Kelani Valley Plantations Plc

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Other Agricultural Products
  • ISIN: LK0249N00009
LKR
89.00
2 (2.3%)
  • Price Points
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  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
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Hold
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Why is Kelani Valley Plantations Plc ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROE of 20.60%
2
Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 13.29%
3
Negative results in Dec 25
  • ROCE(HY) Lowest at 9.82%
  • INTEREST(Q) At LKR 88.33 MM has Grown at 13.36%
  • DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y) Lowest at 0%
4
With ROE of 10.65%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 0.76 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 4.46%, its profits have fallen by -19.4%
  • At the current price, the company has a high dividend yield of 0.2
5
Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
  • The stock has generated a return of 4.46% in the last 1 year, much lower than market (Sri Lanka CSE All Share) returns of 41.16%
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Kelani Valley Plantations Plc should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Other Agricultural Products should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Kelani Valley Plantations Plc for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Kelani Valley Plantations Plc
-100.0%
0.71
24.24%
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)
13.29%
EBIT Growth (5y)
12.25%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
2.80
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.50
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.16
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
2.12
Tax Ratio
31.96%
Dividend Payout Ratio
19.37%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
21.96%
ROE (avg)
20.60%
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
7
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
0.76
EV to EBIT
4.76
EV to EBITDA
3.29
EV to Capital Employed
0.73
EV to Sales
0.27
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
0.20%
ROCE (Latest)
15.35%
ROE (Latest)
10.65%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

2What is working for the Company
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -22.31% (YoY

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at LKR 5,323.56 MM

-8What is not working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 9.82%

INTEREST(Q)

At LKR 88.33 MM has Grown at 13.36%

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Lowest at 0%

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 6.42 times

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Lowest at LKR 6.42

NET SALES(Q)

Lowest at LKR 4,556.28 MM

Here's what is working for Kelani Valley Plantations Plc

Cash and Eqv
Highest at LKR 5,323.56 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -22.31% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for Kelani Valley Plantations Plc

Interest
At LKR 88.33 MM has Grown at 13.36%
period on period (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (LKR MM)

Net Sales
Lowest at LKR 4,556.28 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is negative

Net Sales (LKR MM)

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 6.42 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Dividend per share
Lowest at LKR 6.42
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing lower dividend than previous years

DPS (LKR)

Dividend Payout Ratio
Lowest at 0%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing lower proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Non Operating Income
Highest at LKR 0.65 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Increased income from non business activities may not be sustainable

Non Operating income