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Astral Foods Ltd

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Consumer Staples Food Producers
  • Price (ZAX)27,525.00
  • Today's Change-473.00 / -1.69%
  • Shares traded121.75k
  • 1 Year change+57.71%
  • Beta0.2074
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About the company

Astral Foods Limited is an investment holding company. The Company is an integrated poultry producer, which is engaged in manufacturing of animal feeds, broiler genetics, production and sale of day-old broiler and hatching eggs, breeder and broiler production, abattoir and further processing operations and sales, and distribution of various poultry brands. It operates through two segments: Poultry and Feed. It has approximately four fully integrated broiler production, processing, distribution, sales and marketing operations with a combined processing capacity of approximately 6,200,000 processed broilers per week. Its business units include Festive, Goldi, Mountain Valley, County Fair, National Chicks, Ross 308, Meadow Feeds, Provimi SSA, CAL, Tiger Chicks and Tiger Animal Feeds. It has poultry operations in South Africa and Zambia, and feed mills in South Africa and Zambia.

  • Revenue in ZAR (TTM)22.62bn
  • Net income in ZAR876.39m
  • Incorporated1978
  • Employees9.31k
  • Location
    Astral Foods LtdLanseria Corporate Estate13 Thunderbolt Lane, Lanseria Ext 26JOHANNESBURG 1748South AfricaZAF
  • Phone+27 126675468
  • Fax+27 126676665
  • Websitehttps://www.astralfoods.com/
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Peer analysis

Key Information
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Libstar Holdings Ltd11.92bn-271.77m2.75bn----0.54979.260.2304-0.4561-0.527920.008.201.264.836.24---2.880.4583-3.690.567921.0321.81-2.280.41931.225.220.2996294.563.113.54-225.49---20.22-9.71
RFG Holdings Ltd8.14bn445.43m6.82bn3.40k15.391.748.710.83791.691.6930.7914.881.353.365.98--7.397.4910.5110.4724.9624.215.475.550.797711.420.14535.071.646.77-21.2615.5418.6628.17
Oceana Group Ltd10.00bn674.00m7.14bn3.42k9.800.85397.040.71445.625.6283.3064.440.72192.426.93--5.236.656.778.4327.7829.737.249.440.70494.490.29856.04-0.6563.77-39.11-2.39-1.08-6.22
RCL Foods Ltd26.49bn1.42bn8.18bn21.83k5.780.7783.890.30871.571.7929.4111.701.25--8.11--6.894.659.356.74----5.513.761.0572.790.167730.411.83-0.960519.65--2.8119.14
Astral Foods Ltd22.62bn876.39m12.02bn9.31k12.412.019.960.531322.5722.57582.46139.502.4614.4710.852,429,555.009.516.1514.229.5217.5316.243.872.701.7135.550.056539.9810.4510.1816.4010.28-6.367.26
Premier Group Ltd20.50bn1.36bn24.11bn7.63k18.684.4213.371.1810.0110.01150.8442.331.805.9210.73--11.966.8317.249.9035.0433.046.643.910.71269.200.2814--6.9812.4730.99--12.74--
Avi Ltd16.02bn2.43bn39.03bn9.11k15.847.1012.942.447.217.2147.5516.101.542.977.601,759,058.0023.3520.3236.2532.3542.6840.2915.1713.420.611815.690.323696.511.003.947.624.539.718.83
Tiger Brands Ltd34.39bn4.06bn58.77bn8.72k13.293.3411.621.7126.0024.46220.66103.531.283.518.143,943,585.0015.2811.5422.0316.1031.3229.3611.908.391.05--0.020369.442.682.9148.2322.574.8825.08
Data as of Feb 17 2026. Currency figures normalised to Astral Foods Ltd's reporting currency: South African Rand ZAR

Institutional shareholders

56.42%Per cent of shares held by top holders
HolderShares% Held
Public Investment Corporation (SOC) Ltd.as of 23 Jul 202510.28m23.94%
Truffle Asset Management (Pty) Ltd.as of 30 Oct 20254.49m10.46%
Peregrine Capital (Pty) Ltd.as of 28 Jan 20262.17m5.05%
Sanlam Investment Management (Pty) Ltd.as of 09 Sep 20252.12m4.95%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.as of 04 Feb 20261.54m3.59%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LPas of 05 Feb 2026966.88k2.25%
Wellington Management Co. LLPas of 31 Dec 2025866.52k2.02%
Norges Bank Investment Managementas of 30 Jun 2025805.33k1.88%
Ninety One SA (Pty) Ltd.as of 31 Dec 2025497.17k1.16%
36ONE Asset Management Pty Ltd.as of 31 Dec 2025481.01k1.12%
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