EquityLK

C M Holdings PLC

COLO.N0000Moderately undervalued

Consumer & Retail · Motor Vehicles

C M Holdings PLC is a diversified Sri Lankan group with activities across motor retail and services, investment portfolio management, and commercial property ownership and leasing.

COLO shares are down 30.3% over the past year and last closed at Rs 34.10 on Sep 30, 2026.

Rs 34.10
+3.02%
Price history
-30.34%

Monthly seasonality

Monthly total returns by year and calendar month
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026+10.0-4.1-22.4+4.4-6.4-9.3-4.8-7.9+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0
2025+37.3+2.0-1.8+2.4+27.2+25.1+41.6+6.6+20.4+45.3-11.3-12.7
2024+4.9+0.1-2.0+12.7+3.8+3.3-9.1+1.9+3.4+1.1+10.4+15.7
2023+5.8-8.5+1.1+5.0-0.1-2.8+28.2-2.8+7.8-8.9-3.5-1.4
2022+0.5-11.3-41.3-26.7+20.0-27.1+7.1+43.3+11.1-19.3+14.7-11.6
2021+29.1-12.8-7.8-4.8+6.3+11.9+6.4-6.7-6.8+8.2+22.2+24.6
2020-13.4-9.8-31.2+0.0+0.0+8.9+12.2-2.2+25.6-10.1+8.6+5.3
2019+3.6+0.0+0.0-5.3-25.0+29.6+28.6+21.8+0.0+9.9+14.6+14.6
2018-0.7-2.1+0.7-0.9-5.6-16.7-8.4-0.8-9.0-1.1+0.0-0.7
2017-3.8-2.4-6.4+12.7-5.2-3.7-2.6+1.5-2.6+5.3-6.0-1.8
2016-9.3-4.0-1.1-0.8+2.1-16.1+13.0+9.8-6.0-4.3-4.4-0.9
2015+3.0+2.3-8.1+8.0+11.1-13.3+3.8+3.7-13.2-0.4-5.0-4.0
2014-0.7-1.7+1.1-0.6-1.0+4.1+7.9+32.2+3.8+0.3-0.9+3.7
2013-0.7-39.3-5.8-0.6+43.4-15.9-2.4-7.2+0.9-1.7-10.3+4.2
2012+0.0+0.0+0.0-29.6-21.3+17.3-6.2-3.2+30.4-30.0-8.3-7.4
Average+4.7-7.0-9.6-1.7+3.5-0.3+7.7+6.0+4.4-0.4+1.5+2.0
ASPI average+3.1-2.7-4.7+2.0+0.2+0.8+3.1+2.2+3.2-0.1+1.0+3.0
Median+1.8-4.0-5.8-0.6+1.0-2.8+6.4+1.5+0.9-0.8-2.2-0.8
% up57%23%23%43%50%47%60%53%53%43%36%43%
P/E
8.0
P/B
0.86
EPS
Rs 4.26
Div Yield
1.17%
Market Cap
Rs 5.2B
Beta
-0.20
ROE
8.2%
Op Margin
27.4% (-335.8pp)

Fundamentals

LineFY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019
Revenue
Rs 1.3B
+274.1%
Rs 351.5M
+15.0%
Rs 305.7M
+10.6%
Rs 276.4M
-9.6%
Rs 305.7M
-14.3%
Rs 356.5M
-56.2%
Rs 813.6M
-50.0%
Rs 1.6B
-32.3%
Operating profit
Rs 758.0M
+8.0%
Rs 702.1M
+118.1%
Rs 322.0M
+242.0%
Rs 94.1M
-47.5%
Rs 179.3M
-57.0%
Rs 416.4M
Rs -95.0M
Rs -373.4M
Net profit
Rs 647.4M
+9.4%
Rs 591.6M
+184.0%
Rs 208.3M
+318.8%
Rs 49.7M
-38.0%
Rs 80.2M
-78.3%
Rs 368.8M
turned profitable
Rs -244.4M
loss narrowed
Rs -583.6M
loss widened
EPS
4.26
-89.1%
38.92
+184.3%
13.69
+318.7%
3.27
-38.1%
5.28
-78.2%
24.26
-14.47
-32.34

Compared with the same period a year earlier.

Per-share figures are as reported, not adjusted for splits.

Recent dividends

  • 2026 · first and finalRs 0.40
  • 2024 · first interimRs 5.00
  • 2023 · first interimRs 5.00
  • 2022 · first interimRs 5.00
  • 2021 · first interimRs 5.00
  • 2019 · first and finalRs 2.00
  • 2018Rs 2.00
  • 2017Rs 6.00
Peer comparison4 peers in Consumer & Retail
Sector overview Open in screener
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Rs 23.90
P/E
6.7
P/B
1.34
ROE
22.87%
Yield
3.56%
2Diesel & Motor Engineering PLC
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Rs 1,404.25
P/E
6.8
P/B
0.78
ROE
11.45%
Yield
3.56%
3Lanka Ashok Leyland Plc
ASHO.N0000
Rs 2,650.00
P/E
2.7
P/B
0.97
ROE
35.41%
Yield
1.13%
4Sathosa Motors PLC
SMOT.N0000
Rs 1,538.25
P/E
4.5
P/B
2.10
ROE
60.15%
Yield
2.60%
5C M Holdings PLC
COLO.N0000 · this company
Rs 34.10
P/E
8.0
P/B
0.86
ROE
8.22%
Yield
1.17%
Peer median · 4 companies
P/E 5.6P/B 1.15Yield 3.08%

About C M Holdings PLC

C M Holdings PLC is a diversified Sri Lankan group with activities across motor retail and services, investment portfolio management, and commercial property ownership and leasing. The Group's motor operations cover vehicle imports and retail, after-sales services and spare parts and accessories, consistent with its CSE activity classification as automobile engineers, importers and retailers of vehicles, and motor spares and accessories. The Group maintains an active investment portfolio of listed and unlisted equity instruments and fixed-income investments, participating on the Colombo Stock Exchange and generating dividend income and fair value gains. Its property business owns and leases commercial real estate, with the Union Place property in Colombo highlighted as a key leased asset providing recurring rental income. Operations are concentrated in Sri Lanka, with activities spanning vehicle sales and service, capital market investments, and property leasing in Colombo and other domestic locations.

AI analysis

bullish

June revenue surged 566.0%, but net profit fell 58.1%, making earnings quality rather than sales growth the key issue.

Read the full report (Sep 11, 2026) →

News sentiment

Describes news flow, not a forecast
Last 30 days
Not enough news to read

No scored news in the last 30 days.

24 months positive negative 3-month net
Feb 25: 2 articles, net +0.17Oct 25: 3 articles, net +0.09Jan 26: 3 articles, net +0.67Apr 26: 1 articles, net +1.00Aug 26: 3 articles, net +0.33Sep 24Jan 25May 25Sep 25Jan 26May 26
Recent news
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Daily FT·Jan 27, 2026·M&A / stake changePositive
C M Holdings makes deal for Rs. 260 m property sale

C M Holdings agreed to sell a Thalangama South property to Vogue Real Estate for Rs. 260 million, with Rs. 26 million paid as advance and the remaining Rs. 234 million due on or before 31 March 2026.

Construction Activity
Daily FT·Nov 3, 2025·M&A / stake change
Senthilverl Holdings increases stake in C M Holdings above 10%

C M Holdings: Senthilverl Holdings bought 1,000,000 shares at Rs.71 on 30 Oct 2025, raising its holding to 15,488,966 shares (10.19% of 152m issued). C M Holdings closed at Rs.70.90 and reported end‑September NAV per share of Rs.467 (up from Rs.246 a year ago).

Daily FT·Oct 29, 2025·Market commentaryPositive
CSE closes down for third consecutive session

Colombo market fell for a third straight session, with the ASPI down 0.44% to 22,689.22 and the S&P SL20 down 0.84%; turnover was Rs. 6.19bn and foreigners were net sellers of Rs. 42.48m. Major movers included declines in JKH, SFCL and SAMP, while DOCK, COLO, ASCO and LGL posted notable gains.

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The stories behind it

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