Quest Laboratories Ltd. benchmarking: Performance to industry peers

Financial

	Quest Laboratories	Vijaypd Ceutical	Astonea Labs
Operational Metrics
Financials
5 yr Average ROE	27.48 %	14.91 %	18.71 %
5yr average Equity Multiplier	2.66	1.77	6.86
5yr Average Asset Turnover Ratio	1.38	1.87	0.89
5yr Avg Net Profit Margin	8.5 %	4.49 %	3.1 %
Price to Book	2.01	0.0	0.0
P/E	13.31	38.14	33.42
5yr Avg Cash Conversion Cycle	100.68 Days	112.12 Days	85.07 Days
Inventory Days	35.64 Days	39.42 Days	86.76 Days
Days Receivable	95.62 Days	81.32 Days	118.45 Days
Days Payable	124.41 Days	8.63 Days	163.78 Days
5yr Average Interest Coverage Ratio	15.83	4.03	2.12
5yr Avg ROCE	36.4 %	26.57 %	18.06 %
5yr Avg Operating Profit Margin	12.5 %	8.04 %	15.14 %
5 yr average Debt to Equity	0.33	0.68	3.71
5yr CAGR Net Profit	83.07 %	92.84 %	84.54 %
5yr Average Return on Assets	10.79 %	8.4 %	2.92 %
Shareholdings
Promoter Holding	66.78 %	56.43 %	72.3 %
Share Pledged by Promoters	0.0	0.0	0.0
Change in Promoter Holding (3 Yrs)	0.95 %	-21.87 %	0.0
Change in Mutual Fund Holding (3 Yrs)	0.0	0.0	0.0