Consumer Staples / Farm ProductsUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Fair value pending

Upside to midpoint

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Based on latest report

Confidence

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Data quality and model convergence

Market cap

9.3B

Johannesburg Stock Exchange

Market data

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Current market quote for this ticker.

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E6.8

P25 7.6P50 11.8P75 14.9

Trailing P/E10.7

P25 9.8P50 13.9P75 22.5

ROE17.3

P25 8.4P50 15.8P75 21.8

ROIC18.1

P25 8.2P50 10.7P75 16.2

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Indicator catalog

All JSE/ARL market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

240

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Currency

ZAR

Showing 240 of 240 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Country	South Africa
Country code	ZA
Employees	12,995
Employees Change	702%
Employees Change Percent	5.71
Enterprise value	ZAc 8.6B
Exchange	Johannesburg Stock Exchange
Financial currency	ZAR
First seen	2026-05-10
Industry	Farm Products
Isin	ZAE000029757
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	ZAc 9.3B
Price	ZAc 24,200
Price currency	ZAc
Rev Per Employee	2,028,077.92x
Sector	Consumer Staples
Sic	2015
Symbol	jse/ARL
Website	https://www.astralfoods.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	9.4%
EV Earnings	9.82x
EV/EBIT	7.4x
EV/EBITDA	5.78x
EV/FCF	6.37x
EV/Sales	0.38x
FCF yield	14.49%
Forward P/E	6.76x
P/B ratio	1.73x
P/E ratio	10.72x
P/S ratio	0.41x
PE Ratio10 Y	21.95x
PE Ratio3 Y	12.21x
PE Ratio5 Y	39.17x
PEG ratio	0.42x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	5.14%
EBITDA Margin	6.18%
FCF margin	5.97%
Gross margin	17.38%
Gross Profit	ZAc 3.9B
Gross Profit Growth	28.04%
Gross Profit Growth Q	56.99%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	23.77%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	3.59%
Net Income	ZAc 876.4M
Net Income Growth	16.4%
Net Income Growth Q	74.55%
Net Income Growth Quarters	1%
Net Income Growth Years	2%
Net Income Growth5 Y	8.95%
Pretax Margin	5.36%
Profit Margin	3.87%
Profit Per Employee	ZAc 78,579
Profitable Years	2
ROA	7.89
Roa5y	4.89
ROCE	17.55
ROE	17.31
Roe5y	11.5
ROIC	18.06
Roic5y	9.74

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	12.3%
Cagr15y	9.7%
Cagr1y	47%
Cagr20y	10.45%
Cagr3y	15.8%
Cagr5y	14.67%
Div CAGR10	-0.44%
Div CAGR3	-7.28%
Div CAGR5	7.26%
EPS Growth	16.4
EPS Growth Q	74.54
EPS Growth Quarters	1
EPS Growth Years	2
EPS Growth5 Y	8.95
FCF Growth	19.66%
FCF Growth Q	59.83%
FCF Growth3 Y	133.5%
OCF Growth	20.27%
OCF Growth Q	59.3%
OCF Growth10 Y	4.62%
OCF Growth3 Y	57.34%
Revenue Growth	10.45x
Revenue Growth Q	17.59x
Revenue Growth Quarters	4x
Revenue Growth Years	2x
Revenue Growth3 Y	4.8x
Revenue Growth5 Y	2.63x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	ZAc 2.46
Assets	ZAc 9.3B
Cash	ZAc 1B
Current Assets	ZAc 5.7B
Current Liabilities	ZAc 2.7B
Debt	ZAc 321.9M
Debt EBITDA	ZAc 0.22
Debt Equity	ZAc 0.06
Debt FCF	ZAc 0.24
Equity	ZAc 5.4B
Interest Coverage	26.06
Liabilities	ZAc 4B
Long Term Assets	ZAc 3.7B
Long Term Liabilities	ZAc 1.2B
Net Cash	ZAc 718.7M
Net Cash By Market Cap	ZAc 7.71
Net Debt EBITDA	ZAc -0.51
Net Debt Equity	ZAc -0.13
Net Debt FCF	ZAc -0.53
Tangible Book Value	ZAc 5.2B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	ZAc 136
WACC	5.27

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	2.09
Inventory Turnover	7.04
Net Working Capital	ZAc 2B
Quick ratio	1.15
Working Capital	ZAc 2.9B
Working Capital Turnover	ZAc 8.72

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-0.17%
Dividend Growth	111.54%
Dividend Growth Years	1%
Dividend per share	ZAc 11
Dividend Years	2
Dividend Yield	4.55%
Ex Div Date	2026-01-14
Last Dividend	ZAc 8.8
Payout Frequency	Semi-Annual
Payout Ratio	32.5%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	218.8%
1Y total return	46.96%
200-day SMA	23,750.4
3Y total return	55.31%
50-day SMA	25,655
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	98.22%
All Time High	33,519
All Time High Change	-27.8%
All Time High Date	2018-04-09
All Time Low	775
All Time Low Change	3,022.58%
All Time Low Date	2001-04-09
ATR	667.3
Beta	0.16
Beta1y	-0
Beta2y	0.16
Ch YTD	-9.26
High	24,367
High52	28,466
High52 Date	2026-02-09
High52ch	-14.99%
Low	24,062
Low52	16,763
Low52 Date	2025-07-16
Low52ch	44.37%
Ma50ch	-5.67%
Price vs 200-day SMA	1.89%
RSI	38.1
RSI Monthly	59.71
RSI Weekly	45.35
Sharpe ratio	1.48x
Sortino ratio	2.76
Total Return	4.37%
Tr YTD	-6.2
Tr15y	300.7%
Tr1m	-3.54%
Tr1w	-0.14%
Tr3m	-13.65%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Operating Income	ZAc 1.2B
Operating Income Growth	105.7
Operating Income Growth Q	203.2
Operating Income Growth5 Y	10.67
Operating margin	5.14

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	23,122,607%
Net Borrowing	-105,413,000
Shares Insiders	0.38%
Shares Institutions	73.35%
Shares Out	38,526,940
Shares Qo Q	0%

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	ZAc 1.4B
Average Volume	90,445.1x
Bv Per Share	139.5
CAPEX	ZAc -326.3M
Ch10y	95.02
Ch15y	87.96
Ch1m	-3.54
Ch1w	-0.14
Ch1y	40.53
Ch20y	150.1
Ch3m	-13.65
Ch3y	44.23
Ch5y	62.85
Ch6m	9.57
Change	-0.71%
Change From Open	0.2
Close	24,373
Days Gap	-0.91
Depreciation Amortization	234,998,000
Dollar Volume	395,355,400
Earnings Date	2026-05-18
EBIT	ZAc 1.2B
EBITDA	ZAc 1.4B
EPS	ZAc 22.57
F Score	7
FCF	ZAc 1.4B
FCF EV Yield	15.7x
FCF Per Share	ZAc 35.06
Financing CF	-430,219,000
Fiscal Year End	September
Founded	2,001
Goodwill	120,536,000
Graham Number	26720.7845
Graham Upside	10.42
Income Tax	ZAc 335M
Investing CF	-239,962,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Last Earnings Date	2026-02-06
Last Report Date	2025-09-30
Lynch Fair Value	ZAc 20,370
Lynch Upside	-15.83
Ma150	25,293.6
Ma150ch	-4.32%
Ma20	24,857
Ma20ch	-2.64%
Net CF	999,580,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-05-18
Open	24,151
P FCF Ratio	6.9
P OCF Ratio	5.56
Payment Date	2026-01-19
Position In Range	45.25
Ppne	3,521,250,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	ZAc 6.67
Ptbv Ratio	1.79
Relative Volume	0.18x
Revenue	22,619,153,000x
Tax By Revenue	1.48x
Tax Rate	27.66%
Tr20y	630.42%
Tr6m	13.26%
Volume	16,337
Z Score	5.11

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Next action

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Income

JSE/ARL dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+4.5%

$11.0 annual per share

Payout ratio

+32.5%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+7.3%

1 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+4.4%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-01-14

Performance

JSE/ARL stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns JSE/ARL?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+73.4%

Share of float held by funds and institutions

Insider ownership

+0.4%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Short interest

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Float sold short by bearish positioning

Y/Y dilution

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Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

JSE/ARL momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

38.1

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+1.9%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.16

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

1.48

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

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