Ceylon Tobacco Co. Plc

  • Market Cap: Large Cap
  • Industry: FMCG
  • ISIN: LK0042N00008
LKR
1,798.50
2.25 (0.13%)
  • Price Points
  • Score
  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

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Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Ceylon Tobacco Co. Plc

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
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you buy?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Ceylon Tobacco Co. Plc should be less than 10%
  2. 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%
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)
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%
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
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%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

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
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

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 periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Dividend per share
Highest at LKR 9.03
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (LKR)

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 95.07%
in the last five years
MOJO 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 periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio