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With a growth in Operating Profit of 27.26%, the company declared Very Positive results in Mar 26
- The company has declared positive results for the last 3 consecutive quarters
- ROCE(HY) Highest at 3.35%
- INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) Highest at 354.5
- INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Highest at 8.68 times
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With ROE of 4.81%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 0.87 Price to Book Value
Total Returns (Price + Dividend) 
TimePeriod
Price Return
Dividend Return
Total Return
3 Months
-3.43%
0%
-3.43%
6 Months
-10.45%
0%
-10.45%
1 Year
-22.75%
0%
-22.75%
2 Years
1.77%
0%
1.77%
3 Years
24.18%
0%
24.18%
4 Years
63.17%
0%
63.17%
5 Years
40.53%
0%
40.53%
John Keells Holdings 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)
32.88%
EBIT Growth (5y)
104.96%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
1.55
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
3.22
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.27
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.58
Tax Ratio
60.71%
Dividend Payout Ratio
38.87%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.82%
ROCE (avg)
4.87%
ROE (avg)
3.80%
Valuation key factors
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
18
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
0.87
EV to EBIT
10.89
EV to EBITDA
7.61
EV to Capital Employed
0.90
EV to Sales
0.92
PEG Ratio
0.09
Dividend Yield
0.12%
ROCE (Latest)
8.27%
ROE (Latest)
4.81%
Technicals key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
OBV
No Trend
Mildly Bullish
Shareholding Snapshot : Jun 2016
Shareholding Compare (%holding) 
Majority shareholders
Foreign Institutions
Domestic Funds
Held in 0 Schemes (0%)
Foreign Institutions
Held by 1 Foreign Institutions (0.82%)
Strategic Entities with highest holding
Highest Public shareholder
Quarterly Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Mar'26 - QoQ
Mar'26
Dec'25
Change(%)
Net Sales
144,889.10
125,053.10
15.86%
Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income
19,864.00
16,762.90
18.50%
Interest
5,603.50
5,402.60
3.72%
Exceptional Items
-876.20
2,598.40
-133.72%
Consolidate Net Profit
8,659.10
8,503.50
1.83%
Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)
101.60%
94.70%
0.69%
USD in Million.
Net Sales
QoQ Growth in quarter ended Mar 2026 is 15.86% vs -13.61% in Dec 2025
Consolidated Net Profit
QoQ Growth in quarter ended Mar 2026 is 1.83% vs 102.39% in Dec 2025
Annual Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Mar'26
Mar'26
Mar'25
Change(%)
Net Sales
528,850.70
317,377.70
66.63%
Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income
64,659.80
34,678.20
86.46%
Interest
21,924.60
18,442.60
18.88%
Exceptional Items
3,704.60
2,170.40
70.69%
Consolidate Net Profit
22,081.50
6,924.30
218.90%
Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)
85.70%
56.70%
2.90%
USD in Million.
Net Sales
YoY Growth in year ended Mar 2026 is 66.63% vs 13.04% in Mar 2025
Consolidated Net Profit
YoY Growth in year ended Mar 2026 is 218.90% vs -42.90% in Mar 2025
About John Keells Holdings Plc 
John Keells Holdings Plc
Retailing
John Keells Holdings PLC is a holding company that manages a portfolio of holdings consisting of a range of business operations. The Company's segments are Transportation, Leisure, Property, Consumer Foods and Retail, Financial Services, Information Technology and Others. The transportation segment offers transportation related services. The leisure segment encompasses over two five star city hotels in Colombo and approximately eight resort hotels in Sri Lanka and over three resorts in Maldives under the Cinnamon Hotels and Resorts brand. The property segment concentrates on development and sale of residential apartments. The consumer foods and retail segment operates in over two categories namely manufacturing and retailing. The financial services segment offers financial solutions. The information technology segment comprises from business process outsourcing, software services and information integration to office automation. The others segment includes plantation services sector.
Company Coordinates 
Company Details
No. 117, Sir Chittampalam A. Gardiner Mawatha, Colombo 02, COLOMBO None : 2
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