Distribution of shares
| Resident | Non-resident | Total | |||||||
| Shareholding | Number of shareholders | Number of shares | % | Number of shareholders | Number of shares | % | Number of shareholders | Number of shares | % |
| 1 – 1,000 shares | 11,355 | 3,055,150 | 0.17 | 16 | 6,755 | 0.00 | 11,371 | 3,061,905 | 0.17 |
| 1,001 – 10,000 shares | 2,468 | 9,207,222 | 0.51 | 24 | 121,465 | 0.01 | 2,492 | 9,328,687 | 0.52 |
| 10,001 – 100,000 shares | 351 | 8,380,452 | 0.46 | 4 | 88,334 | 0.00 | 355 | 8,468,786 | 0.46 |
| 100,001 – 1,000,000 shares | 29 | 7,545,275 | 0.42 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 29 | 7,545,275 | 0.42 |
| Over 1,000,000 shares | 9 | 964,697,478 | 53.45 | 1 | 811,757,869 | 44.98 | 10 | 1,776,455,347 | 98.43 |
| 14,212 | 992,885,577 | 55.01 | 45 | 811,974,423 | 44.99 | 14,257 | 1,804,860,000 | 100.00 | |
Categories of shareholders
| Category | Number of shareholders | Number of shares |
| Individual | 14,012 | 22,974,534 |
| Institutional | 245 | 1,781,885,466 |
| Total | 14,257 | 1,804,860,000 |
20 Major shareholders as at 31 December 2025
| No. | Name | Shareholding | (%) |
| 1. | Secretary to the treasury | 906,564,409 | 50.23 |
| 2. | Global Telecommunications Holdings NV | 811,757,869 | 44.98 |
| 3. | Employee’s Provident Fund | 25,324,104 | 1.40 |
| 4. | Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Ltd- Life Fund | 17,713,735 | 0.98 |
| 5. | BANK of Ceylon A/C Ceybank Unit Trust | 4,001,276 | 0.22 |
| 6. | Seylan Bank Plc/K L G Udayananda | 3,365,484 | 0.19 |
| 7. | Employees Trust Fund Board | 3,302,188 | 0.18 |
| 8. | Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Ltd-General Fund | 2,041,538 | 0.11 |
| 9. | People's Leasing & Finance Plc/K l Udayananda | 1,319,851 | 0.07 |
| 10. | Mr K L G Udayananda | 1,064,893 | 0.06 |
| 11. | Dr T K D A P Samarasinghe | 925,000 | 0.05 |
| 12. | Bank of Ceylon A/C Ceybank Century Growth Fund | 720,244 | 0.04 |
| 13. | Senkadagala Finance Plc/S Gobinath | 569,980 | 0.03 |
| 14. | Mr R P Weerasooriya | 520,710 | 0.03 |
| 15. | People's Leasing & Finance Plc/Mr K A D R M K Kariyapperuma | 460,011 | 0.03 |
| 16. | Mr S Gurusinghe | 453,244 | 0.03 |
| 17. | People’s Leasing and Finance Plc/Verite Research (Pvt) Ltd | 399,671 | 0.02 |
| 18. | Mr C Dissanayake | 228,200 | 0.01 |
| 19. | Assetline Finance Limited/H M Lalith | 217,472 | 0.01 |
| 20. | Seylan Bank Plc/Anuja Chamila Jayasinghe | 217,239 | 0.01 |
| Total | 1,781,167,118 | 98.68 |
| Float adjusted Market Capitalisation as at 31 December 2025 | 7,121,707,065 |
| Percentage of public holding as at 31 December 2025 | 4.78% |
| Number of shareholders representing the public holding as at 31 December 2025 | 14,255 |
Ratio and Market Price Information Share Price Trend
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
| Highest value (LKR) | 91.60 | 101 | 121.75 | 78.9 | 42.9 | 34.8 | 34.5 | 30 | 36.7 | 46.4 | 54.9 |
| Lowest value (LKR) | 53.10 | 54.9 | 62 | 28.7 | 31.5 | 18 | 19.6 | 18.9 | 27 | 31.2 | 43 |
| Last traded price (LKR) | 82.50 | 69.5 | 92.9 | 68 | 38.8 | 33.5 | 31.9 | 23.4 | 28.5 | 36 | 47 |
| Market capitalisation (LKR Bn.) | 148.9 | 125.4 | 167.7 | 122.7 | 70.02 | 60.4 | 57.57 | 42.23 | 51.43 | 64.97 | 84.83 |
Trading Activity
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | |
| Number of transactions | 27,452 | 27.422 | 61,912 |
| Number of shares traded | 34,233,620 | 14,673,193 | 60,326,418 |
| Value of shares traded (LKR) | 2,468,153,459 | 1,148,525,968 | 5,642,355,674 |
The Debt/Equity Ratios
| Group | Company | |||
| At 31 December | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 |
| Total borrowings | 76,435 | 90,951 | 53,643 | 65,932 |
| Total equity | 100,929 | 91,475 | 75,914 | 70,242 |
| Total capital | 177,364 | 182,426 | 129,557 | 136,174 |
| Debt/Equity ratio (%) | 76 | 99 | 71 | 94 |
Equity – Group
| Group | 2025 | 2024 |
| Earnings per share (LKR) | 5.55 | 1.73 |
| Net assets per share | 55.85 | 50.61 |
| Debt/Equity ratio – Number of times | 0.76 | 0.99 |
| Quick Asset Ratio (No. of times C.L.) | 0.85 | 0.76 |
| Interest cover (Number of times Interest) | 2.39 | 1.46 |
| Dividend pay out ratio (%) | 13.51 | 14.69 |
| Dividend per share | 0.75 | 0.25 |
Debt Information – Company
| Company | 2025 | 2024 |
| Interest rate on comparable government security market price and yield during the year (ex-interest) (%) | 8.68 | 10.31 |
| Highest debenture price | Debentures were not traded during the year 2025 | Debentures were not traded during the year 2024 |
| Debt/equity ratio-No of times | 0.71 | 0.94 |
| Interest cover (No. of times Interest) | 2.36 | 1.20 |
| Quick Asset Ratio (No. of times) | 0.87 | 0.76 |