Kelani Valley Plantations Plc

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Other Agricultural Products
  • ISIN: LK0249N00009
LKR
83.50
0.9 (1.09%)
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  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
Sell
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 10.57%
3
Negative results in Mar 26
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Lowest at LKR 466.77 MM
  • DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Highest at 11.63 %
  • DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 6.63 times
4
With ROE of 8.82%, it has a fair valuation with a 0.62 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 -1.88%, its profits have fallen by -8.9%
  • At the current price, the company has a high dividend yield of 0.4
5
Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years
  • Along with generating -1.88% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed Sri Lanka CSE All Share in each of the last 3 annual periods
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?

Medium Risk, Medium Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Kelani Valley Plantations Plc
-1.88%
0.36
27.77%
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)
10.57%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-2.41%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
2.81
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.16
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.16
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
2.08
Tax Ratio
32.58%
Dividend Payout Ratio
28.32%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
20.82%
ROE (avg)
20.60%
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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
0.62
EV to EBIT
6.26
EV to EBITDA
3.88
EV to Capital Employed
0.62
EV to Sales
0.29
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
0.36%
ROCE (Latest)
9.84%
ROE (Latest)
8.82%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

1What is working for the Company
NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at LKR 251.8 MM

-5What is not working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at LKR 466.77 MM

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 11.63 %

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 6.63 times

Here's what is working for Kelani Valley Plantations Plc

Net Profit
Highest at LKR 251.8 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (LKR MM)

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

Operating Cash Flow
Lowest at LKR 466.77 MM and Fallen
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling

Operating Cash Flows (LKR MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 11.63 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 6.63 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio