List of Sri Lankan public corporations by market capitalisation

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.

List

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
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

See also

• List of public corporations by market capitalization