Ceylon Grain Elevators Plc

  • Market Cap: Large Cap
  • Industry: Other Agricultural Products
  • ISIN: LK0029N00005
LKR
461.25
226.5 (96.49%)
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  • 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

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Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Why is Ceylon Grain Elevators Plc ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROE of 23.67%
2
Company's ability to service its debt is strong with a healthy EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 22.31
3
Positive results in Mar 26
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -12.64% (YoY)
  • NET PROFIT(9M) Higher at LKR 2,969.02 MM
  • CASH AND EQV(HY) Highest at LKR 24,248.59 MM
4
With ROE of 27.83%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 1.75 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 99.89%, its profits have risen by 31% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.2
5
Market Beating performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating 99.89% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed Sri Lanka CSE All Share in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you buy?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Ceylon Grain Elevators Plc should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Other Agricultural Products should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Ceylon Grain Elevators Plc for you?

High Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Ceylon Grain Elevators Plc
-100.0%
3.86
39.73%
Sri Lanka CSE All Share
32.72%
1.90
17.20%
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)
10.02%
EBIT Growth (5y)
28.58%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
22.31
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.80
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.95
Tax Ratio
27.90%
Dividend Payout Ratio
26.01%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
129.39%
ROE (avg)
23.67%
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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
1.75
EV to EBIT
2.53
EV to EBITDA
2.39
EV to Capital Employed
6.24
EV to Sales
0.45
PEG Ratio
0.20
Dividend Yield
0.02%
ROCE (Latest)
247.00%
ROE (Latest)
27.83%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

4What is working for the Company
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -12.64% (YoY

NET PROFIT(9M)

Higher at LKR 2,969.02 MM

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at LKR 24,248.59 MM

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at LKR 8,061.19 MM

-2What is not working for the Company
INTEREST(Q)

At LKR 31.25 MM has Grown at 49.15%

Here's what is working for Ceylon Grain Elevators Plc

Net Sales
Highest at LKR 8,061.19 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (LKR MM)

Cash and Eqv
Highest at LKR 24,248.59 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Net Profit
Higher at LKR 2,969.02 MM
than preceding 12 month period ended Mar 2026
MOJO Watch
In the nine month period the company has already crossed sales of the previous twelve months

Net Profit (LKR MM)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -12.64% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for Ceylon Grain Elevators Plc

Interest
At LKR 31.25 MM has Grown at 49.15%
period on period (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (LKR MM)