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Astral Foods Limited (ARL.JO)

ZAc20,851.00 +359.00 (+1.75%)
ZA JNB Consumer Defensive Agricultural Farm Products
Address 92 Koranna Avenue 157
Centurion, ZA
CEO Gary Desmond Arnold Agric
IPO 2000-03-06
ISIN ZAE000029757

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Also trades on Johannesburg Stock Exchange · ARL.JO (ZAc) Other OTC · ALFDF (USD)
Description

Astral Foods Limited functions as a vertically integrated poultry enterprise with operations spanning South Africa and international markets. The company is structured around three core divisions: Poultry, Feed, and Other Africa. Its poultry operations encompass breeding, the sale of day-old chicks and hatching eggs, broiler farming, abattoir management, and the full lifecycle of processing, marketing, and distribution of poultry products. Additionally, it manufactures feed for farmed animals and delivers laboratory analytical services to the animal feed sector. Its diverse product portfolio is marketed under brand names including Festive, Goldi, SupaStar, Mountain Valley, County Fair, National Chicks, Ross, Meadow, CAL, TigerChicks, Tiger Animal Feeds, Mozpintos, and National Chicks Swaziland. Founded in 2001, the company is headquartered in Centurion, South Africa.

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Merger & Acquisition History

No mergers or acquisitions recorded for this company.

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ZAc20,851.00 +359.00 (+1.75%)
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Liquidity & share structure
Average Volume
113.7K
Beta
0.15
Float Shares
38.49M
Free Float %
99.9%
Price Performance
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+3.77% +7.93% +2.90% -10.91% -2.36% -6.65% +30.36% +55.49% +78.78% +107.46% +255.67%
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Market Data

Price Targets & DCF
Current price
20,851.00
DCF (Unlevered) 75,738.19 +263.2%
DCF (Levered) 102,188.75 +390.1%

DCF figures are point estimates: small changes in growth or discount-rate assumptions move them materially. Read them as a reference, not a precise target.

Ratings Trend (MoM) 0% Bullish
Rating 2026-05 Change
Strong Buy 0 0
Buy 0 -1
Hold 1 0
Sell 0 0
Strong Sell 0 0
Quality scores
Altman Z-Score
8.14
Safe zone
Piotroski F-Score
7 / 9
Strong
MOAT Score
4 / 10
Developing
Composite Rating
S-
Overall Score
5 / 5
High
DCF Score
5 / 5
High
ROE Score
5 / 5
High
ROA Score
5 / 5
High
D/E Score
4 / 5
High
P/E Score
4 / 5
High
P/Book Score
3 / 5
Medium
Operational MOAT
✗ Below peers
  • Revenue growth Agricultural Farm Products: +8.2%
    +10.5% Q1'26: +15.3% (vs Q1'24)
  • EPS growth Agricultural Farm Products: +20.0%
    +16.4% Q1'26: +152.3% (vs Q1'24)
  • FCF margin FCF growth · Agricultural Farm Products: +43.8%
    +5.1% Q1'26: +4.2% (vs Q1'24)
  • EBIT margin Agricultural Farm Products: +8.1%
    +5.6% Q1'26: +9.9% (vs Q1'24)
  • ROIC Agricultural Farm Products: +6.0%
    +19.5% Q1'26: +67.5% (vs Q1'24)
  • Share dilution Agricultural Farm Products: +0.0%
    +0.0% Q1'26: +0.0% (vs Q1'24)
  • Debt / EBITDA Net debt/EBITDA · Agricultural Farm Products: 0.61×
    0.20× Q1'26: 0.05× (vs Q1'24)
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Market assumptions
WACC components (optional)
Ke (Cost of Equity) = Rf + β (0.16) × ERP
WACC = 97% × Ke + 3% × Kd (13.9%) × (1−t)

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Business assumptions
Intrinsic value (base): 75,738.19 Current price: 20,851.00
Enterprise Value: Equity Value: Terminal Value: TV as % of EV:

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Consensus Estimates
Metric Sep 2015
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Sep 2016
actual
Sep 2017
actual
Sep 2018
actual
Sep 2019
actual
Sep 2020
actual
Sep 2021
actual
Sep 2022
actual
Sep 2023
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Sep 2026
2 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Sep 2027
2 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Sep 2028
1 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Revenue
11.27B
est: 11.70B (-3.7%)
11.95B
est: 12.12B (-1.4%)
12.35B
est: 11.84B (+4.3%)
12.98B
est: 12.87B (+0.8%)
13.49B
est: 13.48B (+0.1%)
14.10B
est: 13.87B (+1.7%)
15.87B
est: 15.36B (+3.3%)
19.33B
est: 19.59B (-1.3%)
19.25B
est: 19.65B (-2.0%)
20.48B
est: 18.80B (+9.0%)
22.62B
est: 21.53B (+5.1%)
23.91B
23.39B – 24.42B
+11.1% YoY
25.26B
24.62B – 25.90B
+5.7% YoY
27.02B
26.39B – 27.66B
+7.0% YoY
EBITDA
1.27B
est: 674.48M (+87.8%)
697.76M
est: 698.39M (-0.1%)
1.24B
est: 682.64M (+81.0%)
2.15B
est: 741.93M (+189.9%)
1.10B
est: 776.78M (+41.6%)
1.23B
est: 799.62M (+53.9%)
1.14B
est: 885.32M (+28.6%)
1.77B
est: 1.13B (+56.7%)
-279.67M
est: 1.07B (-126.3%)
1.07B
est: 1.02B (+4.9%)
1.59B
est: 1.17B (+36.0%)
1.30B
1.27B – 1.32B
+11.1% YoY
1.37B
1.33B – 1.40B
+5.7% YoY
1.46B
1.43B – 1.50B
+7.0% YoY
EBIT
1.12B
est: 445.12M (+150.8%)
553.43M
est: 460.91M (+20.1%)
1.09B
est: 450.51M (+142.3%)
2.00B
est: 489.64M (+309.4%)
923.57M
est: 512.64M (+80.2%)
829.65M
est: 527.71M (+57.2%)
716.57M
est: 584.27M (+22.6%)
1.46B
est: 745.00M (+96.3%)
-589.91M
est: 734.38M (-180.3%)
843.90M
est: 702.53M (+20.1%)
1.26B
est: 804.50M (+56.1%)
893.56M
874.31M – 912.81M
+11.1% YoY
944.09M
920.19M – 967.98M
+5.7% YoY
1.01B
986.27M – 1.03B
+7.0% YoY
Net Income
778.13M
est: 737.84M (+5.5%)
372.97M
est: 318.16M (+17.2%)
754.41M
est: 706.61M (+6.8%)
1.43B
est: 1.47B (-2.8%)
643.65M
est: 571.96M (+12.5%)
556.27M
est: 600.23M (-7.3%)
472.50M
est: 421.81M (+12.0%)
1.07B
est: 909.28M (+17.5%)
-512.20M
est: -219.26M (-133.6%)
752.90M
est: 781.33M (-3.6%)
876.39M
est: 781.01M (+12.2%)
1.74B
1.69B – 1.79B
+122.8% YoY
1.36B
1.30B – 1.69B
-21.8% YoY
1.58B
1.53B – 1.63B
+16.2% YoY
SGA
686.57M
est: 1.21B (-43.3%)
725.88M
est: 1.25B (-42.1%)
719.96M
est: 1.23B (-41.3%)
878.93M
est: 1.33B (-34.1%)
987.38M
est: 1.40B (-29.2%)
1.23B
est: 1.44B (-14.4%)
1.39B
est: 1.59B (-12.6%)
2.64B
est: 2.03B (+30.0%)
2.30B
est: 2.02B (+13.5%)
1.79B
est: 1.93B (-7.6%)
1.90B
est: 2.22B (-14.1%)
2.46B
2.41B – 2.51B
+11.1% YoY
2.60B
2.53B – 2.67B
+5.7% YoY
2.78B
2.72B – 2.85B
+7.0% YoY
EPS
20.13
est: 19.00 (+5.9%)
9.64
est: 8.19 (+17.7%)
19.63
est: 18.20 (+7.9%)
36.91
est: 37.91 (-2.6%)
16.59
est: 14.73 (+12.6%)
14.35
est: 15.46 (-7.2%)
12.25
est: 10.86 (+12.8%)
27.45
est: 23.32 (+17.7%)
-13.33
est: -5.70 (-133.8%)
19.59
est: 20.12 (-2.6%)
22.76
est: 20.01 (+13.7%)
44.81
43.40 – 46.22
+123.9% YoY
38.43
33.43 – 43.43
-14.2% YoY
40.71
39.47 – 41.95
+5.9% YoY
Historical Ratings (3M)
Date Rating Overall DCF ROE ROA D/E P/E P/B
2026-05-25 S- 5/5 5/5 5/5 5/5 4/5 4/5 3/5
2026-05-22 A+ 4/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 3/5
2026-05-21 A+ 4/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 3/5
2026-05-20 A+ 4/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 3/5
2026-05-19 A+ 4/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 3/5
2026-05-18 A+ 4/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 3/5
2026-05-15 A+ 5/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-14 A+ 5/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-13 A+ 5/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-12 A+ 5/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-11 A+ 5/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-08 A+ 5/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-07 A+ 5/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-06 A+ 5/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-05 A+ 5/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-04 A+ 5/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-30 A+ 5/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-29 A+ 5/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-28 A+ 5/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-24 A+ 4/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-23 A 4/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 2/5 4/5 3/5
2026-04-22 A 4/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 2/5 4/5 3/5
2026-04-21 A 4/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 2/5 4/5 3/5
2026-04-20 A 4/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 2/5 4/5 3/5
2026-04-17 A 4/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 2/5 4/5 3/5
2026-04-16 A 4/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 2/5 4/5 3/5

Owner Earnings

Owner's Earnings (history) From To
Owner alignment
Owner's Earnings TTM
3.37B
OE per share TTM
86.85
Owner's Yield
35.11%
Maintenance CapEx ratio
6.84%
Maint CapEx / Avg PPE
18.2%

Ownership Overview

Ownership breakdown

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At a glance
Institutional holders
Total invested
Insider transactions (90d)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)

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Institutional ownership trend

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Top institutional holders

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ETF Ownership

Top ETFs holding this stock Held by 29 ETFs in our universe

Insider Activity

Insider Activity — Latest Quarter

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Insider history not available.

Recent insider transactions

No recent insider transactions.

Executive team

Top executives
EBIT / Employee
135.9K
Shares Outstanding
38.53M

Executive compensation

Executive compensation (annual)

Executive compensation not available.

CEO compensation breakdown

No CEO compensation history available.

Proxy statements

Proxy statements (DEF 14A)

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Recent SEC filings

Recent SEC filings

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Executive team

NameTitleCompensationGender
Gary Desmond Arnold Agric Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director 21M male
Gideon Johannes Geel Chief Financial Officer & Executive Director 16M male
Michael J. Schmitz Managing Director of Feed 12M male
Gideon Jordaan Human Resources Executive 8M male
Leonie Marupen Group Company Secretary 2M female
Louis Vermaas Sales Executive male
ESG Score History

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