This is a list of largest publicly traded companies on Colombo Stock Exchange by market capitalisation in Sri Lanka. Only the top 50 companies are listed below.
These 50 companies alone account for about 75% of the total market capitalisation of the Colombo Stock Exchange. [1] On January 4, 2021, total market capitalisation crossed three trillion rupees mark for the first time. [2] Hayleys announced a stock split on January 21 of 2021 and it resulted in increasing market capitalization by over 100 billion rupees. All share price index surpassed 8000 points for the first as a result. [3]
Company | Market capitalisation Rs. (mns) | Percentage of Total market cap. | Sector | Founded | Reference |
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Expolanka Holdings | 276,132 | 7.74 | Transportation | 2003 | [4] |
John Keells Holdings | 188,002 | 5.27 | Capital Goods | 1979 | [5] |
LOLC Finance | 165,396 | 4.64 | Diversified Financials | 2001 | [6] |
LOLC Holdings | 157,648 | 4.42 | Diversified Financials | 1980 | [7] |
Ceylon Tobacco Company | 155,151 | 4.35 | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | 1932 | [8] |
Sri Lanka Telecom | 152,691 | 4.28 | Communication Services | 1974 | [9] |
Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka | 81,880 | 2.30 | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | 1989 | [10] |
Dialog Axiata | 80,827 | 2.27 | Communication Services | 1993 | [11] |
Lanka IOC | 73,480 | 2.06 | Energy | 2002 | [12] |
Browns Investments | 71,849 | 2.01 | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | 2008 | [13] |
Commercial Bank of Ceylon | 69,706 | 1.95 | Banks | 1969 | [14] |
Cargills (Ceylon) | 64,419 | 1.81 | Food and Staples Retailing | 1946 | [15] |
Melstacorp | 62,349 | 1.75 | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | 1998 | [16] |
Sampath Bank | 57,462 | 1.61 | Banks | 1986 | [17] |
Lion Brewery (Ceylon) | 55,960 | 1.57 | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | 1996 | [18] |
Hatton National Bank | 52,816 | 1.48 | Banks | 1970 | [19] |
Carson Cumberbatch | 51,650 | 1.45 | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | 1913 | [20] |
Hayleys | 50,850 | 1.43 | Capital Goods | 1952 | [21] |
Aitken Spence | 50,750 | 1.42 | Capital Goods | 1952 | [22] |
Ceylinco Insurance | 42,920 | 1.20 | Insurance | 1987 | [23] |
Bukit Darah | 42,712 | 1.20 | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | 1961 | [24] |
Hemas Holdings | 37,881 | 1.06 | Capital Goods | 1948 | [25] |
Vallibel One | 37,584 | 1.05 | Capital Goods | 2010 | [26] |
C T Holdings | 37,562 | 1.05 | Food and Staples Retailing | 1928 | [27] |
Ceylon Cold Stores | 36,685 | 1.03 | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | 1866 | [28] |
Richard Pieris & Company | 36,631 | 1.03 | Capital Goods | 1940 | [29] |
Royal Ceramics Lanka | 29,138 | 0.82 | Capital Goods | 1990 | [30] |
LB Finance | 28,312 | 0.79 | Diversified Financials | 1971 | [31] |
Softlogic Life Insurance | 26,925 | 0.76 | Insurance | 1999 | [32] |
Senkadagala Finance | 25,927 | 0.73 | Diversified Financials | 1968 | [33] |
Asiri Hospital Holdings | 25,822 | 0.72 | Health Care Equipment and Services | 1980 | [34] |
John Keells Hotels | 24,026 | 0.67 | Consumer Services | 1979 | [35] |
Ceylon Beverage Holdings | 23,800 | 0.67 | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | 1910 | [36] |
Hunas Holdings | 22,781 | 0.64 | Consumer Services | 1989 | [37] |
WindForce | 22,423 | 0.63 | Independent Power Producers and Energy Traders | 2010 | [38] |
The Lanka Hospitals Corporation | 22,351 | 0.63 | Health Care Equipment and Services | 1997 | [39] |
Teejay Lanka | 22,147 | 0.62 | Consumer Durables and Apparel | 2000 | [40] |
Brown and Company | 21,422 | 0.60 | Capital Goods | 1892 | [41] |
Dilmah Ceylon Tea Company | 20,986 | 0.59 | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | 1981 | [42] |
Sunshine Holdings | 20,909 | 0.59 | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | 1973 | [43] |
Chevron Lubricants Lanka | 19,872 | 0.56 | Materials | 1992 | [44] |
Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings | 19,807 | 0.56 | Consumer Services | 1978 | [45] |
PGP Glass Ceylon | 18,907 | 0.53 | Materials | 1956 | [46] |
Union Assurance | 18,032 | 0.51 | Insurance | 1987 | [47] |
CIC Holdings | 17,904 | 0.50 | Materials | 1964 | [48] |
Overseas Realty (Ceylon) | 17,900 | 0.50 | Real estate | 1980 | [49] |
Nations Trust Bank | 17,542 | 0.49 | Banks | 1999 | [50] |
National Development Bank | 17,337 | 0.49 | Banks | 1979 | [51] |
DFCC Bank | 16,878 | 0.47 | Banks | 1955 | [52] |
Haycarb | 16,580 | 0.46 | Materials | 1973 | [53] |
Source: Colombo Stock Exchange, 20 May 2023