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Company's ability to service its debt is strong with a healthy EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 8.19
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Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 25.07% of over the last 5 years
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The company declared very positive results in Dec'24 after flat results in Sep'24
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With ROE of 3.78%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 1.13 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
0.59%
0%
0.59%
6 Months
1.67%
0%
1.67%
1 Year
3.41%
0%
3.41%
2 Years
36.44%
0%
36.44%
3 Years
26.11%
0%
26.11%
4 Years
19.72%
0%
19.72%
5 Years
11.84%
0%
11.84%
John Keells 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)
9.30%
EBIT Growth (5y)
25.07%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
8.19
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
Negative Net Debt
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0
Tax Ratio
37.11%
Dividend Payout Ratio
92.71%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
6.59%
ROE (avg)
4.69%
Valuation key factors
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
30
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.13
EV to EBIT
32.70
EV to EBITDA
24.27
EV to Capital Employed
1.16
EV to Sales
4.32
PEG Ratio
2.33
Dividend Yield
0.12%
ROCE (Latest)
3.54%
ROE (Latest)
3.78%
Technicals key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bearish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bullish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
OBV
No Trend
Mildly Bullish
Shareholding Snapshot
No data for shareholding present.
Shareholding Compare (%holding) 
No data for shareholding present.
Quarterly Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Dec'25 - YoY
Dec'25
Dec'24
Change(%)
Net Sales
317.60
293.30
8.29%
Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income
57.00
77.70
-26.64%
Interest
1.10
3.60
-69.44%
Exceptional Items
12.90
30.50
-57.70%
Consolidate Net Profit
40.90
72.60
-43.66%
Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)
138.80%
224.60%
-8.58%
USD in Million.
Net Sales
YoY Growth in quarter ended Dec 2025 is 8.29% vs 47.83% in Dec 2024
Consolidated Net Profit
YoY Growth in quarter ended Dec 2025 is -43.66% vs 1,974.29% in Dec 2024
Annual Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Mar'25
Mar'25
Mar'24
Change(%)
Net Sales
1,009.40
942.00
7.15%
Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income
179.70
179.10
0.34%
Interest
18.10
28.40
-36.27%
Exceptional Items
30.50
30.00
1.67%
Consolidate Net Profit
173.50
144.00
20.49%
Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)
132.10%
153.50%
-2.14%
USD in Million.
Net Sales
YoY Growth in year ended Mar 2025 is 7.15% vs -8.06% in Mar 2024
Consolidated Net Profit
YoY Growth in year ended Mar 2025 is 20.49% vs -53.47% in Mar 2024
About John Keells Plc 
John Keells Plc
Capital Markets
John Keells PLC is a Sri Lanka-based produce broking company. The Company is principally engaged in tea and rubber broking. The Company's segments include Produce Broking, Warehousing and Share Broking. The Company's tea factories include Galpaditenne Tea Factory, Avissawella Tea Factory, Berubela Tea Factory, Nawalakanda Tea Factory, Ceciliyan Tea Factory and Bogoda Tea Factory. The Company's properties include Kiruwanagala Estate, Hingalgoda Estate, Delta Estate, Rothschild Estate, Mattakelle Estates, Pedro Estate, Kenilworth Estate, Dunsinane Estate, Nuwara Eliya Estate and Carolina Estate. The Company's subsidiaries include John Keells Warehousing (Pvt) Ltd, which is engaged in product warehousing, and John Keells Stock Brokers (Pvt) Ltd, which provides share broking services.
Company Coordinates 
Company Details
Finlay House, 186, Vauxhall Street, Colombo 2 COLOMBO None : 02
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