Universus Photo Imagings Limited (UNIVPHOTO)

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Universus Photo Imagings Limited (UNIVPHOTO) · mywealthgrid

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Universus Photo Imagings Limited operates in consumer electronics within Consumer Discretionary, with quarterly revenue of ₹5 Cr and zero debt. The company exhibits extreme profit volatility—quarterly net profit ranges from -₹25.96 Cr to +₹45.33 Cr on similar revenue—that raises questions about earnings quality and comparability.

Face value: ₹10

Market cap

₹534 Cr

P/E

—

P/B

0.7×

Dividend yield

ROE

-9.5%

ROCE

2.4%

Debt / equity

OPM

-1.5%

EPS (TTM)

₹-16.1

Book value

₹740.8

52-week high

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52-week low

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Key insights

Company research notes and source-linked reviews

Key risks

Extreme profit volatility and ambiguous earnings data: quarterly net profit reportedly ranges from -₹25.96 Cr to +₹45.33 Cr on ~₹5 Cr revenue; source of variance and profit quality must be verified

Negative shareholder returns: ROE of -9.49% with aggregate OPM of -1.54% indicates capital destruction despite zero debt

Minimal institutional ownership (0% FII, 0% DII) raises liquidity and information-efficiency risks in what is primarily a promoter-held (74.55%) and retail register

Very small revenue base (₹5 Cr quarterly) leaves limited buffer for demand or operational disruptions

Generated analysis · source review pending

Growth drivers

Reported recent quarter (Jun 2026) shows profit figures ranging from ₹6.95 Cr to ₹45.33 Cr; verify which is sustainable and what drove apparent recovery from losses

Stock return of 80.86% over one year from ₹188.53 low suggests market expects turnaround; establish what operational improvements or market dynamics support this repricing

Small revenue base (₹5 Cr quarterly) means modest volume growth or margin improvement can move per-share metrics; verify what product, market, or efficiency drivers could sustain growth

Zero debt (D/E 0) enables working-capital flexibility and investment capacity; clarify capital allocation and reinvestment priorities to support profitable scaling

Generated analysis · source review pending

1,635 historical price candles were omitted because the exchange source has not been verified.

₹490.0-4.6%1Y

Quick read

rule-based

Pros

+Almost debt-free (debt/equity 0)
+High promoter holding of 74.6% with no pledge

Cons

−Low return on equity of -6.7% (3-yr avg)
−Revenue shrank over the last 5 years (-16.7% a year)

Research score

Structured signal from quality, growth, valuation and momentum.

33/100

Business quality: 25
Growth: 25
Valuation: 50

Revenue & net profit

₹ crore, by fiscal year

RevenuePAT

Margins

% of revenue, by fiscal year

OPMPAT margin

Peers

Comparable companies from the narrowest available industry classification.

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Financials

Reported profit and loss, balance sheet, cash flow and growth history.

Annual Quarterly

Consolidated Standalone

Consolidated figures · ₹ crore

₹ Cr	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	62	47	56	43	32	25	19
COGS	43	33	38	29	23	17	13
Gross profit	19	14	18	14	9	7	6
	-18	-14	-107	87	234	-46	106
	38	28	125	-73	-225	54	-99
OPM %	60.6%	59.4%	222.6%	-168.6%	-692.2%	217.6%	-529.8%
Depreciation	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Interest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	11	11	472	34	74	42	21
Profit before tax	48	39	597	-40	-187	96	-79
Tax	4	5	82	5	9	9	1
Tax %	9.1%	11.7%	13.8%	12.6%	5%	9%	1.6%
	44	34	514	-44	-196	87	-80
PAT margin %	70.3%	72.9%	915.9%	-102.9%	-605.1%	353.7%	-425.7%
EPS (₹)	40.1	31.3	469.9	-40.6	-179.4	79.5	-73
EPS adjusted (₹)	40.1	31.3	469.7	-40.6	-179.3	79.5	-73
	0%	0%	2.1%	—	—	0%	—
Annual report	Annual report for Mar 2020	Annual report for Mar 2021	Annual report for Mar 2022	Annual report for Mar 2023	Annual report for Mar 2024	Annual report for Mar 2025	—

₹ Cr	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Equity capital	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Reserves	1,201	1,096	1,062	1,037	853	863	800
	—	0	0	0	0	0	0
	13	13	17	10	16	18	14
Total equity & liabilities	1,224	1,120	1,090	1,058	880	892	825
	10	9	5	4	4	4	4
CWIP	—	—	—	0	0	—	—
Investments	1,173	1,100	886	851	675	878	817
	41	10	199	203	200	10	4
Total assets	1,224	1,120	1,090	1,058	880	892	825

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Ratios

Annual operating, return, leverage and working-capital ratios.

Consolidated Standalone

Consolidated figures

Ratio	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Margins
Gross margin %	31%	30.3%	31.5%	31.8%	28.9%	29.3%	32.7%
EBITDA margin %	15.4%	16.8%	19%	15.3%	8%	-7.1%	-1.5%
EBIT margin %	14.3%	15.6%	18.2%	14.6%	7.3%	-7.6%	-2.2%
PAT margin %	70.3%	72.9%	915.9%	-102.9%	-605.1%	353.7%	-425.7%
Working capital
Receivable days	15	12	17	13	24	18	7
Inventory days	65	64	137	150	107	121	55
Payable days	16	15	12	11	7	12	11
NWC days	64	61	142	153	123	127	51
Leverage
Current ratio	41.22	71.8	69.52	254.66	376.02	181.43	260.83
Debt to EBITDA	—	0	0	0	0	—	—
Debt to equity	—	0	0	0	0	0	0
Interest coverage	2,014	—	—	—	—	—	—
Asset turnover	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.03	0.02
Return ratios
Return on assets %	3.6%	3.1%	47.2%	-4.2%	-22.3%	9.8%	-9.7%
Return on capital employed %	1.6%	1.6%	43.9%	3.7%	7.9%	4.6%	2.4%
Return on equity %	3.6%	3.1%	47.9%	-4.2%	-22.7%	10%	-9.9%

Derived from reported annual statements. ROCE uses EBIT over capital employed (total assets less current liabilities). Day counts average the opening and closing balance; receivables turn on revenue, inventory and payables on cost of goods sold.

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Shareholding

Quarterly ownership, named holders, insider transactions and disclosed deals.

Quarterly Annual

Every quarter filed · % of equity

Holder (%)	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
	74.55%	74.55%	74.55%	74.55%	74.55%	74.55%	74.55%	74.55%	74.55%	74.55%	74.55%	74.55%
FII	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
DII	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Government	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	25.45%	25.45%	25.45%	25.45%	25.45%	25.45%	25.45%	25.45%	25.45%	25.45%	25.45%	25.45%
No. of shareholders	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	27,920	27,747	26,610	26,209

Promoter holding up 0 percentage points since Sep 2023.

10 deals · 7 Dec 2021 – 12 Mar 2026

Date	Client	Type	Venue	Side	Quantity	Price	Value
12 Mar 2026	ANKIT JAIN	Bulk	NSE	Sell	11,23,984	₹508.64	₹57.17 Cr
12 Mar 2026	ABHINANDAN JAIN	Bulk	NSE	Buy	5,28,774	₹508.81	₹26.90 Cr
12 Mar 2026	RAJ KUMAR PATNI	Bulk	NSE	Buy	3,00,000	₹509.00	₹15.27 Cr
12 Mar 2026	SIMRAN JAIN	Bulk	NSE	Buy	3,00,000	₹508.00	₹15.24 Cr
11 Feb 2022	ANKIT JAIN	Block	BSE	Buy	4,05,000	₹979.00	₹39.65 Cr
11 Feb 2022	SEETHA KUMARI	Block	BSE	Sell	4,05,000	₹979.00	₹39.65 Cr
11 Feb 2022	SEETHA KUMARI	Bulk	BSE	Sell	4,05,000	₹979.00	₹39.65 Cr
11 Feb 2022	ANKIT JAIN	Bulk	BSE	Buy	4,05,000	₹979.00	₹39.65 Cr
7 Dec 2021	ANKIT JAIN	Bulk	NSE	Buy	62,000	₹779.81	₹4.83 Cr
7 Dec 2021	MACE VENTURE	Bulk	NSE	Sell	60,375	₹780.92	₹4.71 Cr

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Bulk deals are a client trading over 0.5% of the equity in a session, aggregated across their trades; block deals are single negotiated trades in the exchange’s block window. Each is reported by the exchange it was crossed on, so NSE and BSE rows are separate trades rather than the same trade twice.

Mr. SANJEEV AGGARWALNon-Executive - Independent Director-Chairperson
Mrs. SONAL AGARWALNon-Executive - Independent Director
Mr. RATHI BINOD PALNon-Executive - Non Independent Director
Mr. SHAILENDRA SINHAExecutive Director
Mr. SANJIV KUMAR AGARWALNon-Executive - Non Independent Director
Mr. VINOD KUMAR GUPTANon-Executive - Non Independent Director
Mr. Naveen Chandra BarthwalChief Financial Officer
Mr. Suresh KumarCompany Secretary & Compliance Officer

Current officeholders as filed with BSE. A person holding two offices is listed once per office.

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Fund holders

Mutual-fund schemes that disclosed a holding in the company.

No fund holdings on record

No scheme among the 32 fund houses on record reported a position in Universus Photo Imagings Limited. Portfolios are published monthly by each AMC; coverage is still partial.

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Documents

Annual reports, exchange filings, offer documents, ratings and earnings-call material.

Announcements

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Events

Upcoming dates and the company’s corporate-action history.

1

Special dividend21 Oct 2022 · ex-date₹10

1

Board meeting to consider results12 Aug 2026

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Announcements

Latest exchange announcements, filings and downloadable documents.

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15 announcementsExport CSV

12 Aug 2026, 10:29 pmCompany Update

Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Change in Directorate

Change in Directorate PDF

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Ratio	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Margins
Gross margin %	31%	30.3%	31.5%	31.8%	28.9%	29.3%	32.7%
EBITDA margin %	15.4%	16.8%	19%	15.3%	8%	-7.1%	-1.5%
EBIT margin %	14.3%	15.6%	18.2%	14.6%	7.3%	-7.6%	-2.2%
PAT margin %	70.3%	72.9%	915.9%	-102.9%	-605.1%	353.7%	-425.7%
Working capital
Receivable days	15	12	17	13	24	18	7
Inventory days	65	64	137	150	107	121	55
Payable days	16	15	12	11	7	12	11
NWC days	64	61	142	153	123	127	51
Leverage
Current ratio	41.22	71.8	69.52	254.66	376.02	181.43	260.83
Debt to EBITDA	—	0	0	0	0	—	—
Debt to equity	—	0	0	0	0	0	0
Interest coverage	2,014	—	—	—	—	—	—
Asset turnover	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.03	0.02
Return ratios
Return on assets %	3.6%	3.1%	47.2%	-4.2%	-22.3%	9.8%	-9.7%
Return on capital employed %	1.6%	1.6%	43.9%	3.7%	7.9%	4.6%	2.4%
Return on equity %	3.6%	3.1%	47.9%	-4.2%	-22.7%	10%	-9.9%

Company	Mkt Cap	EV	Revenue	EBITDA	OPM	PAT	NPM	ROCE	ROE	WC Days
Pg Electroplast LimitedPGELPGEL	₹13,740 Cr	₹14,337 Cr	₹5,818 Cr	₹414 Cr	7.3%	₹206 Cr	3.7%	10.9%	6.7%	69
Ikio Technologies LimitedIKIOIKIO	₹1,476 Cr	₹1,517 Cr	₹644 Cr	₹88 Cr	13%	₹47 Cr	7%	10%	6.5%	242
Onida Electronics LimitedONIDAONIDA	₹1,158 Cr	₹1,260 Cr	₹766 Cr	₹13 Cr	1.8%	₹2 Cr	0.3%	3.7%	0.8%	250
CWD LtdCWDCWD	₹651 Cr	—	₹142 Cr	₹22 Cr	15.4%	₹11 Cr	7.8%	—	—	—
Universus Photo Imagings LimitedUNIVPHOTOUNIVPHOTO	₹534 Cr	₹534 Cr	₹19 Cr	₹1 Cr	-1.5%	₹-18 Cr	-425.7%	2.4%	-9.5%	51
Sharp India LtdSMAARTSMAART	₹334 Cr	₹475 Cr	₹0 Cr	₹-8 Cr	—	₹-24 Cr	—	—	—	—
Veto Switchgears And Cables LimitedVETOVETO	₹261 Cr	₹283 Cr	₹411 Cr	₹41 Cr	9.8%	₹27 Cr	6.4%	12.4%	8.8%	242
BPL LimitedBPLBPL	₹222 Cr	₹327 Cr	₹80 Cr	₹3 Cr	6%	₹-15 Cr	-10.9%	0.9%	-3.4%	-2
Nanta Tech LtdNANTANANTA	₹170 Cr	—	₹51 Cr	₹7 Cr	12.7%	₹5 Cr	9.2%	—	—	—
Calcom Vision LtdCALCOMCALCOM	₹90 Cr	₹154 Cr	₹58 Cr	₹4 Cr	6.2%	₹1 Cr	1.1%	9.6%	2.9%	86
Khaitan (India) LimitedKHAITANLTDKHAITANLTD	₹71 Cr	₹76 Cr	₹118 Cr	₹8 Cr	6.6%	₹6 Cr	5.4%	20.2%	19.9%	-48
Samtel India LtdSAMTELINSAMTELIN	₹40 Cr	₹40 Cr	₹0 Cr	₹-0 Cr	-825%	₹-0 Cr	75%	-20.7%	3.2%	-59

Date	Category	Subject	Filing
12 Aug 2026, 10:29 pm	Company Update Change in Directorate	Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Change in Directorate	PDF
12 Aug 2026, 10:26 pm	Company Update Change in Management	Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Change in Management	PDF
12 Aug 2026, 10:24 pm	Board Meeting Outcome of Board Meeting	Board Meeting Outcome for Outcome Of Board Meeting	PDF
12 Aug 2026, 10:18 pm	Result Financial Results	Unaudited Financial Results For The Quarter Ended 30.06.2026	PDF
7 Aug 2026, 10:15 pm	Company Update General	Disclosure Under Regulation 30 Of SEBI (Listing Obligations And Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015	PDF
7 Aug 2026, 8:02 pm	Board Meeting	Board Meeting Intimation for Consider And Approve The Unaudited Financial Results (Standalone & Consolidated) For The First Quarter Ended On 30Th June, 2026.	PDF
14 Jul 2026, 12:10 am	Company Update Certificate under Reg. 74 (5) of SEBI (DP) Regulations, 2018	Compliances-Certificate under Reg. 74 (5) of SEBI (DP) Regulations, 2018	PDF

₹ Cr	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	0	1,185	56	-60	-43	4	185	2
	0	-1,168	-82	59	53	-3	-186	-2
	0	11	0	0	-11	0	0	0
Net cash flow	0	27	-27	-0	-0	1	-1	0
Free cash flow	-11	1,174	56	-60	-43	4	185	2
CFO / Operating profit %	—	—	705.8%	-558.7%	-647%	150.2%	—	—

Universus Photo Imagings Limited

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