Convenience Foods (Lanka) Plc

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: FMCG
  • ISIN: LK0196N00002
LKR
2,643.75
157.25 (6.32%)
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  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Why is Convenience Foods (Lanka) Plc ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROCE of 49.42%
2
Company's ability to service its debt is strong with a healthy EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 73.92
3
Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 17.57%
4
Flat results in Dec 25
  • INTEREST(HY) At LKR 8.58 MM has Grown at 106.42%
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Grown by 8.51% (YoY)
5
With ROE of 19.69%, it has a fair valuation with a 1.67 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 109.86%, its profits have risen by 211.5% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0
6
Market Beating Performance
  • The stock has generated a return of 109.86% in the last 1 year, much higher than market (Sri Lanka CSE All Share) returns of 41.16%
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Convenience Foods (Lanka) 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 Convenience Foods (Lanka) Plc for you?

High Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Convenience Foods (Lanka) Plc
109.9%
4.94
42.43%
Sri Lanka CSE All Share
41.16%
2.63
15.67%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
17.57%
EBIT Growth (5y)
9.23%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
73.92
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.68
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
482.02
Tax Ratio
29.06%
Dividend Payout Ratio
2.85%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
49.42%
ROE (avg)
20.17%
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
8
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.67
EV to EBIT
4.27
EV to EBITDA
3.73
EV to Capital Employed
2.79
EV to Sales
0.53
PEG Ratio
0.04
Dividend Yield
0.00%
ROCE (Latest)
65.36%
ROE (Latest)
19.69%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

6What is working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Highest at 17.56%

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at LKR 4,865.37 MM

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 5.56 times

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 6.74 times

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at LKR 1,817.41 MM

-10What is not working for the Company
INTEREST(HY)

At LKR 8.58 MM has Grown at 106.42%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 8.51% (YoY

Here's what is working for Convenience Foods (Lanka) Plc

Net Sales
Highest at LKR 1,817.41 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (LKR MM)

Cash and Eqv
Highest at LKR 4,865.37 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Highest at 5.56 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its inventory faster

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Highest at 6.74 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Here's what is not working for Convenience Foods (Lanka) Plc

Interest
At LKR 8.58 MM has Grown at 106.42%
over previous Semi-Annual period
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (LKR MM)

Raw Material Cost
Grown by 8.51% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has deteriorated; this may lead to a fall in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales