Capital Goods & Machinery · Miscellaneous Manufacturing · NSE: ASTRAL · data 2026-10-31
Astral Limited
In plain words
Price: 24.1% below its 52-week high of ₹1,768.7.
Delivery: 50.6% of traded shares were kept for delivery over the last 10 sessions, against 51.9% over the last 60.
A description of the data, not a recommendation.
Key figures
Growth
| Revenue (last 12 months) | ₹6,785 cr |
| Net profit (last 12 months) | ₹576 cr |
| Sales growth, 3 years (yearly) | 8.4% |
| Profit growth, 3 years (yearly) | 5.5% |
At a glance
Promoters 54.2% (unchanged in a year), pledged 0.0%, institutions 35.2%.
P/E 62.6, dividend yield 0.3%. Price relative to earnings and book value (low is cheaper, not better).
ROE 14.0%, ROCE 19.0%, operating margin 12.0%: how much profit it earns on the money it uses.
Debt/equity 0.06, Profit growth 5.5% and sales growth 8.4% a year over 3 years.
Ratings use fixed thresholds on the latest reported figures. They describe the numbers and are not a recommendation.
Strengths and limitations
- Virtually debt-free (debt/equity 0.1 or less).
- Expensive on earnings (P/E 62.6).
Picked automatically from the latest reported figures with fixed rules; check the company's filings before relying on them.
Smart-money activity
35/100 · Neutral over the last ~60 sessions, data 2026-10-30
- Delivery vs usual 0/30: Delivery 48.2% over the last 20 sessions vs 49.5% in the 40 before (0.97x); shares delivered per day 0.34x usual; 0 delivery-spike days (3x usual shares delivered, 40%+ delivery) in the last 20 sessions.
- Bulk/block deals 17/20: Net +₹774.64 cr bought in bulk/block deals over 90 days (14.56x a usual day's traded value); 1 net buying day, 0 net selling days.
- Insider / SAST buys 0/15: No insider buy or SAST acquisition filings in the last 90 days. Insider sells are not collected by the site, so only buy filings count.
- Mutual fund holding 11/15: 12 schemes hold it, about ₹1,745 cr in all (as of 2026-09-30). Latest monthly portfolios only (top 60 holdings per scheme); month-on-month change is not stored.
- Accumulation evidence 2/15: Verdict "Single spike", sustained score 6/100.
- Promoter pledges 5/5: No promoter pledge filings in 90 days.
A description of recorded activity (delivery, deals, insider buys, fund holding, pledges), not a recommendation. Today's most active stocks.
Story so far
● Deal ● Dividend
- 31 Aug 26Deal Bulk deal: BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS +1 net bought ₹774.64 cr -1.7% next session
- 14 Aug 26Dividend Dividend ₹2.5 (ex-date) -3.4% next session
- 11 Nov 25Dividend Dividend ₹1.5 (ex-date) +1.1% next session
- 14 Aug 25Dividend Dividend ₹2.25 (ex-date) +1.7% next session
- 14 Nov 24Dividend Dividend ₹1.5 (ex-date) -0.8% next session
From official exchange filings and NSE data. How the price moved after an event describes the past, not what comes next.
Shareholding trend
| Holder | Sept 2026 | Jun 2026 | Mar 2026 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Promoters | 54.22% | 54.22% | 54.22% | 54.22% |
| Foreign institutions (FII) | 11.09% | 13.89% | 14.50% | 15.21% |
| Domestic institutions (DII) | 24.13% | 21.31% | 21.29% | 19.54% |
| Mutual funds | 12.18% | 9.20% | 8.67% | 8.54% |
| Retail investors | 7.06% | 7.42% | 6.94% | 7.79% |
| Number of shareholders | 2,51,854 | 2,64,925 | 2,58,441 | 2,79,726 |
Common questions
How much do promoters hold in Astral Limited?
Promoters held 54.22% of Astral Limited at the end of Sept 2026, with 0.00% of promoter shares pledged.
Is Astral Limited debt-free?
Its latest reported debt-to-equity ratio is 0.06, which is very low.
What is Astral Limited's P/E ratio?
About 62.6, based on the last 12 months' earnings and a price of ₹1,341.9 (data 2026-10-31).
What is the 52-week high and low of Astral Limited?
The 52-week high is ₹1,768.7 and the 52-week low is ₹1,311.6.
Mutual funds holding Astral Limited
From the monthly portfolios of the fund houses the site reads, as of 2026-09-30. 12 schemes holding about ₹1,745 cr; funds that hold it outside their top holdings may not be listed.
| Scheme | Fund house | % of fund | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| SBI Aggressive Hybrid Fund | SBI Mutual Fund | 0.84% | ₹724 cr |
| SBI Large and Midcap Fund | SBI Mutual Fund | 0.68% | ₹275 cr |
| ADITYA BIRLA SUN LIFE FLEXI CAP FUND | Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund | 0.75% | ₹210 cr |
| ADITYA BIRLA SUN LIFE LARGE & MID CAP FUND | Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund | 2.32% | ₹130 cr |
| ADITYA BIRLA SUN LIFE MIDCAP FUND | Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund | 1.88% | ₹123 cr |
| ADITYA BIRLA SUN LIFE VALUE FUND | Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund | 1.60% | ₹107 cr |
| ADITYA BIRLA SUN LIFE CONSUMPTION FUND | Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund | 1.02% | ₹58 cr |
| NIPPON INDIA POWER & INFRA FUND | Nippon India Mutual Fund | 0.71% | ₹56 cr |
| ADITYA BIRLA SUN LIFE DIVIDEND YIELD FUND | Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund | 1.92% | ₹27 cr |
| ADITYA BIRLA SUN LIFE MANUFACTURING EQUITY FUND | Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund | 1.29% | ₹18 cr |
| SBI Long Term Advantage Fund - Series V | SBI Mutual Fund | 2.55% | ₹9 cr |
| SBI Long Term Advantage Fund - Series VI | SBI Mutual Fund | 3.32% | ₹8 cr |
Compared with similar companies
| Company | Price | Market cap | P/E | P/B | ROE | ROCE | Debt/eq. | 1-yr return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astral Limited | ₹1,341.9 | ₹35,932 cr | 62.6 | — | 14% | 19% | 0.06 | -8.4% |
| Supreme Industries Limited | ₹3,150 | ₹40,026 cr | 35.4 | 6.3 | 16.1% | 18.2% | 0.01 | -18.3% |
| Finolex Industries Limited | ₹137.16 | ₹8,513 cr | 13.8 | — | 9.7% | 9.5% | 0.07 | -28.5% |
| RHI Magnesita India Limited | ₹348.3 | ₹7,191 cr | — | — | -10.1% | 6.3% | 0.13 | -24.8% |
| Hawkins Cookers Limited | ₹7,593.5 | ₹4,019 cr | 29.6 | — | 31.7% | 38.1% | 0.07 | -0.1% |
| Borosil Ltd | ₹286.4 | ₹3,425 cr | 48.9 | — | 8.8% | 8.8% | 0.17 | -16.9% |
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