Universal Cables Ltd (UNIVCABLES) Stock Analysis: Valuation, Latest Results, Financial Ratios & DeciZen Rating

BSE: 504212 | NSE: UNIVCABLES | Cable | Small Cap

Universal Cables Share Price

907.50 -17.10 -1.85%
as on 05-Dec'25 16:59

Universal Cables Ltd (UNIVCABLES) Stock Analysis: Valuation, Latest Results, Financial Ratios & DeciZen Rating

BSE: 504212 | NSE: UNIVCABLES | Cable | Small Cap

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Universal Cables stock performance -

Key Ratios
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P/E Ratio (SA):
33.94
Market Cap:
3,148.6 Cr.
52-wk low:
408.1
52-wk high:
1,007

Is Universal Cables Ltd an attractive stock to invest in?

1. Is Universal Cables Ltd a good quality company?

Past 10 year's financial track record analysis by Moneyworks4me indicates that Universal Cables Ltd is a average quality company.

2. Is Universal Cables Ltd undervalued or overvalued?

The key valuation ratios of Universal Cables Ltd's currently when compared to its past seem to suggest it is in the Overvalued zone.

3. Is Universal Cables Ltd a good buy now?

The Price Trend analysis by MoneyWorks4Me indicates it is Strong which suggest that the price of Universal Cables Ltd is likely to Rise in the short term. However, please check the rating on Quality and Valuation before investing

10 Year X-Ray of Universal Cables:

Analysis of Financial Track Record

Data adjusted to bonus, split, extra-ordinary income, rights issue and change in financial year end
Data adjusted to bonus, split, extra-ordinary income, rights issue and change in financial year end

Data adjusted to bonus, split, extra-ordinary income, rights issue and change in financial year end.

Financial track record gives insight into the company's performance on key parameters over the past ten years. MoneyWorks4me’s proprietary colour codes make it easy for retail investors to gauge the company’s past performance.
Universal Cables Ltd has performed well in some of the past ten years indicating its past ten year financial track record is somewhat good

Value Creation

Value Creation Index Colour Code Guide

Mar'16Mar'17Mar'18Mar'19Mar'20Mar'21Mar'22Mar'23Mar'24Mar'25TTM
ROCE % 14.1%12.5%14.9%19.5%15.6%7.2%10%13.8%10.8%10.5%-
Value Creation
Index
0.0-0.10.10.40.1-0.5-0.30.0-0.2-0.3-

Growth Parameters

Growth Parameters Colour Code Guide

Sales 7498181,1811,4171,5691,2811,8142,2022,0212,4082,696
Sales YoY Gr.-9.2%44.3%20%10.8%-18.4%41.6%21.4%-8.2%19.2%-
Adj EPS 4.8811.519.818.238.21714.615.426.7
YoY Gr.-67%44.6%71.8%-8.1%-83.8%177.7%107.2%-14.2%5.3%-
BVPS (₹) 53.782.797122.6128.2140.5162.1203.9248.9243.8261.1
Adj Net
Profit
16.627.74068.863.210.328.559.150.753.493
Cash Flow from Ops. 45.770.3-41.6-59.137.789.7-12.214333.1176-
Debt/CF from Ops. 6.84.1-9.5-9.216.56.8-574.623.24.8-

CAGR

CAGR Colour Code Guide

9 Years 5 Years 3 Years 1 Years
Sales 13.9%9%9.9%19.2%
Adj EPS 13.9%-3.3%23.3%5.3%
BVPS18.3%13.7%14.6%-2.1%
Share Price 30.6% 44.3% 46% 46.7%

Key Financial Parameters

Performance Ratio Colour Code Guide

Mar'16Mar'17Mar'18Mar'19Mar'20Mar'21Mar'22Mar'23Mar'24Mar'25TTM
Return on
Equity %
11.111.712.818.114.52.25.49.36.56.310.6
Op. Profit
Mgn %
109.29.112.410.67.16.88.487.28.5
Net Profit
Mgn %
2.23.43.44.940.81.62.72.52.23.4
Debt to
Equity
1.711.21.31.41.31.20.90.910.5
Working Cap
Days
19619618721924332425422124722596
Cash Conv.
Cycle
11511410112715020715013516814931

Recent Performance Summary

Return on Equity has increased versus last 3 years average to 10.60%

Net Profit is growing at healthy rate in last 3 years 23.25%

Debt to equity has declined versus last 3 years average to 1.00

Sales growth is good in last 4 quarters at 24.20%

Sales growth has been subdued in last 3 years 9.92%

Latest Financials - Universal Cables Ltd.

Standalone Consolidated
TTM EPS (₹) 26.7 42.1
TTM Sales (₹ Cr.) 2,696 2,696
BVPS (₹.) 261.1 539.4
Reserves (₹ Cr.) 871 1,837
P/BV 3.48 1.68
PE 33.94 21.55
From the Market
52 Week Low / High (₹) 408.10 / 1007.00
All Time Low / High (₹) 4.55 / 1007.00
Market Cap (₹ Cr.) 3,149
Equity (₹ Cr.) 34.7
Face Value (₹) 10
Industry PE 41.3

Management X-Ray of Universal Cables:

Shareholding Pattern

Promoter's Holding & Share Pledging

Pledged *0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
* Pledged shares as % of Promoter's holding (%)

Valuation of Universal Cables - Standalone Basis

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Key Ratios of Universal Cables

Adj EPS (Rs.)

Sales (Cr.)

ROE (%)

ROCE (%)

Profit And Loss

(All Figures are in Crores.)
PARTICULARSMar'16Mar'17Mar'18Mar'19Mar'20Mar'21Mar'22Mar'23Mar'24Mar'25
Sales7498181,1811,4171,5691,2811,8142,2022,0212,408
Operating Expenses 6747431,0741,2421,4031,1901,6912,0171,8592,235
Manufacturing Costs7399132186202156175203246249
Material Costs5315718499521,0979381,3991,6731,4721,830
Employee Cost 464959647069808795108
Other Costs 25243441342737534648
Operating Profit 757510717516691123185162174
Operating Profit Margin (%) 10.0%9.2%9.1%12.3%10.6%7.1%6.8%8.4%8.0%7.2%
Other Income 12111112151319182429
Interest 514453627763789791104
Depreciation 18192121232624222427
Exceptional Items 0000000000
Profit Before Tax 172344103811540837071
Tax -2-623417310201614
Profit After Tax 20294269651230635457
PAT Margin (%) 2.6%3.6%3.6%4.9%4.1%0.9%1.7%2.9%2.7%2.4%
Adjusted EPS (₹)5.68.412.119.918.63.58.818.215.616.5
Dividend Payout Ratio (%)0%0%12%10%11%29%17%16%19%24%

Balance Sheet

(All Figures are in Crores.)
PARTICULARSMar'16Mar'17Mar'18Mar'19Mar'20Mar'21Mar'22Mar'23Mar'24Mar'25

Equity and Liabilities

Shareholders Fund 188287337425445487562707864846
Share Capital 35353535353535353535
Reserves 153252302391410453528673829811
Minority Interest0000000000
Debt311273352520564522658561616781
Long Term Debt13812311814811587235240195387
Short Term Debt173150233372449435422321420393
Trade Payables121148267249320319454287329322
Others Liabilities 47427583131162112212303240
Total Liabilities 6677501,0291,2771,4601,4901,7861,7672,1112,188

Fixed Assets

Gross Block329139148187226266270287349429
Accumulated Depreciation19418395879104127148171195
Net Fixed Assets 135121109129147162143138178235
CWIP 00172170211035
Investments 51123136166125164218316444387
Inventories123138166263267260301280284395
Trade Receivables3073125146078028039688901,077911
Cash Equivalents 6485574458
Others Assets 4451801059793151129123217
Total Assets 6677501,0291,2771,4601,4901,7861,7672,1112,188

Cash Flow

(All Figures are in Crores.)
PARTICULARSMar'16Mar'17Mar'18Mar'19Mar'20Mar'21Mar'22Mar'23Mar'24Mar'25
Cash Flow From Operating Activity 4670-42-593890-1214333176
PBT 172344103811540837071
Adjustment 5750576882708010087103
Changes in Working Capital -28-6-139-210-10310-120-19-11321
Tax Paid -13-4-20-22-5-13-20-11-20
Cash Flow From Investing Activity -0-13-18-27-42-16-7-15-50-141
Capex -3-18-23-38-53-25-20-28-60-163
Net Investments -0-1-220-0-02-51
Others 367911914111521
Cash Flow From Financing Activity -44-6162844-7216-12718-31
Net Proceeds from Shares 57000000000
Net Proceeds from Borrowing -41-022824986412104
Interest Paid -47-38-43-56-66-55-65-85-83-98
Dividend Paid -0-0-0-6-8-7-3-5-10-10
Others -13-228313877-13-13-10199-28
Net Cash Flow 2-32-1-02-3014

Finance Ratio

PARTICULARSMar'16Mar'17Mar'18Mar'19Mar'20Mar'21Mar'22Mar'23Mar'24Mar'25
Ratios
ROE (%)13.2112.313.4518.1114.842.615.819.956.916.7
ROCE (%)14.1112.5314.8719.4815.587.2110.0313.7810.7810.53
Asset Turnover Ratio1.291.271.361.231.150.871.111.241.041.12
PAT to CFO Conversion(x)2.32.41-1-0.860.587.5-0.42.270.613.09
Working Capital Days
Receivable Days120126125144164229178154178151
Inventory Days52534655627556485151
Payable Days7386899995124101817665

Universal Cables Ltd Stock News

Universal Cables Ltd FAQs

The current trading price of Universal Cables on 05-Dec-2025 16:59 is ₹907.5.
Market capitalization or market cap is determined by multiplying the current market price of a company's shares with the total number of shares outstanding. As of 04-Dec-2025 the market cap of Universal Cables stood at ₹3,148.6.
The latest P/E ratio of Universal Cables as of 04-Dec-2025 is 33.94.
The latest P/B ratio of Universal Cables as of 04-Dec-2025 is 3.48.
The 52-week high of Universal Cables is ₹1,007 and the 52-week low is ₹408.1.
The TTM revenue is Trailing Twelve Months sales. The TTM revenue/sales of Universal Cables is ₹2,696 ( Cr.) .

About Universal Cables Ltd

Universal Cables (UCL), a M P Birla group company, was established in 1962 for manufacturing PILC Cables. The company is located at Satna -- a well known station of Central Railway about 180 km away from Allahabad & Jabalpur. The nearest airport is Khajuraho, which is about 125 km by road..UCL covers a broad range in the field of cables, conductors and capacitors. Apart from cables of standard designs to various national and international specifications, special cables are tailor made to suit customer’s requirement.

Copper conductors are made from high conductivity CC rods and aluminum conductors from EC grade aluminum rods. The aluminum rods are also made at the company’s own properzi plant.

UCL is a leading manufacturer of cables of all kinds and has facility for production, quality control and testing.

A memorandum of understanding was signed by BARC with Universal Cables Ltd. (UCL), Satna, on November 29, 2001 for developing thin walled electron beam crosslinked elastomeric cables. BARC provides technical consultancy and jointly develop the under-beam cable handling system and carry out initial trial irradiation runs of cables for process optimization. This work will be carried out by Radiation Technology Development Section of C&I Group at ILU-6 accelerator facility, Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology (BRIT) complex, Vashi, Navi Mumbai.    

The Product range of the company includes: 

  • XLPE Cables up to 220 kv
  • High Temperature Fluoro-plastic cables
  • Winding wires & Flat cables
  • PVC Cables up to 11 kv
  • Elastomeric cables up to 30 kv 
  • Mixed dielectric and all PP Power Capacitors upto 145 kv

Apart from the traditional cables  Unistar manufactures wide range of special cables for various applications.

Recognitions

The company has received recognition from various independent authorities as under:

  • Quality system accreditation as per IS/ISO-9001 from Bureau of Indian Standards.
  • Environmental Management Systems as per IS/ISO 14001 certified by Bureau of Indian Standards.
  • Occupational Health & Safety Management System accreditation certified by Bureau Veritas as per OHSAS 18001.
  • Accreditation of our R&D Laboratory by Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India.
  • Representation in CIGRE, Paris for development of extra-high voltage cable technology.  
  • Approval of Quality System by South Afrcian Bureau of Standard(SABS)  
  • Certification of our product by Tariff Advisory Committee for equitable rate structure and risk in insurance sector.
  • Approved under in-process quality control system by export inspection council, Govt. of India.
  • Representation in technical committee of Bureau of Indian Standards for making specifications and R&D work related with cables and capacitors.
  • Awarded Export Excellence certificate during 1989-90 for achieving highest export performance.
  • National safety awards for longest accident free period.
  • Approval from BARC for N.P.P. Cables 

Clientele: Electricity Boards and Other Power Cos 

  • Transmisson Corporation of A.P. Ltd.
  • A.E.Co. Ltd., Ahmedabad Electric Co. Ltd.
  • BSES Ltd, BEST Mumbai.
  • CESC Ltd.
  • Delhi Vidyul Board
  • Gujarat Electricity Board.
  • Gujarat Industries Power Co. Ltd.
  • Haryana State Electricity Board.

Mining

  • Bharat Coking Coal Ltd.
  • Central Coalfields Ltd.
  • Eastern Coalfields Ltd.
  • Northern Coalfields Ltd.

Steel plants 

  • Steel Authority of India Ltd.
  • Tata Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.
  • Malvika Steels Ltd.

Refineries & Petrochemicals

  • Andhra Petrochemicals Ltd.
  • Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
  • Cochin Refineries Ltd., Cochin
  • Hindustan Petroleum Corpn. Ltd.
  • Haldia Petro-chemicals Ltd.

Railways

  • Chittaranjan Locomative Works.
  •  Diesel Locomative Works.
  • Diesel Component Works.
  • Integral Coach Factory.

Heavy Industries

  • Bharat Earth Movers Ltd.
  • Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. Bharat Electronics Ltd
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