Universal Cables Ltd.

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unistar.co.inBSE: 504212NSE: UNIVCABLES

Market Cap₹ 5,372 Cr.

Current Price

High / Low₹ 1,775 / 576

Stock P/E26.8

Book Value₹ 554

Price to Book1.19

Dividend Yield0.29 %

ROCE11.7 %

ROE8.9 %

Face Value₹ 10

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KEY POINTS

Revenue Breakup Mar 2017 • Power Cables & Capacitors: 89.7% • Optical Fibre: 10.3%

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Capital Goods

Buy

Capital goods is supported by strong public capex and still-expansionary industrial activity. Capital expenditure rose 66% YoY (2026-06), GST collections grew 8% YoY (2026-07), and the core industries Overall Index increased 5.4% YoY (2026-07). E-way bills slowed to 6% YoY (2026-07) and sector FPI flows show INR -9697 crore net outflow over 3 months to 2026-08-31, but the investment cycle and fiscal impulse remain favorable.

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72%

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PROS

Company has consistently been profitable over the last 5 years
Company has delivered good sales growth of 18.7% CAGR over last 5 years
Working capital cycle has improved - days down from 80 to 49
Company has a consistent dividend-paying track record

CONS

Recent results are weak - TTM profit is down 23.2% versus prior year
Company has a low return on equity of 6.9% over last 3 years
Company has a low return on capital employed of 10.1%
Total debt has risen sharply - up 38.9% year on year
Valuation is stretched - P/E of 26.8 is well above its own 5-year median (14.6)

* The pros and cons are machine generated based on quantitative rules.

Peer comparison

Capital GoodsElectricalsCable

Part ofNIFTY 50 NIFTY 500 NIFTY LARGEMIDCAP 250 NIFTY 100 NIFTY 200

S.No.	Name
1.	POLYCAB	8364.00	44.00	126038.44	0.56	796.65	32.84	8209.73	39.01	34.93	13.84
2.	KEI	4636.90	44.47	44329.04	0.10	274.14	40.05	3185.34	22.97	20.23	12.43
3.	DHOOTTRANS	1570.35	80.98	32121.20	0.00	1326.70	—	14464.15	—	24.14	15.10
4.	RRKABEL	2436.70	45.36	27560.42	0.39	205.20	128.59	3168.20	53.90	28.43	9.01
5.	FINCABLES	1420.50	27.15	21725.03	0.63	249.04	53.14	2013.15	44.26	16.06	14.16
6.	PRECWIRE	463.10	499.66	8465.76	0.27	46.45	71.48	1779.24	61.20	33.09	4.76
7.	UNIVCABLES	1548.25	26.81	5371.71	0.29	70.14	-78.69	945.06	57.46	11.69	13.80
8.	LASERPOWER	290.55	26.90	4078.40	0.00	207.32	—	5215.47	—	24.84	12.62
9.	ADVAIT	2053.30	38.28	2246.93	0.10	14.80	65.77	179.27	51.37	28.24	13.36
10.	DYCL	455.20	24.19	2205.84	0.11	249.53	1270.52	3491.01	1232.27	26.80	10.89
11.	PARACABLES	65.70	35.27	2149.96	0.00	19.70	6.49	529.40	17.35	16.62	6.56
12.	QUADFUTURE	435.75	0.00	1743.00	0.00	-9.13	32.36	40.59	41.27	-7.01	-8.25

Detailed Comparison with:

Quarterly Results

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	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	573	612	542	741	708	771	902
Operating Profit	37	23	41	61	32	47	35	62	58	74	60	69	43
OPM %	7.64%	4.69%	8.72%	10.54%	6.49%	7.38%	5.70%	9.17%	9.63%	9.06%	7.79%	8.20%	4.53%
	3	13	5	3	3	9	7	4	2	10	6	10	3
Interest	21	22	24	24	26	26	23	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	85
Tax %	62.92%	29.25%	61.11%	47.84%	124.88%	20.72%	44.10%	45.05%	45.53%	29.72%	25.45%	60.66%	17.32%
Net Profit	0	0	0	0	56	18	158	497	329	48	27	553	70
	6.93	3.36	6.90	14.00	1.61	5.27	4.56	14.32	9.49	13.74	7.84	15.94	20.22

Profit & Loss

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	TTM
	818	1,181	1,417	1,569	1,281	1,814	2,202	2,021	2,408	3,023	3,368
	743	1,074	1,242	1,403	1,190	1,691	2,017	1,859	2,235	2,762	3,122
Operating Profit	75	107	175	166	91	123	185	162	174	260	245
OPM %	9.21%	9.05%	12.33%	10.58%	7.09%	6.78%	8.42%	8.00%	7.22%	8.61%	7.28%
	11	11	12	15	13	19	18	24	29	29	29
Interest	44	53	62	77	63	78	97	91	104	115	127
Depreciation	19	21	21	23	26	24	22	24	27	39	43
Profit before Tax	65	84	170	147	90	99	152	144	117	217	192
Tax %	-9.10%	2.01%	20.12%	38.64%	24.95%	23.98%	22.01%	24.91%	23.90%	24.97%	29.34%
Net Profit	70	83	136	90	67	75	118	108	89	163	136
EPS	20.32	23.83	39.15	25.96	19.38	21.60	34.05	31.19	25.76	47.01	—
Dividend Payout %	0.00%	6.29%	5.11%	7.70%	5.16%	6.95%	8.81%	9.62%	15.53%	9.57%	—

COMPOUNDED SALES GROWTH

10 Years:: —
5 Years:: 19%
3 Years:: 11%

COMPOUNDED PROFIT GROWTH

10 Years:: —
5 Years:: 19%
3 Years:: 11%

STOCK PRICE CAGR

10 Years:: 33%
5 Years:: 53%
3 Years:: 45%
1 Year:: 107%

RETURN ON EQUITY

10 Years:: 9%
5 Years:: 7%
3 Years:: 7%
Last Year:: 9%

Balance Sheet

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Equity Capital	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35
	647	800	964	955	1,101	1,260	1,462	1,740	1,737	1,856
	288	374	542	579	530	694	605	623	787	1,007
Trade Payables	148	267	249	320	319	454	287	329	322	752
	27	52	61	294	366	315	422	593	538	672
Total Liabilities	1,144	1,527	1,851	2,183	2,351	2,758	2,810	3,320	3,419	4,323
	121	109	129	147	162	143	138	178	235	397
Capital Work in Progress	0	17	2	17	0	2	11	0	34	137
	518	634	740	847	1,025	1,190	1,359	1,652	1,618	1,654
	138	166	263	267	260	301	280	284	395	608
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,077	911	1,144
Cash & Bank	4	8	5	5	7	4	4	5	8	6
	363	594	712	899	896	1,119	1,019	123	218	377
Total Assets	1,144	1,527	1,851	2,183	2,351	2,758	2,810	3,320	3,419	4,323

Cash Flows

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	67	-38	-39	60	95	1	163	33	176	63
Cash from Investing	-13	-18	-27	-42	-16	-7	-15	-50	-141	-257
Cash from Financing	-61	62	84	4	-72	16	-127	18	-31	192
	-3	2	-1	-0	2	-3	0	1	4	-2

Ratios

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
	61.89	61.89	61.89	61.89	61.89	61.89	61.89	61.89	61.89
	0.37	0.18	0.24	0.18	0.18	0.41	0.81	0.68	1.11
	5.24	6.63	6.58	6.62	6.66	6.10	4.51	4.54	3.30
Government	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	32.50	31.29	31.28	31.31	31.27	31.60	32.79	32.89	33.69

Documents

Corporate disclosures, annual reports, credit ratings, and concall transcripts

2026-08-21

Copy of Newspaper Publication

2026-08-21 - Universal Cables Limited has informed the Exchange about Special Window for transfer of Dematerialisation of physical securities.

2026-08-08

Copy of Newspaper Publication

2026-08-08 - Universal Cables Limited has informed the Exchange about Newspaper Advertisement- Unaudited Standalone and Consolidated Financial Results of the Company for the quarter ended on 30th June, 2026.

2026-08-07

Press Release

2026-08-07 - Universal Cables Limited has informed the Exchange regarding a press release dated August 07, 2026, titled "Press Release".

2026-08-07

Change in Management

2026-08-07 - Universal Cables Limited has informed the Exchange about change in Management i.e. Appointment of Shri Nishant Premkuar Saigal as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), a Whole Time Key Managerial Personnel (KMP) of the Company with effect from 21st October, 2026, and resignation of Shri Gopal Agarwal, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company effective from the close of the business hours on 30th September, 2026.

2026-08-07

General Updates

2026-08-07 - Universal Cables Limited has informed the Exchange about Capacity Expansion.

2026-08-07

Outcome of Board Meeting

2026-08-07 - The Board of Directors of the Company at its Meeting held today i.e. 07-08-2026 has, interalia, considered and approved Unaudited Standalone and Consolidated Financial Results of the Company for the quarter ended 30th June, 2026.

2026-08-07

Outcome of Board Meeting

2026-08-04

Shareholders meeting

2026-08-04 - Universal Cables Limited has submitted the Exchange a copy of Srutinizers report of 81st Annual General Meeting held on August 03, 2026. Further, the company has informed the Exchange regarding voting results.

2026-08-03

Shareholders meeting

2026-08-03 - Universal Cables Limited has informed the Exchange regarding Proceedings of 81st Annual General Meeting held on August 03, 2026

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POLYCAB

8364.00

44.00

126038.44

0.56

796.65

32.84

8209.73

39.01

34.93

13.84

KEI

4636.90

44.47

44329.04

0.10

274.14

40.05

3185.34

22.97

20.23

12.43

DHOOTTRANS

1570.35

80.98

32121.20

0.00

1326.70

—

14464.15

—

24.14

15.10

RRKABEL

2436.70

45.36

27560.42

0.39

205.20

128.59

3168.20

53.90

28.43

9.01

FINCABLES

1420.50

27.15

21725.03

0.63

249.04

53.14

2013.15

44.26

16.06

14.16

PRECWIRE

463.10

499.66

8465.76

0.27

46.45

71.48

1779.24

61.20

33.09

4.76

UNIVCABLES

1548.25

26.81

5371.71

0.29

70.14

-78.69

945.06

57.46

11.69

13.80

LASERPOWER

290.55

26.90

4078.40

0.00

207.32

—

5215.47

—

24.84

12.62

ADVAIT

2053.30

38.28

2246.93

0.10

14.80

65.77

179.27

51.37

28.24

13.36

DYCL

455.20

24.19

2205.84

0.11

249.53

1270.52

3491.01

1232.27

26.80

10.89

PARACABLES

65.70

35.27

2149.96

0.00

19.70

6.49

529.40

17.35

16.62

6.56

QUADFUTURE

435.75

0.00

1743.00

0.00

-9.13

32.36

40.59

41.27

-7.01

-8.25

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

573

612

542

741

708

771

902

Operating Profit

OPM %

7.64%

4.69%

8.72%

10.54%

6.49%

7.38%

5.70%

9.17%

9.63%

9.06%

7.79%

8.20%

4.53%

Interest

Depreciation

Profit before Tax

Tax %

62.92%

29.25%

61.11%

47.84%

124.88%

20.72%

44.10%

45.05%

45.53%

29.72%

25.45%

60.66%

17.32%

Net Profit

158

497

329

553

6.93

3.36

6.90

14.00

1.61

5.27

4.56

14.32

9.49

13.74

7.84

15.94

20.22

Mar 2017

Mar 2018

Mar 2019

Mar 2020

Mar 2021

Mar 2022

Mar 2023

Mar 2024

Mar 2025

Mar 2026

TTM

818

1,181

1,417

1,569

1,281

1,814

2,202

2,021

2,408

3,023

3,368

743

1,074

1,242

1,403

1,190

1,691

2,017

1,859

2,235

2,762

3,122

Operating Profit

107

175

166

123

185

162

174

260

245

OPM %

9.21%

9.05%

12.33%

10.58%

7.09%

6.78%

8.42%

8.00%

7.22%

8.61%

7.28%

Interest

104

115

127

Depreciation

Profit before Tax

170

147

152

144

117

217

192

Tax %

-9.10%

2.01%

20.12%

38.64%

24.95%

23.98%

22.01%

24.91%

23.90%

24.97%

29.34%

Net Profit

136

118

108

163

136

EPS

20.32

23.83

39.15

25.96

19.38

21.60

34.05

31.19

25.76

47.01

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Dividend Payout %

0.00%

6.29%

5.11%

7.70%

5.16%

6.95%

8.81%

9.62%

15.53%

9.57%

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Mar 2017

Mar 2018

Mar 2019

Mar 2020

Mar 2021

Mar 2022

Mar 2023

Mar 2024

Mar 2025

Mar 2026

Equity Capital

647

800

964

955

1,101

1,260

1,462

1,740

1,737

1,856

288

374

542

579

530

694

605

623

787

1,007

Trade Payables

148

267

249

320

319

454

287

329

322

752

294

366

315

422

593

538

672

Total Liabilities

1,144

1,527

1,851

2,183

2,351

2,758

2,810

3,320

3,419

4,323

121

109

129

147

162

143

138

178

235

397

Capital Work in Progress

137

518

634

740

847

1,025

1,190

1,359

1,652

1,618

1,654

138

166

263

267

260

301

280

284

395

608

1,077

911

1,144

Cash & Bank

363

594

712

899

896

1,119

1,019

123

218

377

Total Assets

1,144

1,527

1,851

2,183

2,351

2,758

2,810

3,320

3,419

4,323

Mar 2017

Mar 2018

Mar 2019

Mar 2020

Mar 2021

Mar 2022

Mar 2023

Mar 2024

Mar 2025

Mar 2026

-38

-39

163

176

Cash from Investing

-13

-18

-27

-42

-16

-7

-15

-50

-141

-257

Cash from Financing

-61

-72

-127

-31

192

-3

-1

-0

-3

-2

Mar 2017

Mar 2018

Mar 2019

Mar 2020

Mar 2021

Mar 2022

Mar 2023

Mar 2024

Mar 2025

Mar 2026

Jun 2024

Sep 2024

Dec 2024

Mar 2025

Jun 2025

Sep 2025

Dec 2025

Mar 2026

Jun 2026

61.89

0.37

0.18

0.24

0.18

0.41

0.81

0.68

1.11

5.24

6.63

6.58

6.62

6.66

6.10

4.51

4.54

3.30

Government

0.00

32.50

31.29

31.28

31.31

31.27

31.60

32.79

32.89

33.69

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