Mercantile Shipping Co. Plc (MSL.N0000) Stock Analysis | Price, Returns, Financials & Key Metrics

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

Score

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Strong Sell

Sell

Hold

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Dashboard

Positive results in Mar 25

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q) At LKR 0.74 MM has Grown at 6,709.89%
NET PROFIT(Q) At LKR 0.74 MM has Grown at 6,709.89%
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -1.92% (YoY)

With ROE of 0.63%, it has a very expensive valuation with a 0.00 Price to Book Value

Market Beating Performance

Mojo Parameters

Stock DNA

Industry

Transport Services

Market cap

LKR Million (Micro Cap)

P/E

Industry P/E

Dividend Yield

0.00%

Debt Equity

-0.63

Return on Equity

2.42%

Price to Book

0.00

Revenue and Profits:

Net Sales:

6 Million

(Quarterly Results - Mar 2025)

Net Profit:

1 Million

Total Returns

Total Returns (Price + Dividend)

TimePeriod

Price Return

Dividend Return

Total Return

3 Months

79.93%

6 Months

65.54%

1 Year

150.37%

2 Years

221.28%

3 Years

113.39%

4 Years

427.31%

5 Years

694.3%

Mercantile Shipping Co. 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)

4.38%

EBIT Growth (5y)

12.90%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

-2.88

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

Negative Net Debt

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

-0.62

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

0.24

Tax Ratio

Dividend Payout Ratio

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

ROCE (avg)

0.01%

ROE (avg)

1.24%

Valuation key factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

EV to EBIT

15.81

EV to EBITDA

48.11

EV to Capital Employed

-1.65

EV to Sales

-2.22

PEG Ratio

Dividend Yield

ROCE (Latest)

Negative Capital Employed

ROE (Latest)

0.63%

Technicals key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Mildly Bearish

Bullish

RSI

Bearish

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Mildly Bullish

Moving Averages

Mildly Bullish (Daily)

KST

Bullish

Dow Theory

Bearish

No Trend

OBV

Mildly Bullish

No Trend

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) - Mar'25 - QoQ

Mar'25

Dec'24

Change(%)

Net Sales

5.60

Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income

0.60

0.50

20.00%

Interest

0.00

Exceptional Items

0.00

Consolidate Net Profit

0.70

0.80

-12.50%

Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)

-1.90%

-33.20%

3.13%

USD in Million.

Compare with Peers

Net Sales

QoQ Growth in quarter ended Mar 2025 is 0.00% vs 19.15% in Dec 2024

Consolidated Net Profit

QoQ Growth in quarter ended Mar 2025 is -12.50% vs 157.14% in Dec 2024

All Quarterly Results

Annual Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Mar'25

Mar'25

Mar'24

Change(%)

Net Sales

20.20

18.40

9.78%

Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income

-1.80

-5.60

67.86%

Interest

0.20

0.40

-50.00%

Exceptional Items

-0.00

0.00

Consolidate Net Profit

-1.00

-2.10

52.38%

Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)

-215.10%

-447.70%

23.26%

USD in Million.

Compare with Peers

Net Sales

YoY Growth in year ended Mar 2025 is 9.78% vs 6.98% in Mar 2024

Consolidated Net Profit

YoY Growth in year ended Mar 2025 is 52.38% vs -90.91% in Mar 2024

All Annual Results

Company CV

About Mercantile Shipping Co. Plc

Mercantile Shipping Co. Plc

Transport Services

Mercantile Shipping Company PLC is a ship owner and operator. The Company is engaged in carrying out investment activities in shipping and providing management services in relation to shipping to its subsidiaries. The Company also carries renting of investment properties. The Company is engaged in crew management, ship owning, training and ship management. The Company offers husbandry/agency facilities. The Company's agency services cover all ports in Sri Lanka; Colombo, Galle, Hambantota, Trincomalee and Kankasanturai. The Company's subsidiaries include Mercantile Emerald Shipping (Private) Limited and Mercantile Global Shipping Limited. Mercantile Emerald Shipping (Private) Limited is engaged in owning and chartering of ocean going vessels.

Company Coordinates

Company Details

108, Aluthmawatha Road,, Colombo 15 , COLOMBO None : 15

Tel: 94 11 4489900

Registrar Details