Cargills (Ceylon) Plc (CARG.N0000) Stock Analysis | Price, Returns, Financials & Key Metrics

Price Point

High/Low

1Day

52 Week

Valuation

Technical

Day's Volume

CASH

N/A

Shareholding

FII

N/A

DII

N/A

Promoter

N/A

Score

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Dashboard

The company has declared Positive results for the last 3 consecutive quarters

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at LKR 18,985.12 MM
ROCE(HY) Highest at 24.03%
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Lowest at 127.85 %

With ROE of 21.94%, it has a fair valuation with a 5.96 Price to Book Value

Market Beating Performance

Mojo Parameters

Stock DNA

Industry

Retailing

Market cap

LKR 206,271 Million (Large Cap)

P/E

27.00

Industry P/E

Dividend Yield

0.03%

Debt Equity

0.48

Return on Equity

22.41%

Price to Book

5.52

Revenue and Profits:

Net Sales:

66,652 Million

(Quarterly Results - Jun 2025)

Net Profit:

2,249 Million

Total Returns

Total Returns (Price + Dividend)

TimePeriod

Price Return

Dividend Return

Total Return

3 Months

88.29%

6 Months

99.19%

1 Year

113.4%

2 Years

218.82%

3 Years

397.82%

4 Years

233.44%

5 Years

342.86%

Cargills (Ceylon) Plc for the last several years.

Risk Adjusted Returns v/s

News & Corporate Actions

News

No Recent News for the Company

Announcements

No announcement available

Corporate Actions

No corporate action available

Key Factors

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

18.64%

EBIT Growth (5y)

20.81%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

2.14

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

1.40

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

0.60

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

3.46

Tax Ratio

39.31%

Dividend Payout Ratio

58.87%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

ROCE (avg)

19.24%

ROE (avg)

17.52%

Valuation key factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

5.96

EV to EBIT

17.67

EV to EBITDA

11.60

EV to Capital Employed

4.01

EV to Sales

0.92

PEG Ratio

0.66

Dividend Yield

0.03%

ROCE (Latest)

22.69%

ROE (Latest)

21.94%

Technicals key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Mildly Bearish

Bullish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Bullish

Moving Averages

Mildly Bullish (Daily)

KST

Mildly Bearish

Bullish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bullish

No Trend

OBV

Mildly Bullish

No Trend

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Shareholding

Shareholding Snapshot

No data for shareholding present.

Shareholding Compare (%holding)

No data for shareholding present.

Financial

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Quarterly Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Jun'25 - QoQ

Jun'25

Mar'25

Change(%)

Net Sales

66,652.30

59,529.20

11.97%

Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income

5,732.70

4,265.10

34.41%

Interest

1,110.70

1,234.00

-9.99%

Exceptional Items

0.00

552.60

-100.00%

Consolidate Net Profit

2,248.50

2,104.60

6.84%

Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)

61.20%

41.60%

1.96%

USD in Million.

Compare with Peers

Net Sales

QoQ Growth in quarter ended Jun 2025 is 11.97% vs -3.78% in Mar 2025

Consolidated Net Profit

QoQ Growth in quarter ended Jun 2025 is 6.84% vs 29.45% in Mar 2025

All Quarterly Results

Annual Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Mar'25

Mar'25

Mar'24

Change(%)

Net Sales

241,839.60

223,440.50

8.23%

Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income

19,000.00

17,806.10

6.71%

Interest

4,899.30

7,197.20

-31.93%

Exceptional Items

585.20

1,017.90

-42.51%

Consolidate Net Profit

7,270.30

5,936.10

22.48%

Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)

50.10%

50.30%

-0.02%

USD in Million.

Compare with Peers

Net Sales

YoY Growth in year ended Mar 2025 is 8.23% vs 14.22% in Mar 2024

Consolidated Net Profit

YoY Growth in year ended Mar 2025 is 22.48% vs 10.32% in Mar 2024

All Annual Results

Company CV

About Cargills (Ceylon) Plc

Cargills (Ceylon) Plc

Retailing

Cargills (Ceylon) PLC is principally engaged in the manufacturing of and trading in food and beverage, and distribution. The Company's segments include Retail, Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and Restaurant. It also operates a chain of retail outlets under the brand names, Food City and Food City Express. It is also engaged in manufacturing and distributing ice cream and other dairy products under the brand names, Cargills Magic, Heavenly and Kotmale; fruit-based products under Kist brand; processed and fresh meat products under the brand names, Supremo, Finest, Goldi and Sams, and biscuits under the brand name, Kist. The Company also operates a chain of KFC and TGIF restaurants under franchise agreements. It also distributes international brands, such as Kodak, Kraft, Cadbury, Bonlac, Oreo, Tang and Toblerone. Its subsidiaries include Cargills Agrifoods Limited, Cargills Distributors (Private) Limited and Cargills Frozen Products (Private) Limited.

Company Coordinates

Company Details

No. 40, York Street, Colombo 01 , COLOMBO None : 1

Tel: 94 11 2427777

http://www.cargillsceylon.com/

Registrar Details