KHL.N0000 Share Price | John Keells Hotels Plc Stock Analysis & Recommendation

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

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Dashboard

Weak Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) of 6.17%

Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 34.27% of over the last 5 years
High Debt Company with a Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times

Positive results in Dec 25

With ROE of 0.91%, it has a very expensive valuation with a 1.30 Price to Book Value

Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years

Mojo Parameters

Stock DNA

Industry

Hotels & Resorts

Market cap

LKR 30,870 Million (Large Cap)

P/E

142.00

Industry P/E

Dividend Yield

0.05%

Debt Equity

0.63

Return on Equity

2.88%

Price to Book

0.97

Revenue and Profits:

Net Sales:

8,673 Million

(Quarterly Results - Dec 2025)

Net Profit:

763 Million

Total Returns

Total Returns (Price + Dividend)

TimePeriod

Price Return

Dividend Return

Total Return

3 Months

3.41%

6 Months

12.77%

1 Year

13.37%

2 Years

26.19%

3 Years

87.61%

4 Years

125.53%

5 Years

178.95%

John Keells Hotels 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)

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

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

ROCE (avg)

6.17%

ROE (avg)

Valuation key factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

142

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

1.30

EV to EBIT

9.55

EV to EBITDA

5.54

EV to Capital Employed

1.18

EV to Sales

2.00

PEG Ratio

1.05

Dividend Yield

0.04%

ROCE (Latest)

12.33%

ROE (Latest)

0.91%

Technicals key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Bearish

Mildly Bearish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Mildly Bearish

Mildly Bullish

Moving Averages

Bearish (Daily)

KST

Bearish

Bullish

Dow Theory

No Trend

OBV

No Trend

Mildly Bearish

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) - Dec'25 - YoY

Dec'25

Dec'24

Change(%)

Net Sales

8,673.30

7,705.00

12.57%

Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income

3,486.60

2,949.70

18.20%

Interest

600.20

674.40

-11.00%

Exceptional Items

0.00

Consolidate Net Profit

763.30

348.90

118.77%

Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)

264.40%

238.80%

2.56%

USD in Million.

Compare with Peers

Net Sales

YoY Growth in quarter ended Dec 2025 is 12.57% vs -5.64% in Dec 2024

Consolidated Net Profit

YoY Growth in quarter ended Dec 2025 is 118.77% vs 4,154.88% in Dec 2024

All Quarterly Results

Annual Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Mar'25

Mar'25

Mar'24

Change(%)

Net Sales

29,318.20

30,739.30

-4.62%

Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income

10,128.30

10,757.50

-5.85%

Interest

2,593.80

2,882.10

-10.00%

Exceptional Items

0.00

Consolidate Net Profit

-222.70

-439.00

49.27%

Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)

188.90%

190.70%

-0.18%

USD in Million.

Compare with Peers

Net Sales

YoY Growth in year ended Mar 2025 is -4.62% vs 6.60% in Mar 2024

Consolidated Net Profit

YoY Growth in year ended Mar 2025 is 49.27% vs -32.03% in Mar 2024

All Annual Results

Company CV

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.

Company Coordinates

Company Details

117, Sir Chittampalam A. Gardiner Mawatha, Colombo 2, COLOMBO None : 2

Tel: 94 11 2421101

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