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Watawala Plantations Plc

Main Activities: Crop Production

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Company Information

Full name
Watawala Plantations Plc (Watawala Plantations Plc)

Headquarters
60, Dharmapala Mawatha; Colombo; Western Province; 00300
Status: Listed
Legal Form: Public Limited Company
Operational Status: Operational
Financial Auditors: PricewaterhouseCoopers (2011)

Tel: 011-4702400

Company Description

Watawala Plantations PLC, together with its subsidiary, Watawala Agro Limited engages in the cultivation, manufacture, sale, and export of tea, rubber, and palm oil in Sri Lanka. The company manages 17 tea gardens spreading across approximately 12,500 hectares of land; and a dairy farm. It also exports bananas. Watawala Plantations markets and distributes retail teas under the brand names of Zesta, Watawala Kahata, and Oliate vagetable oil. The company was founded in 1992 and is based in Colombo,
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Company Analysis

According to the Consolidated - Non-Audited financial statement for the first quarter of 2012, total net operating revenues increased with 8.03%, from LKR 1,533,430 thousands to LKR 1,656,502 thousands. Operating Results decreased from LKR 178,427 thousands to LKR -17,813 thousands. The results of the period reached LKR -40,730 thousands at the end of the period against LKR 146,207 thousands last year. Return on equity (Net income/Total equity) went from 6.67% to -1.58%, the Return On Asset (Net income / Total Asset) went from 2.95% to -0.74% and the Net Profit Margin (Net Income/Net Sales) went from 9.53% to -2.46% when compared to the same period of last year. The Debt to Equity Ratio (Total Liabilities/Equity) was 113.11% compared to 126.12% of last year. Finally, the Current Ratio (Current Assets/Current Liabilities) went from 1.13 to 1.09 when compared to the previous year.

Key Executives

G Sathasivam Chairman
D V Seevaratnam Chief Executive Officer
V Govindasamy Managing Director
R K Krishnakumar Director
B A Hulangamuwa Director/Member Of The Board
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Balance Sheet

Total Assets

5,744,681

5,470,127

Current Assets

1,388,849

1,222,107

Total Liabilities

3,180,265

3,063,744

Shareholders Equity

2,564,416

2,406,383

Current Liabilities

1,475,088

1,355,972

* All the accounts are in LKR.
Income Statement

Total Operating Revenue

4,745,442

3,076,273

Operational Profit (Loss)

219,509

37,080

Net Profit (Loss)

144,897

-13,137

* All the accounts are in LKR.
Ratios
Profitability Ratios

Return on Assets (ROA)

2.52%

-0.24%

Annualised Return on Assets (ROA)

3.36%

-0.48%

Return on Equity (ROE)

5.65%

-0.55%

Annualised Return on Equity (ROE)

7.53%

-1.1%

Return on Sales (ROS)

3.14%

-0.44%

Return on Capital

4.59%

-0.43%

Gross Profit Margin

16.12%

13.31%

Operating Profit Margin

6.06%

3.02%

Efficiency Ratios

Accounts Receivable Turnover

11.53x

6.95x

Inventory Turnover

3.98x

3.60x

Current asset turnover

3.32x

2.45x

Fixed-asset turnover

1.06x

0.71x

Asset Turnover

0.80x

0.55x

Valuation figures and ratios

Earning Before Interests and Taxes (EBIT)

219,509

37,080

EBITDA

414,335

169,752

Enterprise value

4,314,894

5,127,272

Enterprise Value / EBITDA

10.41

30.20

Bookvalue (BV)

4,773,049

4,532,875

Net Cash

-1,457,684

-1,285,992

Liquidity Ratios

Current Ratio

94.15%

90.13%

Quick ratio

28.28%

36.98%

Doom's day ratio

1.18%

5.16%

Leverage Ratios

Leverage ratio

224.02%

227.32%

Interest Coverage Ratio

350.71%

89.27%

Debt to equity

124.02%

127.32%

Debt to total assets

55.36%

56.01%

Long Term Debt to Capital

84.62%

84.64%

Debt / Enterprise Value

22.52%

18.28%

Market ratios

Market Capitalization/EBITDA

8.11

25.10

Price/Book Ratio

0.70

0.94

Market Cap / Net cash

-2.31

-3.31

Trend Ratios

Revenue Trend

102.98%

108.43%

Net Income Trend

34.66%

-8.37%

Operating Income Trend

43.7%

16.99%