Astec Lifesciences Ltd. benchmarking: Perfomance to industry peers

Financial

	Astec Lifesciences	Meghmani Organics	Punjab Chem. & Corp
Operational Metrics
Pharmaceuticals
R&D as a % of Total Sales	7.3 %	n/a	n/a
Financials
5 yr Average ROE	-4.06 %	8.65 %	23.92 %
5yr average Equity Multiplier	2.66	1.91	2.64
5yr Average Asset Turnover Ratio	0.62	0.74	1.33
5yr Avg Net Profit Margin	-3.3 %	5.12 %	6.46 %
Price to Book	4.1	1.05	3.9
P/E	0.0	40.92	29.79
5yr Avg Cash Conversion Cycle	209.98 Days	32.54 Days	51.32 Days
Inventory Days	130.77 Days	94.09 Days	57.9 Days
Days Receivable	148.32 Days	86.49 Days	87.71 Days
Days Payable	150.14 Days	134.49 Days	87.65 Days
5yr Average Interest Coverage Ratio	6.5	13.43	6.12
5yr Avg ROCE	8.46 %	11.9 %	27.46 %
5yr Avg Operating Profit Margin	7.27 %	10.27 %	12.87 %
5 yr average Debt to Equity	1.16	0.43	0.44
5yr CAGR Net Profit	n/a	n/a	-4.53 %
5yr Average Return on Assets	0.38 %	4.79 %	8.86 %
Shareholdings
Promoter Holding	72.42 %	48.98 %	39.22 %
Share Pledged by Promoters	0.0	0.0	0.0
Change in Promoter Holding (3 Yrs)	5.65 %	-0.39 %	0.0
Change in Mutual Fund Holding (3 Yrs)	-4.7 %	0.0	-0.69 %

	Astec Lifesciences	Meghmani Organics	Punjab Chem. & Corp
Product Wise Break-Up	Product Wise Break-Up Agro Chemicals 100.0 Agro Chemicals 0 Pigments 0 Performance Chemicals 0	Product Wise Break-Up Performance Chemicals 0 Agro Chemicals 73.6 Pigments 24.23 Others 2.17	Product Wise Break-Up Performance Chemicals 100.0 Agro Chemicals 0 Pigments 0
Segment Break-Up	Segment Break-Up Others 100	-	-
Location Wise Break-Up	Location Wise Break-Up Rest of the World 55.77 India 44.23 International 0 Domestic 0 Europe 0 Japan 0	Location Wise Break-Up Rest of the World 0 India 0 Europe 0 International 82.9 Japan 0 India 17.1	Location Wise Break-Up Rest of the World 54.9 India 45.1 Europe 0 International 0 Japan 0 Domestic 0