Astec Lifesciences Ltd. benchmarking: Perfomance to industry peers

Financial

	Astec Lifesciences	Punjab Chem. & Corp	Excel Industries
Operational Metrics
Pharmaceuticals
R&D as a % of Total Sales	7.3 %	n/a	n/a
Financials
5 yr Average ROE	-4.06 %	23.92 %	7.08 %
5yr average Equity Multiplier	2.66	2.64	1.25
5yr Average Asset Turnover Ratio	0.62	1.33	0.63
5yr Avg Net Profit Margin	-3.3 %	6.46 %	8.25 %
Price to Book	3.08	3.05	0.63
P/E	0.0	23.36	15.44
5yr Avg Cash Conversion Cycle	209.98 Days	51.32 Days	-7.59 Days
Inventory Days	130.77 Days	57.9 Days	42.25 Days
Days Receivable	148.32 Days	87.71 Days	74.76 Days
Days Payable	150.14 Days	87.65 Days	105.23 Days
5yr Average Interest Coverage Ratio	6.5	6.12	35.61
5yr Avg ROCE	8.46 %	27.46 %	8.82 %
5yr Avg Operating Profit Margin	7.27 %	12.87 %	12.54 %
5 yr average Debt to Equity	1.16	0.44	0.0
5yr CAGR Net Profit	n/a	-4.53 %	3.71 %
5yr Average Return on Assets	0.38 %	8.86 %	5.6 %
Shareholdings
Promoter Holding	71.97 %	39.22 %	52.69 %
Share Pledged by Promoters	0.0	0.0	0.0
Change in Promoter Holding (3 Yrs)	5.2 %	0.0	0.09 %
Change in Mutual Fund Holding (3 Yrs)	-5.43 %	-0.83 %	0.0

	Astec Lifesciences	Punjab Chem. & Corp	Excel Industries
Product Wise Break-Up	Product Wise Break-Up Agro Chemicals 100.0 Performance Chemicals 0 Diethyl Thio Phosphoryl Chloride 0	Product Wise Break-Up Diethyl Thio Phosphoryl Chloride 0 Performance Chemicals 100.0 Agro Chemicals 0	Product Wise Break-Up Diethyl Thio Phosphoryl Chloride 36.0 Performance Chemicals 0 Agro Chemicals 0 Others 64.0
Segment Break-Up	Segment Break-Up Environment and Biotech 0 Chemicals 0 Others 100	-	Segment Break-Up Chemicals 98.78 Environment and Biotech 1.22
Location Wise Break-Up	Location Wise Break-Up Rest of the World 55.77 India 44.23 Europe 0 Japan 0	Location Wise Break-Up Rest of the World 54.9 Japan 0 India 45.1 Europe 0	Location Wise Break-Up Rest of the World 17.78 Japan 0 India 82.22 Europe 0