Sri Lankan (CSE) Financials Sector Analysis

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the Sri Lankan Financials Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

Date	Market Cap	Revenue	Earnings	PE	Absolute PE	PS
Wed, 22 Jul 2026	LK₨2.3t	LK₨1.7t	LK₨374.3b	8x	6x	1.3x
Fri, 19 Jun 2026	LK₨2.4t	LK₨1.7t	LK₨373.9b	8.7x	6.5x	1.4x
Sun, 17 May 2026	LK₨2.5t	LK₨1.6t	LK₨376.4b	8.9x	6.6x	1.5x
Tue, 14 Apr 2026	LK₨2.4t	LK₨1.6t	LK₨374.5b	8.9x	6.5x	1.6x
Thu, 12 Mar 2026	LK₨2.4t	LK₨1.6t	LK₨383.0b	8.7x	6.4x	1.6x
Sat, 07 Feb 2026	LK₨2.6t	LK₨1.6t	LK₨408.2b	9.4x	6.4x	1.6x
Mon, 05 Jan 2026	LK₨2.5t	LK₨1.6t	LK₨406.9b	8.9x	6.1x	1.5x
Wed, 03 Dec 2025	LK₨2.4t	LK₨1.6t	LK₨406.9b	9x	6x	1.5x
Fri, 31 Oct 2025	LK₨2.5t	LK₨1.6t	LK₨400.3b	10x	6.3x	1.6x
Sun, 28 Sep 2025	LK₨2.4t	LK₨1.6t	LK₨397.5b	9.5x	6.1x	1.5x
Tue, 26 Aug 2025	LK₨2.3t	LK₨1.6t	LK₨397.5b	9.2x	5.9x	1.5x
Thu, 24 Jul 2025	LK₨2.2t	LK₨1.5t	LK₨373.3b	8.7x	5.8x	1.5x
Sat, 21 Jun 2025	LK₨1.9t	LK₨1.5t	LK₨372.9b	7.7x	5.2x	1.3x
Mon, 19 May 2025	LK₨1.8t	LK₨1.4t	LK₨343.5b	6.8x	5.4x	1.3x
Wed, 16 Apr 2025	LK₨1.8t	LK₨1.4t	LK₨329.8b	6.3x	5.4x	1.3x
Fri, 14 Mar 2025	LK₨1.8t	LK₨1.4t	LK₨329.8b	6.4x	5.5x	1.3x
Sun, 09 Feb 2025	LK₨1.9t	LK₨1.2t	LK₨289.3b	7.9x	6.7x	1.6x
Tue, 07 Jan 2025	LK₨1.9t	LK₨1.2t	LK₨285.3b	8.5x	6.5x	1.6x
Thu, 05 Dec 2024	LK₨1.5t	LK₨1.2t	LK₨289.5b	6.9x	5.3x	1.3x
Sat, 02 Nov 2024	LK₨1.5t	LK₨1.2t	LK₨270.8b	5.8x	5.4x	1.2x
Mon, 30 Sep 2024	LK₨1.3t	LK₨1.2t	LK₨278.5b	5.1x	4.8x	1.1x
Wed, 28 Aug 2024	LK₨1.2t	LK₨1.2t	LK₨278.5b	5.4x	4.4x	1x
Fri, 26 Jul 2024	LK₨1.3t	LK₨1.2t	LK₨261.4b	6.8x	5x	1.1x
Sun, 23 Jun 2024	LK₨1.4t	LK₨1.2t	LK₨261.2b	7.4x	5.4x	1.2x
Tue, 21 May 2024	LK₨1.4t	LK₨1.1t	LK₨255.1b	6.9x	5.5x	1.3x
Thu, 18 Apr 2024	LK₨1.3t	LK₨1.1t	LK₨243.0b	6.6x	5.6x	1.3x
Sat, 16 Mar 2024	LK₨1.3t	LK₨1.1t	LK₨243.5b	6x	5.1x	1.2x
Mon, 12 Feb 2024	LK₨1.1t	LK₨1.0t	LK₨219.8b	5.7x	5.1x	1.1x
Wed, 10 Jan 2024	LK₨1.3t	LK₨1.0t	LK₨220.0b	7x	6x	1.3x
Fri, 08 Dec 2023	LK₨1.3t	LK₨1.0t	LK₨219.2b	6.4x	6.1x	1.3x
Sun, 05 Nov 2023	LK₨1.3t	LK₨961.4b	LK₨183.0b	6.3x	7.3x	1.4x
Tue, 03 Oct 2023	LK₨1.4t	LK₨952.8b	LK₨182.2b	6.2x	7.7x	1.5x
Thu, 31 Aug 2023	LK₨1.4t	LK₨952.8b	LK₨182.2b	6.8x	7.9x	1.5x
Sat, 29 Jul 2023	LK₨1.5t	LK₨893.9b	LK₨168.2b	7.6x	9x	1.7x

Current Industry PE

Investors are relatively neutral on the Sri Lankan Financials industry at the moment, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates to remain steady.

The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 6.0x.

The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 1.4x.

Past Earnings Growth

The earnings for companies in the Financials industry have grown 31% per year over the last three years.
Revenues for these companies have grown 24% per year.
This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Sri Lankan Financials sector?


LK Market	-1.25%
Financials	-1.63%
Mortgage Finance	0%	0
Capital Markets	-0.80%
Banks	-1.28%
Consumer Finance	-1.73%
Insurance	-2.92%
Diversified Financial	-3.88%

Industry PE

Investors are most optimistic about the Diversified Financial industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 18.1x.

It looks like they are confident that earnings will grow faster in the future than they have historically.

Investors are most pessimistic about the Banks industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average of 4.9x.

Forecasted Growth

Analysts are most optimistic on the Banks industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 10% over the next 5 years.
However this is lower than its past earnings growth rate of 16% per year.

In contrast, the Banks industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 10% per year over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

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

Company	Last Price	7D	1Y	Valuation
LFIN.N0000 LB Finance	LK₨162.00	0.9% +LK₨831.1m	20.7%	PE6x
CFIN.N0000 Central Finance	LK₨218.50	1.2% +LK₨568.4m	-22.8%	PE4.8x
PABC.N0000 Pan Asia Banking	LK₨51.70	1.4% +LK₨309.8m	-1.7%	PB0.7x
PINS.N0000 People's Insurance	LK₨27.50	4.2% +LK₨224.0m	-27.2%	PE14.8x
SFIN.N0000 Singer Finance (Lanka)	LK₨49.80	1.6% +LK₨222.3m	-5.5%	PE8x

Hatton National Bank plc Announces Appointment of Pothpitiyage Champika Dodanwela as Independent / Non Executive Director, Effective June 18, 2026

Hatton National Bank PLC announced that Central Bank of Sri Lanka, the Board of Directors appointed Mrs. Pothpitiyage Champika Dodanwela, as an Independent /Non Executive Director of Hatton National Bank PLC with effect from 18th June 2026. Mrs. Champika Dodanwela commenced her career at Sampath Bank in 1989 and thereafter joined Seylan Bank PLC and ended her career as the Chief Financial Officer, serving over 32 years heading different roles. She also played a pivotal role as the Acting Chief Financial Officer of Seylan Development PLC as a special assignment offered by the bank building financial stability, resilience and governance. Currently she is attached to a Foreign based Entity covering an advisory role of investments finance, compliance, governance, risk management etc. She has over 35 years of extensive experience in Banking, covering Integrated financial management, reporting and compliance, Statutory Compliance, Taxation, Treasury Back Office, Performance Management, Execution and Implementation Strategic Planning, Project Management Business Intelligence (BI) and Sustainability Governance. With extensive experience and a proven record of accomplishment, operating at different levels including Chief Financial Officer nearly nine years in the industry, she demonstrated a strong strategic leadership for the future direction of organizations, ensuring financial resilience, supporting innovation, sustainability governance capability building, change management and new ways of working. She holds Master of Business Administration (University of Colombol, BSc Applied Accounting (Oxford Brooke - UK) and BSc Management - University of Sri Jayewardenepura. She is a Fellow Member of ACCA - UK, Associate Member of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, Associate Member of Certified Management Accountants Sri Lanka and a Fellow Member of Institute of Bankers - Sri Lanka, Mrs. Dodanwela was Director to Seylan Development Plc, Transactional Lanka Record Solution (pvt) Limited and Transactional Lanka (pvt) Ltd. representing Bank's shareholdings. She has also won "Zonta Awards" for the women contribution to the banking sector in 2014 & "Women of the Year in Finance" - American Biographical Institution in 2008.

Sri Lankan (CSE) Financials Sector Analysis

Sector Valuation and Performance

Industry Trends

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Latest News

First quarter 2027 earnings released: EPS: LK₨1.68 (vs LK₨1.50 in 1Q 2026)

First quarter 2027 earnings released: EPS: LK₨6.79 (vs LK₨4.91 in 1Q 2026)

High number of new directors

Nations Trust Bank plc Resolves to Appoint Mr. Ananda Perera Rupasinghe Jayawardana as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Bank with Effect from 09 July 2026

Full year 2026 earnings released: EPS: LK₨0.89 (vs LK₨0.76 in FY 2025)

Upcoming dividend of LK₨5.30 per share

Upcoming dividend of LK₨1.00 per share

Upcoming dividend of LK₨3.75 per share

Upcoming dividend of LK₨0.70 per share

Hatton National Bank plc Announces Appointment of Pothpitiyage Champika Dodanwela as Independent / Non Executive Director, Effective June 18, 2026

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

First quarter 2026 earnings released: EPS: LK₨0.77 (vs LK₨0.65 in 1Q 2025)

First quarter 2026 earnings released: EPS: LK₨2.37 (vs LK₨2.30 in 1Q 2025)

First quarter 2026 earnings released: EPS: LK₨0.54 (vs LK₨0.05 in 1Q 2025)

First quarter 2026 earnings released: EPS: LK₨1.80 (vs LK₨2.01 in 1Q 2025)

New minor risk - Profit margin trend