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Astral Foods (JSE:ARL) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 59.77 (As of Jun. 25, 2024)


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What is Astral Foods Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-06-25), Astral Foods's share price is R160.00. Astral Foods's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was R2.68. Hence, Astral Foods's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 59.77.

The historical rank and industry rank for Astral Foods's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

JSE:ARL' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.8   Med: 13.22   Max: 59.77
Current: 59.77

During the past 13 years, Astral Foods's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 59.77. The lowest was 5.80. And the median was 13.22.

JSE:ARL's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
86.21% of 1160 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 15.43 vs JSE:ARL: 59.77

Astral Foods's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Mar. 2024 was R14.44. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was R2.68.

During the past 13 years, Astral Foods's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 87.70% per year. The lowest was -28.00% per year. And the median was 18.85% per year.


Astral Foods Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Astral Foods's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Astral Foods Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Astral Foods Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 17.71 9.32 16.43 8.18 -

Astral Foods Semi-Annual Data
Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 8.18 - - -

Competitive Comparison of Astral Foods's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Farm Products subindustry, Astral Foods's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Astral Foods's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Astral Foods's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Astral Foods's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Astral Foods Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Astral Foods's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=160.00/2.677
=59.77

Astral Foods's Share Price of today is R160.00.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Astral Foods's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was R2.68.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Astral Foods  (JSE:ARL) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Astral Foods (JSE:ARL) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
13 Thunderbolt Lane,, Lanseria Corporate Estate, Lanseria Ext 26, Lanseria, GT, ZAF, 1748
Astral Foods Ltd is an integrated poultry producer operating under several brands. It supplies different poultry needs in Africa. The activities are divided into two operating segments. The poultry segment comprises the sale of poultry-related products for human consumption as well as day-old broilers, hatching eggs and day-old parent stock. The Feed segment comprises the sale of a wide range of specialized feed products for commercially farmed animal species. The majority of revenue is generated from the poultry segment. The company has multiple processing facilities to get the poultry to ready-to-eat form and manufacture vitamin and mineral feed additives.