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Poor Management Efficiency with a low ROCE of 1.40%
- The company has been able to generate a Return on Capital Employed (avg) of 1.40% signifying low profitability per unit of total capital (equity and debt)
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High Debt Company with a Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
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Risky -
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Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
Stock DNA
Trading & Distributors
LKR 38,751 Million (Large Cap)
1.00
NA
0.00%
0.78
-8.43%
0.35
Revenue and Profits:
Net Sales:
38,107 Million
(Quarterly Results - Dec 2025)
Net Profit:
-6,148 Million
Total Returns (Price + Dividend) 
TimePeriod
Price Return
Dividend Return
Total Return
3 Months
6.67%
0%
6.67%
6 Months
52.87%
0%
52.87%
1 Year
43.71%
0%
43.71%
2 Years
76.9%
0%
76.9%
3 Years
30.91%
0%
30.91%
4 Years
2.71%
0%
2.71%
5 Years
260.0%
0%
260.0%
Brown & Co. PLC for the last several years.
Risk Adjusted Returns v/s 
News
No Recent News for the Company
Announcements 
No announcement available
Corporate Actions 
No corporate action available
Quality key factors 
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
42.38%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-204.55%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
0.04
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
18.65
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.78
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.56
Tax Ratio
Tax Ratio is Negative%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
1.40%
ROE (avg)
9.05%
Valuation key factors
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
1
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
0.44
EV to EBIT
-26.34
EV to EBITDA
18.24
EV to Capital Employed
0.70
EV to Sales
0.98
PEG Ratio
0.01
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
-2.65%
ROE (Latest)
33.58%
Technicals key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bearish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
No Trend
No Trend
OBV
No Trend
No Trend
Shareholding Snapshot
No data for shareholding present.
Shareholding Compare (%holding) 
No data for shareholding present.
Quarterly Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Dec'25 - QoQ
Dec'25
Sep'25
Change(%)
Net Sales
38,107.40
43,133.80
-11.65%
Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income
4,580.40
2,809.60
63.03%
Interest
13,538.00
9,903.70
36.70%
Exceptional Items
-43.60
0.00
Consolidate Net Profit
-6,148.40
-7,638.60
19.51%
Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)
48.40%
4.00%
4.44%
USD in Million.
Net Sales
QoQ Growth in quarter ended Dec 2025 is -11.65% vs 33.64% in Sep 2025
Consolidated Net Profit
QoQ Growth in quarter ended Dec 2025 is 19.51% vs 7.91% in Sep 2025
Annual Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Mar'25
Mar'25
Mar'24
Change(%)
Net Sales
107,820.80
80,609.30
33.76%
Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income
4,361.30
4,980.80
-12.44%
Interest
46,106.20
54,818.20
-15.89%
Exceptional Items
4,089.70
16,571.80
-75.32%
Consolidate Net Profit
29,093.00
-8,530.70
441.04%
Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)
-48.90%
-9.90%
-3.90%
USD in Million.
Net Sales
YoY Growth in year ended Mar 2025 is 33.76% vs 10.95% in Mar 2024
Consolidated Net Profit
YoY Growth in year ended Mar 2025 is 441.04% vs 31.90% in Mar 2024
About Brown & Co. PLC 
Brown & Co. PLC
Trading & Distributors
Brown and Company PLC is a holding company. The Company's segments include Trading, Manufacturing, Plantation, Investments, Leisure, Real Estate, Health Care and others. Its Trading segment includes agriculture, battery, generators, pharmaceuticals, general trading, home and office solutions, plantation support services, boiler and heavy machinery businesses. The Manufacturing segment includes Browns Thermal Engineering, Ajax Engineering and Agstar Fertilizers businesses. The Health Care segment includes Browns Hospitals business. The Investments segment includes Browns Investments. The Plantation segment includes Browns Plantations, Gal Oya Plantations, Melfort Green Tea Estates and Browns Hydro Power businesses. The Leisure segment includes Browns Hotels & Resorts, Ceylon Roots & Browns Tours, BG Air Services and Excel World. The Real Estate segment includes Browns Industrial Park and Browns Properties businesses.
Company Coordinates 
Company Details
No. 34, Sir Mohomed Macan Marker Mawatha, Colombo 03, COLOMBO None : None
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