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JSE – AST Profile’s Stock Exchange Handbook: 2025 – Issue 2
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: The Group holds investments in companies,
inward listed on the JSE in November 2015. The objective of the company with their primary activities in animal feed pre-mixes, manufacturing of
is to deliver a sustained, strong compound growth in value per share in animal feeds, broiler genetics, the production and sale of day-old broiler
USD. The company investsin global, high quality equities, niche fundsand chicks and hatching eggs, integrated breeder and broiler production
private equity. operations,abattoirsandthesaleanddistributionofvariouskey brands.
SECTOR: AltX SECTOR:ConsStaples—Food,Beverage&Tobacco—FoodProducers—Farmers
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 0 NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 12 293
DIRECTORS: Botha C (ind ne), De Chasteigner Du MéeCJ(ne, Mau), DIRECTORS: Fouché D (ld ind ne), Mayet S (ind ne), Potgieter W F (ind ne),
JorgensenCJ(ind ne), Rosevear D (alt), ViljoenPG(ne), Hardy N F Shabangu T M (ind ne), van Heerden F G, Eloff Dr T (Chair, ind ne), Arnold
(Chair, ind ne, Mau), Schweizer D (CFO) GD(COO),FerreiraDD(CFO)
MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 31 Dec 2024 MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 08 Apr 2025
Calibre International Investment Holdings 9.90% Government Employees Pension Fund 26.97%
Calibre Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd. 9.90% Astral Operations Ltd. 9.53%
Seneca Investments (Pty) Ltd. 6.70% Allan Gray (Pty) Ltd. 5.07%
POSTAL ADDRESS: 3rd Floor, La Croisette, Grand Baie, Mauritius POSTAL ADDRESS:PostnetSuite#78, PrivateBagX153, Bryanston,2021
MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/ARA MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/ARL
COMPANY SECRETARY: Clermont Consultants (MU) Ltd. COMPANY SECRETARY: Leonie Marupen
TRANSFER SECRETARY: JSE Investor Services (Pty) Ltd. TRANSFER SECRETARY: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.
DESIGNATED ADVISOR: Questco Corporate Advisory (Pty) Ltd. SPONSOR: Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking
AUDITORS: Ernst & Young Mauritius AUDITORS: PwC Inc.
CAPITAL STRUCTURE AUTHORISED ISSUED CAPITAL STRUCTURE AUTHORISED ISSUED
ARA Ords USD2.166c ea - 62 062 275 ARL Ords 1c ea 75 000 000 42 922 235
DISTRIBUTIONS [USDc] DISTRIBUTIONS [ZARc]
Ords USD2.166c ea Ldt Pay Amt Ords 1c ea Ldt Pay Amt
Special No 1 24 Mar 20 30 Mar 20 8.63 Final No 43 14 Jan 25 20 Jan 25 520.00
Share Premium No 2 24 Mar 20 30 Mar 20 21.69 Final No 42 10 Jan 23 16 Jan 23 590.00
LIQUIDITY: Apr25 Avg 134 738 shares p.w., R1.0m(11.3% p.a.) LIQUIDITY: Apr25 Avg 573 689 shares p.w., R97.2m(69.5% p.a.)
FINA 40 Week MA ASTORIA FOOD 40 Week MA ASTRAL
1259 27320
1016 24160
773 21000
531 17840
288 14680
45 11520
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
FINANCIAL STATISTICS FINANCIAL STATISTICS
(Amts in USD’000) Dec 24 Dec 23 Dec 22 Dec 21 Dec 20 (R million) Sep 24 Sep 23 Sep 22 Sep 21 Sep 20
Final Final Final Final Final Final Final(rst) Final Final Final(rst)
Turnover 910 1 191 3 747 898 103 Turnover 20 480 19 251 19 334 15 866 13 932
Op Inc - 10 454 - 1 747 11 560 8 937 3 640 Op Inc 1 125 - 621 1 440 711 813
NetIntPd(Rcvd) - - - - 1 NetIntPd(Rcvd) 101 76 15 49 57
Att Inc - 10 505 - 1 784 11 170 8 861 3 629 Minority Int - - 2 1 5
TotCompIncLoss - 10 505 - 1 784 11 170 8 862 3 629 Att Inc 753 - 512 1 068 473 556
Tot Curr Ass 408 1 075 774 1 226 1 197 TotCompIncLoss 738 - 539 1 107 472 513
Ord SH Int 38 474 44 504 46 288 35 323 26 461 Fixed Ass 3 125 3 153 3 003 2 943 2 947
Tot Curr Liab 204 198 183 188 87 Tot Curr Ass 5 611 5 446 4 890 4 189 3 535
PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share) Ord SH Int 4 752 4 019 4 786 4 149 4 107
HEPS-C (ZARc) - 317.60 - 58.77 323.76 230.66 94.74 Minority Int - - - 12 15
NAV PS (ZARc) 1 170.69 1 454.38 1 405.57 992.30 682.78 LT Liab 950 805 1 136 1 105 1 146
3 Yr Beta 0.73 0.67 - 5.99 - 8.67 - 5.88 Tot Curr Liab 3 395 4 286 2 516 2 558 2 063
Price High 970 1 200 900 1 259 1 259 PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)
Price Low 630 710 440 370 45 HEPS-C (ZARc) 1 920.00 - 1 324.00 2 726.00 1 194.00 1 404.00
Price Prd End 825 910 760 500 1 259 DPS (ZARc) 520.00 - 1 380.00 700.00 775.00
RATIOS NAV PS (ZARc) 12 363.94 10 450.05 12 464.68 10 760.41 10 608.00
Ret on SH Fnd - 27.30 - 4.01 24.13 25.09 13.71 3 Yr Beta 0.33 0.26 0.15 0.34 0.27
Oper Pft Mgn - 1 148.79 - 146.68 308.51 995.21 3 533.98 Price High 19 172 20 549 22 166 18 530 22 252
Current Ratio 2.00 5.43 4.23 6.52 13.76 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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