BOPL.N0000 (Bogawantalawa Tea Estates PLC)

[yellow knifeTop contributor]

Sri Lankan tea industry is a very slow-growing in quantity.. I have discussed the same issue in TPL.N..

 TPL appear as the best among plantation sector. However the EPS in the graph of TPL include 15 months where the rest is for 12 months..

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[yellow knifeTop contributor]

Most of the time EPS of companies are continuously growing..This is the first time I came across Zig-Zag mode of EPS

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[yellow knifeTop contributor]

Net Assets is on declining trend and now stabilized

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[yellow knifeTop contributor]

PE ratio is also in ZIG-ZAG

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[yellow knifeTop contributor]

Most plantation companies are trapped in 3 billion revenue category..

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[yellow knifeTop contributor]

Production quantity is slowly coming down..

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[NuinthTop contributor]

Thx YK, really appreciate.

[කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වාTop contributor]

Thanks YK.
I was wondering as to why WATA was not included in the comparison chart?

[yellow knifeTop contributor]

Kith

I update whenever I read an annual report...other than that no personal grudge with WATA 

[yellow knifeTop contributor]

Revenue composition of 2015 plantation sector (only what I have analyzed so far)

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[The Invisible]

Bogawantalawa to replant tea, upgrade factories with debt issue

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan regional plantations company Bogawantalawa Tea Estates has told shareholders it would use funds raised from a debt issue to replant tea fields, upgrade factory machinery, settle loans and set up solar power plants.

A stock exchange filing said Bogawantalawa Tea Estates plans to raise 850 million rupees by issuing bonds of up to seven years with the option to convert to ordinary shares on maturity.

The circular to shareholders described how the funds would be used with 250 million rupees to be used for field development activities and 200 million rupees to buy specialised machinery and laboratory equipment.

Each year 150-200 million rupees is needed to rehabilitate soild on estates, soil building and tea re-planting and in-filling over 150 hectares, the company said.

New machinery is needed to make specialty teas for which markets are developing.

Another 200 million rupees would be used to settle high cost debt while 150 million rupees would be to develop identified solar power projects.
(COLOMBO, December 07, 2018)