Astec Lifesciences Ltd. benchmarking: Performance to industry peers

Financial

	Astec Lifesciences	Punjab Chem. & Corp	India Pesticides
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 %	18.85 %
5yr average Equity Multiplier	2.66	2.64	1.32
5yr Average Asset Turnover Ratio	0.62	1.33	0.86
5yr Avg Net Profit Margin	-3.3 %	6.46 %	15.55 %
Price to Book	4.0	3.46	1.84
P/E	0.0	23.05	15.87
5yr Avg Cash Conversion Cycle	209.98 Days	51.32 Days	117.24 Days
Inventory Days	130.77 Days	57.9 Days	72.93 Days
Days Receivable	148.32 Days	87.71 Days	117.22 Days
Days Payable	150.14 Days	87.65 Days	90.88 Days
5yr Average Interest Coverage Ratio	6.5	6.12	31.38
5yr Avg ROCE	8.46 %	27.46 %	25.23 %
5yr Avg Operating Profit Margin	7.27 %	12.87 %	21.49 %
5 yr average Debt to Equity	1.16	0.44	0.04
5yr CAGR Net Profit	n/a	-4.53 %	-9.39 %
5yr Average Return on Assets	0.38 %	8.86 %	14.06 %
Shareholdings
Promoter Holding	71.97 %	39.24 %	63.65 %
Share Pledged by Promoters	0.0	0.0	0.0
Change in Promoter Holding (3 Yrs)	5.2 %	0.02 %	-3.55 %
Change in Mutual Fund Holding (3 Yrs)	-6.55 %	-0.78 %	-1.59 %

	Astec Lifesciences	Punjab Chem. & Corp	India Pesticides
Product Wise Break-Up	Product Wise Break-Up Agro Chemicals 100.0 Performance Chemicals 0 Technical & API 0 Formulations 0	Product Wise Break-Up Formulations 0 Technical & API 0 Performance Chemicals 100.0 Agro Chemicals 0	Product Wise Break-Up Formulations 27.0 Technical & API 73.0 Performance Chemicals 0 Agro Chemicals 0
Segment Break-Up	Segment Break-Up Agro Chemicals 0 Others 100	-	Segment Break-Up Agro Chemicals 100.0
Location Wise Break-Up	Location Wise Break-Up Rest of the World 68.76 India 30.2 Europe 0 Japan 0 Others 1.04	Location Wise Break-Up Japan 0 Europe 0 Rest of the World 43.72 India 56.28	Location Wise Break-Up Japan 0 Europe 0 Rest of the World 0 India 58.0 Others 42.0