Mercantile Shipping Company PLC

COSE:MSL.N0000 Stock Report

Market Cap: LK₨537.0m

Mercantile Shipping Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 0/6

Mercantile Shipping's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -28.7%, while the Real Estate industry saw earnings growing at 9.6% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 70.4% per year.

Key information

-28.7%

Earnings growth rate

-28.8%

EPS growth rate

Real Estate Industry Growth3.9%
Revenue growth rate70.4%
Return on equity-0.5%
Net Margin-2.1%
Last Earnings Update30 Sep 2024

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

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


Earnings and Revenue History

COSE:MSL.N0000 Revenue, expenses and earnings (LKR Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Sep 24190210
30 Jun 2419-3230
31 Mar 2418-2230
31 Dec 2317-6250
30 Sep 2316-7250
30 Jun 2316-2210
31 Mar 2317-1200
31 Dec 2218-7310
30 Sep 2219-4310
30 Jun 2220-5300
31 Mar 2220-5280
31 Dec 21192,800170
30 Sep 21192,798170
30 Jun 21192,798170
31 Mar 21192,796180
31 Dec 2018-3130
30 Sep 2017-2170
30 Jun 2018-2190
31 Mar 2018-2200
31 Dec 19-404149170
30 Sep 19-25171170
30 Jun 19-11136170
31 Mar 1918-3180
31 Dec 1817510330
30 Sep 1814813450
30 Jun 18530-166430
31 Mar 18180200
31 Dec 17428-341400
30 Sep 17525-411450
30 Jun 17586-466400
31 Mar 17703-280340
31 Dec 16692-1,004440
30 Sep 16611-913360
30 Jun 16540-748340
31 Mar 16537-721320
31 Dec 15519-1752460
30 Sep 15516-1662460
30 Jun 15552-3112470
31 Mar 15561-3492470
31 Dec 14574-147230
30 Sep 14579-171220
30 Jun 14571-170190
31 Mar 14569-186220
31 Dec 13601-144360

Quality Earnings: MSL.N0000 is currently unprofitable.

Growing Profit Margin: MSL.N0000 is currently unprofitable.


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: MSL.N0000 is unprofitable, and losses have increased over the past 5 years at a rate of 28.7% per year.

Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare MSL.N0000's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable

Earnings vs Industry: MSL.N0000 is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Real Estate industry (41.7%).


Return on Equity

High ROE: MSL.N0000 has a negative Return on Equity (-0.51%), as it is currently unprofitable.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/24 17:46
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/24 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/03/31

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
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  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
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  • 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

Mercantile Shipping 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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