Company profile at a glance:

Share Capital in BDT: (mn)    496.8
Market Cap in BDT  : (mn)    12848.49

Total Share                :4968000
Business Segment      :Pharmaceuticals & Chemicals

Market Category       :A
Electronic Share         :Y

Address                     : Square Centre, 48, Mohakhali C/A, Dhaka - 1212
Contact Phone           : 8827729 - 38, 8817729 - 38

Liquidity Ratio:

Current Ratio: Current ratio measures the ability to meet current debt with current asset. Current ratio has increased from 2002 to  2004 .

Quick Ratio: Quick ratio measures the ability to meet current debt with most liquid current asset Quick ratio has increased from 2002 to 2004.

Liquidity Ratios:    2003          2004          2005
Current Ratio        1.15512      1.61547     1.66286
Quick Ratio          0.56229       0.97549    1.07572

Asset Management Ratio:

Asset management                   2003              2004                2005
Inventory Turnover              5.49562           5.93267          4.65717
Days sales Outstanding       12.44343        17.16415        18.06248
Fixed Asset turnover           1.71705            2.11053         2.30092
Total Asset turnover            1.03817            1.02050         0.89494

Inventory Turnover: Inventory turnover measure how many times the inventory has been turned over (sold) during the year; provides insight into liquid of inventory and tendency to overstock. It increased from 2003 to 2004. But from 2004 it has declining trend.

Days sales outstanding: It slightly increase from 2003 to 2005..

Debt Management Ratio:

Debt to total asset: It shows the extent to which the firm is using borrowed money. Here the ratio is decreasing year by year.

Time interest earned ratio: A coverage ratio computed by dividing earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) by interest charges; measures the ability of the firm to meet its annual interest payment. From year 2003 to 2004 the ratio increases.

Profitability Ratio

Profitability                         2003            2004             2005
Profit margin on sales       0.18812       0.20545        0.23553
BEP                                0.41193       0.43125        0.42464

Profit margin on sales: Measures profitability with respect to sales generated; net income per taka of sales. Net profit margin on sales shows a increasing trend.

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