Hela Apparel Holdings Plc () Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

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Comparison

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Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

Hela Apparel Holdings Plc

Why is Hela Apparel Holdings Plc ?

With a Negative Book Value, the company has a Weak Long Term Fundamental Strength

Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of -9.61% and Operating profit at -276.98% over the last 5 years
High Debt Company with a Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times

Flat results in Dec 25

NET PROFIT(HY) At LKR -5,861.23 MM has Grown at -51.62%
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Grown by 48.28% (YoY)
INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 5.67 times

Risky -

The stock is trading risky as compared to its average historical valuations
Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -17.14%, its profits have fallen by -333.4%

Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years

Along with generating -17.14% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed Sri Lanka CSE All Share in each of the last 3 annual periods

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Verdict Report

How much should you sell?

All quantity irrespective of whether you are making profits or losses

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

When to re-enter? - We will constantly monitor the company and review our call based on new data

No Data Found

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

-9.61%

EBIT Growth (5y)

-276.98%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

Negative Net Debt

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

Tax Ratio

Tax Ratio is Negative%

Dividend Payout Ratio

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

ROCE (avg)

ROE (avg)

Valuation

Valuation Scorecard

Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

NA (Loss Making)

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

-1.12

EV to EBIT

-4.96

EV to EBITDA

-6.72

EV to Capital Employed

1.47

EV to Sales

0.39

PEG Ratio

Dividend Yield

ROCE (Latest)

-29.66%

ROE (Latest)

Negative BV

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Bearish

Mildly Bullish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Mildly Bearish

Moving Averages

Bearish (Daily)

KST

Bearish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bullish

No Trend

OBV

Mildly Bearish

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Technical Movement

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Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

5What is working for the Company

NET PROFIT(HY)

Higher at LKR -5,861.23 MM

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 0%

-12What is not working for the Company

NET PROFIT(HY)

At LKR -5,861.23 MM has Grown at -51.62%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 48.28% (YoY

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 5.67 times

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 4.77 times

NET SALES(Q)

Lowest at LKR 11,640.29 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at -20.82 %

Here's what is working for Hela Apparel Holdings Plc

Net Profit

Higher at LKR -5,861.23 MM

than preceding 12 month period ended Dec 2025

MOJO Watch

In the half year the company has already crossed Net Profit of the previous twelve months

Net Profit (LKR MM)

Here's what is not working for Hela Apparel Holdings Plc

Net Sales

At LKR 11,640.29 MM has Fallen at -35.93%

over average net sales of the previous four periods of LKR 18,167.02 MM

MOJO Watch

Near term sales trend is extremely negative

Net Sales (LKR MM)

Net Profit

At LKR -5,861.23 MM has Grown at -51.62%

Year on Year (YoY)

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (LKR MM)

Net Sales

Lowest at LKR 11,640.29 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term sales trend is negative

Net Sales (LKR MM)

Operating Profit Margin

Lowest at -20.82 %

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Lowest at 5.67 times

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Lowest at 4.77 times

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Raw Material Cost

Grown by 48.28% (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