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JKH Analysis

abp1970 — Sun, 31 May 2026 14:21:28 GMT

John Keells Holdings PLC (CSE: JKH.N0000) is Sri Lanka’s premier listed conglomerate, functioning as the primary proxy for the nation's broader economy. Evaluating JKH through the lens of a VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity) framework reveals a business transitioning out of a multi-year, heavy capital-expenditure cycle into an aggressive monetization phase. [1, 2, 3] The stock currently trades at LKR 21.60 – LKR 22.60, reflecting a normalized corporate structure ...

HHL Analys

abp1970 — Sun, 31 May 2026 14:17:27 GMT

Hemas Holdings PLC (CSE: HHL.N0000) is Sri Lanka’s leading defensive conglomerate. It holds dominant market positions across fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), healthcare, and pharmaceuticals. [1] The company just concluded a historic financial year, establishing itself as an ultra-stable value asset. The stock trades at LKR 31.00 – LKR 35.00, adjusting for a recent 1:5 corporate share split. It provides excellent stability against systemic economic shifts. [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 1. ...

BIL Analysis

abp1970 — Sun, 31 May 2026 14:06:09 GMT

Browns Investments PLC (CSE: BIL.N0000) operates as the high-growth, asset-heavy strategic investment arm of the LOLC Group. Evaluating BIL requires an understanding of how a highly aggressive, leveraged multi-national holding entity maneuvers through the global and local VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity) landscapes. [1, 2, 3, 4] The stock currently trades as a high-beta vehicle on the Colombo Stock Exchange, heavily driven by retail market sentiment and major cross-border ...

RCL Analysis

abp1970 — Sun, 31 May 2026 13:49:49 GMT

Royal Ceramics Lanka PLC (CSE: RCL.N0000) is the undisputed market leader in Sri Lanka's tile and bathware industry. The company commands an estimated 55% domestic market share through its premier flagship brands, "Rocell" and "LANKATILES". [1, 2, 3] An investment evaluation reveals a robust core business navigating a volatile domestic macroeconomic environment. [4] 1. Financial Performance Analysis Royal Ceramics operates a highly vertically integrated model but remains exposed to local ...

VONE Analysis

abp1970 — Sun, 31 May 2026 13:46:49 GMT

Vallibel One PLC (CSE: VONE) is one of Sri Lanka’s premier diversified conglomerates, holding dominant market positions in lifestyles (ceramics and sanitaryware) and financial services. It stands as a fundamentally strong, highly resilient investment option characterized by robust earnings recovery, strong subsidiary performance, and prudent corporate management. However, because its stock price has recently run ahead of its core earnings growth, it demands a disciplined entry strategy. ...

SLT - WATCH

sureshot — Sat, 30 May 2026 07:51:45 GMT

SLT price could to move much higher. its just trading @85/= watch SLT. will SLT join with DIAL ?

CITH- the rising star

skyfall — Sat, 09 May 2026 08:29:00 GMT

CITH has 20% CLND and that journey is just begun.
Also Waskaduwa also comes under CITH and lands in Kalpitiya, Pasikudah etc.

CLND will get 13 acres land in the heart of Colombo
Already got 3 acres

CITH should easily hit Rs 10 and over Rs 25 within a year. Not due to Tourism but due to the land bank.

NDB බැංකු වංචාව: ආයතනික අසාර්ථකත්වයක්ද, නැතහොත් මහ මොළකරුවෙකුගේ සැලසුම්සහගත කුමන්ත්‍රණයක්ද?

ChooBoy — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:46:44 GMT

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව මීට පෙර කිසිදා මෙවැනි දෙයක් දැක නැත. රුපියල් බිලියන 13.2 ක් අතුරුදන්ව ඇත. දළ වශයෙන් ගනුදෙනු දෙදහස් හයසියයක්, ඒ සෑම එකක්ම රුපියල් මිලියන පහක පමණ වටිනාකමකින් යුතුව ඉතා ප්‍රවේශමෙන් සැකසී ඇත. කිසිවෙකු හෝ වචනයක්වත් පැවසීමට පෙර, සමහර විට වසරක පමණ කාලයක් පුරා මෙරට ප්‍රමුඛතම බැංකුවකින් මෙම මුදල් කාන්දු වී තිබේ. NDB වංචාව යනු හුදෙක් මේ රටේ ඉතිහාසයේ විශාලතම බැංකු සෝලිය පමණක් නොවේ. එය බලධාරීන් කිසිවෙකු ශබ්ද නගා ඇසීමට අකමැති ප්‍රශ්නයක් සමඟ අවංකව මුහුණ දිය යුතු තුවාලයකි: මෙය ...

Colmbo Land Development - CLND - Price Targets

Elahara — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:05:59 GMT

Iran - US receive plan to end hostilities

samaritan — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:04:38 GMT

Summary Plan to be agreed on Monday, source says Two-stage deal envisaged, ceasefire then final agreement Ceasefire could reopen Strait of Hormuz immediately Final deal in 15–20 days with nuclear curbs, sanctions relief Proposed 'Islamabad Accord' for settlement https://www.reuters.com/world/china/iran-us-receive-plan-end-hostilities-immediate-ceasefire-source-says-2026-04-06/

Colombo Land and Development Company -CLND

Hawk Eye — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:14:17 GMT

CLND share is getting bit active these days. The 13 acre land parcel they hold in Pettha could be a reason. (Annual report pg14) Tuesday August 5, 2025 2:15 pm ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka will call for investment proposals for the Charmers Granaries land at Colombo Fort beloging to the Urban Development Authority, Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said. Not sure whether its CLND land or some other. the annual report statement looks promising

Port City Colombo secures $900Mn in investments in four months signaling new investment era

samaritan — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:29:14 GMT

[b]Close to 200 companies already registered[/b] [b]Over 1 m sq. ft. office space occupied outside Port City Colombo[/b] [b]Projected $ 15 b pipeline in future investments[/b] [b]Potential $ 13 b annual contribution to GDP[/b] From November 2025 to March, Port City Colombo secured approximately $ 900 million in investments, an almost unprecedented surge for a project that had seen gradual traction in its early years amid broader macroeconomic challenges. The timing is not accidental. And ...

Chat2Find Publishes 255M+ Token Sri Lankan Trilingual Data-Sets on Hugging Face and Lanka Data

God Father — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:58:25 GMT

Chat2Find has announced the public release of 255M+ major trilingual (Sinhala/Tamil/Singlish/Tanglish) conversational datasets through LankaData.Net and OpenSources Platform Hugging Face marking a key milestone in Sri Lanka’s growing AI ecosystem. Developed by Chat2Find and released as open-source, the dataset enables researchers, developers, and institutions to access high-quality, locally relevant data -an area that has long limited AI innovation in Sri Lanka. It is released under ...

NDB බැංකු හොරු අල්ලමු ?

ChooBoy — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:27:39 GMT

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ බැංකු පද්ධතිය කම්පනයට පත් කරමින්, NDB බැංකුව තුළ සිදු වූ බව අනාවරණය වූ රු. බිලියන 13.2ක අභ්‍යන්තර වංචාවක් පිළිබඳ තොරතුරු මේ වන විට මහජන අවධානයට ලක්ව ඇත. මුලදී රු. මිලියන 380ක් ලෙස සැලකුණු මෙම වංචාව, වැඩිදුර පරීක්ෂණයන් සමඟ රු. බිලියන 13.2ක් දක්වා වර්ධනය වීම, බැංකු පද්ධතියේ අභ්‍යන්තර පාලන පද්ධති පිළිබඳ බරපතළ ප්‍රශ්න මතු කරයි. NDB බැංකුව පවසන්නේ, මෙම වංචාව සිදු කර ඇත්තේ බැංකුවේ ඇතැම් සේවකයන් විසින් බාහිර පාර්ශවයන් සමඟ එකතුවෙන් බවයි. එය බැංකුවේ එක් විශේෂ ...

Prospects of gains for Sri Lankan businesses in Kenya looks bright

samaritan — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 07:41:30 GMT

Excerpt from article: Speaking on the sidelines of the event, former Ambassador and businessman Kananathan noted that our Sri Lankan businesses operating in Kenya stand to benefit significantly from the new arrangement. He emphasised that, especially, tea producers, tea traders, and agricultural exporters in particular could leverage the duty-free access to expand their reach into the Chinese market and enhance their global competitiveness Ambassador Kananathan hailed the event as a symbol ...

Sri Lanka GDP Growth

D.G.Dayaratne — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 23:41:23 GMT

Economy Sri Lanka GDP grows 4.8-pct in 4Q, full year 5.0-pct in low inflation story-page-image Wednesday March 18, 2026 10:26 am ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s economy grew 4.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2025, with full year growth estimated at 5.0 percent helped by lower inflation and exchange rate stability, the state statistics office said. Sri Lanka’s economy grew 5.6 percent in the same quarter of the previous year. “The economic climate surrounded in 2025 ...

IMF PROGRAM

D.G.Dayaratne — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 09:59:06 GMT

Economy Sri Lanka may get over U$700mn in IMF double review story-page-image Friday January 30, 2026 8:04 am ECONOMYNEXT – The International Monetary Fund is discussing combining the fifth and sixth reviews of the of the Extended Fund Facility with Sri Lanka, Mission Chief Evan Papageorgiou said after last review was delayed due to Cyclone Ditwah. Combining reviews is a “live discussion” he told reporters in Colombo after concluding a mission to assess the impact of ...

The Rise and Fall of PC House

Chinwi — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 19:04:25 GMT

Will PC House report meaningfull increase in profits?
What will be the price outlook after 3Q reports?

The collapse of Touchwood Investments PLC

God Father — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 18:06:27 GMT

The collapse of Touchwood Investments PLC remains one of the most notable corporate failures in Sri Lanka’s capital market history. Promoted as a pioneering plantation-based investment company, Touchwood attracted thousands of investors with promises of long-term returns from agarwood, sandalwood, mahogany, and other exotic crops. Many invested on trust, believing in the vision presented by the company’s leadership. As time passed and promised maturities approached, Touchwood ...

These shares should have a share split

soileconomy — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 09:31:58 GMT

To improve liquidity with increased profitability below shares may opt for share split

Cargills ceylon ,Ceylon theaters plc ,Renuka city hotel ,Ceylon Tea services ,DIMO ,LOLC ,BUKI ,CARS

Durdens - CHL X and CHL N

visionstar — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 01:28:43 GMT

Their annualized EPS is Rs 14.28 as per June 2015 quarterly Report. This works out to a PE of 7.9 for voting shares and 5.8 for non voting shares. Health care sector PE is 21.Their net asset value per share is Rs 93.15.This share is highly under valued at current market prices and so will be a good investment. (Correct me if I am wrong.)

Commodity Prices

Prince — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:23:09 GMT

The Global Housing Crisis

Rare — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 07:16:11 GMT

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/5eb95a1b1ea64232b62712d1bffbb858

Stocks on the Radar at CSE

samaritan — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 16:12:53 GMT

RHL which was subdued for a long time drew investor interest and cleared board on one occasion today. Any news?

What is Sector Rotation - Uses, Pros & Limitations

Rare — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 19:50:07 GMT

https://groww.in/blog/what-is-sector-rotation

US Dollar has depreciated against all major currencies helping rupee to appreciate moderately

God Father — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 19:38:26 GMT

Find below how USD has depreciated against all major currencies today.

Gold, copper, iron and aluminum no more bargain

Bargain — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 07:09:42 GMT

Copper price leaps 26-month high
Aluminum 7-month high
Iron ore 6-year high
Scrap 17-month high
Gold multi-year high

Where to find new bargain?

INFLATION OUTLOOK-2025

ADVENTUS — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 04:15:00 GMT

DO NOT PANIC-BASE EFFECT TO SHOW UP IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER INFLATION (CCPI) PROJECTION UNDER CURRENT TRENDS BELOW IS AN ESTIMATE OF INFLATION (CCPI) RISING UNDER CURRENT TRENDS, ASSUMING THERE ARE NO PRICE INCREASES IN OIL AND GAS, AND CONSIDERING RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE GLOBAL ORDER. THE BASE EFFECT IS LIKELY TO SHOW A STEEP INCLINE IN THE INFLATION RATE. HOWEVER, INVESTORS SHOULD NOTE THAT THIS IS PRIMARILY A RESULT OF THE BASE EFFECT RATHER THAN AN UNDERLYING SURGE IN PRICES. IT ...

Ringgit hits three-year high against Singdollar, four-year high versus greenback

Rare — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 06:24:08 GMT

One by one, undervalued badly beaten down Asian currencies are going up against the USD.

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/asean/ringgit-hits-three-year-high-against-singdollar-four-year-high-versus-greenback

ASPH HEAVYLY TRADE

GOLDFINGER — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 06:00:17 GMT

LAST FEW MONTHS ASPH HEAVLY TRADE, ANY GOOD NEWS

WARNING FROM CSE

D.G.Dayaratne — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 09:13:53 GMT

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned the general public of ongoing scams attempting to swindle money from potential investors in share market. The market regulator has already identified Bule Ocean Securities Limited and Gladius South Asia involved in scams. Tushara Jayaratne, the deputy director general of the SEC said the Blue Ocean has been involved in asking investors to start trading through an app named BOMate. “From this app, ...

Construction sector momentum continues with 12.2% growth in 3Q

samaritan — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 04:57:45 GMT

Excerpt from the article: Cement supply jumps 17.7% as physical activity rebounds Real estate and professional services benefit from infrastructure spillover The Sri Lankan construction sector recorded a robust double-digit growth of 12.2 percent in the third quarter of 2025, maintaining its recovery momentum and catalysing broader activity across the real estate and professional services sectors. https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Construction-sector-momentum-continues-with-12-2-growth-in-3Q/108-328029

What is Blue ocean securities

Equity Suda — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:36:48 GMT

Any idea?

Port City Colombo secures $1.3Bn in investments

samaritan — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:50:16 GMT

https://www.ft.lk/front-page/CHEC-Deputy-MD-says-Port-City-Colombo-ready-for-business-with-1-3-b-in-investments-secured/44-785388

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IMF PROGRAM

D.G.Dayaratne — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 01:22:13 GMT

CONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka is going for its 18th International Monetary Fund program, barely a year after the country was given hopes that the current Extended Fund Facility which came in the wake of 2020 inflationary rate cuts will be the last. President Dissanayake said a team will be in Sri Lanka in January and a new review will be conducted. The visit was later confirmed by the IMF. President Dissanayake said that next year’s budget will have 500 billion rupees of extra spending ...

Sri Lanka’s Stock Market Sees Sharp One-Day Drop

Quibit — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 01:38:58 GMT

The Sri Lankan equity market experienced a noticeable sell-off today, as the all-share index (ASPI) plunged by approximately 338.72 points, representing a decline of about 1.47%, to close at 22,644.31. This drop comes on the back of recent weakness in the market: over the past week the market has already fallen about 2.1%. Meanwhile the CSE’s daily summary confirms the ASPI posted values around 22,982.72 recently. What’s Behind the Drop? While a full breakdown of today’s ...

World Equity Markets

EquityChamp — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:45:11 GMT

S&P 500 down
Dow 30 down
Nasdaq down
ASPI always down

US markets open in 7 hrs. Do you know why?

Sri Lanka’s Insurance Sector Braces for Heavy Losses as Cyclone Ditwah Floods Trigger Surge in Claims

God Father — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 03:33:14 GMT

Sri Lanka’s insurance sector is assessing the financial fallout from Cyclone Ditwah, which triggered severe floods, widespread property damage and large-scale displacement across multiple districts this week. While insurers expect a spike in motor and property-related claims, industry leaders say the overall financial hit may be less severe than early fears due to strong reinsurance structures in place. Early estimates indicate insured losses could run into the hundreds of millions ...

JP Morgan’s top quant says the ‘once in a decade’ rotation into value stocks will continue

Rare — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 01:57:39 GMT

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/08/jp-morgans-quant-guru-says-the-rotation-into-value-will-continue.html

Stock market anxiety sends investors back to food, beverage, and grocery store stocks

Rare — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 12:49:24 GMT

I added more food and beverage stocks to my portfolio in the current year.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/stock-market-anxiety-sends-investors-back-to-food-beverage-and-grocery-store-stocks/ar-AA1ADs49?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds

EXPANSION OF ECOMOMY

D.G.Dayaratne — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:27:55 GMT

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s manufacturing sector expanded in October, registering a value of 61.0 on the Purchasing Managers Index compiled by the central bank, up from 55.4 in September. “This increase was broad-based, with all sub-indices contributing positively to this expansion,” CBSL said. The expansion in the New Orders sub-index was driven by the manufacture of food & beverages sector, with many companies receiving production orders for the upcoming festive ...

RGEM Lot of buying @ 200

Hamilton — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 18:58:35 GMT

RGEM Lot of buying @ 200

Colombo Port City to attract Cross-Border Investments

samaritan — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 13:05:37 GMT

Excerpt from the article: India’s rapid economic ascent is reshaping the global growth map. With GDP expansion projected at around 6.5% for 2025–26, a strong manufacturing push, and a booming technology and services sec tor, India’s trajectory toward becoming a US$30 trillion economy in the coming decades is well underway. Yet, sustaining this pace will require deep regional integration — particularly through trade, capital flows, and infrastructure linkages ...

CLND Technical Analysis with Price targets

Elahara — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 04:22:14 GMT

RGEM vs ever rising Gold price

skyfall — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 08:29:18 GMT

It's good time to collect this hidden gem.

Only a handlefull of shares in the market.

Less than 300,000 shares in the market

Good luck all

As gold reaches sky-high good for RGEM.N

skyfall — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:02:49 GMT

As gold reaches sky-high, traders push for tax cut to ease price By Dilushi Wijesinghe Sri Lanka’s gem and jewellery industry has renewed its call to the government to reduce the import duty on gold from 15% to 5% to offset soaring prices in the world gold market that have fuelled local prices to unprecedented levels, disrupted supply, and left small jewellers struggling to survive. “We have given plenty of proposals to the Finance Ministry. They are receptive, but there is no ...

REEF.N @ 4.00

skyfall — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 23:55:28 GMT

Probably one of the very few shares yet to make a move.
This has the potential to go over Rs 6.00

Financial has improved alot during last few quarters

Whoever buys now will be a winner.

THE JOHN KEELLS COLLAPSE: How Sri Lanka's Mightiest Empire Built a Rs. 210 Billion or US $ 700Mn DEBT House of Cards

MalakaDesmond — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 04:01:40 GMT

THE JOHN KEELLS COLLAPSE: How Sri Lanka's Mightiest Empire Built a Rs. 210 Billion or US $ 700Mn DEBT House of Cards EXCLUSIVE: The Devastating Inside Story of John Keells Holdings' March Toward Financial Oblivion - From COD SL Catastrophe to BYD Bungling, Tax Evasion to Tariff Terror --- For almost 150 years, the John Keells name has been synonymous with Sri Lankan business excellence. From humble beginnings as a British colonial trading house to becoming the island's most powerful ...

GALLE FACE CAPITAL PARTNERS PLC (WAPO.N)

cheetah — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 05:58:08 GMT

WAPO is the investment company which have 49.92 NAV as at 31 sep 24. They have invested HNB.N shares 3,272,298. So Oct to Dec 24 quarter they have a huge capital gain. Forecasted Profit will be more than 500Mn. 3 month EPS will be Rs.20. SO target NAV will be rs 70 per share. Currently this stock is trading around Rs.44. SO Price will be go further. Next 6 month there will be possibility to touch the prich Rs 100. Not only that Thy have invested a Overseas company USD500,000 as well .