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Sri Lankan (CSE) Financials Sector Analysis

UpdatedApr 16, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies61
  • 7D5.8%
  • 3M-7.8%
  • 1Y28.0%
  • YTD-9.9%

Over the last 7 days, the Financials industry has risen 5.8%, driven by gains from Commercial Bank of Ceylon of 14%. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 28%.

Sector Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Wed, 16 Apr 2025LK₨1.8tLK₨1.4tLK₨329.8b6.3x5.4x1.3x
Fri, 14 Mar 2025LK₨1.8tLK₨1.4tLK₨329.8b6.4x5.5x1.3x
Sun, 09 Feb 2025LK₨1.9tLK₨1.2tLK₨289.3b7.9x6.7x1.6x
Tue, 07 Jan 2025LK₨1.9tLK₨1.2tLK₨285.3b8.5x6.5x1.6x
Thu, 05 Dec 2024LK₨1.5tLK₨1.2tLK₨289.5b6.9x5.3x1.3x
Sat, 02 Nov 2024LK₨1.5tLK₨1.2tLK₨270.8b5.8x5.4x1.2x
Mon, 30 Sep 2024LK₨1.3tLK₨1.2tLK₨278.5b5.1x4.8x1.1x
Wed, 28 Aug 2024LK₨1.2tLK₨1.2tLK₨278.5b5.4x4.4x1x
Fri, 26 Jul 2024LK₨1.3tLK₨1.2tLK₨261.4b6.8x5x1.1x
Sun, 23 Jun 2024LK₨1.4tLK₨1.2tLK₨261.2b7.4x5.4x1.2x
Tue, 21 May 2024LK₨1.4tLK₨1.1tLK₨255.1b6.9x5.5x1.3x
Thu, 18 Apr 2024LK₨1.3tLK₨1.1tLK₨243.0b6.6x5.6x1.3x
Sat, 16 Mar 2024LK₨1.3tLK₨1.1tLK₨243.5b6x5.1x1.2x
Mon, 12 Feb 2024LK₨1.1tLK₨1.0tLK₨219.8b5.7x5.1x1.1x
Wed, 10 Jan 2024LK₨1.3tLK₨1.0tLK₨220.0b7x6x1.3x
Fri, 08 Dec 2023LK₨1.3tLK₨1.0tLK₨219.2b6.4x6.1x1.3x
Sun, 05 Nov 2023LK₨1.3tLK₨961.4bLK₨183.0b6.3x7.3x1.4x
Tue, 03 Oct 2023LK₨1.4tLK₨952.8bLK₨182.2b6.2x7.7x1.5x
Thu, 31 Aug 2023LK₨1.4tLK₨952.8bLK₨182.2b6.8x7.9x1.5x
Sat, 29 Jul 2023LK₨1.5tLK₨893.9bLK₨168.2b7.6x9x1.7x
Mon, 26 Jun 2023LK₨1.2tLK₨903.9bLK₨167.8b5.7x7.1x1.3x
Wed, 24 May 2023LK₨1.0tLK₨843.6bLK₨200.8b6x5x1.2x
Fri, 21 Apr 2023LK₨1.1tLK₨831.9bLK₨206.6b6.8x5.2x1.3x
Sun, 19 Mar 2023LK₨1.1tLK₨832.8bLK₨206.9b7.3x5.5x1.4x
Tue, 14 Feb 2023LK₨1.1tLK₨799.6bLK₨207.4b5.9x5.2x1.3x
Thu, 12 Jan 2023LK₨1.1tLK₨798.8bLK₨210.1b6.4x5x1.3x
Sat, 10 Dec 2022LK₨1.1tLK₨799.0bLK₨210.3b6.5x5.3x1.4x
Mon, 07 Nov 2022LK₨1.1tLK₨820.7bLK₨218.0b6.8x4.8x1.3x
Wed, 05 Oct 2022LK₨1.1tLK₨819.4bLK₨218.1b6.9x5.1x1.4x
Fri, 02 Sep 2022LK₨1.1tLK₨818.9bLK₨217.6b6.3x4.8x1.3x
Sun, 31 Jul 2022LK₨896.7bLK₨782.6bLK₨218.3b5.5x4.1x1.1x
Tue, 28 Jun 2022LK₨1.0tLK₨777.9bLK₨217.3b5.7x4.7x1.3x
Thu, 26 May 2022LK₨1.3tLK₨741.7bLK₨191.4b6.5x6.8x1.8x
Sat, 23 Apr 2022LK₨1.2tLK₨731.1bLK₨191.3b6.3x6.1x1.6x
Price to Earnings Ratio

6.1x


Total Market Cap: LK₨1.2tTotal Earnings: LK₨191.3bTotal Revenue: LK₨731.1bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Sri Lankan Financials Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 5.7x202320242025
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 5.7x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 1.3x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Financials industry have grown 20% 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 Market3.65%
Financials5.79%
Banks7.88%
Diversified Financial6.78%
Consumer Finance4.86%
Insurance2.48%
Capital Markets2.09%
Mortgage Finance0%0
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Diversified Financial industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 13.6x.
    • It looks like they are confident that earnings will grow faster in the future than they have historically.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Capital Markets industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 12.4x.
Forecasted GrowthThere is insufficient data on the sub-industries of this industry.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

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

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
COMB.N0000 Commercial Bank of CeylonLK₨139.759.4%
+LK₨19.6b		33.7%PB0.8x
LOLC.N0000 LOLC HoldingsLK₨574.506.7%
+LK₨17.2b		36.0%PE6.4x
HNB.N0000 Hatton National BankLK₨300.009.0%
+LK₨14.2b		54.6%PB0.7x
SAMP.N0000 Sampath BankLK₨111.257.0%
+LK₨8.5b		40.8%PB0.7x
LOFC.N0000 LOLC FinanceLK₨5.803.6%
+LK₨6.6b		-3.3%PE8.9x
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COMB.N0000

LK₨139.75

Commercial Bank of Ceylon

7D

9.4%

1Y

33.7%

SAMP.N0000

LK₨111.25

Sampath Bank

7D

7.0%

1Y

40.8%

ABL.N0000

LK₨23.00

Amãna Bank

7D

-0.4%

1Y

0%

LOFC.N0000

LK₨5.80

LOLC Finance

7D

3.6%

1Y

-3.3%

DFCC.N0000

LK₨104.50

DFCC Bank

7D

7.7%

1Y

34.9%

SEYB.N0000

LK₨70.10

Seylan Bank

7D

8.2%

1Y

39.4%

BFN.N0000

LK₨19.00

Orient Finance

7D

-3.6%

1Y

104.3%

HNB.N0000

LK₨300.00

Hatton National Bank

7D

9.0%

1Y

54.6%

AINS.N0000

LK₨26.00

Arpico Insurance

7D

-1.5%

1Y

13.0%

HDFC.N0000

LK₨41.00

Housing Development Finance Corporation Bank of Sri Lanka

7D

-1.7%

1Y

18.8%

NTB.N0000

LK₨189.75

Nations Trust Bank

7D

7.4%

1Y

68.8%

CIT.N0000

LK₨104.75

Colombo Investment Trust

7D

-14.8%

1Y

-3.7%

ASPH.N0000

LK₨0.30

Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon)

7D

-25.0%

1Y

0%

CRL.N0000

LK₨5.10

Softlogic Finance

7D

-1.9%

1Y

-15.0%

LOLC.N0000

LK₨574.50

LOLC Holdings

7D

6.7%

1Y

36.0%