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Weak Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Equity (ROE) of 12.51%
- Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 0.32% and Operating profit at 0.04%
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Flat results in Mar 26
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With ROE of 12.42%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 0.61 Price to Book Value
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Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
Total Returns (Price + Dividend) 
TimePeriod
Price Return
Dividend Return
Total Return
3 Months
10.33%
0%
10.33%
6 Months
56.71%
0%
56.71%
1 Year
78.78%
0%
78.78%
2 Years
239.53%
0%
239.53%
3 Years
252.09%
0%
252.09%
4 Years
131.28%
0%
131.28%
5 Years
182.04%
0%
182.04%
Central Finance Co. Plc for the last several years.
Risk Adjusted Returns v/s 
News
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Announcements 
No announcement available
Corporate Actions 
No corporate action available
Quality key factors 
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
0.32%
EBIT Growth (5y)
0.04%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
100.00
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
Negative Net Debt
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.28
Tax Ratio
36.18%
Dividend Payout Ratio
14.42%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
13.24%
ROE (avg)
12.51%
Valuation key factors
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
5
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
0.61
EV to EBIT
5.67
EV to EBITDA
5.19
EV to Capital Employed
0.61
EV to Sales
2.28
PEG Ratio
1.33
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
10.71%
ROE (Latest)
12.42%
Technicals key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
No Trend
Mildly Bearish
OBV
No Trend
Mildly Bearish
Shareholding Snapshot
No data for shareholding present.
Shareholding Compare (%holding) 
No data for shareholding present.
Quarterly Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Mar'26 - QoQ
Mar'26
Dec'25
Change(%)
Net Sales
6,136.70
5,615.40
9.28%
Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income
2,444.60
2,344.70
4.26%
Interest
0.00
0.00
Exceptional Items
0.00
0.00
Consolidate Net Profit
2,473.60
2,378.00
4.02%
Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)
395.50%
401.00%
-0.55%
USD in Million.
Net Sales
QoQ Growth in quarter ended Mar 2026 is 9.28% vs -0.25% in Dec 2025
Consolidated Net Profit
QoQ Growth in quarter ended Mar 2026 is 4.02% vs -24.89% in Dec 2025
Annual Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Mar'26
Mar'26
Mar'25
Change(%)
Net Sales
26,667.30
23,055.00
15.67%
Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income
10,502.80
8,678.50
21.02%
Interest
766.20
131.40
483.11%
Exceptional Items
36.60
17.00
115.29%
Consolidate Net Profit
10,595.60
10,218.20
3.69%
Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)
397.70%
427.90%
-3.02%
USD in Million.
Net Sales
YoY Growth in year ended Mar 2026 is 15.67% vs -3.19% in Mar 2025
Consolidated Net Profit
YoY Growth in year ended Mar 2026 is 3.69% vs 24.81% in Mar 2025
About Central Finance Co. Plc 
Central Finance Co. Plc
Finance
Central Finance Company PLC is a financial services company. The Company's principal business activities are leasing, hire purchase financing, vehicle hire, deposit mobilization, vehicle trading and provision of other financial services. Its segments include Leasing, hire purchase and other advances; Medical services; Power generation; Manufacturing; Insurance broking; Investments, and Real estate. It provides a range of services, including asset leasing, contract hire, fleet management, micro finance and small and medium enterprise (SME) lending together with a portfolio of savings and deposit products. Its deposit products include CF Term, CF Optima, CF Excel and CF Ultra. It offers saving products, such as CF Savings, CF Senior Citizens and CF super savings. It offers CF Automart, a Web-based marketplace where customers and dealers can buy and sell vehicles online. The Company offers CF grants loans to individuals, as well as members of loan groups under the Navodya scheme.
Company Coordinates 
Company Details
84, Raja Veediya, Sri Lanka, Kandy , KANDY None : None
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