Why is Astral Ltd ?
1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROE of 17.96%
2
The company is Net-Debt Free
3
Flat results in Dec 25
- ROCE(HY) Lowest at 18.16%
4
With ROE of 13.5, it has a Very Expensive valuation with a 11.3 Price to Book Value
- The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
- Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 21.72%, its profits have fallen by -2.1%
5
High Institutional Holdings at 35.79%
- These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
- Their stake has increased by 1.04% over the previous quarter.
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Market Beating Performance
- The stock has generated a return of 21.72% in the last 1 year, much higher than market (BSE500) returns of 4.81%
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With its market cap of Rs 41,039 cr, it is the second biggest company in the sector (behind Supreme Inds.)and constitutes 22.51% of the entire sector
- Its annual Sales of Rs 6,161.50 are 9.35% of the industry
How much should you hold?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Astral should be less than 10%
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Plastic Products - Industrial should be less than 30%
(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Plastic Products - Industrial)
When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock
Is Astral for you?
Medium Risk, High Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Astral
21.72%
0.73
29.95%
Sensex
-3.33%
-0.25
13.43%
Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
18.14%
EBIT Growth (5y)
12.58%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
30.08
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.16
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.08
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.71
Tax Ratio
25.45%
Dividend Payout Ratio
19.26%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
35.79%
ROCE (avg)
28.66%
ROE (avg)
17.96%
Valuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
83
Industry P/E
37
Price to Book Value
11.31
EV to EBIT
60.73
EV to EBITDA
43.25
EV to Capital Employed
12.20
EV to Sales
6.88
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
0.24%
ROCE (Latest)
19.88%
ROE (Latest)
13.49%
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Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bullish
Dow Theory
No Trend
No Trend
OBV
Mildly Bearish
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