Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings Plc

  • Market Cap: Large Cap
  • Industry: Hotels & Resorts
  • ISIN: LK0003N00000
LKR
90.60
-0.2 (-0.22%)
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  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
Sell
Hold
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Trans Asia Hotels Plc
Aitken Spence Plc
John Keells Hotels Plc
Asian Hotels & Properties Plc
Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings Plc
Jetwing Symphony PLC
Ceylon Hotels Corp. Plc
Hunas Holdings Plc
The Kingsbury Plc
Eden Hotel Lanka Plc
Galadari Hotels (Lanka) Plc

Why is Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings Plc ?

1
Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 55.28%
2
Positive results in Mar 26
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at LKR 11,599.11 MM
  • INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) The company hardly has any interest cost
  • DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y) Highest at 3.45%
3
With ROE of 16.88%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 1.06 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 6.97%, its profits have risen by 40.2% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.2
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you buy?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings Plc should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Hotels & Resorts should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Hotels & Resorts)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings Plc for you?

Medium Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings Plc
6.97%
1.02
33.10%
Sri Lanka CSE All Share
11.95%
0.72
16.49%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
55.28%
EBIT Growth (5y)
30.84%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
1.89
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
2.97
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
1.06
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.78
Tax Ratio
23.37%
Dividend Payout Ratio
3.06%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.05%
ROCE (avg)
13.89%
ROE (avg)
5.85%
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
6
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.06
EV to EBIT
5.37
EV to EBITDA
3.39
EV to Capital Employed
1.04
EV to Sales
1.00
PEG Ratio
0.16
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
19.31%
ROE (Latest)
16.88%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical 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
No Trend
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

17What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at LKR 11,599.11 MM

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

The company hardly has any interest cost

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 3.45%

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at LKR 24,912.84 MM

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 133.69 %

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at LKR 10.65

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at LKR 17,221.22 MM

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at LKR 7,269.66 MM

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at LKR 5,090.63 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at LKR 2,728.01 MM

EPS(Q)

Highest at LKR 8.11

0What is not working for the Company
NO KEY NEGATIVE TRIGGERS

Here's what is working for Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings Plc

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at LKR 11,599.11 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (LKR MM)

Net Sales
Highest at LKR 17,221.22 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (LKR MM)

Operating Profit
Highest at LKR 7,269.66 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (LKR MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at LKR 5,090.63 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (LKR MM)

Net Profit
Highest at LKR 2,728.01 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (LKR MM)

EPS
Highest at LKR 8.11
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders

EPS (LKR)

Cash and Eqv
Highest at LKR 24,912.84 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 133.69 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Dividend per share
Highest at LKR 10.65
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (LKR)

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 3.45%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Depreciation
Highest at LKR 1,569.06 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (LKR MM)