Plantations & Agriculture · Agricultural Commodities/Milling
Kahawatte Plantations PLC cultivates, processes and sells tea and rubber in Sri Lanka, with primary sales channel through national auctions. The company's operations include estate cultivation and factory processing of tea as well as rubber harvesting and auction sales.
KAHA shares are down 39.3% over the past year and last closed at Rs 15.00 on Sep 30, 2026.
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -0.5 | -4.9 | -7.7 | +10.0 | -9.1 | -5.6 | -6.5 | +0.6 | -9.4 | +0.0 | +0.0 | +0.0 |
| 2025 | +40.0 | -12.5 | -6.9 | +9.6 | -2.4 | -7.4 | +3.1 | +7.3 | +0.0 | -3.2 | -7.4 | -8.0 |
| 2024 | -0.6 | -6.3 | +10.0 | +11.5 | -4.3 | +7.4 | -9.0 | -5.2 | +3.1 | +13.1 | +5.3 | +0.0 |
| 2023 | +0.4 | -8.3 | -7.3 | -4.4 | -18.5 | +8.8 | +31.2 | -16.3 | -2.6 | -7.6 | -0.6 | -5.3 |
| 2022 | -13.0 | -8.3 | -10.0 | +13.6 | +15.6 | -1.2 | +7.0 | +44.4 | -4.8 | -7.1 | -31.6 | -0.4 |
| 2021 | +5.7 | -0.9 | -8.0 | -5.9 | +9.9 | -6.4 | -0.4 | -5.7 | -1.1 | +15.4 | -11.0 | +3.4 |
| 2020 | +0.0 | -5.6 | +0.0 | +0.0 | +0.0 | +0.9 | +2.7 | +2.3 | -2.3 | -5.5 | -1.5 | -6.3 |
| 2019 | +0.0 | +0.0 | +0.0 | -7.5 | -5.4 | -14.0 | +12.6 | +18.0 | -5.7 | +5.8 | -7.8 | +0.0 |
| 2018 | +0.0 | -9.3 | -3.3 | +15.1 | -8.7 | -5.4 | +0.0 | +0.0 | +2.8 | +8.1 | +0.0 | +0.0 |
| 2017 | -9.8 | +2.9 | +6.6 | +11.3 | -2.7 | -2.2 | +1.3 | -1.5 | -0.8 | +2.0 | -4.8 | +5.3 |
| 2016 | +0.8 | +3.2 | -1.3 | -7.0 | +5.3 | -18.8 | +12.7 | +0.0 | -1.4 | -5.9 | +15.6 | +1.9 |
| 2015 | -7.3 | +4.3 | -6.7 | +10.3 | -9.9 | -11.9 | +10.0 | +12.0 | +9.9 | -10.0 | +16.7 | -5.8 |
| 2014 | +6.7 | -5.6 | -3.1 | +3.4 | -0.5 | -1.8 | +3.1 | -0.5 | +2.3 | -6.7 | -8.8 | +3.8 |
| 2013 | -3.0 | +3.4 | +4.5 | +1.2 | +5.1 | -8.7 | -4.7 | -6.5 | +16.7 | +8.6 | +3.9 | -1.8 |
| 2012 | +0.0 | +0.0 | +0.0 | +5.7 | -10.1 | +27.6 | +6.6 | +0.0 | -6.5 | -0.3 | -4.7 | +9.6 |
| Average | +1.6 | -3.7 | -2.8 | +4.8 | -2.5 | -2.6 | +5.0 | +3.5 | +0.0 | +0.5 | -2.8 | -0.3 |
| 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 | -0.2 | -5.6 | -5.0 | +7.7 | -3.5 | -5.4 | +3.1 | +0.0 | -1.1 | -1.8 | -4.7 | -0.2 |
| % up | 42% | 31% | 25% | 71% | 29% | 27% | 71% | 43% | 33% | 43% | 31% | 42% |
| Line | FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | Rs 4.5B -33.1% | Rs 6.8B | Rs 5.2B -17.7% | Rs 6.3B +46.7% | Rs 4.3B +43.2% | Rs 3.0B +6.6% | Rs 2.8B -10.0% | Rs 3.1B -17.9% |
| Operating profit | Rs 125.6M -81.9% | Rs 693.0M | Rs 161.6M -83.1% | Rs 958.2M +972.6% | Rs 89.3M | Rs -274.0K | Rs -149.9M | Rs -40.0M |
| Net profit | Rs -75.0M fell into loss | Rs 94.8M | Rs -579.5M fell into loss | Rs 312.0M turned profitable | Rs -106.2M loss narrowed | Rs -245.8M loss narrowed | Rs -502.6M loss widened | Rs -248.9M fell into loss |
| EPS | -0.75 | 0.95 | -5.83 | 3.14 | -1.07 | -3.07 | -6.29 | -3.12 |
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.
| # | Company | Price | Mkt cap | P/E | P/B | EPS | ROE | Div Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KOTA.N0000 | 8.10 | Rs 3.4B | 9.0 | 1.00 | 0.90 | 10.03% | 0.00% |
| 2 | MASK.N0000 | 60.00 | Rs 3.2B | 5.1 | 1.04 | 11.83 | 20.42% | 6.67% |
| 3 | KGAL.N0000 | 127.50 | Rs 3.2B | 30.7 | 0.61 | 4.15 | 2.00% | 2.35% |
| 4 | BALA.N0000 | 58.40 | Rs 2.8B | 7.3 | 0.60 | 8.00 | 8.17% | 0.86% |
| 5 | UDPL.N0000 | 140.00 | Rs 2.7B | 4.0 | 0.51 | 34.75 | 12.39% | 0.00% |
| 6 | HAPU.N0000 | 54.60 | Rs 2.5B | 14.6 | 0.59 | 3.73 | 4.06% | 0.00% |
| 7 | MADU.N0000 | 9.00 | Rs 1.5B | - | 2.42 | -0.61 | 8.02% | 0.00% |
| 8 | KAHA.N0000 · this company | 15.00 | Rs 1.5B | - | 1.43 | -0.75 | -6.78% | 0.00% |
| Peer median · 8 companies | - | - | 9.0 | 0.81 | - | - | 0.43% |
Kahawatte Plantations PLC cultivates, processes and sells tea and rubber in Sri Lanka, with primary sales channel through national auctions. The company's operations include estate cultivation and factory processing of tea as well as rubber harvesting and auction sales. Revenue principally consists of tea and rubber auction sales. Tea is the company's core activity, with multiple company-owned processing centers and estate blocks across low- and medium-grown elevations (including the Nawalapitiya block and estates such as Kataboola). The company also cultivates other crops, notably cinnamon and pepper, and pursues diversification and value-addition initiatives for ancillary crops. Plantation community development and employee welfare programs are part of its social responsibility activities.
Kahawatte Plantations returned to a quarterly loss as revenue fell 23.4%. The share is near its 52-week low, while debt and weak interest cover leave little room for operating setbacks.
Read the full report (Aug 15, 2026) →1 article in 30 days: 1 positive, 0 negative, 0 neutral.
Malwatte Valley Plantations CEO Shanaka Samaradiwakara was appointed Chairman of the Planters' Association and outlined a five-point plan to revive plantations focusing on value addition, R&D, land-use, irrigation and tenure security. Kahawatte Plantations CEO Binesh Pananwala was named Deputy Chairman.
Lanka Coffee Association elected Tharanga Muramudali as its new Chairperson at its 4th AGM; the event and the Sri Lanka Coffee Festival attracted over 1,000 visitors and showcased more than 30 companies.
The Lanka Coffee Association held its 4th AGM and elected Tharanga Muramudali as Chair; the LCA also ran the Sri Lanka Coffee Festival (1,000+ visitors), held quality training for producers, and launched a commemorative 200th‑year coffee stamp to boost exports and industry standards.
Dilmah Ceylon Tea Company Plc was invited to be Patron of the UN Global Compact Network Sri Lanka’s Water & Ocean Stewardship Working Group and reported a 2024/25 direct water footprint of 19,498 m3 (DCTC) with municipal water use down 8% and wastewater discharged down 44% year‑on‑year.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake held a special discussion with plantation company representatives on the proposed increase to estate workers' daily wages to align with recent public/private sector salary hikes and discussed implementation; the government pledged support for developing the plantation sector.
President Anura Kumara Disanayake urged plantation companies to raise estate workers' daily wages and said the government will support the industry to implement the increase. Representatives from major planters, including Kahawatte, Malwatte, Kelani Valley, Balangoda, Browns, Kegalle and Kotagala, took part.
Darshana Gunasekera has been appointed an Independent, Non-Executive Director of Bank of Ceylon effective 13 August 2025. He is currently Group Finance Director of the MJF Group and serves on the boards of Dilmah Ceylon Tea Company, Kahawatte Plantations and Talawakelle Tea Estates.
Multiple plantation companies (Agarapatana, Elpitiya, Talawakelle, Hatton, Watawala, Kegalle, Kelani Valley, Maskeliya, Namunukula, Kahawatte and Balangoda) are running scholarship programs supporting hundreds of students; Elpitiya alone funds 100 university and 80 A/L students at a cost exceeding LKR 12.4m.
Dilmah Ceylon Tea Company PLC celebrated its 40th anniversary with a 'Future of Tea' event at Sydney Opera House on 19 June 2025. The event showcased Dilmah's 85 Reserve and Watte Single Garden Teas and highlighted tea's health and gastronomy benefits; the author also chairs Kahawatte Plantations PLC.
Heavy August rain and cloud cover cut High Grown tea output to a 34-year monthly low, pulling national production below a year earlier. Tea exports weakened as August merchandise tea exports fell, while eight-month shipments and US dollar earnings declined amid higher freight and insurance costs and a lower average FOB. Sector bodies also pressed for productivity, mechanisation and value addition.
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