Astral

  • Market Cap: Mid Cap
  • Industry: Plastic Products - Industrial
  • ISIN: INE006I01046
  • NSEID: ASTRAL
  • BSEID: 532830
INR
1,492.90
-2.3 (-0.15%)
BSENSE

Sep 04, 03:30 PM

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  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Time Technoplast
Kingfa Science
Prince Pipes
Astral
Shaily Engineer.
Garware Hi Tech
Supreme Inds.
Finolex Inds.
Apollo Pipes
Jain Irrigation
Jai Corp

Why is Astral Ltd ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROE of 16.50%
2
The company is Net-Debt Free
3
Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 6.23% of over the last 5 years
4
Positive results in Jun 26
  • NET SALES(Latest six months) At Rs 3,666.50 cr has Grown at 20.51%
  • PAT(Latest six months) At Rs 337.58 cr has Grown at 29.64%
  • PBT LESS OI(Q) At Rs 150.00 cr has Grown at 48.96%
5
With ROE of 13.6, it has a Very Expensive valuation with a 10 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 5.87%, its profits have risen by 22.3% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 3.1
6
High Institutional Holdings at 35.2%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
7
With its market cap of Rs 39,844 cr, it is the second biggest company in the sector (behind Supreme Inds.)and constitutes 20.89% of the entire sector
  • Its annual Sales of Rs 6,785.40 are 9.80% of the industry
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Astral should be less than 10%
  2. 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
5.04%
0.17
30.18%
Sensex
-5.21%
-0.39
13.39%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
14.34%
EBIT Growth (5y)
6.23%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
20.49
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.17
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.17
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.70
Tax Ratio
26.53%
Dividend Payout Ratio
19.26%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
35.20%
ROCE (avg)
27.42%
ROE (avg)
16.50%
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
68
Industry P/E
33
Price to Book Value
9.96
EV to EBIT
48.87
EV to EBITDA
35.85
EV to Capital Employed
11.81
EV to Sales
5.86
PEG Ratio
3.07
Dividend Yield
0.27%
ROCE (Latest)
22.89%
ROE (Latest)
13.63%
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stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Sideways
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bearish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
No Trend
OBV
Mildly Bullish
No Trend
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

12What is working for the Company
NET SALES(Latest six months)

At Rs 3,666.50 cr has Grown at 20.51%

PBT LESS OI(Q)

At Rs 150.00 cr has Grown at 48.96%

PAT(Q)

At Rs 120.20 cr has Grown at 48.2%

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS(HY)

Highest at Rs 943.40 cr

-1What is not working for the Company
NO KEY NEGATIVE TRIGGERS
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Here's what is working for Astral

Profit Before Tax less Other Income (PBT) - Quarterly
At Rs 150.00 cr has Grown at 48.96%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term PBT trend is very positive

PBT less Other Income (Rs Cr)

Profit After Tax (PAT) - Quarterly
At Rs 120.20 cr has Grown at 48.2%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term PAT trend is very positive

PAT (Rs Cr)

Net Sales - Latest six months
At Rs 3,666.50 cr has Grown at 20.51%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (Rs Cr)

Cash and Cash Equivalents - Half Yearly
Highest at Rs 943.40 cr
in the last six half yearly periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents