 2025. Since the company's listing on Nasdaq in 2019, total revenue has increased more than 26 times.
Freedom's customer base continued to expand across key business lines. Brokerage customers increased from 683,000 to 858,000, while banking customers doubled from 2.52 million to 5.03 million. The insurance business served approximately 1.1 million customers, and the customer base across other business segments increased 83% to approximately 1.1 million.
Fiscal 2026 Financial Highlights
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026:
- Total revenue, net increased 9% to $2.19 billion, compared with $2.00 billion in fiscal 2025.
- Net income increased approximately 101% to $153.3 million, compared with $76.2 million in fiscal 2025.
- Interest income increased by $18.0 million to $882.5 million, up 2% compared with the prior year.
- Net gain on trading securities was $158.8 million, up $216.6 million, or 375%, primarily due to the sale of Kazakhstan corporate debt securities.
- Net gain on derivatives was $66.8 million, up $54.4 million, or 438%, primarily due to positive revaluation of foreign-currency swaps.
- Fee and commission income was $489.8 million, down $15.3 million, or 3%, primarily due to lower banking-service income.
- Net revenue from insurance activities decreased by 29% compared with the same period a year earlier, to $402.4 million. This was driven by changes in Kazakhstan's legislation regarding borrowers' life insurance and the payment of agency commissions to credit institutions.
- Revenue from goods and services increased by $57.3 million to $97.4 million, up 143%, primarily reflecting expansion into telecommunications following the acquisition of Freedom Cloud Holding.
- Total assets reached $13.16 billion as of March 31, 2026, up 33% from $9.92 billion at the end of the prior fiscal year. The increase was supported by growth in the company's proprietary investment portfolio and higher customer balances in brokerage accounts.
- Diluted earnings per share were $2.51 and basic earnings per share were $2.56 for the fiscal year.
CEO Commentary
"We completed the year with record revenue and doubled net income, despite significant investment in the development of the Freedom ecosystem," said Timur Turlov, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Freedom Holding Corp. "Our rapidly growing customer base confirms the strength of our strategy: building institutional infrastructure not around individual products, but around solving customers' everyday needs. Today, the daily audience of Freedom SuperApp exceeds 2.5 million people, compared with just over one million a year ago, while total users exceed 5 million. We believe the solutions we have implemented in Kazakhstan can become universal across the markets where Freedom operates."
Customer and Ecosystem Growth
Freedom SuperApp, the company's flagship all-in-one platform for retail banking, payments, insurance, government services and lifestyle services, reached more than 5 million users by March 2026. Monthly active users reached 2.59 million in March 2026, compared with 1.02 million in March 2025.
The SuperApp integrates traditional banking with services for insurance contracts, event tickets, grocery and consumer-goods delivery, airline tickets, travel packages, loyalty rewards, e-commerce, health services and a broad range of government services.
Banking Momentum
Freedom Bank Kazakhstan continued to serve as a core component of the company's ecosystem strategy. As of March 31, 2026, the Banking segment reported combined assets of $5.36 billion, up 21% year over year. The segment's loan portfolio increased 29% to $2.05 billion, while its deposit portfolio increased 46% to $2.52 billion.
Freedom also continued to expand its regional banking platform. The company signed an agreement with Ozyol Holding and the National Bank of Kuwait to acquire approximately 99.32% of Turkish Bank A.S., subject to regulatory approval and other customary conditions. The Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market also granted Freedom Bank permission to establish a subsidiary bank in Georgia.
Brokerage Growth and Market Access
Freedom's brokerage business continued to benefit from customer growth and demand for access to international capital markets. As of March 31, 2026, brokerage customer accounts had increased to 858,000, reflecting continued organic growth.
During fiscal 2026, Freedom also expanded its brokerage footprint. Freedom Broker Global Markets Ltd., the company's UAE subsidiary, received a brokerage license from the Abu Dhabi Global Market Financial Services Regulatory Authority. In March 2025, Freedom Holding Corp. also received a license to conduct brokerage activities in Turkey.
Expansion in Digital Infrastructure, Telecom, Cloud and Media
Freedom continued to develop complementary digital infrastructure and lifestyle businesses designed to strengthen customer engagement and broaden the utility of its ecosystem. The company's Other segment includes payment processing, e-commerce, online ticketing, travel aggregation, telecommunications, cloud services and media initiatives.
Freedom Telecom is being developed as a telecommunications business in Kazakhstan, while Freedom Cloud provides cloud infrastructure and related services to internal and external clients. Freedom Media is being developed as a streaming and media platform for Kazakhstan and the broader Central Asia region.
Freedom Holding Corp. and the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan announced plans to create sovereign NVIDIA artificial-intelligence infrastructure with expected investment of $2 billion. As part of this initiative, Freedom Holding Corp., the Government of Kazakhstan and OpenAI signed a strategic agreement under which 165,000 teachers in Kazakhstan received access to ChatGPT Edu, an education-focused version of ChatGPT with enhanced privacy and data-management features.
Key Corporate Developments
S&P Global Ratings revised its outlook on JSC Freedom Finance, Freedom Finance Global PLC, Freedom Finance Europe Ltd. and JSC Freedom Bank Kazakhstan from stable to positive and affirmed long- and short-term ratings at B+/B, citing strengthened risk-management and compliance systems.
Moody's assigned Freedom Bank Kazakhstan ratings with a stable outlook, including Ba3 long-term local- and foreign-currency deposit ratings, a b1 baseline credit assessment, a b1 adjusted baseline credit assessment, a Ba2 long-term counterparty risk assessment and Ba2 long-term counterparty risk ratings.
BlackRock, Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan increased their holdings in Freedom Holding Corp. shares. BlackRock remained the company's largest institutional shareholder.
Freedom Holding Corp. shares were included in the Moneyball portfolio formed by The Motley Fool.
Freedom Holding Corp. was included in the Russell 3000 Index, which tracks more than 3,000 of the largest U.S. companies and represents approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.
A case study on the development of the Freedom ecosystem was included in the Stanford Graduate School of Business MBA program and became part of the university's educational library for students, faculty and international business-program participants.
During the reporting period, Freedom Holding Corp. allocated $10.026 million to the Kazakhstan Chess Federation and $10.7 million to the youth soccer league. Its sponsorship activities also extend to education, digital technology, culture, and science.
Global Team
As of March 31, 2026, Freedom Holding Corp. employed 11,846 people across its regions of operation, including 10,830 in Central Asia, 334 in Europe, 627 in the Middle East and 55 in the United States.
About Freedom Holding Corp.
Freedom Holding Corp. provides financial services in 22 countries, including Kazakhstan, the United States, Cyprus, Poland, Spain, Uzbekistan, and Armenia. The Company's principal executive office is located in New York City. In Kazakhstan, Freedom is actively developing its financial and digital ecosystem, which includes Freedom Bank, Freedom Broker, the insurance companies Freedom Life and Freedom insurance, as well as a lifestyle segment that features Arbuz.kz, Freedom Ticketon, and Freedom Travel. Freedom Holding Corp. shares are traded on the U.S. technology exchange NASDAQ, the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), and the Astana
International Exchange (AIX) under the ticker symbol FRHC. Freedom Holding Corp. is regulated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the common stock is included in Russell 3000 Index.
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Head of Public Relations Natalia Kharlashina Freedom Holding Corp. prglobal@ffin.kz +77013641454
