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Ceylon Tobacco Co (COL:CTC.N0000) Profitability Rank : 10 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Ceylon Tobacco Co Profitability Rank?

Ceylon Tobacco Co has the Profitability Rank of 10. It has a higher profitability and may stay that way.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is rated on a scale of 1 to 10 and is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

A higher score indicates superior profitability, with companies rated 7 or above considered to have more robust and sustainable profit generation. Conversely, a score of 3 or lower suggests challenges in generating consistent profits.

Ceylon Tobacco Co's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 80.43%. As of today, Ceylon Tobacco Co's Piotroski F-Score is 5.


Competitive Comparison of Ceylon Tobacco Co's Profitability Rank

For the Tobacco subindustry, Ceylon Tobacco Co's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Ceylon Tobacco Co's Profitability Rank Distribution in the Tobacco Products Industry

For the Tobacco Products industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Ceylon Tobacco Co's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ceylon Tobacco Co's Profitability Rank falls into.


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Ceylon Tobacco Co Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The rank is rated on a scale of 1 to 10. A higher score indicates superior profitability, with companies rated 7 or above considered to have more robust and sustainable profit generation. Conversely, a score of 3 or lower suggests challenges in generating consistent profits.

Ceylon Tobacco Co has the Profitability Rank of 10. It has a higher profitability and may stay that way.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Ceylon Tobacco Co's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 ) / Revenue (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=11379 / 14148
=80.43 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

2. Piotroski F-Score

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Ceylon Tobacco Co has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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Ceylon Tobacco Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 178, Srimath Ramanathan Mawatha, Colombo, LKA, 15
Ceylon Tobacco Co PLC is a cigarette manufacturing company. Its brand portfolio includes Dunhill, Benson & Hedges, John Players, Bristol, and Capstan. The company derives maximum revenue from the domestic market.

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