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JSE – AST Profile’s Stock Exchange Handbook: 2024 – Issue 4
DIRECTORS: Cupido A (ind ne), Fouché D (ld ind ne), Mayet S (ind ne),
Astoria Investment Ltd. PotgieterWF(ind ne), ShabanguTM(ind ne), Eloff Dr T
(Chair, ind ne), Schutte C E (CEO), Arnold G D (MD)
AST
ISIN: MU0499N00015 SHORT: ASTORIA CODE: ARA MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 12 Sep 2024
REG NO: 1297585 C1/GBL FOUNDED: 2015 LISTED: 2015 Public Investment Corporation (SOC) Ltd. 26.37%
NATUREOFBUSINESS:Astoriaisaglobalinvestmentcompanywhichinward Government Employees Pension Fund 17.90%
listedontheJSEinNovember2015.Theobjectiveofthecompanyistodelivera Truffle Asset Management (Pty) Ltd. 10.48%
sustained, strong compound growth in value per share in USD. The company POSTAL ADDRESS:PostnetSuite#78, PrivateBagX153, Bryanston,2021
invests in global, high quality equities, niche funds and private equity. MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/ARL
SECTOR: AltX COMPANY SECRETARY: Leonie Marupen
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 0 TRANSFER SECRETARY: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.
DIRECTORS: Botha C (ind ne), De Chasteigner Du MéeCJ(ne, Mau), SPONSOR: Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking
JorgensenCJ(ind ne), Rosevear D (alt), ViljoenPG(ne), AUDITORS: PwC Inc.
Hardy N F (Chair, ind ne, Mau), Schweizer D (CFO)
MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 31 Dec 2023 CAPITAL STRUCTURE AUTHORISED ISSUED
Calibre International Investment Holdings 9.90% ARL Ords 1c ea 75 000 000 42 922 235
Calibre Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd. 9.90% DISTRIBUTIONS [ZARc]
Seneca Investments (Pty) Ltd. 8.90% Ords 1c ea Ldt Pay Amt
POSTAL ADDRESS: 3rd Floor, La Croisette, Grand Baie, Mauritius Final No 42 10 Jan 23 16 Jan 23 590.00
MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/ARA Interim No 41 7 Jun 22 13 Jun 22 790.00
COMPANY SECRETARY: Clermont Consultants (MU) Ltd.
TRANSFER SECRETARY: JSE Investor Services (Pty) Ltd. LIQUIDITY: Oct24 Avg 515 931 shares p.w., R81.9m(62.5% p.a.)
DESIGNATED ADVISOR: Questco Corporate Advisory (Pty) Ltd. FOOD 40 Week MA ASTRAL
AUDITORS: Ernst & Young Mauritius
24977
CAPITAL STRUCTURE AUTHORISED ISSUED
ARA Ords USD2.166c ea - 62 062 275 22153
DISTRIBUTIONS [USDc]
19329
Ords USD2.166c ea Ldt Pay Amt
Special No 1 24 Mar 20 30 Mar 20 8.63 16505
Share Premium No 2 24 Mar 20 30 Mar 20 21.69
13681
LIQUIDITY: Oct24 Avg 154 579 shares p.w., R1.2m(13.0% p.a.)
FINA 40 Week MA ASTORIA 10856
2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024
3472
FINANCIAL STATISTICS
(R million) Mar 24 Sep 23 Sep 22 Sep 21 Sep 20
2786
Interim Final Final Final Final(rst)
Turnover 10 362 19 251 19 334 15 866 13 932
2101
Op Inc 550 621 1 440 711 813
1416 NetIntPd(Rcvd) 69 76 15 49 57
Minority Int - - 2 1 5
730
Att Inc 355 360 1 068 473 556
TotCompIncLoss 367 - 539 1 107 472 513
45
2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024
Fixed Ass 3 155 3 153 3 003 2 943 2 947
NOTES: AstoriaInvestmentLtd.underwentaShareConsolidationona2.16583 Tot Curr Ass 5 267 5 446 4 890 4 189 3 535
for 1 basis under the new ISIN MU0499N00015 on 2 September 2020.
Ord SH Int 4 379 4 019 4 786 4 149 4 107
FINANCIAL STATISTICS Minority Int - - - 12 15
(Amts in USD’000) Sep 24 Dec 23 Dec 22 Dec 21 Dec 20 LT Liab 900 805 1 136 1 105 1 146
Quarterly Final Final Final Final Tot Curr Liab 3 516 4 286 2 516 2 558 2 063
Turnover 1 1 191 3 747 898 103
Op Inc 2 438 - 1 747 11 560 8 937 3 640 PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)
NetIntPd(Rcvd) - - - - 1 HEPS-C (ZARc) 884.00 - 1 324.00 2 726.00 1 194.00 1 404.00
Att Inc 2 440 - 1 784 11 170 8 861 3 629 DPS (ZARc) - - 1 380.00 700.00 775.00
TotCompIncLoss 2 440 - 1 784 11 170 8 862 3 629 NAV PS (ZARc) 11 392.86 10 450.05 12 464.68 10 760.41 10 608.00
Tot Curr Ass 317 1 075 774 1 226 1 197 3 Yr Beta - 0.26 0.15 0.34 0.27
Ord SH Int 50 352 44 504 46 288 35 323 26 461 Price High 16 400 20 549 22 166 18 530 22 252
Tot Curr Liab 200 198 183 188 87 Price Low 13 355 13 176 13 234 11 079 12 029
Price Prd End 14 179 13 700 19 318 17 643 13 153
PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share) RATIOS
HEPS-C (ZARc) 70.62 - 58.77 323.76 230.66 94.74
Ret on SH Fnd 16.21 8.95 22.37 11.38 13.61
NAV PS (ZARc) 1 401.08 1 454.00 1 405.57 992.30 682.78 Oper Pft Mgn 5.31 3.23 7.45 4.48 5.83
3 Yr Beta 0.69 0.67 - 5.99 - 8.67 - 5.88 D:E 0.40 0.63 0.24 0.36 0.28
Price High 950 1 200 900 1 259 1 259 Current Ratio 1.50 1.27 1.94 1.64 1.71
Price Low 706 710 440 370 45 Div Cover - - 2.02 1.75 1.85
Price Prd End 900 910 760 500 1 259
RATIOS
Ret on SH Fnd 19.38 - 4.01 24.13 25.09 13.71
Oper Pft Mgn 243 800.00 - 146.68 308.51 995.21 3 533.98
Current Ratio 1.59 5.43 4.23 6.52 13.76
Astral Foods Ltd.
AST
ISIN: ZAE000029757 SHORT: ASTRAL CODE: ARL
REG NO: 1978/003194/06 FOUNDED: 2001 LISTED: 2001
NATURE OF BUSINESS: Astral is South Africa’s leading integrated
poultryproducer. Astralwasestablished andlistedinApril2001 onthe JSE
after Tiger Brands Ltd. unbundled its agricultural operations. The Group
holds investments in companies, with their primary activities in animal
feed pre-mixes, manufacturing of animal feeds, broiler genetics, the
production and sale of day-old broiler chicks and hatching eggs, integrated
breeder and broiler production operations, abattoirs and the sale and
distribution of various key brands.
SECTOR:ConsStaples—Food,Beverage&Tobacco—FoodProducers—Farmers
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 11 461
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