Why is Astral Ltd ?
1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROE of 17.96%
2
Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at 0 times
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 10.5 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 -0.81%, its profits have fallen by -2.1%
5
High Institutional Holdings at 34.75%
- These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
6
Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years
- Along with generating -0.81% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed BSE500 in each of the last 3 annual periods
7
With its market cap of Rs 40,373 cr, it is the second biggest company in the sector (behind Supreme Inds.)and constitutes 22.32% of the entire sector
- Its annual Sales of Rs 6,161.50 are 9.33% 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, Low Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Astral
-0.81%
-0.03
29.33%
Sensex
7.07%
0.61
11.53%
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
18.47%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
34.75%
ROCE (avg)
28.66%
ROE (avg)
17.96%
Valuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
77
Industry P/E
38
Price to Book Value
10.47
EV to EBIT
56.19
EV to EBITDA
40.02
EV to Capital Employed
11.29
EV to Sales
6.37
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
0.25%
ROCE (Latest)
19.88%
ROE (Latest)
13.49%
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Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Mildly Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bullish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bearish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
OBV
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish






