John Keells PLC

COSE:JKL.N0000 Stock Report

Market Cap: LK₨5.0b

John Keells Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 1/6

John Keells has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 24.1%, while the Retail Distributors industry saw earnings growing at 16.2% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 7.9% per year. John Keells's return on equity is 3.7%, and it has net margins of 18.3%.

Key information

24.1%

Earnings growth rate

24.0%

EPS growth rate

Retail Distributors Industry Growth22.8%
Revenue growth rate7.9%
Return on equity3.7%
Net Margin18.3%
Last Earnings Update31 Dec 2024

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

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

Earnings and Revenue History

COSE:JKL.N0000 Revenue, expenses and earnings (LKR Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
31 Dec 249821803930
30 Sep 248871233870
30 Jun 249361173790
31 Mar 249421513500
31 Dec 239782293260
30 Sep 231,0302463110
30 Jun 231,0513022960
31 Mar 231,0253062990
31 Dec 221,0202483390
30 Sep 221,0162783220
30 Jun 229782502990
31 Mar 229462302900
31 Dec 219742882340
30 Sep 219352712290
30 Jun 218642382240
31 Mar 218282541910
31 Dec 20669-614180
30 Sep 20635-1154530
30 Jun 20626-1434720
31 Mar 20647-1885090
31 Dec 197121012990
30 Sep 197671482820
30 Jun 197971712730
31 Mar 198332022770
31 Dec 188392142520
30 Sep 187932012260
30 Jun 187912202240
31 Mar 187992352230
31 Dec 177772252280
30 Sep 177292362300
30 Jun 176802102250
31 Mar 176131962120
31 Dec 16591863280
30 Sep 16629603800
30 Jun 16665464210
31 Mar 16707534340
31 Dec 15732853610
30 Sep 158131303520
30 Jun 159192043270
31 Mar 159602173210
31 Dec 141,0052712870
30 Sep 149682582740
30 Jun 148772082650
31 Mar 148752102580

Quality Earnings: JKL.N0000 has a large one-off gain of LKR69.2M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 31st December, 2024.

Growing Profit Margin: JKL.N0000's current net profit margins (18.3%) are lower than last year (23.4%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: JKL.N0000's earnings have grown significantly by 24.1% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: JKL.N0000's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: JKL.N0000 had negative earnings growth (-21.3%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Retail Distributors industry average (10.6%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: JKL.N0000's Return on Equity (3.7%) is considered low.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

Discover strong past performing companies

7D

1Y

7D

1Y

7D

1Y

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/02/21 11:46
End of Day Share Price 2025/02/21 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/03/31

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

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

Analysis Model and Snowflake

Details of the analysis model used to generate this report is available on our Github page, we also have guides on how to use our reports and tutorials on Youtube.

Learn about the world class team who designed and built the Simply Wall St analysis model.

Industry and Sector Metrics

Our industry and section metrics are calculated every 6 hours by Simply Wall St, details of our process are available on Github.

Analyst Sources

John Keells 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.