Nations Trust Bank Plc

NTB.N0000

Banks & Finance · Major Banks

Voting
Rs 302.25
+0.08%
as of Aug 3, 2026
Price history
+24.44%
P/E
5.1
P/B
1.03
EPS
Rs 59.21
Div Yield
3.45%
Market Cap
Rs 87.2B
Beta
1.58
ROE
19.9%
Op Margin
50.9% (-0.1pp)

Annual fundamentals

YearRevenueNet profitEPS
2025Rs 52.3BRs 19.3B57.76
2024Rs 44.4BRs 16.8B50.82
2023Rs 45.0BRs 11.5B35.17
2022Rs 38.9BRs 7.2B22.61
2021Rs 23.3BRs 6.7B22.20
2020Rs 21.2BRs 4.1B14.29
2019Rs 22.6BRs 3.7B13.08

Recent dividends

  • 2025 · first and finalRs 3.50
  • -Rs 7.00
  • 2024 · finalRs 3.25
  • -Rs 6.50
  • 2023 · first and finalRs 2.50
  • 2020 · first and finalRs 2.00
  • 2019 · first and finalRs 2.30

About Nations Trust Bank Plc

Nations Trust Bank is a Sri Lankan commercial bank offering consumer, commercial and corporate banking services alongside treasury functions. The Group serves individuals, SMEs and large corporates through a segmented approach that emphasises disciplined risk management, ethical governance and customer-centric service. The Bank’s Consumer Banking business provides everyday retail products including savings and investment products, leasing, personal/vehicle/housing loans, credit and debit cards and bancassurance, supported by digital channels. Commercial Banking delivers working capital, trade finance, term loans, leasing, business banking and advisory services including the Nations Business Investment Planner for growing enterprises. Corporate Banking provides large‑scale financing, transaction banking and treasury solutions such as working capital finance, supply chain and structured finance, trade finance, cash management and corporate cards. The Bank also develops digital capabilities for business customers, including the Nations Direct Enterprise (NDE) platform for commercial and corporate clients, and reports a high level of digital adoption across customer transactions.

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News sentiment

Describes news flow, not a forecast
Last 30 days
Most positive news flow in 7 months
its own lowits own high

Higher than 82% of its last 22 months · 4 of 19 in its sector

3 articles in 30 days: 2 positive, 0 negative, 1 neutral.

24 months positive negative 3-month net
Sep 24: 3 articles, net +0.75Oct 24: 6 articles, net +0.33Nov 24: 9 articles, net +0.54Dec 24: 3 articles, net +0.29Jan 25: 9 articles, net +0.68Feb 25: 9 articles, net +0.85Mar 25: 5 articles, net -0.06Apr 25: 3 articles, net +0.33May 25: 6 articles, net +1.00Jun 25: 3 articles, net -0.36Jul 25: 2 articles, net +0.17Aug 25: 5 articles, net +0.91Sep 25: 14 articles, net +0.76Oct 25: 7 articles, net +0.52Nov 25: 5 articles, net +0.95Dec 25: 7 articles, net +0.91Jan 26: 18 articles, net +0.54Feb 26: 8 articles, net +0.85Mar 26: 5 articles, net +0.23Apr 26: 4 articles, net +0.31May 26: 10 articles, net +0.76Jun 26: 6 articles, net +0.85Jul 26: 5 articles, net +0.48Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Apr 26
Recent news
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Daily FT·Jul 10, 2026·Management or board changePositive
Ananda Jayawardana joins NTB Board

Nations Trust Bank (NTB.N0000) appointed Ananda Jayawardana as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He brings over 25 years' experience in leveraged and structured finance across Asia, with senior roles at Standard Chartered and the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Daily FT·Jul 3, 2026·Procedural / scheduling notice
NTB opens latest conversion window for non-voting convertible shares

Nations Trust Bank PLC (NTB) opened its 34th quarterly conversion window allowing holders of ordinary non-voting convertible shares as at 30 September 2026 to convert into ordinary voting shares; applications must be submitted by 5 October 2026 and conversions will be completed within 22 market days.

Daily FT·Jun 30, 2026·Capital raisePositive
NTB allots full Rs. 15 b Basel III Tier 2 debenture issue

Nations Trust Bank PLC allotted the full 150 million Basel III-compliant Tier 2 debentures, raising the maximum Rs.15 billion after exercising an oversubscription option. The unsecured, subordinated five-, seven- and 10-year debentures include a non-viability conversion feature; 112.5m were allotted preferentially.

Interest Rates
Daily FT·Jun 25, 2026·Capital raisePositive
Rs. 15 b NTB debenture issue attracts applications worth Rs. 19.6 b

Nations Trust Bank PLC's Basel III-compliant Tier 2 subordinated debenture issue attracted applications worth Rs.19.56 billion, oversubscribing the maximum Rs.15 billion issue (~1.3x). The five-year Type A tranche drew strongest demand (173.71m debentures), with subscriptions via cheques/RTGS and bank guarantees.

Interest Rates
Daily FT·Jun 17, 2026·Capital raisePositive
NTB Rs. 15 b debenture issue gets CSE nod, opens Friday

Nations Trust Bank (NTB) will open subscriptions on 19 June for a Basel III-compliant Tier 2 debenture issue aiming to raise up to Rs. 15 billion (initial Rs. 10bn, option to add Rs. 5bn). Three fixed-rate tenors offer annual coupons of 13.75% (5y), 13.85% (7y) and 13.95% (10y), paid annually.

Interest Rates
EconomyNext·Jun 16, 2026·Capital raisePositive
Sri Lanka’s Nations Trust Bank to list 13.95-pct debentures

Nations Trust Bank (NTB) will list Rs15 billion of Basel III-compliant tier-2 debentures with coupons of 13.75%, 13.85% and 13.95%; Fitch rated the issue BBB+(lka) and subscription opens on June 19.

Interest Rates
EconomyNext·Jun 15, 2026·Credit rating actionPositive
Fitch rates Nations Trust Bank’s proposed Rs15bn debentures BBB+(lka)

Nations Trust Bank’s proposed LKR15 billion Basel III-compliant subordinated debentures were assigned a final National Long-Term Rating of 'BBB+(lka)' by Fitch; the bank intends to use proceeds to strengthen Tier-2 capital, support loan-book expansion and reduce maturity mismatches.

EconomyNext·Jun 13, 2026·Regulatory or legalNegative
Sri Lanka CoPF grills CB officials on oversight lapses in NDB scam

National Development Bank PLC suffered an internal Rs. 13.2 billion fraud that went undetected, prompting a parliamentary probe that blamed Central Bank oversight failures and drew IMF demands for regulatory and AML/CFT reforms. The Central Bank has retained Deloitte India for a forensic audit with an interim report due in two weeks and a final report by July 18.

Banks & Finance sector: what is happening

Last 30 days to Aug 4, 2026

Regulatory tightening dominated banks/finance as Cabinet named the SEC to regulate virtual asset service providers within a CBSL/FIU/IRD framework and approved a 2026-2030 national AML policy. The FIU flagged long-running trade-based money laundering via phantom imports, after probes found about $715m in fraudulent remittances. CBSL kept LTV caps on vehicle and gold loans. Services PMI signaled June expansion led by financial services.

Auto-generated from 17 sector news articles over 30 days. Not investment advice. 2 more stories on the sentiment page.