Ratings Astral Foods Limited

Equities

ARL

ZAE000029757

End-of-day quote Johannesburg S.E. Other stock markets 06:00:00 2024-04-25 pm EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
140.6 ^ZAR	+2.25%		-0.74%	-4.06%

Mar. 07	An unknown buyer acquired a 9.77% stake in Quantum Foods Holdings Ltd from Astral Foods Limited.	CI
Feb. 01	Astral Foods Limited Appoints Jai Ferreira as Director	CI

Summary

The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
The company presents an interesting fundamental situation from a short-term investment perspective.

Strengths

The equity is one of the most attractive in the market with regard to earnings multiple-based valuation.
The stock, which is currently worth 2024 to 0.28 times its sales, is clearly overvalued in comparison with peers.
The company's share price in relation to its net book value makes it look relatively cheap.
Given the positive cash flows generated by its business, the company's valuation level is an asset.
For the last 4 months, the company has been enjoying highly positive EPS revisions, which were frequently and significantly raised.
Historically, the company has been releasing figures that are above expectations.

Weaknesses

According to forecast, a sluggish sales growth is expected for the next fiscal years.
As a percentage of sales and without taking into account depreciation and amortization, the company has relatively low margins.
For the last twelve months, the trend in sales revisions has been clearly going down, which emphasizes downgraded expectations from the analysts.
Most analysts agree on a negative opinion with regard to the stock. Indeed, the average consensus issues recommendations to underperform or sell.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' consensus has been significantly revised downwards.

Ratings chart - Surperformance

Chart ESG Refinitiv

Sector: Food Processing

	1st Jan change	Capi.	ESG Refinitiv
ASTRAL FOODS LIMITED	-4.06%	287M	C+
TYSON FOODS, INC.	+12.80%	21.61B	C-
HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION	+10.00%	19.34B	A-
HENAN SHUANGHUI INVESTMENT & DEVELOPMENT CO.,LTD.	+1.09%	12.91B	B-
WH GROUP LIMITED	+15.67%	10.53B	B-
JBS S.A.	-8.03%	9.91B	C
PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION	+29.28%	8.47B	C
BRF S.A.	+26.36%	5.71B	A-
LDC	+6.43%	2.79B	-
MAPLE LEAF FOODS INC.	-3.76%	2.18B	B

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