Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC

COSE:COMB.N0000 Stock Report

Market Cap: LK₨215.2b

Commercial Bank of Ceylon Valuation

Is COMB.N0000 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of COMB.N0000 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: COMB.N0000 (LKR135.5) is trading above our estimate of fair value (LKR58.57)

Significantly Below Fair Value: COMB.N0000 is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for COMB.N0000?

Key metric: As COMB.N0000 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for COMB.N0000. This is calculated by dividing COMB.N0000's market cap by their current earnings.
What is COMB.N0000's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio5.7x
EarningsLK₨37.99b
Market CapLK₨215.16b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does COMB.N0000's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for COMB.N0000 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average5.5x
HNB.N0000 Hatton National Bank
5.7xn/aLK₨148.3b
SAMP.N0000 Sampath Bank
5.2xn/aLK₨126.1b
NTB.N0000 Nations Trust Bank
4xn/aLK₨58.4b
NDB.N0000 National Development Bank
7.2xn/aLK₨37.7b
COMB.N0000 Commercial Bank of Ceylon
5.7x1.0%LK₨215.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: COMB.N0000 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.7x) compared to the peer average (5.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does COMB.N0000's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Asian Banks Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
COMB.N0000 5.7xIndustry Avg. 8.7xNo. of Companies84PE0612182430+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: COMB.N0000 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.7x) compared to the Asian Banks industry average (8.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is COMB.N0000's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

COMB.N0000 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio5.7x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate COMB.N0000's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst COMB.N0000 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentLK₨135.50
LK₨148.25
+9.4%
0.5%LK₨149.00LK₨147.50n/a2
Dec ’25LK₨123.25
LK₨140.30
+13.8%
5.1%LK₨147.50LK₨133.09n/a2
Nov ’25LK₨118.00
LK₨140.30
+18.9%
5.1%LK₨147.50LK₨133.09n/a2
Oct ’25LK₨103.25
LK₨134.80
+30.6%
9.4%LK₨147.50LK₨122.10n/a2
Sep ’25LK₨86.60
LK₨136.25
+57.3%
8.3%LK₨147.50LK₨125.00n/a2
Aug ’25LK₨92.80
LK₨132.45
+42.7%
11.4%LK₨147.50LK₨117.40n/a2
Jul ’25LK₨104.25
LK₨113.33
+8.7%
26.2%LK₨147.50LK₨75.09n/a3
Jun ’25LK₨105.75
LK₨106.66
+0.9%
21.3%LK₨127.50LK₨75.09n/a3
May ’25LK₨115.00
LK₨101.36
-11.9%
18.3%LK₨115.24LK₨75.09n/a3
Apr ’25LK₨94.50
LK₨99.23
+5.0%
17.3%LK₨113.77LK₨75.09n/a3
Mar ’25LK₨87.07
LK₨103.85
+19.3%
19.9%LK₨122.70LK₨75.09n/a3
Feb ’25LK₨86.48
LK₨103.85
+20.1%
19.9%LK₨122.70LK₨75.09n/a3
Jan ’25LK₨93.74
LK₨103.85
+10.8%
19.9%LK₨122.70LK₨75.09n/a3
Dec ’24LK₨88.24
LK₨104.37
+18.3%
20.0%LK₨122.70LK₨75.09LK₨123.253
Nov ’24LK₨82.26
LK₨109.69
+33.4%
11.9%LK₨122.70LK₨96.69LK₨118.002
Oct ’24LK₨88.54
LK₨109.69
+23.9%
11.9%LK₨122.70LK₨96.69LK₨103.252
May ’24LK₨55.66
LK₨69.11
+24.2%
2.6%LK₨70.92LK₨67.30LK₨115.002
Apr ’24LK₨62.43
LK₨69.11
+10.7%
2.6%LK₨70.92LK₨67.30LK₨94.502
Mar ’24LK₨60.26
LK₨69.11
+14.7%
2.6%LK₨70.92LK₨67.30LK₨87.072
Feb ’24LK₨54.79
LK₨69.11
+26.1%
2.6%LK₨70.92LK₨67.30LK₨86.482
Jan ’24LK₨46.54
LK₨66.05
+41.9%
7.4%LK₨70.92LK₨61.18LK₨93.742
Dec ’23LK₨46.44
LK₨66.05
+42.2%
7.4%LK₨70.92LK₨61.18LK₨88.242

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/21 19:47
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC is covered by 5 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
null nullCT CLSA Securities
Murad AnsariEFG-Hermes Research
Atchuthan SriranganFirst Capital Holdings PLC