Astec Lifesciences Ltd. benchmarking: Performance to industry peers

Financial

	Astec Lifesciences	Punjab Chem. & Corp	Meghmani Organics
Operational Metrics
Pharmaceuticals
R&D as a % of Total Sales	7.3 %	n/a	n/a
Financials
5 yr Average ROE	9.96 %	23.92 %	10.18 %
5yr average Equity Multiplier	2.66	2.64	1.91
5yr Average Asset Turnover Ratio	0.62	1.33	0.74
5yr Avg Net Profit Margin	-3.3 %	6.46 %	5.12 %
Price to Book	3.4	3.22	0.75
P/E	0.0	21.48	28.64
5yr Avg Cash Conversion Cycle	209.98 Days	51.32 Days	32.54 Days
Inventory Days	130.77 Days	57.9 Days	94.09 Days
Days Receivable	148.32 Days	87.71 Days	86.49 Days
Days Payable	150.14 Days	87.65 Days	134.49 Days
5yr Average Interest Coverage Ratio	6.5	6.12	13.43
5yr Avg ROCE	8.46 %	27.46 %	11.9 %
5yr Avg Operating Profit Margin	7.27 %	12.87 %	10.27 %
5 yr average Debt to Equity	1.16	0.44	0.43
5yr CAGR Net Profit	n/a	-4.53 %	n/a
5yr Average Return on Assets	0.38 %	8.86 %	4.79 %
Shareholdings
Promoter Holding	71.97 %	39.22 %	48.98 %
Share Pledged by Promoters	0.0	0.0	0.0
Change in Promoter Holding (3 Yrs)	5.2 %	0.0	-0.39 %
Change in Mutual Fund Holding (3 Yrs)	-5.43 %	-0.83 %	0.0

	Astec Lifesciences	Punjab Chem. & Corp	Meghmani Organics
Product Wise Break-Up	Product Wise Break-Up Agro Chemicals 100.0 Performance Chemicals 0 Agro Chemicals 0 Pigments 0	Product Wise Break-Up Performance Chemicals 100.0 Agro Chemicals 0 Pigments 0	Product Wise Break-Up Performance Chemicals 0 Agro Chemicals 74.32 Pigments 21.86 Others 3.82
Segment Break-Up	Segment Break-Up Others 100	-	-
Location Wise Break-Up	Location Wise Break-Up Rest of the World 68.76 India 30.2 Europe 0 Japan 0 International 0 Domestic 0 Others 1.04	Location Wise Break-Up Domestic 0 Japan 0 India 56.28 International 0 Rest of the World 43.72 Europe 0	Location Wise Break-Up India 17.1 Japan 0 India 0 International 82.9 Rest of the World 0 Europe 0