Astec Lifesciences Ltd. benchmarking: Perfomance to industry peers

Financial

	Astec Lifesciences	Excel Industries	Punjab Chem. & Corp
Operational Metrics
Pharmaceutical Sector
R&D as a % of Total Sales	7.3 %	n/a	n/a
Financials
5 yr Average ROE	-4.06 %	7.08 %	23.92 %
5yr average Equity Multiplier	2.66	1.25	2.64
5yr Average Asset Turnover Ratio	0.62	0.63	1.33
5yr Avg Net Profit Margin	-3.3 %	8.25 %	6.46 %
Price to Book	6.55	0.89	4.54
P/E	0.0	16.13	35.9
5yr Avg Cash Conversion Cycle	209.98 Days	-7.59 Days	51.32 Days
Inventory Days	130.77 Days	42.25 Days	57.9 Days
Days Receivable	148.32 Days	74.76 Days	87.71 Days
Days Payable	150.14 Days	105.23 Days	87.65 Days
5yr Average Interest Coverage Ratio	6.5	35.61	6.12
5yr Avg ROCE	8.46 %	8.82 %	27.46 %
5yr Avg Operating Profit Margin	7.27 %	12.54 %	12.87 %
5 yr average Debt to Equity	1.16	0.0	0.44
5yr CAGR Net Profit	n/a	3.71 %	-4.53 %
5yr Average Return on Assets	0.38 %	5.6 %	8.86 %
Shareholdings
Promoter Holding	70.87 %	52.68 %	39.22 %
Share Pledged by Promoters	0.0	0.0	0.0
Change in Promoter Holding (3 Yrs)	5.58 %	0.08 %	0.0
Change in Mutual Fund Holding (3 Yrs)	-4.0 %	0.0	-0.69 %

	Astec Lifesciences	Excel Industries	Punjab Chem. & Corp
Product Wise Break-Up	Product Wise Break-Up Agro Chemicals 100.0 Diethyl Thio Phosphoryl Chloride 0 Performance Chemicals 0	Product Wise Break-Up Performance Chemicals 0 Diethyl Thio Phosphoryl Chloride 36.0 Agro Chemicals 0 Others 64.0	Product Wise Break-Up Performance Chemicals 100.0 Diethyl Thio Phosphoryl Chloride 0 Agro Chemicals 0
Segment Break-Up	Segment Break-Up Environment and Biotech 0 Chemicals 0 Others 100	Segment Break-Up Environment and Biotech 1.22 Chemicals 98.78	-
Location Wise Break-Up	Location Wise Break-Up Rest of the World 50.38 India 49.62 Europe 0 Japan 0	Location Wise Break-Up India 77.67 Japan 0 Rest of the World 22.33 Europe 0	Location Wise Break-Up India 61.56 Japan 0 Rest of the World 38.44 Europe 0