E M L Consultants PLC

EML.N0000Overvalued

Services & Logistics · Miscellaneous Commercial Services

EML Consultants PLC provides technical and management consultancy services to public and private sector clients in Sri Lanka and to international agencies. The company delivers project-based advisory services across a range of assignments secured mainly through competitive bidding.

EML shares are up 60.4% over the past year and last closed at Rs 7.70 on Sep 30, 2026.

Rs 7.70
-1.28%
Price history
+60.42%

Monthly seasonality

Monthly total returns by year and calendar month
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026+125.0+10.2-21.8+15.1-6.5-4.0-18.8+1.3-2.5+0.0+0.0+0.0
2025+2.4-14.0+0.0+0.0+2.7+7.9+7.3+4.5+0.0+13.0-11.5+4.3
2024-8.6-3.1+12.9+20.0-14.3-2.8-8.6+0.0+3.1+3.0+2.9+20.0
2023+5.1+7.3-2.3-7.0-2.5-7.7+22.2-9.1+0.0-10.0-2.8+0.0
2022-23.9-25.8-66.7+14.6+0.0-16.4+0.0+17.4-3.7-21.2+2.4-7.1
2021+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+106.9-5.2
Average+20.0-5.1-15.6+8.5-4.1-4.6+0.4+2.8-0.6-3.8+19.6+2.4
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+2.4-3.1-2.3+14.6-2.5-4.0+0.0+1.3+0.0-3.5+2.4+0.0
% up60%40%20%60%20%20%40%60%20%50%60%40%
P/E
385.0
P/B
3.54
EPS
Rs 0.02
Div Yield
-
Market Cap
Rs 699.9M
Beta
-0.13
ROE
1.1%
Op Margin
3.9% (+66.8pp)

Fundamentals

LineFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue
Rs 88.7M
-23.9%
Rs 116.6M
+29.5%
Rs 90.1M
-32.0%
Rs 132.5M
+19.9%
Rs 110.5M
Operating profit
Rs -6.7M
Rs -12.6M
Rs -21.2M
Rs 61.3M
+631.3%
Rs 8.4M
Net profit
Rs 2.1M
turned profitable
Rs -8.1M
loss widened
Rs -7.6M
fell into loss
Rs 60.6M
+725.0%
Rs 7.3M
EPS
0.02
-0.09
-0.08
0.70
+1,300.0%
0.05

Compared with the same period a year earlier.

Parent company only. Subsidiaries are not included.

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

Recent dividends

No dividend records.

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EML.N0000 · this company
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P/E
385.0
P/B
3.54
ROE
1.07%
Yield
-
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Yield
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About E M L Consultants PLC

EML Consultants PLC provides technical and management consultancy services to public and private sector clients in Sri Lanka and to international agencies. The company delivers project-based advisory services across a range of assignments secured mainly through competitive bidding. Originally focused on environmental and natural resource management, EML has expanded into diverse industries and fields and structures its offerings across multiple service categories to address client needs. The company serves government, private-sector and donor-funded projects and engages on both domestic and overseas assignments. EML sources consultants on a project-by-project basis to align skills with specific requirements and follows a cost-effective resource-allocation model. It also collaborates with named strategic partners, Development Concepts (Private) Limited; International Institute for Development Transformation (Private) Limited; and Sustainability Agenda (Private) Limited, to provide technical assistance or retain professionals as required, and has obtained ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 certifications.

AI analysis

bearish

EML returned to operating and net profit in its latest quarter, but its valuation remains extreme relative to peers. Profitability is harder to assess because income outside the revenue line was material.

Read the full report (Aug 17, 2026) →

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Last 30 days
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24 months positive negative 3-month net
Dec 25: 3 articles, net +0.33Sep 24Jan 25May 25Sep 25Jan 26May 26
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Daily FT·Jan 28, 2026·Market commentaryPositive
CSE ends marginally up; within touching distance of 24,000-point barrier

ASPI ended marginally up at 23,960.16 (+0.03%) on turnover of over Rs.5.2bn. Capital goods led turnover (31%) driven by Colombo Dockyard and John Keells, while diversified financials and banks contributed 21% and foreign investors were net sellers of Rs.128.2m.

Daily FT·Dec 25, 2025·M&A / stake changePositive
Aeroform buys 30% stake in EML Consultants for Rs. 116 m

Aeroform Ltd acquired a 29.9% stake in EML Consultants PLC for Rs. 116.1 million, purchasing 27 million shares at Rs. 4.30 each. EML has 90.9 million shares outstanding and reported a net asset value per share of Rs. 2.11 at end-September 2025; Avanthi Jayatilake holds 51%.

Daily FT·Jun 11, 2025·Promotional / marketingPositive
EML Consultants taps New Zealand expertise to drive local innovation

E M L Consultants PLC has partnered with New Zealand Product Accelerator and Dr. Karnika De Silva to bring NZ materials and manufacturing expertise to Sri Lanka, targeting sustainable solutions for manufacturing and rubber products. The tie-up aims to de‑risk R&D, accelerate commercialisation and help SMEs access overseas markets.

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Services & Logistics sector: what is happening

Last 14 days to Sep 30, 2026

Transport and logistics drove services-export growth in August, with transport and logistics receipts up 51.41% year-on-year, while the services PMI showed faster expansion led partly by transportation. Diesel costs remain a key operating-margin risk as the government sought to hold prices steady despite higher global oil. Port and logistics upgrades and trade facilitation were discussed under the export development plan.

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