Lion Brewery (Ceylon) PLC

COSE:LION.N0000 Stock Report

Market Cap: LK₨98.4b

Lion Brewery (Ceylon) Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 3/6

Lion Brewery (Ceylon) has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 29.3%, while the Beverage industry saw earnings growing at 24.4% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 30.1% per year. Lion Brewery (Ceylon)'s return on equity is 28%, and it has net margins of 13.1%.

Key information

29.3%

Earnings growth rate

29.3%

EPS growth rate

Beverage Industry Growth22.6%
Revenue growth rate30.1%
Return on equity28.0%
Net Margin13.1%
Last Earnings Update30 Sep 2024

Recent past performance updates

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Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Lion Brewery (Ceylon) makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

COSE:LION.N0000 Revenue, expenses and earnings (LKR Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Sep 2466,7928,77111,8310
30 Jun 2462,2328,76311,4020
31 Mar 2457,2988,40311,2230
31 Dec 2356,0507,57010,5130
30 Sep 2352,9317,47610,1670
30 Jun 2350,5817,1549,6220
31 Mar 2347,3316,9928,6240
31 Dec 2250,1617,1887,3480
30 Sep 2244,1586,3456,3940
30 Jun 2230,3614,7145,6730
31 Mar 2219,6083,6685,0070
31 Dec 2123,6742,9084,8580
30 Sep 2119,4362,4664,6910
30 Jun 2123,3023,0094,5650
31 Mar 2119,2032,4714,4810
31 Dec 2017,9662,4904,2570
30 Sep 2016,0532,2604,2540
30 Jun 2013,3022,0984,2980
31 Mar 2018,6022,8124,5040
31 Dec 1923,5483,0924,6150
30 Sep 1922,9203,6504,5330
30 Jun 1921,2323,2694,4960
31 Mar 1918,6903,2214,3400
31 Dec 1822,7823,4123,7510
30 Sep 1819,7642,7153,7440
30 Jun 1815,7672,2603,5590
31 Mar 1811,9861,8383,4160
31 Dec 1719,17963,8180
30 Sep 1716,525-863,6030
30 Jun 1714,339-6553,5530
31 Mar 1714,516-1,4473,6500
31 Dec 163,550-2813,7910
30 Sep 166,438-1484,0920
30 Jun 1611,7931,0244,4180
31 Mar 1615,3182,0814,6830
31 Dec 1520,4671,4764,8610
30 Sep 1520,7971,6194,9860
30 Jun 1518,4181,4224,8690
31 Mar 1516,1761,3304,6990
31 Dec 1418,2731,9774,3140
30 Sep 1416,5331,7833,8540
30 Jun 1415,4801,5433,6520
31 Mar 1414,5791,3433,5720

Quality Earnings: LION.N0000 has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: LION.N0000's current net profit margins (13.1%) are lower than last year (14.1%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: LION.N0000's earnings have grown significantly by 29.3% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: LION.N0000's earnings growth over the past year (17.3%) is below its 5-year average (29.3% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: LION.N0000 earnings growth over the past year (17.3%) did not outperform the Beverage industry 29.2%.

Return on Equity

High ROE: LION.N0000's Return on Equity (28%) is considered high.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/02/07 14:18
End of Day Share Price 2025/02/07 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/03/31

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Management10 years
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Analyst Sources

Lion Brewery (Ceylon) PLC is covered by 3 analysts. 1 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Shehan AbeykoonAsia Securities (Private) Limited
null nullCT CLSA Securities
Luís ColaçoEFG-Hermes Research