Brown & Co. PLC

  • Market Cap: Large Cap
  • Industry: Trading & Distributors
  • ISIN: LK0018N00008
LKR
167.50
1 (0.6%)
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  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-summaryPrice Point
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1Day

52 Week

Valuation
Technical
Day's Volume

CASH

N/A

Shareholding

FII

N/A

DII

N/A

Promoter

N/A

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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 -

4

Underperformed the market in the last 1 year

stock-summaryMojo Parameters
Mojo Parameters
Stock DNA
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Industry

Trading & Distributors

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Market cap

LKR 35,402 Million (Large Cap)

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P/E

1.00

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Industry P/E

NA

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Dividend Yield

0.00%

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Debt Equity

1.05

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Return on Equity

-5.68%

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Price to Book

0.38

Revenue and Profits:
Net Sales:
32,076 Million
(Quarterly Results - Mar 2025)
Net Profit:
13,738 Million
stock-summaryTotal Returns
Total Returns (Price + Dividend) stock-summary
TimePeriod
Price Return
Dividend Return
Total Return
3 Months
-9.46%
0%
-9.46%
6 Months
-13.1%
0%
-13.1%
1 Year
28.11%
0%
28.11%
2 Years
62.23%
0%
62.23%
3 Years
23.62%
0%
23.62%
4 Years
-47.78%
0%
-47.78%
5 Years
92.75%
0%
92.75%

Brown & Co. PLC for the last several years.

Risk Adjusted Returns v/s stock-summary
stock-summaryNews & Corporate Actions
News
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No Recent News for the Company
Announcements stock-summary
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No announcement available
Corporate Actions stock-summary
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No corporate action available
stock-summaryKey Factors
Quality key factors stock-summary
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
42.57%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-214.17%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
0.04
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
18.65
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.78
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.55
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
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
OBV
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
stock-summary Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
stock-summaryShareholding
Shareholding Snapshotstock-summary
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No data for shareholding present.
Shareholding Compare (%holding) stock-summary
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No data for shareholding present.
stock-summaryFinancial
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Quarterly Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Mar'25 - QoQstock-summary
Mar'25
Dec'24
Change(%)
Net Sales
32,076.20
30,071.00
6.67%
Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income
-1,420.90
87.20
-1,729.47%
Interest
11,976.70
12,957.00
-7.57%
Exceptional Items
925.30
-15.20
6,187.50%
Consolidate Net Profit
13,737.80
-2,140.40
741.83%
Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)
-44.30%
-69.90%
2.56%
USD in Million.
Direction Arrows
Net Sales

QoQ Growth in quarter ended Mar 2025 is 6.67% vs 20.67% in Dec 2024

Direction Arrows
Consolidated Net Profit

QoQ Growth in quarter ended Mar 2025 is 741.83% vs -107.65% in Dec 2024

Annual Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Mar'25stock-summary
Mar'25
Mar'24
Change(%)
Net Sales
107,820.80
80,609.30
33.76%
Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income
5,000.40
4,980.80
0.39%
Interest
46,106.20
54,818.20
-15.89%
Exceptional Items
910.10
16,571.80
-94.51%
Consolidate Net Profit
29,085.10
-8,530.70
440.95%
Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)
-45.90%
-9.90%
-3.60%
USD in Million.
Direction Arrows
Net Sales

YoY Growth in year ended Mar 2025 is 33.76% vs 10.95% in Mar 2024

Direction Arrows
Consolidated Net Profit

YoY Growth in year ended Mar 2025 is 440.95% vs 31.90% in Mar 2024

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About Brown & Co. PLC stock-summary
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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.
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Company Details
No. 34, Sir Mohomed Macan Marker Mawatha, Colombo 03, COLOMBO None : None
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Tel: 94 11 2697111
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