Astral Foods Past Earnings Performance

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Astral Foods's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -21.8%, while the Food industry saw earnings growing at 1.9% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 10.2% per year.

Key information

-21.8%

Earnings growth rate

-21.6%

EPS growth rate

Food Industry Growth	3.9%
Revenue growth rate	10.2%
Return on equity	-12.7%
Net Margin	-2.7%
Next Earnings Update	20 May 2024

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown
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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)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	G+A Expenses
30 Sep 23	19,251	-512	2,608
30 Jun 23	19,561	29	2,605
31 Mar 23	19,870	570	2,602
31 Dec 22	19,602	811	2,619
30 Sep 22	19,334	1,052	2,636
30 Jun 22	18,587	917	2,547
31 Mar 22	17,841	781	2,459
31 Dec 21	16,853	620	2,294
30 Sep 21	15,866	458	2,128
31 Mar 21	14,316	390	1,976
31 Dec 20	14,124	464	1,959
30 Sep 20	13,932	537	1,942
30 Jun 20	13,941	601	1,914
31 Mar 20	13,779	645	1,865
31 Dec 19	13,632	644	1,807
30 Sep 19	13,485	644	1,749
30 Jun 19	13,319	842	1,723
31 Mar 19	13,153	1,040	1,696
31 Dec 18	13,066	1,235	1,710
30 Sep 18	12,979	1,431	1,723
30 Jun 18	13,101	1,407	1,716
31 Mar 18	13,223	1,383	1,708
31 Dec 17	12,820	1,072	1,622
30 Sep 17	12,417	760	1,537
30 Jun 17	12,171	485	1,442
31 Mar 17	11,926	209	1,348
31 Dec 16	11,940	291	1,334
30 Sep 16	11,954	373	1,320
30 Jun 16	11,644	533	1,712
31 Mar 16	11,334	692	2,103
31 Dec 15	11,300	735	1,750
30 Sep 15	11,266	778	1,398
30 Jun 15	10,962	679	1,248
31 Mar 15	10,657	581	1,098
31 Dec 14	10,130	459	1,098
30 Sep 14	9,602	338	1,098
30 Jun 14	9,296	308	1,024
31 Mar 14	8,990	278	949
31 Dec 13	8,749	243	949
30 Sep 13	8,509	208	949
30 Jun 13	8,425	207	956

Quality Earnings: ARL is currently unprofitable.

Growing Profit Margin: ARL is currently unprofitable.

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: ARL is unprofitable, and losses have increased over the past 5 years at a rate of 21.8% per year.

Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare ARL's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable

Earnings vs Industry: ARL is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Food industry (21.9%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: ARL has a negative Return on Equity (-12.74%), as it is currently unprofitable.

Astral Foods Past Earnings Performance

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Key information

Recent past performance updates

Astral Foods Limited to Report First Half, 2024 Results on May 20, 2024

Astral Foods Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Nov 20, 2023

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: R1.62 (vs R14.17 in 1H 2022)

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: R27.81 (vs R11.88 in FY 2021)

Astral Foods Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Nov 21, 2022

First half 2022 earnings released

Recent updates

Astral Foods Limited to Report First Half, 2024 Results on May 20, 2024

An unknown buyer acquired a 9.77% stake in Quantum Foods Holdings Ltd (JSE:QFH) from Astral Foods Limited (JSE:ARL).

Astral Foods Limited Appoints Jai Ferreira as Director

Astral Foods Limited Provides Earnings Guidance for the Six Months Ending March 31, 2024

Now 22% undervalued

Board Member recently sold R420k worth of stock

Astral Foods Limited, Annual General Meeting, Feb 01, 2024

Astral Foods Limited, Annual General Meeting, Feb 01, 2024

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

Astral Foods Limited Provides Earnings Guidance for the Financial Year Ended 30 September 2023

Astral Foods Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Nov 20, 2023

Astral Foods Limited Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year Ending 30 September 2023

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 19%

Peresec Prime Brokers (Pty) Ltd acquired an unknown minority stake in Astral Foods Limited.

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 52%, revenue upgraded

Price target decreased by 14% to R158

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: R1.62 (vs R14.17 in 1H 2022)

Astral Foods Limited Provides Earnings Guidance for the Six Months Ended March 31, 2023

CEO & Executive Director exercised options to buy R5.5m worth of stock.

Allan Gray on behalf of its client acquired an unknown stake in Astral Foods Limited (JSE:ARL).

Upcoming dividend of R5.90 per share

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: R27.81 (vs R11.88 in FY 2021)

Astral Foods Limited, Annual General Meeting, Feb 02, 2023

Consensus forecasts updated

Price target decreased to R199

Sanlam Investment Management (Pty) Limited on behalf of its client acquired unknown stake in Astral Foods Limited (JSE:ARL).

Astral Foods Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Nov 21, 2022

Price target increased to R207

Upcoming dividend of R7.90 per share

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 15%

Price target increased to R185

First half 2022 earnings released

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Astral Foods Limited Provides Earnings Guidance for the Six Month Period Ended 31 March 2022

Upcoming dividend of R4.00 per share

Price target increased to R180

Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS R11.89 (vs R14.35 in FY 2020)

Price target increased to R163

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Astral Foods Limited Provides Earnings Guidance Financial Year Ending 30 September 2021

Upcoming dividend of R3.00 per share

First half 2021 earnings released: EPS R5.92 (vs R9.51 in 1H 2020)

Astral Foods Limited Announces Resignation of Andrew Crocker as Executive Director, Effective 15 January 2021

Analysts update estimates

Price target lowered to R155

The clients of Allan Gray Proprietary Limited acquired an unknown stake in Astral Foods Limited (JSE:ARL).

New 90-day high: R149

Price target lowered to R173

Revenue beats expectations, earnings disappoint

Full year 2020 earnings released: EPS R14.35

New 90-day low: R122

Astral Foods Limited Announces Resignation of Andrew Crocker as Executive Director

New 90-day low: R122

CEO & Executive Director recently bought R231k worth of stock

Analysts update estimates

Astral Foods Limited (JSE:ARL) acquired unknown minority stake in Quantum Foods Holdings Ltd (JSE:QFH).

New 90-day low - R143

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