Lanka Tiles PLC

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Building Products
  • ISIN: LK0114N00005
LKR
43.20
-0.9 (-2.04%)
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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
Royal Ceramics Lanka Plc
Swisstek (Ceylon) Plc
Lanka Tiles PLC
Central Industries Ltd.
Lanka Ceramic Plc
Lanka Walltile Plc

Why is Lanka Tiles PLC ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROE of 22.72%
2
Company has very low debt and has enough cash to service the debt requirements
3
Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 0.30%
4
Flat results in Mar 26
  • DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY) Lowest at LKR 6.74
  • DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y) Lowest at 15.15%
  • CASH AND EQV(HY) Lowest at LKR 888.34 MM
5
With ROE of 7.24%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 0.75 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 -20.44%, its profits have risen by 7% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 1.5
  • At the current price, the company has a high dividend yield of 0.4
6
Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years
  • Along with generating -20.44% 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 hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Lanka Tiles PLC should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Building Products should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Lanka Tiles PLC for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Lanka Tiles PLC
-20.44%
-0.83
22.29%
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)
0.30%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-22.58%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
100.00
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.33
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.09
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.83
Tax Ratio
22.12%
Dividend Payout Ratio
38.19%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
25.43%
ROE (avg)
22.72%
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
10
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
0.75
EV to EBIT
16.39
EV to EBITDA
9.04
EV to Capital Employed
0.76
EV to Sales
1.00
PEG Ratio
1.48
Dividend Yield
0.44%
ROCE (Latest)
4.63%
ROE (Latest)
7.24%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

7What is working for the Company
NET SALES(Q)

Highest at LKR 3,594.99 MM

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

The company hardly has any interest cost

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by 1.56% (YoY

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 5.08 %

NET PROFIT(Q)

At LKR 364.11 MM has Grown at 77.42%

-9What is not working for the Company
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Lowest at LKR 6.74

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Lowest at 15.15%

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Lowest at LKR 888.34 MM

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 6.74 times

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at LKR 150.46 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 4.19 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Fallen at -39.28%

Here's what is working for Lanka Tiles PLC

Net Sales
Highest at LKR 3,594.99 MM and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is very positive

Net Sales (LKR MM)

Net Profit
At LKR 364.11 MM has Grown at 77.42%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (LKR MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 5.08 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by 1.56% (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 Lanka Tiles PLC

Dividend per share
Lowest at LKR 6.74 and Fallen
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing lower dividend than previous years

DPS (LKR)

Operating Profit
Lowest at LKR 150.46 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is negative

Operating Profit (LKR MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 4.19 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Fallen at -39.28%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative

Pre-Tax Profit (LKR MM)

Cash and Eqv
Lowest at LKR 888.34 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is deteriorating

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 6.74 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Dividend Payout Ratio
Lowest at 15.15%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing lower proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)