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Sri Lankan (CSE) Retail Distributors Industry Analysis

UpdatedApr 22, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies6
  • 7D0.6%
  • 3M-3.7%
  • 1Y15.7%
  • YTD-5.2%

Last week, the Retail Distributors industry hasn't moved much but C. W. Mackie is up 4.0% in that time. As for the the longer term, the industry is up 16% over the past 12 months.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Sri Lankan Retail Distributors Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Tue, 22 Apr 2025LK₨15.6bLK₨34.4bLK₨403.0m93.5x38.7x0.5x
Thu, 20 Mar 2025LK₨15.2bLK₨34.4bLK₨403.0m97.3x37.6x0.4x
Sat, 15 Feb 2025LK₨16.9bLK₨34.5bLK₨493.2m45.6x34.2x0.5x
Mon, 13 Jan 2025LK₨16.1bLK₨27.5bLK₨521.4m43.3x30.9x0.6x
Wed, 11 Dec 2024LK₨15.0bLK₨33.2bLK₨430.4m44.1x35x0.5x
Fri, 08 Nov 2024LK₨13.7bLK₨33.1bLK₨575.3m42.1x23.9x0.4x
Sun, 06 Oct 2024LK₨13.6bLK₨32.2bLK₨588.7m35.4x23.1x0.4x
Tue, 03 Sep 2024LK₨13.1bLK₨32.2bLK₨588.7m34.1x22.2x0.4x
Thu, 01 Aug 2024LK₨13.6bLK₨30.6bLK₨639.5m34.9x21.2x0.4x
Sat, 29 Jun 2024LK₨14.0bLK₨30.6bLK₨677.5m27.4x20.7x0.5x
Mon, 27 May 2024LK₨13.9bLK₨30.5bLK₨835.3m13.2x16.7x0.5x
Wed, 24 Apr 2024LK₨13.5bLK₨30.7bLK₨855.4m13.2x15.8x0.4x
Fri, 22 Mar 2024LK₨13.3bLK₨30.7bLK₨855.4m13.7x15.6x0.4x
Sun, 18 Feb 2024LK₨12.5bLK₨30.6bLK₨857.5m12.8x14.6x0.4x
Tue, 16 Jan 2024LK₨12.8bLK₨31.0bLK₨936.2m15.8x13.6x0.4x
Thu, 14 Dec 2023LK₨13.1bLK₨31.0bLK₨936.2m16.1x14x0.4x
Sat, 11 Nov 2023LK₨18.3bLK₨43.5bLK₨306.5m16.8x59.7x0.4x
Mon, 09 Oct 2023LK₨19.1bLK₨42.9bLK₨607.5m14.1x31.4x0.4x
Wed, 06 Sep 2023LK₨19.4bLK₨42.9bLK₨607.5m13.9x32x0.5x
Fri, 04 Aug 2023LK₨20.0bLK₨43.7bLK₨1.3b9.3x15.3x0.5x
Sun, 02 Jul 2023LK₨18.3bLK₨43.7bLK₨1.3b9.3x14.2x0.4x
Tue, 30 May 2023LK₨17.6bLK₨41.8bLK₨2.0b5.5x8.6x0.4x
Thu, 27 Apr 2023LK₨18.1bLK₨41.7bLK₨1.9b5.9x9.3x0.4x
Sat, 25 Mar 2023LK₨18.1bLK₨41.7bLK₨1.9b5.8x9.3x0.4x
Mon, 20 Feb 2023LK₨17.8bLK₨41.7bLK₨1.9b5.7x9.1x0.4x
Wed, 18 Jan 2023LK₨17.5bLK₨41.2bLK₨3.1b6.5x5.7x0.4x
Fri, 16 Dec 2022LK₨17.8bLK₨41.2bLK₨3.1b6.8x5.8x0.4x
Sun, 13 Nov 2022LK₨18.6bLK₨41.5bLK₨3.5b10.4x5.4x0.4x
Tue, 11 Oct 2022LK₨19.5bLK₨40.5bLK₨3.3b11.8x6x0.5x
Thu, 08 Sep 2022LK₨20.4bLK₨40.5bLK₨3.3b13.9x6.3x0.5x
Sat, 06 Aug 2022LK₨17.6bLK₨38.1bLK₨2.9b7.7x6.2x0.5x
Mon, 04 Jul 2022LK₨16.4bLK₨38.1bLK₨2.9b7x5.6x0.4x
Wed, 01 Jun 2022LK₨17.5bLK₨38.9bLK₨2.4b7.8x7.4x0.4x
Fri, 29 Apr 2022LK₨15.5bLK₨38.9bLK₨2.4b7.2x6.4x0.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

6.4x


Total Market Cap: LK₨15.5bTotal Earnings: LK₨2.4bTotal Revenue: LK₨38.9bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Sri Lankan Retail Distributors Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 20.1x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Sri Lankan Retail Distributors industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 38.9x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 20.1x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.44x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Retail Distributors industry have declined 45% per year over the last three years,
  • Revenues have also declined 3.9% per year.
  • This means overall sales from these companies are declining and profits are subsequently falling as well.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Sri Lankan Consumer Discretionary industry?

LK Market0.66%
Consumer Discretionary0.035%
Retail Distributors0.61%
Distributors0.61%
Industry PEThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.
Forecasted GrowthThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
CWM.N0000 C. W. MackieLK₨107.001.9%
+LK₨72.0m		10.3%PE8.7x
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