Universal Office Automation Ltd

₹ 9.39 3.30%

19 May - close price

About

Incorporated in 1991, Universal Office Automation Ltd sells and provide after sale services for office automation products^[1]

Key Points

Business Overview:^[1]^[2]^[3]
Company was previously known as HCL Hewlet - Packard Limited, HCL Ltd, HCL Office Automation Ltd. Finally, it changed its name to Universal Office Automation Limited. It is in the business of selling office automation products and providing their after-sales services. The holding company is HCL Corp. Limited

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Market Cap ₹ 13.8 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 9.39
High / Low ₹ 9.52 / 4.85
Stock P/E
Book Value ₹ 1.22
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE -0.56 %
ROE -0.56 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Company is almost debt free.

Cons

Stock is trading at 7.69 times its book value
Company has low interest coverage ratio.
Company has a low return on equity of -6.21% over last 3 years.
Contingent liabilities of Rs.6.42 Cr.
Promoter holding has decreased over last 3 years: -3.70%

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Quarterly Results

Figures in Rs. Crores

	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026
	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	0.02	0.05	0.04	0.01	0.24	0.11	0.03	0.05	0.02	0.05	0.01	0.02	0.03
Operating Profit	-0.02	-0.05	-0.04	-0.01	-0.24	-0.11	-0.03	-0.05	-0.02	-0.05	-0.01	-0.02	-0.03
OPM %
	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.06	0.04	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.04
Interest	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Depreciation	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Profit before tax	0.01	-0.03	-0.02	0.01	-0.18	-0.07	-0.01	-0.02	0.02	-0.02	0.01	0.00	0.01
Tax %	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	27.78%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%		100.00%
	0.01	-0.03	-0.02	0.01	-0.22	-0.07	-0.01	-0.02	0.02	-0.02	0.01	0.00	0.01
EPS in Rs	0.01	-0.02	-0.01	0.01	-0.15	-0.05	-0.01	-0.01	0.01	-0.01	0.01	0.00	0.01
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Profit & Loss

Figures in Rs. Crores

	Jun 2015 15m	Mar 2016 9m	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	0.22	0.23	0.23	0.45	0.53	0.29	0.49	0.09	0.13	0.29	0.22	0.12
Operating Profit	-0.22	-0.23	-0.23	-0.45	-0.53	-0.29	-0.49	-0.09	-0.13	-0.29	-0.22	-0.12
OPM %
	0.15	0.13	0.16	5.59	2.81	0.43	0.13	0.09	0.10	0.13	0.13	0.11
Interest	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.04	0.00	0.00
Depreciation	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Profit before tax	-0.08	-0.10	-0.08	5.08	2.28	0.14	-0.36	0.00	-0.03	-0.20	-0.09	-0.01
Tax %	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	18.31%	26.75%	64.29%	0.00%		0.00%	25.00%	0.00%	100.00%
	-0.09	-0.10	-0.08	4.15	1.67	0.06	-0.36	0.00	-0.03	-0.25	-0.09	-0.01
EPS in Rs	-0.06	-0.07	-0.05	2.83	1.14	0.04	-0.25	0.00	-0.02	-0.17	-0.06	-0.01
Dividend Payout %	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%		0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

Compounded Sales Growth
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Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	7%
5 Years:	15%
3 Years:	19%
TTM:	89%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	9%
5 Years:	21%
3 Years:	34%
1 Year:	8%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	%
5 Years:	-4%
3 Years:	-6%
Last Year:	-1%

Balance Sheet

Figures in Rs. Crores

	Jun 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Equity Capital	14.65	14.65	14.65	14.65	14.65	14.65	14.65	14.65	14.65	14.65	14.65	14.65
Reserves	-17.72	-17.82	-18.01	-13.86	-12.19	-12.13	-12.49	-12.49	-12.52	-12.77	-12.85	-12.86
	3.14	3.14	3.42	0.30	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	2.61	2.56	2.46	1.35	0.03	0.03	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.03
Total Liabilities	2.68	2.53	2.52	2.44	2.49	2.55	2.17	2.18	2.15	1.91	1.83	1.82
	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.01
CWIP	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Investments	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.33	0.34	0.35	0.37	0.40	0.43	0.46
	2.66	2.51	2.50	2.42	2.48	2.21	1.82	1.82	1.77	1.51	1.39	1.35
Total Assets	2.68	2.53	2.52	2.44	2.49	2.55	2.17	2.18	2.15	1.91	1.83	1.82

Cash Flows

Figures in Rs. Crores

	Jun 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	-0.15	-0.06	-0.37	-0.19	0.45	-0.07	-0.52	-0.09	-0.12	-0.36	-0.15	-0.12
	0.15	0.13	0.40	0.70	0.94	-1.63	1.92	0.08	0.08	0.10	0.09	0.09
	0.00	0.00	0.28	0.02	-0.30	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Net Cash Flow	0.00	0.07	0.31	0.53	1.10	-1.70	1.40	-0.01	-0.04	-0.26	-0.06	-0.03
Free Cash Flow	-0.15	-0.06	-0.37	-0.19	0.45	-0.07	-0.52	-0.09	-0.12	-0.36	-0.15	-0.12
CFO/OP	68%	26%	152%	56%	-398%	0%	100%	89%	100%	107%	68%	100%

Ratios

Figures in Rs. Crores

	Jun 2015	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Debtor Days
Inventory Days
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Cash Conversion Cycle
Working Capital Days
ROCE %	-63.64%	-466.67%	-46.96%	128.45%	5.62%	-15.38%	0.00%	-1.40%	-7.98%	-4.89%	-0.56%

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Numbers in percentages

	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026
	64.76%	61.05%	61.05%	61.05%	61.05%	61.05%	61.05%	61.05%	61.05%	61.05%	61.05%	61.05%
	0.46%	0.46%	0.42%	0.33%	0.33%	0.33%	0.33%	0.33%	0.33%	0.33%	0.33%	0.33%
	34.79%	38.49%	38.53%	38.62%	38.61%	38.62%	38.62%	38.63%	38.62%	38.63%	38.63%	38.63%
No. of Shareholders	11,945	11,940	11,970	12,009	12,017	12,070	12,219	12,240	12,256	12,211	12,218	12,200

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	64.75%	64.75%	64.75%	64.75%	64.75%	64.75%	64.75%	61.05%	61.05%	61.05%
	0.46%	0.46%	0.46%	0.46%	0.46%	0.46%	0.46%	0.33%	0.33%	0.33%
	34.79%	34.79%	34.79%	34.79%	34.79%	34.79%	34.78%	38.62%	38.63%	38.63%
No. of Shareholders	11,905	11,830	11,703	11,657	11,843	12,041	11,969	12,009	12,240	12,200

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