Universal Cables Ltd

₹ 1,320 -2.72%

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unistar.co.in BSE: 504212 NSE: UNIVCABLES

About

Universal Cables Ltd is predominantly engaged in the business of manufacturing a large range of power cables from 1.1kV to 400kV & capacitors, Turnkey Projects
relating thereto and other types of wires and cables, conductors, etc. ^[1]

Key Points

Business Division ^[1]
Cable- It offers Low Voltage, Medium Voltage and Extra High Voltage XLPE Power Cables up to 500 kV grade, PVC and Rubber Insulated Power Cables up to 11 kV grade, Control and Instrumentation Cables up to 1.1 kV.

Website BSE NSE

Market Cap ₹ 4,575 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 1,320
High / Low ₹ 1,775 / 576
Stock P/E 40.0
Book Value ₹ 264
Dividend Yield 0.34 %
ROCE 13.2 %
ROE 11.0 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Company is expected to give good quarter
Company has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 19.9%
Company's working capital requirements have reduced from 69.1 days to 48.2 days

Cons

Stock is trading at 4.99 times its book value
Company has a low return on equity of 8.25% over last 3 years.

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Quarterly Results

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
	479	494	467	580	489	638	608	674	600	814	768	840	945
	443	471	426	519	457	591	569	612	542	741	708	771	854
Operating Profit	37	23	41	61	32	47	39	62	58	74	60	69	91
OPM %	8%	4.7%	9%	11%	6%	7%	6%	9%	10%	9%	8%	8%	10%
	3	13	5	3	3	9	7	4	2	10	6	10	3
Interest	21	22	24	24	26	26	27	25	24	27	31	32	36
Depreciation	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	9	9	10	11	12
Profit before tax	13	8	15	34	2	23	12	34	28	48	25	35	46
Tax %	28%	3%	27%	24%	23%	18%	19%	20%	29%	23%	25%	38%	19%
	9	8	11	26	2	19	10	27	20	37	19	22	37
EPS in Rs	2.64	2.30	3.20	7.50	0.48	5.45	2.80	7.78	5.62	10.53	5.40	6.27	10.72
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Upcoming result date: 4 November 2026

Profit & Loss

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	TTM
	693	748	817	1,180	1,415	1,568	1,280	1,813	2,202	2,020	2,407	3,022	3,368
	669	673	742	1,073	1,240	1,402	1,189	1,690	2,016	1,859	2,233	2,762	3,073
Operating Profit	25	75	75	107	175	166	91	123	185	162	174	260	294
OPM %	3.6%	10%	9%	9%	12%	11%	7%	7%	8%	8%	7%	9%	9%
	9	12	11	11	12	15	13	19	18	24	28	29	29
Interest	51	51	44	53	62	77	63	78	97	91	104	115	127
Depreciation	18	18	19	21	21	23	26	24	22	24	27	39	43
Profit before tax	-35	17	23	44	103	81	15	40	83	70	71	135	154
Tax %	-0%	-13%	-25%	4%	33%	20%	20%	24%	24%	23%	20%	29%
	-35	20	29	42	69	65	12	30	63	54	57	97	114
EPS in Rs	-10.00	5.63	8.39	12.09	19.89	18.60	3.51	8.79	18.21	15.64	16.51	27.82	32.92
Dividend Payout %	-0%	-0%	-0%	12%	10%	11%	29%	17%	16%	19%	24%	16%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	15%
5 Years:	19%
3 Years:	11%
TTM:	34%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	20%
5 Years:	52%
3 Years:	15%
TTM:	52%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	31%
5 Years:	51%
3 Years:	39%
1 Year:	88%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	9%
5 Years:	8%
3 Years:	8%
Last Year:	11%

Balance Sheet

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 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	23	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35
Reserves	88	153	252	302	391	410	453	528	673	829	811	882
	365	311	288	394	541	621	609	694	657	771	849	1,177
	145	168	175	299	310	394	393	530	403	477	493	940
Total Liabilities	621	667	750	1,029	1,277	1,460	1,490	1,786	1,767	2,111	2,188	3,034
	145	135	134	122	155	172	187	167	161	200	255	417
CWIP	-0	0	0	17	2	17	0	2	11	0	35	137
Investments	51	51	123	136	166	125	164	218	316	444	387	365
	424	480	492	756	954	1,146	1,138	1,400	1,280	1,467	1,511	2,115
Total Assets	621	667	750	1,029	1,277	1,460	1,490	1,786	1,767	2,111	2,188	3,034

Cash Flows

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	-5	46	70	-42	-59	38	90	-12	143	33	176	63
	-6	-0	-13	-18	-27	-42	-16	-7	-15	-50	-141	-257
	11	-44	-61	62	84	4	-72	16	-127	18	-31	192
Net Cash Flow	-0	2	-3	2	-1	-0	2	-3	0	1	4	-2
Free Cash Flow	-12	42	52	-65	-97	-16	65	-33	115	-27	13	-206
CFO/EBITDA Share of operating profit converting into cash: CFO (before tax) / Operating Profit	-16%	62%	89%	-36%	-22%	36%	104%	1%	88%	27%	112%	36%

Ratios

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	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Debtor Days	126	150	139	159	157	187	229	195	148	195	138	138
Inventory Days	75	85	89	71	101	89	101	79	61	70	79	98
Days Payable	7	84	95	114	96	106	124	118	63	82	64	121
Cash Conversion Cycle	194	151	133	116	162	169	206	155	146	183	153	115
Working Capital Days	27	63	67	53	68	58	66	79	79	80	79	48
ROCE %	3%	13%	12%	15%	20%	16%	7%	10%	14%	11%	11%	13%

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Shareholding Pattern

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	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026	Sep 2026
	61.89%	61.89%	61.89%	61.89%	61.89%	61.89%	61.89%	61.89%	61.89%	61.89%	61.89%	61.89%
	0.34%	0.30%	0.37%	0.18%	0.24%	0.18%	0.18%	0.41%	0.81%	0.68%	1.11%	1.58%
	5.25%	6.18%	5.24%	6.63%	6.58%	6.62%	6.66%	6.10%	4.51%	4.54%	3.30%	3.18%
	32.50%	31.62%	32.49%	31.28%	31.28%	31.31%	31.28%	31.61%	32.78%	32.89%	33.69%	33.35%
No. of Shareholders	14,919	14,939	15,850	19,031	17,976	17,933	18,069	17,414	17,511	17,751	22,213	24,646

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	Sep 2026
	61.83%	61.83%	61.89%	61.89%	61.89%	61.89%	61.89%	61.89%	61.89%	61.89%	61.89%
	0.00%	0.00%	0.09%	0.06%	0.09%	0.03%	0.36%	0.30%	0.18%	0.68%	1.58%
	2.51%	2.59%	2.11%	2.65%	2.59%	1.94%	2.55%	6.18%	6.62%	4.54%	3.18%
	0.00%	0.87%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	35.66%	34.71%	35.91%	35.40%	35.43%	36.14%	35.20%	31.62%	31.31%	32.89%	33.35%
No. of Shareholders	12,691	14,785	13,184	12,432	14,031	16,973	13,639	14,939	17,933	17,751	24,646

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