Universal Starch-Chem Allied Ltd. benchmarking: Performance to industry peers

Financial

	Univer Starch-Chem	NHC Foods	Kovil.Lakshmi Roller
Operational Metrics
Financials
5 yr Average ROE	12.53 %	7.54 %	11.33 %
5yr average Equity Multiplier	3.59	2.88	2.55
5yr Average Asset Turnover Ratio	2.24	2.13	2.39
5yr Avg Net Profit Margin	1.56 %	1.3 %	1.88 %
Price to Book	1.05	0.48	1.22
P/E	6.66	7.14	11.24
5yr Avg Cash Conversion Cycle	5.81 Days	161.18 Days	50.36 Days
Inventory Days	25.83 Days	48.72 Days	57.3 Days
Days Receivable	37.03 Days	170.87 Days	16.18 Days
Days Payable	66.35 Days	36.65 Days	19.87 Days
5yr Average Interest Coverage Ratio	2.14	2.04	2.39
5yr Avg ROCE	16.29 %	17.63 %	17.16 %
5yr Avg Operating Profit Margin	4.51 %	3.64 %	5.24 %
5 yr average Debt to Equity	1.2	0.91	1.07
5yr CAGR Net Profit	-12.78 %	36.94 %	-23.88 %
5yr Average Return on Assets	3.44 %	2.65 %	4.43 %
Shareholdings
Promoter Holding	53.86 %	0.0	73.76 %
Share Pledged by Promoters	0.0	0.0	0.0
Change in Promoter Holding (3 Yrs)	-0.05 %	-42.25 %	16.58 %
Change in Mutual Fund Holding (3 Yrs)	0.0	0.0	0.0