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Sri Lankan (CSE) Capital Markets Industry Analysis

UpdatedJun 15, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies13
  • 7D2.1%
  • 3M8.2%
  • 1Y27.8%
  • YTD1.9%

Over the last 7 days, the Capital Markets industry has risen 2.1%, driven by gains from Capital Alliance Holdings of 2.4%. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 28%.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Sri Lankan Capital Markets Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Mon, 16 Jun 2025LK₨119.3bLK₨52.3bLK₨23.4b5.6x5.1x2.3x
Wed, 14 May 2025LK₨77.3bLK₨43.4bLK₨21.7b4.1x3.6x1.8x
Fri, 11 Apr 2025LK₨76.7bLK₨45.5bLK₨22.1b4.3x3.5x1.7x
Sun, 09 Mar 2025LK₨79.1bLK₨45.5bLK₨22.1b4.3x3.6x1.7x
Tue, 04 Feb 2025LK₨69.0bLK₨25.6bLK₨9.7b14.8x7.1x2.7x
Thu, 02 Jan 2025LK₨66.2bLK₨22.9bLK₨7.3b12.7x9x2.9x
Sat, 30 Nov 2024LK₨54.8bLK₨22.9bLK₨7.3b10.7x7.5x2.4x
Mon, 28 Oct 2024LK₨66.1bLK₨73.5bLK₨34.3b4x1.9x0.9x
Wed, 25 Sep 2024LK₨63.6bLK₨73.5bLK₨34.3b3.6x1.9x0.9x
Fri, 23 Aug 2024LK₨63.0bLK₨73.5bLK₨34.3b3.7x1.8x0.9x
Sun, 21 Jul 2024LK₨62.3bLK₨85.2bLK₨39.7b4.2x1.6x0.7x
Tue, 18 Jun 2024LK₨66.3bLK₨85.2bLK₨39.7b4.5x1.7x0.8x
Thu, 16 May 2024LK₨65.3bLK₨84.4bLK₨40.1b3x1.6x0.8x
Sat, 13 Apr 2024LK₨69.1bLK₨84.4bLK₨40.1b2.9x1.7x0.8x
Mon, 11 Mar 2024LK₨62.3bLK₨84.4bLK₨40.1b2.5x1.6x0.7x
Wed, 07 Feb 2024LK₨61.0bLK₨84.4bLK₨42.1b2.3x1.4x0.7x
Fri, 05 Jan 2024LK₨86.0bLK₨84.7bLK₨43.4b3.9x2x1x
Sun, 03 Dec 2023LK₨94.3bLK₨84.7bLK₨43.4b4.2x2.2x1.1x
Tue, 31 Oct 2023LK₨88.8bLK₨50.0bLK₨20.7b4.7x4.3x1.8x
Thu, 28 Sep 2023LK₨113.2bLK₨50.0bLK₨20.7b4.8x5.5x2.3x
Sat, 26 Aug 2023LK₨120.1bLK₨50.0bLK₨20.7b5x5.8x2.4x
Mon, 24 Jul 2023LK₨102.3bLK₨34.3bLK₨10.7b7.5x9.6x3x
Wed, 21 Jun 2023LK₨79.7bLK₨34.3bLK₨10.7b5.8x7.5x2.3x
Fri, 19 May 2023LK₨59.1bLK₨13.3bLK₨1.7b10.8x35.7x4.4x
Sun, 16 Apr 2023LK₨63.5bLK₨13.3bLK₨1.6b14.4x39.9x4.8x
Tue, 14 Mar 2023LK₨62.3bLK₨13.3bLK₨1.6b15x39.1x4.7x
Thu, 09 Feb 2023LK₨61.6bLK₨10.1bLK₨1.8b14.6x33.6x6.1x
Sat, 07 Jan 2023LK₨63.0bLK₨8.4bLK₨502.1m22.1x125.4x7.5x
Mon, 05 Dec 2022LK₨59.6bLK₨8.4bLK₨502.1m21.8x118.8x7.1x
Wed, 02 Nov 2022LK₨55.3bLK₨5.3b-LK₨2,933,001,144.0094.9x-18.9x10.5x
Fri, 30 Sep 2022LK₨59.2bLK₨5.0b-LK₨3,157,446,907.00129.9x-18.8x11.9x
Sun, 28 Aug 2022LK₨48.2bLK₨4.5b-LK₨3,370,517,330.00112.9x-14.3x10.7x
Tue, 26 Jul 2022LK₨47.9bLK₨5.6b-LK₨2,496,968,075.0013.1x-19.2x8.5x
Thu, 23 Jun 2022LK₨49.2bLK₨5.6b-LK₨2,656,168,671.0014x-18.5x8.8x
Price to Earnings Ratio

-18.5x


Total Market Cap: LK₨49.2bTotal Earnings: -LK₨2,656,168,671.00Total Revenue: LK₨5.6bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Sri Lankan Capital Markets Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 11.6x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the Sri Lankan Capital Markets industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 5.1x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 11.6x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 3.5x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 2.3x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • Total earnings for the Capital Markets industry have gone up over the last three years, and the industry is now profitable. Revenues have grown 111% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by the industry overall, and subsequently profits are increasing too.

Industry Trends

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

LK Market-0.034%
Financials0.033%
Capital Markets2.08%
Asset Management3.62%
Investment Banking and Brokerage0.99%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Investment Banking and Brokerage industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 0.73x.
    • It looks like they are confident that earnings will grow faster in the future than they have historically.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Asset Management industry, although it looks like investor sentiment has improved given that it's trading above its 3-year average.
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
CALH.N0000 Capital Alliance HoldingsLK₨16.902.4%
+LK₨828.8m
n/aPE9.3x
LVEN.N0000 Lanka VenturesLK₨49.4018.5%
+LK₨449.1m
76.4%PE7.9x
GUAR.N0000 Ceylon Guardian Investment TrustLK₨179.752.7%
+LK₨406.9m
79.8%PE4.2x
CFI.N0000 Colombo Fort InvestmentsLK₨207.2527.7%
+LK₨395.4m
204.8%PE11.6x
ASPH.N0000 Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon)LK₨0.4033.3%
+LK₨374.9m
33.3%PE74.3x
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LVEN.N0000

LK₨49.40

Lanka Ventures

7D

18.5%

1Y

76.4%

CFVF.N0000

LK₨35.70

First Capital Holdings

7D

-1.7%

1Y

21.0%

CIT.N0000

LK₨209.75

Colombo Investment Trust

7D

23.4%

1Y

90.7%

CFI.N0000

LK₨207.25

Colombo Fort Investments

7D

27.7%

1Y

204.8%

CALH.N0000

LK₨16.90

Capital Alliance Holdings

7D

2.4%

1Y

n/a

GUAR.N0000

LK₨179.75

Ceylon Guardian Investment Trust

7D

2.7%

1Y

79.8%

WAPO.N0000

LK₨57.20

Galle Face Capital Partners

7D

5.9%

1Y

88.7%

KZOO.N0000

LK₨9.40

Ceylon Land & Equity

7D

-2.1%

1Y

14.8%

ASPH.N0000

LK₨0.40

Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon)

7D

33.3%

1Y

33.3%

CALT.N0000

LK₨53.60

Capital Alliance

7D

-0.7%

1Y

9.2%

CINV.N0000

LK₨86.90

Ceylon Investment

7D

0.8%

1Y

53.5%