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Astoria Investment Ltd. Astral Foods Ltd.
AST AST
ISIN: MU0499N00015 SHORT: ASTORIA CODE: ARA ISIN: ZAE000029757 SHORT: ASTRAL CODE: ARL
REG NO: 1297585 C1/GBL FOUNDED: 2015 LISTED: 2015 REG NO: 1978/003194/06 FOUNDED: 2001 LISTED: 2001
NATURE OF BUSINESS: Astoria is a global investment company which NATURE OF BUSINESS: Astral is South Africa’s leading integrated
inward listed on the JSE in November 2015. The objective of the company poultryproducer. Astralwasestablished andlistedinApril2001 onthe JSE
is to deliver a sustained, strong compound growth in value per share in after Tiger Brands Ltd. unbundled its agricultural operations. The Group
USD. The company investsin global, high quality equities, niche fundsand holds investments in companies, with their primary activities in animal
private equity. feed pre-mixes, manufacturing of animal feeds, broiler genetics, the
SECTOR: AltX production and sale of day-old broiler chicks and hatching eggs, integrated
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 0 breeder and broiler production operations, abattoirs and the sale and
DIRECTORS: Botha C (ind ne), De Chasteigner Du MéeCJ(ne, Mau), distribution of various key brands.
JorgensenCJ(ind ne), Rosevear D (alt), ViljoenPG(ne), Hardy N SECTOR:ConsStaples—Food,Beverage&Tobacco—FoodProducers—Farmers
F (Chair, ind ne, Mau), Schweizer D (CFO) NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 11 461
MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 31 Dec 2023 DIRECTORS: Cupido A (ind ne), Fouché D (ld ind ne), Mayet S (ind ne),
Calibre International Investment Holdings 9.90% Potgieter W F (ind ne), Shabangu T M (ind ne), Eloff Dr T (Chair, ind ne),
Calibre Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd. 9.90% Arnold G D (CEO), Schutte C E (CEO)
Seneca Investments (Pty) Ltd. 8.90% MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 04 Nov 2024
POSTAL ADDRESS: 3rd Floor, La Croisette, Grand Baie, Mauritius Government Employees Pension Fund 23.71%
MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/ARA Astral Operations Ltd. 9.53%
COMPANY SECRETARY: Clermont Consultants (MU) Ltd. POSTAL ADDRESS:PostnetSuite#78, PrivateBagX153, Bryanston,2021
TRANSFER SECRETARY: JSE Investor Services (Pty) Ltd. MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/ARL
DESIGNATED ADVISOR: Questco Corporate Advisory (Pty) Ltd. COMPANY SECRETARY: Leonie Marupen
AUDITORS: Ernst & Young Mauritius TRANSFER SECRETARY: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.
SPONSOR: Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking
CAPITAL STRUCTURE AUTHORISED ISSUED
ARA Ords USD2.166c ea - 62 062 275 AUDITORS: PwC Inc.
CAPITAL STRUCTURE AUTHORISED ISSUED
DISTRIBUTIONS [USDc] ARL Ords 1c ea 75 000 000 42 922 235
Ords USD2.166c ea Ldt Pay Amt
Special No 1 24 Mar 20 30 Mar 20 8.63 DISTRIBUTIONS [ZARc]
Share Premium No 2 24 Mar 20 30 Mar 20 21.69 Ords 1c ea Ldt Pay Amt
Final No 43 14 Jan 25 20 Jan 25 520.00
LIQUIDITY: Jan25 Avg 157 908 shares p.w., R1.3m(13.2% p.a.)
Final No 42 10 Jan 23 16 Jan 23 590.00
FINA 40 Week MA ASTORIA
LIQUIDITY: Jan25 Avg 529 910 shares p.w., R87.1m(64.2% p.a.)
1259
FOOD 40 Week MA ASTRAL
1016 27320
773 24160
531 21000
288
17840
45 14680
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
FINANCIAL STATISTICS 11520
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
(Amts in USD’000) Sep 24 Dec 23 Dec 22 Dec 21 Dec 20
Quarterly Final Final Final Final FINANCIAL STATISTICS
Turnover 1 1 191 3 747 898 103 (R million) Sep 24 Sep 23 Sep 22 Sep 21 Sep 20
Op Inc 2 438 - 1 747 11 560 8 937 3 640 Final Final(rst) Final Final Final(rst)
NetIntPd(Rcvd) - - - - 1 Turnover 20 480 19 251 19 334 15 866 13 932
Att Inc 2 440 - 1 784 11 170 8 861 3 629 Op Inc 1 125 - 621 1 440 711 813
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NetIntPd(Rcvd)
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57
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TotCompIncLoss 2 440 - 1 784 11 170 8 862 3 629
Tot Curr Ass 317 1 075 774 1 226 1 197 Minority Int 753 - - 512 - 1 068 2 473 1 556 5
Att Inc
Ord SH Int 50 352 44 504 46 288 35 323 26 461 TotCompIncLoss 738 - 539 1 107 472 513
Tot Curr Liab 200 198 183 188 87
Fixed Ass 3 125 3 153 3 003 2 943 2 947
PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share) Tot Curr Ass 5 611 5 446 4 890 4 189 3 535
HEPS-C (ZARc) 70.62 - 58.77 323.76 230.66 94.74 Ord SH Int 4 752 4 019 4 786 4 149 4 107
NAV PS (ZARc) 1 401.08 1 454.00 1 405.57 992.30 682.78 Minority Int - - - 12 15
3 Yr Beta 0.69 0.67 - 5.99 - 8.67 - 5.88 LT Liab 950 805 1 136 1 105 1 146
Price High 950 1 200 900 1 259 1 259 Tot Curr Liab 3 395 4 286 2 516 2 558 2 063
Price Low 706 710 440 370 45 PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)
Price Prd End 900 910 760 500 1 259 HEPS-C (ZARc) 1 920.00 - 1 324.00 2 726.00 1 194.00 1 404.00
RATIOS DPS (ZARc) 520.00 - 1 380.00 700.00 775.00
Ret on SH Fnd 19.38 - 4.01 24.13 25.09 13.71 NAV PS (ZARc) 12 363.94 10 450.05 12 464.68 10 760.41 10 608.00
Oper Pft Mgn 243 800.00 - 146.68 308.51 995.21 3 533.98 3 Yr Beta 0.33 0.26 0.15 0.34 0.27
Current Ratio 1.59 5.43 4.23 6.52 13.76 Price High 19 172 20 549 22 166 18 530 22 252
Price Low 13 127 13 176 13 234 11 079 12 029
Price Prd End 18 906 13 700 19 318 17 643 13 153
RATIOS
Ret on SH Fnd 15.84 - 12.74 22.37 11.38 13.61
Oper Pft Mgn 5.49 - 3.23 7.45 4.48 5.83
D:E 0.36 0.63 0.24 0.36 0.28
Current Ratio 1.65 1.27 1.94 1.64 1.71
Div Cover 3.77 - 2.02 1.75 1.85
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