First Capital Holdings Plc

  • Market Cap: Mid Cap
  • Industry: Miscellaneous
  • ISIN: LK0222N00006
LKR
61.00
24.7 (68.04%)
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  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
Sell
Hold
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Colombo Investment Trust Plc
Galle Face Capital Partners PLC
The Ceylon Guardian Investment Trust PLC
First Capital Holdings Plc
Ceylon Investment Plc
Ceylon Land & Equity Plc

Why is First Capital Holdings Plc ?

1
Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Equity (ROE) of 57.88%
  • Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 23.49% and Operating profit at 21.49%
2
With a fall in Net Sales of -34.47%, the company declared Very Negative results in Dec 25
  • ROCE(HY) Lowest at 34.49%
  • DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 7.62 times
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Grown by 61.93% (YoY)
3
With ROE of 61.21%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 2.43 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a fair value compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 36.77%, its profits have fallen by -16.3%
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to First Capital Holdings Plc should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Miscellaneous should be less than 30%

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

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

Is First Capital Holdings Plc for you?

High Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
First Capital Holdings Plc
-100.0%
2.55
40.00%
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)
23.49%
EBIT Growth (5y)
21.49%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
100.00
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
Negative Net Debt
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
2.40
Tax Ratio
24.96%
Dividend Payout Ratio
64.74%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
48.34%
ROE (avg)
57.88%
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
4
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
2.43
EV to EBIT
2.94
EV to EBITDA
2.94
EV to Capital Employed
2.50
EV to Sales
1.33
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
85.19%
ROE (Latest)
61.21%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

1What is working for the Company
CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at LKR 2,251.78 MM

-23What is not working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 34.49%

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 7.62 times

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 61.93% (YoY

NET SALES(Q)

Lowest at LKR 2,744.5 MM

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at LKR 324.51 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at LKR -171.82 MM

EPS(Q)

Lowest at LKR -0.43

Here's what is working for First Capital Holdings Plc

Cash and Eqv
Highest at LKR 2,251.78 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Here's what is not working for First Capital Holdings Plc

Net Sales
At LKR 2,744.5 MM has Fallen at -47.29%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of LKR 5,206.57 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is extremely negative

Net Sales (LKR MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
At LKR 324.51 MM has Fallen at -86.65%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of LKR 2,429.94 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very negative

Pre-Tax Profit (LKR MM)

Net Profit
At LKR -171.82 MM has Fallen at -109.64%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of LKR 1,782.73 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is very negative

Net Profit (LKR MM)

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 7.62 times and Fallen
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Net Sales
Lowest at LKR 2,744.5 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is negative

Net Sales (LKR MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
Lowest at LKR 324.51 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative

Pre-Tax Profit (LKR MM)

Net Profit
Lowest at LKR -171.82 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (LKR MM)

EPS
Lowest at LKR -0.43
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Declining profitability; company has created lower earnings for shareholders

EPS (LKR)

Raw Material Cost
Grown by 61.93% (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