Plantations & Agriculture · Agricultural Commodities/Milling
| Year | Revenue | Net profit | EPS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Rs 5.2B | Rs 385.8M | 1.14 |
| 2024 | Rs 5.1B | Rs -126.9M | -0.37 |
| 2023 | Rs 5.0B | Rs 252.9M | 0.75 |
| 2022 | Rs 3.5B | Rs 98.5M | 0.29 |
| 2021 | Rs 3.2B | Rs -110.2M | -1.46 |
| 2020 | Rs 2.7B | Rs -731.4M | -9.72 |
| 2019 | Rs 3.3B | Rs -1.1B | -14.31 |
Kotagala Plantations PLC is a Sri Lankan plantation company that owns and manages tea, rubber, oil palm and timber estates and undertakes cultivation, harvesting, processing and sale of plantation crops. The company manufactures black tea in its tea factories and natural rubber in its rubber factories, packages produce for auctions and wholesale, and sells to domestic markets with rubber also exported; it seeks sustainability and quality certifications including Rainforest Alliance and ISO. Operations are carried out across up-country estates in the Nuwara Eliya District and low-country estates in the Horana and Kalutara Districts, with activities that include nurseries, replanting, mechanised and manual harvesting, on-estate processing, packaging and transport to warehouses, auctions and ports. Estate trademarks are used to add value to Kotagala tea, and the group includes a subsidiary, Rubber & Allied Products (Colombo) Ltd. The company is pursuing value addition and diversification initiatives such as timber value‑addition and planned eco‑friendly cabanas to integrate tea tourism, alongside ongoing mechanisation (including mechanised tea plucking), sustainability accreditation and workforce training to support productivity and compliance.
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Kotagala Plantations (KOTA.N0000) has installed a 1 MW rooftop solar power system delivered by E.B. Creasy Solar. The system uses LONGi panels and SUNGROW inverters and is expected to reduce carbon emissions and energy costs.
First Capital says listed plantation firms AGAL, KGAL, KOTA and HOPL are well positioned to benefit from rising rubber prices as rubber makes up about 15%+ of their revenue. Dipped Products and exporters may also gain from higher rubber prices and rupee depreciation, while Kelani Tyres could face margin pressure.
Kotagala Plantations (KOTA.N0000) said its rights issue to raise Rs.761.6m (84.6m shares at Rs.9) was oversubscribed with Rs.776.4m in subscriptions. The share closed at Rs.9.80 and NAV per share was Rs.7.48 as at end-June 2025.
Rights issue · 1:4 at Rs 9.00 · XD Sep 17, 2025
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.
Rights issue · 1:4 at Rs 9.00 · XD Sep 17, 2025
Rights issue · 1:4 at Rs 9.00 · XD Sep 17, 2025
Kotagala Plantations PLC will raise Rs.761.6 million via a Rights Issue of 84,628,125 shares at Rs.9 each (1 new for every 4 held) to settle related-party debts, repay broker borrowings and fund working capital. The issue is subject to shareholder approval.
Tea saw mixed signals: the June national sales average fell to Rs 1,153.49, while June production rose 4% YoY but first-half output was hit by extreme weather and higher fertiliser costs. Exporters gained relief as the US labour-related tariff on Sri Lankan goods was cut to 10%. Meanwhile, new EU sustainability rules are driving compliance efforts, and plantations report organised theft of high-value crops hurting competitiveness.
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