Colombo Investment Trust PLC

COSE:CIT.N0000 Stock Report

Market Cap: LK₨771.8m

Colombo Investment Trust Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 2/6

Colombo Investment Trust has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 15.9%, while the Capital Markets industry saw earnings growing at 46% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 23.1% per year. Colombo Investment Trust's return on equity is 0.3%, and it has net margins of 14%.

Key information

15.9%

Earnings growth rate

16.1%

EPS growth rate

Capital Markets Industry Growth26.6%
Revenue growth rate23.1%
Return on equity0.3%
Net Margin14.0%
Last Earnings Update31 Dec 2023

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown
Beta

How Colombo Investment Trust makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

COSE:CIT.N0000 Revenue, expenses and earnings (LKR Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
31 Dec 2334560
30 Sep 23352650
30 Jun 235013960
31 Mar 23455650
31 Dec 2254-2350
30 Sep 22747040
30 Jun 2247-8640
31 Mar 22473940
31 Dec 213712140
30 Sep 21207040
30 Jun 211912650
31 Mar 21177440
31 Dec 20133540
30 Sep 20152030
30 Jun 2020530
31 Mar 20191130
31 Dec 19194940
30 Sep 19185440
30 Jun 19211140
31 Mar 1923-3040
31 Dec 1823-2730
30 Sep 1829-4030
30 Jun 1826-5540
31 Mar 18272130
31 Dec 17311430
30 Sep 1724-1330
30 Jun 1728130
31 Mar 1730-630
31 Dec 1626-3430
30 Sep 1626-3640
30 Jun 1627-3740
31 Mar 1623-4740
31 Dec 15-81-6130
30 Sep 15-75-2330
30 Jun 15-85720
31 Mar 15217420
31 Dec 1411211020
30 Sep 14716820
30 Jun 14-25-2720
31 Mar 14-6-1020
31 Dec 13-53-5720
30 Sep 13-20-2320
30 Jun 13575320

Quality Earnings: CIT.N0000 has a large one-off loss of LKR24.5M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 31st December, 2023.

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


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: CIT.N0000 has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by 15.9% per year.

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

Earnings vs Industry: CIT.N0000 has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Capital Markets industry (695.5%).


Return on Equity

High ROE: CIT.N0000's Return on Equity (0.3%) is considered low.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed


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