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Hunas Holdings PLC: research report

OvervaluedbearishAug 15, 2026

Hunas Holdings has fallen back into a quarterly loss after a profitable prior year. The tension is a premium valuation despite weak liquidity and a share price still 37.5% below its 52-week high.

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Why bearish

  • The latest quarter recorded a net margin of -32.7%, with finance costs and other below-the-line items creating a LKR 68.2 million drag.
  • Quarterly revenue fell 28.1% year on year, while operating profit fell LKR 22.2 million.
  • The shares trade at the sector's highest P/B percentile, while the current ratio is only 0.22.

Against this. The audited year to 31 March 2025 turned profitable and delivered a 9.0% ROE.

Operating margin
3.2%sector 9.0%
from 10.7% a year earlier
Net margin
-32.7%sector 3.2%
from 1.0% a year earlier, revenue -28.1%
Return on equity
-1.3%sector 10.2%
full year to Mar 31, 2026
P/B
4.87sector 1.29
book Rs 2.98 per share
Dividend yield
0.00%sector 2.09%
trailing twelve months

Current figures, updated daily from filings to Jun 30, 2026. The report below was written on Aug 15, 2026. Sector figures are the median of 22 listed companies in the same sector.

Overview

Hunas Holdings is a diversified Sri Lankan group spanning plantations, leisure, renewable energy and logistics, with Hunas Falls Hotels among its operating assets. The latest quarter shows a return to loss after the group had reported an audited profitable year, leaving operating recovery and liquidity as the central issues.

Price performance

The price sits only 19.2% up from its 52-week low and 37.5% below its high. Recent volatility was 46.7% annualised, broadly in line with its own one-year level, while 20-day volume ran 24.6% above its 60-day average. The price decline is not explained by the limited company news flow.

Valuation

The audited ROE was 9.0% for the year ended 31 March 2025, so the high P/B is not explained by an exceptional recorded return on owners' equity. The dividend yield is 0.0%; the supplied dividend history is empty, so there is no record from which to establish whether the payout is growing, steady or shrinking.

News and sentiment

No confirmed or undated corporate actions are recorded. The news flow offers governance and compliance concerns but no disclosed operating catalyst.

Financials

The twelve months to 30 June 2026 generated revenue of LKR 845.9 million, down 29.0% year on year. Owners' equity remained positive at the latest filing, and the share count was unchanged year on year at 849.03 million shares. The audited year ended 31 March 2025 had turned profitable, but that earlier result does not remove the deterioration visible in the latest quarter.

Risks

Profit quality and funding capacity are additional concerns. Annual cash conversion was negative 0.9 times and free cash flow was negative LKR 526 million, showing that the prior profitable period did not translate into internally generated cash. Plantations account for 64.9% of reported segment revenue and face sector-wide labour shortages, while the smaller 35.1% energy exposure faces fuel-cost pressure and unchanged electricity tariffs.

Outlook

The operating backdrop is mixed rather than company-specific. Tea prices have strengthened in recent national auctions, but plantation labour shortages and weaker year-to-date US dollar pricing remain relevant to Hunas's largest exposure. Lower market yields could eventually reduce funding pressure, although the supplied data does not establish how quickly that would reach Hunas's finance costs.

About this report. Generated on Aug 15, 2026 from market data up to Aug 14, 2026, 1 material news articles over 90 days and financials to Jun 30, 2026. Every figure is drawn from EquityLK's own data on this company. AI research can contain errors, so treat it as a starting point, not investment advice.

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