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With a growth in Net Profit of 64.25%, the company declared Very Positive results in Mar 26
- The company has declared positive results for the last 2 consecutive quarters
- OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at LKR 6,189.86 MM
- ROCE(HY) Highest at 5.83%
- INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) Highest at 843.37
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With ROE of 2.88%, it has a fair valuation with a 0.92 Price to Book Value
Total Returns (Price + Dividend) 
TimePeriod
Price Return
Dividend Return
Total Return
3 Months
-16.59%
0%
-16.59%
6 Months
-9.04%
0%
-9.04%
1 Year
-8.56%
0%
-8.56%
2 Years
1.79%
0%
1.79%
3 Years
51.33%
0%
51.33%
4 Years
81.91%
0%
81.91%
5 Years
125.0%
0%
125.0%
John Keells Hotels 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)
42.90%
EBIT Growth (5y)
34.27%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
1.00
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
5.57
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.66
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.53
Tax Ratio
100.00%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
6.17%
ROE (avg)
0
Valuation key factors
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
32
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
0.92
EV to EBIT
6.83
EV to EBITDA
4.15
EV to Capital Employed
0.95
EV to Sales
1.56
PEG Ratio
0.11
Dividend Yield
0.05%
ROCE (Latest)
13.87%
ROE (Latest)
2.88%
Technicals key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
OBV
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
Shareholding Snapshot
No data for shareholding present.
Shareholding Compare (%holding) 
No data for shareholding present.
Quarterly Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Mar'26 - YoY
Mar'26
Mar'25
Change(%)
Net Sales
10,518.60
9,926.70
5.96%
Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income
4,816.00
4,733.30
1.75%
Interest
571.00
653.50
-12.62%
Exceptional Items
0.00
0.00
Consolidate Net Profit
2,639.70
1,610.40
63.92%
Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)
342.60%
361.20%
-1.86%
USD in Million.
Net Sales
YoY Growth in quarter ended Mar 2026 is 5.96% vs -1.32% in Mar 2025
Consolidated Net Profit
YoY Growth in quarter ended Mar 2026 is 63.92% vs 12.45% in Mar 2025
Annual Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Mar'26
Mar'26
Mar'25
Change(%)
Net Sales
32,288.70
29,318.20
10.13%
Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income
14,160.10
10,128.30
39.81%
Interest
2,389.40
2,593.80
-7.88%
Exceptional Items
0.00
0.00
Consolidate Net Profit
1,950.00
-222.70
975.62%
Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)
224.20%
188.90%
3.53%
USD in Million.
Net Sales
YoY Growth in year ended Mar 2026 is 10.13% vs -4.62% in Mar 2025
Consolidated Net Profit
YoY Growth in year ended Mar 2026 is 975.62% vs 49.27% in Mar 2025
About John Keells Hotels Plc 
John Keells Hotels Plc
Hotels & Resorts
John Keells Hotels PLC is a Sri Lanka-based holding company. The Company manages a portfolio of holdings consisting of hoteliering business, which together constitute the John Keells Hotels Group. It operates through two segments: Sri Lanka and Maldives. The Company is engaged in managing various hotel rooms in Sri Lanka, owning private-sector-owned transportation business, providing port and marine fuel services, providing information technology (IT) solutions, manufacturing of food and beverages and operating a chain of supermarkets. It is also engaged in tea broking, stock broking, banking and real estate. It owns and manages a portfolio of approximately 1,340 four- and five-star rooms in over 10 hotels across Sri Lanka and Maldives. The Company's lifestyle brand is Cinnamon. It focuses on various industries, such as consumer foods and retail, financial services, information technology, leisure, property, transportation and plantation services.






