Amana Bank Plc

  • Market Cap: Mid Cap
  • Industry: Regional Banks
  • ISIN: LK0424N00008
LKR
29.60
6.6 (28.7%)
  • Price Points
  • Score
  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
Sell
Hold
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Seylan Bank Plc
Amana Bank Plc
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Pan Asia Banking Corp. Plc
DFCC Bank PLC
Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka & Finance Plc
Sampath Bank Plc
SANASA Development Bank Plc
HDFC Bank of Sri Lanka

Why is Amana Bank Plc ?

1
Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength with a 30.90% CAGR growth in Net Profits
2
Positive results in Sep 25
  • ROCE(HY) Highest at 1.21%
  • NET SALES(Q) Highest at LKR 4,437.12 MM
  • NII(Q) Highest at LKR 2,255.36 MM
3
With ROA of 0.65%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 0.67 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 18.88%, its profits have risen by 28% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you buy?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Amana Bank Plc should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Regional Banks should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Amana Bank Plc for you?

Medium Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Amana Bank Plc
-100.0%
42.45
26.70%
Sri Lanka CSE All Share
41.16%
2.63
15.67%
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)
14.80%
EBIT Growth (5y)
35.63%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
0
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0
Tax Ratio
0
Dividend Payout Ratio
37.27%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
0
ROE (avg)
0
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
9
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
0.67
EV to EBIT
-1.14
EV to EBITDA
-1.00
EV to Capital Employed
-0.56
EV to Sales
-0.18
PEG Ratio
0.01
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
Negative Capital Employed
ROE (Latest)
7.46%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
Bearish
Bollinger Bands
Sideways
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
No Trend
Mildly Bullish
OBV
No Trend
Mildly Bullish
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

12What is working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Highest at 1.21%

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at LKR 4,437.12 MM

NII(Q)

Highest at LKR 2,255.36 MM

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at LKR 1,195.08 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Highest at 26.93 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at LKR 1,208.3 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at LKR 705.91 MM

EPS(Q)

Highest at LKR 1.28

-2What is not working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 1.21%

Here's what is working for Amana Bank Plc

Net Sales
Highest at LKR 4,437.12 MM and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is very positive

Net Sales (LKR MM)

NII
Highest at LKR 2,255.36 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The bank's income from core business is increasing

NII (LKR MM)

Operating Profit
Highest at LKR 1,195.08 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (LKR MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Highest at 26.93 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has improved

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at LKR 1,208.3 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (LKR MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
At LKR 1,208.3 MM has Grown at 62.55%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of LKR 743.35 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (LKR MM)

Net Profit
Highest at LKR 705.91 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (LKR MM)

EPS
Highest at LKR 1.28
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders

EPS (LKR)

Here's what is not working for Amana Bank Plc

Capital Adequacy Ratio
Lowest at 12.7%
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The Bank's capital base vs its risk assets is deteriorating.

CAR (%)