Astral Foods Ltd.

ARL · JSE · Consumer Defensive / Farm Products

19,253.00ZAC-499.00 (-2.53%)

Price History

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Market Stats

Previous Close19,752.00

Open20,000.00

Day Range19,253.00 – 20,000.00

52-Week Range18,200.00 – 28,390.00

Volume52.52K

Market Cap7.11B

P/E (TTM)4.49

Forward P/E13.46

EPS40.95

Dividend Yield11.10%

Beta0.16

50-Day Avg20,071.28

200-Day Avg23,955.15

About

Astral Foods Limited operates as an integrated poultry producer in South Africa and internationally. The company operates through Poultry and Feed segments. It also engages in the marketing, sale, and distribution of fresh and frozen poultry products; broiler genetics and integrated breeder; engaged in the abattoir and further processing operations; and sale of day-old chicks and hatching eggs. The company also produces and sells feed products for farmed animal species; and provides laboratory analytical services to the animal feed industry. It offers its products under the Goldi, County Fair, Festive, Meadow Feeds, National Chicks, Ross, CAL, Tiger Chicks, Tiger Animal Feeds, Mountain Valley, and Earlybird brands. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Gauteng, South Africa.

Company Details

SectorConsumer Defensive
IndustryFarm Products
CEOMr. Gary Desmond Arnold BS Agric(Hon), MBA, MSc Agric, PrSciNat
Employees9.31K
HeadquartersLanseria Corporate Estate, Gauteng, South Africa, 1748, South Africa
Websitehttps://www.astralfoods.com

Leadership

Mr. Gary Desmond Arnold BS Agric(Hon), MBA, MSc Agric, PrSciNatCEO & Executive Director · b. 1972
Mr. Gideon Johannes GeelCFO & Executive Director · b. 1967
Mr. Louis VermaasSales Executive · b. 1973
Mr. Gideon JordaanHuman Resources Executive · b. 1975
Ms. Leonie MarupenGroup Company Secretary · b. 1973

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: ZAR	2002-09-30	2003-09-30	2004-09-30	2005-09-30	2006-09-30	2007-09-30	2008-09-30	2009-09-30	2010-09-30	2011-09-30	2012-09-30	2013-09-30	2014-09-30	2015-09-30	2016-09-30	2017-09-30	2018-09-30	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30	2025-09-30

Currency: ZAR	2002-09-30	2003-09-30	2004-09-30	2005-09-30	2006-09-30	2007-09-30	2008-09-30	2009-09-30	2010-09-30	2011-09-30	2012-09-30	2013-09-30	2014-09-30	2015-09-30	2016-09-30	2017-09-30	2018-09-30	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30	2025-09-30
Total Revenue	3.69B	3.95B	4.05B	4.60B	5.18B	6.33B	8.18B	8.83B	8.37B	8.61B	8.16B	8.52B	9.60B	11.27B	11.95B	12.35B	12.98B	13.49B	14.10B	15.87B	19.33B	19.25B	20.48B	22.62B
Growth (%)	-	+6.90%	+2.69%	+13.55%	+12.63%	+22.10%	+29.31%	+7.94%	-5.27%	+2.84%	-5.18%	+4.46%	+12.65%	+17.32%	+6.11%	+3.32%	+5.08%	+3.91%	+4.59%	+12.49%	+21.86%	-0.43%	+6.38%	+10.45%
Cost of Revenue	3.04B	3.14B	3.14B	3.49B	3.86B	4.92B	6.95B	7.60B	7.03B	7.08B	6.71B	7.31B	8.02B	8.75B	10.09B	9.78B	9.30B	10.86B	11.32B	13.02B	15.31B	17.39B	17.02B	18.65B
Gross Profit	654.98M	806.48M	916.31M	1.11B	1.33B	1.41B	1.23B	1.23B	1.34B	1.53B	1.45B	1.22B	1.58B	2.52B	1.87B	2.57B	3.67B	2.63B	2.78B	2.84B	4.02B	1.87B	3.46B	3.96B
Gross Margin	17.74%	20.43%	22.61%	24.16%	25.60%	22.34%	15.06%	13.93%	16.00%	17.73%	17.73%	14.28%	16.44%	22.35%	15.63%	20.81%	28.31%	19.50%	19.73%	17.91%	20.81%	9.69%	16.90%	17.53%
Operating Expense	514.73M	596.25M	527.33M	540.01M	561.17M	605.76M	685.04M	649.18M	753.34M	851.32M	933.46M	945.51M	1.09B	1.42B	1.34B	1.55B	1.73B	1.70B	1.95B	2.13B	2.66B	2.45B	2.62B	2.79B
Operating Income	140.25M	210.22M	388.98M	572.00M	765.95M	808.24M	547.79M	580.92M	585.38M	674.92M	513.12M	271.56M	492.94M	1.10B	533.76M	1.02B	1.94B	927.00M	837.58M	711.00M	1.37B	-588.35M	837.65M	1.18B
Operating Margin	3.80%	5.33%	9.60%	12.43%	14.78%	12.77%	6.69%	6.58%	7.00%	7.84%	6.29%	3.19%	5.13%	9.75%	4.47%	8.24%	14.94%	6.87%	5.94%	4.48%	7.07%	-3.06%	4.09%	5.21%
EBITDA	357.39M	525.11M	388.98M	572.00M	860.99M	817.64M	647.48M	697.28M	698.91M	803.72M	638.22M	432.04M	628.24M	1.27B	697.76M	1.24B	2.15B	1.09B	1.23B	1.14B	1.77B	-588.35M	1.07B	1.59B
EBITDA Margin	9.68%	13.30%	9.60%	12.43%	16.61%	12.92%	7.91%	7.89%	8.35%	9.34%	7.82%	5.07%	6.54%	11.24%	5.84%	10.01%	16.57%	8.11%	8.73%	7.18%	9.15%	-3.06%	5.22%	7.01%
Net Income	138.53M	208.51M	264.25M	397.77M	516.50M	545.56M	334.23M	352.99M	363.67M	435.26M	329.33M	244.01M	337.52M	778.13M	372.97M	754.40M	1.43B	643.65M	556.27M	472.50M	1.07B	-512.20M	752.90M	876.39M
Net Income Margin	3.75%	5.28%	6.52%	8.64%	9.96%	8.62%	4.08%	4.00%	4.35%	5.06%	4.04%	2.86%	3.51%	6.91%	3.12%	6.11%	11.03%	4.77%	3.94%	2.98%	5.53%	-2.66%	3.68%	3.87%
R&D	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	81.69M	82.58M	86.18M	-
R&D as % of Total Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.42%	0.43%	0.42%	-
Interest Expense	22.16M	15.22M	1.34M	16.72M	4.88M	11.00M	60.16M	62.96M	33.26M	27.85M	18.00M	27.84M	25.93M	22.99M	27.21M	19.93M	10.38M	10.91M	84.55M	61.10M	44.12M	108.76M	134.12M	44.61M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue	0.60%	0.39%	0.03%	0.36%	0.09%	0.17%	0.74%	0.71%	0.40%	0.32%	0.22%	0.33%	0.27%	0.20%	0.23%	0.16%	0.08%	0.08%	0.60%	0.39%	0.23%	0.56%	0.65%	0.20%

Balance Sheet

Currency: ZAR	2002-09-30	2003-09-30	2004-09-30	2005-09-30	2006-09-30	2007-09-30	2008-09-30	2009-09-30	2010-09-30	2011-09-30	2012-09-30	2013-09-30	2014-09-30	2015-09-30	2016-09-30	2017-09-30	2018-09-30	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30	2025-09-30

Currency: ZAR	2002-09-30	2003-09-30	2004-09-30	2005-09-30	2006-09-30	2007-09-30	2008-09-30	2009-09-30	2010-09-30	2011-09-30	2012-09-30	2013-09-30	2014-09-30	2015-09-30	2016-09-30	2017-09-30	2018-09-30	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30	2025-09-30
Total Assets	1.39B	1.32B	1.84B	1.80B	2.17B	2.87B	3.16B	3.17B	3.13B	3.39B	3.56B	3.95B	4.38B	4.81B	4.98B	5.36B	6.17B	6.24B	7.33B	7.83B	8.44B	9.11B	9.10B	9.33B
Total Liabilities	922.17M	710.71M	1.07B	887.11M	1.05B	1.56B	1.83B	1.81B	1.68B	1.80B	1.97B	2.23B	2.43B	2.44B	2.61B	2.32B	2.44B	2.44B	3.21B	3.67B	3.65B	5.09B	4.35B	3.95B
Total Equity	462.42M	599.39M	754.95M	906.09M	1.10B	1.29B	1.30B	1.35B	1.42B	1.57B	1.59B	1.71B	1.93B	2.36B	2.36B	3.02B	3.73B	3.78B	4.11B	4.15B	4.79B	4.02B	4.75B	5.37B
Cash	28.47M	68.08M	44.04M	65.12M	128.93M	106.89M	160.09M	137.84M	140.24M	181.87M	25.27M	93.46M	130.53M	319.15M	136.40M	667.27M	821.84M	598.99M	573.58M	668.53M	723.35M	713.44M	739.19M	1.04B
Total Debt	131.30M	9.04M	201.56M	1.76M	9.60M	6.23M	19.76M	325.24M	269.21M	221.39M	130.95M	356.88M	304.29M	375.98M	376.43M	114.69M	33.28M	44.12M	599.47M	767.31M	332.00M	2.02B	935.09M	321.88M
Net Debt	102.83M	-59.04M	157.52M	-63.36M	-119.33M	-100.67M	-140.34M	187.40M	128.97M	39.52M	105.68M	263.42M	173.76M	56.83M	240.03M	-552.58M	-788.57M	-554.87M	25.89M	98.78M	-391.35M	1.30B	195.91M	-718.65M

Cash Flow

Currency: ZAR	2002-09-30	2003-09-30	2004-09-30	2005-09-30	2006-09-30	2007-09-30	2008-09-30	2009-09-30	2010-09-30	2011-09-30	2012-09-30	2013-09-30	2014-09-30	2015-09-30	2016-09-30	2017-09-30	2018-09-30	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30	2025-09-30

Currency: ZAR	2002-09-30	2003-09-30	2004-09-30	2005-09-30	2006-09-30	2007-09-30	2008-09-30	2009-09-30	2010-09-30	2011-09-30	2012-09-30	2013-09-30	2014-09-30	2015-09-30	2016-09-30	2017-09-30	2018-09-30	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30	2025-09-30
Operating Cash Flow	127.04M	235.90M	230.29M	505.72M	723.73M	446.36M	639.03M	492.88M	588.18M	622.39M	336.04M	170.97M	603.89M	651.22M	378.19M	1.05B	1.21B	979.84M	1.00B	676.43M	1.20B	-970.84M	1.39B	1.68B
Investing Cash Flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-382.64M	-185.82M	-160.75M	-145.26M	-254.71M	-615.98M	-580.98M	-241.34M	-179.19M	-339.29M	-77.41M	-239.96M
Financing Cash Flow	-14.71M	-133.69M	155.36M	-330.09M	-364.14M	-361.82M	-382.25M	-322.57M	-250.78M	-337.65M	-349.85M	-7.61M	-110.82M	-458.32M	-447.01M	-152.35M	-729.58M	-595.87M	-441.74M	-700.37M	-612.82M	180.86M	-821.81M	-430.22M
Capital Expenditure	54.14M	47.38M	142.23M	177.94M	297.51M	319.75M	264.74M	158.88M	222.37M	150.73M	209.27M	234.80M	394.98M	202.82M	174.00M	180.10M	357.94M	657.59M	455.98M	259.47M	280.83M	373.60M	265.56M	335.88M
Free Cash Flow	72.90M	188.52M	88.05M	327.77M	426.22M	126.62M	374.29M	334.01M	365.81M	471.66M	126.77M	-63.84M	208.91M	448.40M	204.19M	874.35M	856.71M	322.26M	548.33M	416.96M	917.06M	-1.34B	1.13B	1.34B
Dividends Paid	-	-	-	-	195.11M	240.82M	266.74M	266.19M	-	294.39M	319.92M	127.84M	160.64M	315.09M	373.14M	108.43M	726.45M	591.40M	164.96M	414.19M	456.69M	226.00M	-	284.87M
FCF to OCF	57.38%	79.91%	38.24%	64.81%	58.89%	28.37%	58.57%	67.77%	62.19%	75.78%	37.72%	-37.34%	34.59%	68.86%	53.99%	82.92%	70.53%	32.89%	54.60%	61.64%	76.56%	138.48%	80.77%	79.97%
Dividend Paid to FCF	-	-	-	-	45.78%	190.20%	71.26%	79.70%	-	62.42%	252.37%	-200.26%	76.90%	70.27%	182.74%	12.40%	84.80%	183.52%	30.08%	99.34%	49.80%	-16.81%	-	21.24%

Earnings

Report Date	May 17, 2020	Apr 29, 2021
EPS Estimate	5.00	5.00
EPS Actual	4.16	4.15
Surprise	-16.80%	-17.00%
Timing	After-hours	After-hours

Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap7.11B

Enterprise Value6.42B

Trailing P/E4.49

Forward P/E13.46

PEG Ratio103.52

Price / Sales0.30

Price / Book1.22

EPS40.95

Book Value154.52

Revenue (TTM)23.84B

Gross Profit (TTM)5.21B

EBITDA2.37B

Profit Margin6.67%

Operating Margin9.88%

Return on Equity29.68%

Return on Assets14.33%

Shares Outstanding38.68M

Shares Float23.25M

Beta0.16

Dividend Yield11.10%

Dividend Rate20.40

Payout Ratio26.86%

Dividends

20231×

590.00Jan 11, 2023

20222×

790.00Jun 8, 2022400.00Jan 12, 2022

20212×

300.00Jun 9, 2021775.00Jan 13, 2021

20201×

425.00Jan 15, 2020

20192×

475.00Jun 5, 20191050.00Jan 16, 2019

20182×

1000.00Jun 6, 2018875.00Jan 17, 2018

20172×

180.00Jun 7, 2017100.00Jan 18, 2017

20162×

390.00Jun 6, 2016575.00Jan 18, 2016

20152×

575.00Jun 8, 2015240.00Jan 19, 2015

20142×

200.00Jun 13, 2014222.00Jan 20, 2014

20131×

336.00Jan 14, 2013

20122×

336.00Jun 11, 2012505.00Jan 16, 2012

20112×

305.00Jun 10, 2011470.00Jan 17, 2011

20101×

290.00Jun 11, 2010