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Paragon Ceylon PLC

PARA.N0000Overvalued

Manufacturing · Commercial Printing/Forms

Paragon Ceylon PLC prints and sells security register stationery and computer continuous stationery. Its product range includes Paragon security register stationery and both blank and pre-printed computer continuous forms, with activities centred on printing and stationery sales.

PARA shares are up 388.1% over the past year and last closed at Rs 532.00 on Sep 30, 2026.

Rs 532.00
+0.00%
Price history
+388.07%

Monthly seasonality

Monthly total returns by year and calendar month
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026+69.3+67.3+15.3-0.6+28.9-11.9-0.8-9.7-9.7+0.0+0.0+0.0
2025+17.4-6.6-1.9+5.5-3.3+5.8+2.8+8.1+19.8+16.9+2.3+23.7
2024+0.0+0.0+21.7+4.8-4.8+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0-5.6+96.8-16.2
2022+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0-12.8-18.6+0.0
2021+0.0+0.0-9.2+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0
2020+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0-5.8
2019+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+20.2-33.3+3.3+8.1-8.2+0.0
2018+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+21.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0
2017+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0-9.1+35.7-6.2+0.0+0.0+0.0+15.4-33.3
2016+0.0-9.9-11.1+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0-3.2+0.0+0.0
2015+38.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+19.8-8.8+0.0+12.7+0.0
2014+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+30.9-14.1+1.9+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0
2013+0.0-28.5+0.0+0.0+11.1+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0
2012+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0-14.2-10.5-5.9+4.3
Average+31.2+5.6+3.0+3.3+7.3+15.1+0.4-2.6-1.9-1.0+13.5-5.5
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+27.7-8.2-1.9+4.8+3.9+18.3-0.8+1.9-8.8-3.2+2.3-5.8
% up100%25%40%67%50%75%40%60%40%43%57%40%
P/E
-
P/B
776.43
EPS
Rs -2.23
Div Yield
0.00%
Market Cap
Rs 532.1M
Beta
-0.09
ROE
-326.6%
Op Margin
-52.3% (-41.1pp)

Fundamentals

LineFY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019
Revenue
Rs 11.2M
-42.7%
Rs 19.5M
+85.0%
Rs 10.5M
+42.1%
Rs 7.4M
+63.1%
Rs 4.5M
+3.8%
Rs 4.4M
-6.3%
Rs 4.7M
+0.8%
Rs 4.6M
+500.8%
Operating profit
Rs -2.1M
Rs -494.3K
Rs 2.4M
+390.2%
Rs 480.7K
-55.1%
Rs 1.1M
+23.4%
Rs 867.4K
+88.4%
Rs 460.5K
Rs -3.4M
Net profit
Rs -2.0M
loss widened
Rs -596.0K
fell into loss
Rs 2.4M
+384.0%
Rs 497.6K
-37.4%
Rs 795.0K
-11.9%
Rs 902.7K
+86.0%
Rs 485.3K
turned profitable
Rs -3.3M
loss widened
EPS
-2.00
-0.60
2.41
+382.0%
0.50
-36.7%
0.79
-12.2%
0.90
+83.7%
0.49
-3.32

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.

Peer comparison1 peer in Manufacturing
Sector overview Open in screener
1Lake House Printers & Publishers PLC
LPRT.N0000
Rs 600.25
P/E
42.8
P/B
1.63
ROE
3.85%
Yield
0.95%
2Paragon Ceylon PLC
PARA.N0000 · this company
Rs 532.00
P/E
-
P/B
776.43
ROE
-326.57%
Yield
0.00%
Sector median · 29 companies
P/E 12.0P/B 1.63Yield 2.05%

About Paragon Ceylon PLC

Paragon Ceylon PLC prints and sells security register stationery and computer continuous stationery. Its product range includes Paragon security register stationery and both blank and pre-printed computer continuous forms, with activities centred on printing and stationery sales. The company’s operations focus on the production and distribution of these printed stationery products for business and commercial use. In its reporting the company identifies financial risk exposures including credit, liquidity, market and operational risks and states that the Board of Directors is responsible for the risk management framework; it is also assessing the impacts of new Sri Lanka Accounting Standards on its financial statements.

AI analysis

bearish

Evidence points bearish because June's net margin was -53.1%, the worst comparable June result on record. The catch is that gross margin improved to 38.1% from a year earlier.

Read the full report (Sep 24, 2026) →

News sentiment

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

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

24 months positive negative 3-month net
Sep 26: 2 articles, net +0.50Oct 24Feb 25Jun 25Oct 25Feb 26Jun 26

Manufacturing sector: what is happening

Last 14 days to Sep 30, 2026

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The stories behind it

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