Atul Ltd 2020-21

Inventories NoDs % to sales 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 ( ` cr ) Inventories* 374 379 368 428 427 511 * as at March 31 350 12.4% 11.1% 13.9% 13.9% 51 51 45 41 41 54 57 14.8% 11.2% 15.6% Trade receivables NoDs % to sales 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 ( ` cr ) Trade receivables* 420 718 507 762 719 714 * as at March 31 439 23.5% 19.8% 19.2% 17.5% 59 65 79 66 63 69 59 20.6% 17.5% 18.8% 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 Employee benefit expenses Sales per employee ( ` cr ) Employee benefit expenses and sales per employee 154 168 173 181 219 249 249 0.97 1.08 1.24 1.49 1.31 1.16 1.01 Average capital employed 1 Return on average capital employed 1,2 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 ( ` cr ) Return on average capital employed 1,369 1,638 1,814 2,047 2,380 2,808 1,256 26.8% 30.9% 25.7% 22.4% 32.1% 33.8% 29.6% 1 Excluding capital work-in-progress revaluation reserve 2 Excluding exceptional non-recurring items 14 Atul Ltd | Annual Report 2020-21