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Share Information
DFCC Bank share price information, for the period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024.
| Calander Year | 2024 | 2023 |
| Price indices | ||
| ASPI (As at 31 December) | 15,945 | 10,654 |
| S&P SL20 (As at 31 December) | 4,862 | 3,068 |
| Share price | ||
| Lowest price (LKR) | 65.00 | 30.00 |
| Highest price (LKR) | 115.00 | 95.50 |
| Closing price (LKR) (As at 31 December) | 113.75 | 79.60 |
| Market capitalisation | ||
| DFCC Value (LKR Mn) (As at 31 December) | 49,215 | 33,587 |
| Percentage of total market cap (As at 31 December) | 0.86 | 0.79 |
| Rank (As at 31 December) | 31 | 30 |
| Value of shares traded | ||
| DFCC Value (LKR Mn) | 13,800 | 5,299 |
| Percentage of total market turnover (%) | 2.57 | 1.29 |
| Rank | 4 | 20 |
| Days traded | ||
| Number of days traded | 240 | 242 |
| Total number of market days | 240 | 242 |
| Source: CSE & Bloomberg | ||
Distribution of Shareholding
Categories of Shareholders
| As at 31 December | 2024 | 2023 | ||||
| Shareholding (%) | Foreign | Local | Total | Foreign | Local | Total |
| Individual | 8.33 | 8.69 | 17.02 | 8.54 | 8.29 | 16.83 |
| Institutional | 5.39 | 77.59 | 82.98 | 5.33 | 77.84 | 83.17 |
| Total | 13.72 | 86.28 | 100 | 13.87 | 86.13 | 100 |
Distribution of Shareholding by Size
| As at 31 December | 2024 | 2023 | ||||
| Share range |
Number of shareholders |
Total holding |
% |
Number of shareholders |
Total holding |
% |
| 1 – 1,000 | 6,583 | 1,668,149 | 0.40 | 5,920 | 1,437,085 | 0.35 |
| 1,001 – 10,000 | 3,683 | 10,508,757 | 2.43 | 3,462 | 9,397,310 | 2.23 |
| 10,001 – 100,000 | 662 | 19,591,083 | 4.52 | 608 | 17,319,332 | 4.10 |
| 100,001 – 1,000,000 | 107 | 28,179,749 | 6.51 | 84 | 21,457,390 | 5.08 |
| Over 1,000,000 | 27 | 372,710,273 | 86.14 | 29 | 372,337,538 | 88.24 |
| 11,062 | 432,658,011 | 100 | 10,103 | 421,948,655 | 100 | |
Public Holding
| As at 31 December | 2024 | 2023 |
| Public holding % | 77.0 | 67.0 |
| Number of public shareholders | 11,047 | 10,086 |
| Float adjusted market capitalisation (LKR Mn) | 37,904 | 22,509 |
| Applicable option as per CSE listing 7.13.1 (i) (a) | Option 1 | Option 1 |
Twenty Major Shareholders of the Bank
| As at 31 December | 2024 | 2023* | ||
| Name of Shareholder/Company |
Number of shares |
% |
Number of shares |
% |
| Hatton National Bank PLC A/C No. 1 | 53,964,933 | 12.47 | 52,629,168 | 12.47 |
| Bank of Ceylon – No. 2 A/C (BOC PTF) | 45,261,691 | 10.46 | 44,141,353 | 10.46 |
| Seylan Bank PLC/Phantom Investments (Pvt) Ltd | 42,100,000 | 9.73 | – | – |
| Mr M A Yaseen | 35,383,956 | 8.17 | 35,524,244 | 8.41 |
| Ambeon Holdings PLC | 32,920,000 | 7.60 | – | – |
| Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Ltd. – Life Fund | 32,812,546 | 7.58 | 32,000,355 | 7.58 |
| Employee’s Provident Fund | 28,995,322 | 6.70 | 28,277,617 | 6.70 |
| Melstacorp PLC | 26,633,027 | 6.15 | 25,973,794 | 6.15 |
| Seafeld International Limited | 21,080,233 | 4.87 | 20,558,446 | 4.87 |
| Renuka City Hotels PLC | 8,641,899 | 1.99 | 8,037,892 | 1.90 |
| Colombo City Holdings PLC | 5,100,000 | 1.17 | – | – |
| Renuka Hotels PLC | 4,846,664 | 1.12 | 4,726,698 | 1.12 |
| Employees Trust Fund Board | 4,745,041 | 1.09 | 4,627,590 | 1.09 |
| Cargo Boat Development Company PLC | 3,277,180 | 0.75 | 2,898,893 | 0.68 |
| Akbar Brothers (Pvt) Ltd. A/C NO 1 | 3,229,014 | 0.74 | 3,149,088 | 0.74 |
| Ranavav Holdings (Pvt) Ltd | 3,075,543 | 0.71 | – | – |
| Peoples Leasing & Finance PLC/Mrs M E Amarasinghe | 2,577,938 | 0.59 | 2,678,062 | 0.63 |
| Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Ltd-General Fund | 2,562,622 | 0.59 | 2,499,191 | 0.59 |
| Stassen Exports (Pvt) Limited | 2,256,884 | 0.52 | 2,201,021 | 0.52 |
| EMFI Capital Limited | 2,052,474 | 0.47 | 1,768,432 | 0.41 |
| Total of the 20 major shareholders | 361,516,967 | 83.47 | ||
| Other shareholders | 71,141,044 | 16.53 | ||
| Total | 432,658,011 | 100.00 | ||
*Shareholding as at 31 December 2023 of the twenty largest shareholders as at 31 December 2024.
Return to Shareholders – Bank
| Description | 2024 | 2023 |
| Profit for the year (LKR Mn) | 8,353 | 7,220 |
| Return on total assets (%) | 2.01 | 1.82 |
| Net assets per share (LKR) | 194.22 | 160.54 |
| Earnings per share (LKR) | 19.40 | 17.27 |
| Dividend per share (LKR) | 6.00 | 5.00 |
Financial Returns
DFCC Bank tries to consistently provide high returns to its shareholders through earning optimum profits in a sustainable manner. The Directors approved a first and final dividend of LKR 6.00. per share by way of LKR 4.00 per share in cash and LKR 2.00 per share in the form of a Scrip Dividend for the year ended 31 December 2024.
| Bank’s Dividend per share | LKR |
| 12 months ended December 2020 | 3.00 |
| 12 months ended December 2021 | 3.00 |
| 12 months ended December 2022 | 2.00 |
| 12 months ended December 2023 | 5.00 |
| 12 months ended December 2024 | 6.00 |
Dividends are based on growth in profits, while taking into consideration future cash requirements and the maintenance of prudent rations.