Watawala Plantations Plc (WATA.N0000) Stock Analysis | Price, Returns, Financials & Key Metrics

Price Point

High/Low

1Day

52 Week

Valuation

Technical

Day's Volume

CASH

N/A

Shareholding

FII

N/A

DII

N/A

Promoter

N/A

Score

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Dashboard

High Management Efficiency with a high ROE of 44.12%

Company's ability to service its debt is strong with a healthy EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 30.26

Positive results in Jun 25

With ROE of 76.86%, it has a expensive valuation with a 14.33 Price to Book Value

Market Beating Performance

Mojo Parameters

Stock DNA

Industry

FMCG

Market cap

LKR 49,811 Million (Large Cap)

P/E

19.00

Industry P/E

Dividend Yield

0.12%

Debt Equity

-0.04

Return on Equity

68.69%

Price to Book

12.50

Revenue and Profits:

Net Sales:

2,492 Million

(Quarterly Results - Jun 2025)

Net Profit:

826 Million

Total Returns

Total Returns (Price + Dividend)

TimePeriod

Price Return

Dividend Return

Total Return

3 Months

35.73%

6 Months

41.87%

1 Year

111.21%

2 Years

228.45%

3 Years

-42.28%

4 Years

96.66%

5 Years

327.4%

Watawala Plantations Plc for the last several years.

Risk Adjusted Returns v/s

News & Corporate Actions

News

No Recent News for the Company

Announcements

No announcement available

Corporate Actions

No corporate action available

Key Factors

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

18.78%

EBIT Growth (5y)

24.05%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

30.26

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

Net Debt is too low

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

-0.01

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

1.47

Tax Ratio

41.64%

Dividend Payout Ratio

227.91%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

ROCE (avg)

58.47%

ROE (avg)

44.12%

Valuation key factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

14.33

EV to EBIT

12.26

EV to EBITDA

11.00

EV to Capital Employed

18.29

EV to Sales

5.36

PEG Ratio

Dividend Yield

0.14%

ROCE (Latest)

149.15%

ROE (Latest)

76.86%

Technicals key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Mildly Bearish

Bullish

RSI

No Signal

Bearish

Bollinger Bands

Bullish

Mildly Bullish

Moving Averages

Bullish (Daily)

KST

Bullish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bearish

Mildly Bullish

OBV

Mildly Bearish

Bullish

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

Shareholding

Shareholding Snapshot

No data for shareholding present.

Shareholding Compare (%holding)

No data for shareholding present.

Financial

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Quarterly Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Jun'25 - YoY

Jun'25

Jun'24

Change(%)

Net Sales

2,491.50

2,065.40

20.63%

Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income

1,318.20

899.10

46.61%

Interest

27.50

23.20

18.53%

Exceptional Items

0.00

Consolidate Net Profit

826.00

582.00

41.92%

Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)

490.20%

386.40%

10.38%

USD in Million.

Compare with Peers

Net Sales

YoY Growth in quarter ended Jun 2025 is 20.63% vs -12.39% in Jun 2024

Consolidated Net Profit

YoY Growth in quarter ended Jun 2025 is 41.92% vs -22.49% in Jun 2024

All Quarterly Results

Annual Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Mar'25

Mar'25

Mar'24

Change(%)

Net Sales

7,944.20

8,320.90

-4.53%

Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income

3,467.30

2,954.10

17.37%

Interest

126.80

78.60

61.32%

Exceptional Items

-321.20

40.00

-903.00%

Consolidate Net Profit

1,884.90

2,344.70

-19.61%

Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)

384.60%

307.60%

7.70%

USD in Million.

Compare with Peers

Net Sales

YoY Growth in year ended Mar 2025 is -4.53% vs -5.10% in Mar 2024

Consolidated Net Profit

YoY Growth in year ended Mar 2025 is -19.61% vs 0.55% in Mar 2024

All Annual Results

Company CV

About Watawala Plantations Plc

Watawala Plantations Plc

FMCG

Watawala Plantations PLC is a diversified agribusiness company. The Company is engaged in the cultivation and harvesting palm oil, tea, rubber and other export crops and dairy farming, processing the harvest in its own factories located on the estates. The Company's segments include Tea, Rubber, Palm Oil, Export and Other. It is managing over 19 estates located in the central and southern provinces. The Company's oil palm cultivation in the country covers approximately 3,160 hectares. Its tea estates are located in the Hatton, Watawala, Lindula and Udugama regions (encompassing high grown, medium grown and low grown categories) and the factories produce both orthodox, and crush, tear and curl (CTC) teas. The Company has approximately 10 tea factories, approximately two rubber factories and a palm oil processing mill.

Company Coordinates

Company Details

60, Dharmapala Mawatha, Colombo 03 , COLOMBO None : 3

Tel: 94 11 4702400

http://watawalaplantations.lk/

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