Astral Foods Limited

BST:A9U Stock Report

Market Cap: €353.8m

Astral Foods Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Astral Foods' CEO is Gary Arnold, appointed in Feb 2025, has a tenure of less than a year. total yearly compensation is ZAR16.37M, comprised of 32.3% salary and 67.7% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.055% of the company’s shares, worth €193.29K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 5.2 years and 9.5 years respectively.

Key information

Gary Arnold

Chief executive officer

R16.4m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage32.30%
CEO tenureless than a year
CEO ownership0.05%
Management average tenure5.2yrs
Board average tenure9.5yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Gary Arnold's remuneration changed compared to Astral Foods's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 30 2024R16mR5m

R753m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

R267m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

-R219m

Dec 31 2023n/an/a

-R366m

Sep 30 2023R7mR5m

-R512m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

R29m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

R570m

Dec 31 2022n/an/a

R811m

Sep 30 2022R11mR5m

R1b

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

R917m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

R781m

Dec 31 2021n/an/a

R620m

Sep 30 2021R7mR4m

R458m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

R390m

Dec 31 2020n/an/a

R464m

Sep 30 2020R9mR4m

R537m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

R601m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

R645m

Dec 31 2019n/an/a

R644m

Sep 30 2019R11mR4m

R644m

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

R842m

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

R1b

Dec 31 2018n/an/a

R1b

Sep 30 2018R10mR4m

R1b

Compensation vs Market: Gary's total compensation ($USD897.78K) is about average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD963.69K).

Compensation vs Earnings: Gary's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Gary Arnold (52 yo)

less than a year

Tenure

R16,370,000

Compensation

Mr. Gary Desmond Arnold, BSc Agric (Hons), MSc Agric, MBA, PrSciNat, serves as Chief Executive Officer at Astral Foods Limited since February 01, 2025. He had been Group Chief Operating Officer since Octob...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Gary Arnold
CEO & Executive Directorless than a yearR16.37m0.055%
€ 193.3k
Johan Andries Ferreira
CFO & Executive Director2.3yrsR15.51mno data
Gideon Jordaan
Human Resources Executive5.8yrsR9.54mno data
Christiaan Schutte
Strategic Advisorless than a yearR30.77m0.27%
€ 939.6k
Michael Schmitz
Managing Director of Feed8.3yrsR13.80mno data
Leonie Marupen
Group Company Secretary5.2yrsR1.95mno data
Louis Vermaas
Sales Executiveno datano datano data
Braam Spies
Group Credit Manager13.5yrsno datano data

5.2yrs

Average Tenure

52yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: A9U's management team is seasoned and experienced (5.2 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Gary Arnold
CEO & Executive Director13yrsR16.37m0.055%
€ 193.3k
Johan Andries Ferreira
CFO & Executive Director2.2yrsR15.51mno data
Theunis Eloff
Independent Non-Executive Chairman18yrsR1.30m0.0030%
€ 10.6k
Saleh Mayet
Independent Non-Executive Director5.8yrsR559.00k0.0026%
€ 9.2k
Tshepo Shabangu
Independent Non-Executive Director11.8yrsR859.00k0.0031%
€ 11.0k
Diederik Fouche
Lead Independent Non-Executive Director9.5yrsR1.08m0.025%
€ 88.1k
Willem Potgieter
Independent Non-Executive Director5.8yrsR605.00k0.0052%
€ 18.4k

9.5yrs

Average Tenure

67yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: A9U's board of directors are considered experienced (9.5 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/12 10:30
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/09 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/09/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Astral Foods Limited is covered by 7 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Samantha NaickerAbsa Bank Limited
Victor DimaArqaam Capital Research Offshore S.A.L.
Niel VenterBofA Global Research