Astral Foods Limited

JSE:ARL Stock Report

Market Cap: R7.4b

Astral Foods Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 1/6

Astral Foods's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -19.8%, while the Food industry saw earnings declining at 7.4% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 9.5% per year. Astral Foods's return on equity is 15.8%, and it has net margins of 3.7%.

Key information

-19.8%

Earnings growth rate

-19.6%

EPS growth rate

Food Industry Growth3.9%
Revenue growth rate9.5%
Return on equity15.8%
Net Margin3.7%
Last Earnings Update30 Sep 2024

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Astral Foods makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

JSE:ARL Revenue, expenses and earnings (ZAR Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Sep 2420,4807532,6170
30 Jun 2420,0642672,5890
31 Mar 2419,649-2192,8940
31 Dec 2319,450-3662,7510
30 Sep 2319,251-5122,2740
30 Jun 2319,561292,4380
31 Mar 2319,8705702,6020
31 Dec 2219,6028112,6190
30 Sep 2219,3341,0522,6360
30 Jun 2218,5879172,5470
31 Mar 2217,8417812,4590
31 Dec 2116,8536202,2940
30 Sep 2115,8664582,1280
31 Mar 2114,3163901,9760
31 Dec 2014,1244641,9590
30 Sep 2013,9325371,9420
30 Jun 2013,9416011,9140
31 Mar 2013,7796451,8650
31 Dec 1913,6326441,8070
30 Sep 1913,4856441,7490
30 Jun 1913,3198421,7230
31 Mar 1913,1531,0401,6960
31 Dec 1813,0661,2351,7100
30 Sep 1812,9791,4311,7230
30 Jun 1813,1011,4071,7160
31 Mar 1813,2231,3831,7080
31 Dec 1712,8201,0721,6220
30 Sep 1712,4177601,5370
30 Jun 1712,1714851,4420
31 Mar 1711,9262091,3480
31 Dec 1611,9402911,3340
30 Sep 1611,9543731,3200
30 Jun 1611,6445331,7120
31 Mar 1611,3346922,1030
31 Dec 1511,3007351,7500
30 Sep 1511,2667781,3980
30 Jun 1510,9626791,2480
31 Mar 1510,6575811,0980
31 Dec 1410,1304591,0980
30 Sep 149,6023381,0980
30 Jun 149,2963081,0240
31 Mar 148,9902789490
31 Dec 138,7492439490

Quality Earnings: ARL has a large one-off gain of ZAR221.3M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 30th September, 2024.

Growing Profit Margin: ARL became profitable in the past.

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: ARL's earnings have declined by 19.8% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: ARL has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: ARL has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Food industry (20.9%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: ARL's Return on Equity (15.8%) is considered low.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/20 16:19
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/09/30

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Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
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Market Prices30 years
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Ownership10 years
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Management10 years
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Key Developments10 years
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Analyst Sources

Astral Foods Limited is covered by 7 analysts. 1 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