Brown and Company PLC

COSE:BRWN.N0000 Stock Report

Market Cap: LK₨40.9b

Brown Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 2/6

Brown has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 12.8%, while the Trade Distributors industry saw earnings growing at 15.7% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 30.4% per year. Brown's return on equity is 7.6%, and it has net margins of 35.4%.

Key information

12.8%

Earnings growth rate

13.7%

EPS growth rate

Trade Distributors Industry Growth18.4%
Revenue growth rate30.4%
Return on equity7.6%
Net Margin35.4%
Last Earnings Update30 Sep 2024

Recent past performance updates

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Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Brown makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

COSE:BRWN.N0000 Revenue, expenses and earnings (LKR Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Sep 2488,01631,17123,1200
30 Jun 2479,6781,23821,0670
31 Mar 2480,6092,38219,3600
31 Dec 2375,0285,13414,6400
30 Sep 2377,433-9,79315,2440
30 Jun 2376,134-15,14213,5970
31 Mar 2372,652-6,23013,1980
31 Dec 2271,79917,09015,2820
30 Sep 2263,15822,49712,2500
30 Jun 2259,37424,99711,9590
31 Mar 2250,30421,5899,9550
31 Dec 2142,639-1,0427,2280
30 Sep 2137,400-7057,0040
30 Jun 2134,1191516,6620
31 Mar 2129,391-166,9120
31 Dec 2024,7941,2077,8960
30 Sep 2023,2605117,1490
30 Jun 2020,470-6327,7820
31 Mar 2020,4393,6207,4740
31 Dec 1921,5235,0725,8730
30 Sep 1921,9505,7116,1800
30 Jun 1921,4295,3885,4490
31 Mar 1921,1941,2744,9820
31 Dec 1819,865-2584,8860
30 Sep 1819,805-5654,7940
30 Jun 1820,209-724,6550
31 Mar 1820,5548144,5670
31 Dec 1721,5022,0704,7680
30 Sep 1721,7752,0554,8500
30 Jun 1722,2312,3174,6770
31 Mar 1722,6481,8984,8100
31 Dec 1622,222-7284,9000
30 Sep 1621,618-5974,6260
30 Jun 1620,857-4274,3380
31 Mar 1619,890-2054,0200
31 Dec 1517,0252463,6130
30 Sep 1514,4224573,3420
30 Jun 1511,9201,2403,2050
31 Mar 1510,0731,3322,9600
31 Dec 149,2932,4252,7360
30 Sep 148,9762,3082,6210
30 Jun 149,0291,0742,5750
31 Mar 149,7501,6752,5430

Quality Earnings: BRWN.N0000 has a large one-off gain of LKR69.1B impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 30th September, 2024.

Growing Profit Margin: BRWN.N0000 became profitable in the past.

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: BRWN.N0000's earnings have grown by 12.8% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: BRWN.N0000 has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: BRWN.N0000 has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Trade Distributors industry (4.5%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: BRWN.N0000's Return on Equity (7.6%) is considered low.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/20 15:24
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/03/31

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
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Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
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Market Prices30 years
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  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
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Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Brown and Company PLC is covered by 0 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

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