Why is Ceylon Tobacco Co. Plc ?
1
Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Equity (ROE) of 189.43%
- Company has very low debt and has enough cash to service the debt requirements
2
With ROE of 230.54%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 26.98 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 24.03%, its profits have fallen by -0.9%
3
Market Beating performance in long term as well as near term
- Along with generating 24.03% 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
How much should you buy?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Ceylon Tobacco Co. Plc should be less than 10%
- Overall Portfolio exposure to FMCG should be less than 30%
(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in FMCG)
When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock
Is Ceylon Tobacco Co. Plc for you?
Low Risk, High Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Ceylon Tobacco Co. Plc
24.03%
3.40
12.90%
Sri Lanka CSE All Share
11.95%
0.72
16.49%
Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
16.31%
EBIT Growth (5y)
16.99%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
100.00
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-2.05
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
5.46
Tax Ratio
47.21%
Dividend Payout Ratio
100.00%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
0
ROE (avg)
189.43%
Valuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
12
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
26.98
EV to EBIT
5.77
EV to EBITDA
5.71
EV to Capital Employed
-19.53
EV to Sales
4.56
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
0.03%
ROCE (Latest)
Negative Capital Employed
ROE (Latest)
230.54%
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
Bearish
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 Bearish
Technical Movement
3What is working for the Company
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)
Highest at 95.07%
CASH AND EQV(HY)
Highest at LKR 60,139.65 MM
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)
Highest at LKR 9.03
-1What is not working for the Company
DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)
Lowest at 9.03 times
Here's what is working for Ceylon Tobacco Co. Plc
Cash and Eqv
Highest at LKR 60,139.65 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Dividend per share
Highest at LKR 9.03
in the last five yearsMOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated
DPS (LKR)
Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 95.07%
in the last five yearsMOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend
DPR (%)
Here's what is not working for Ceylon Tobacco Co. Plc
Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 9.03 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed
Debtors Turnover Ratio






