Astec Lifesciences Limited (IN:ASTEC)
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Rating:40Underperform
Price Target:
₹627.00
▼(-10.87% Downside)
Action:DowngradedDate:03/24/26
The score is driven primarily by weak financial performance (declining profitability, leverage risk, and negative cash generation). Technicals add downside bias due to a clear downtrend despite oversold readings, while valuation is constrained by losses and no provided dividend yield.
Positive Factors
Vertical integration across product chain
Astec operates across technical actives, intermediates and formulations, giving it vertical integration across the crop‑protection value chain. That structural positioning supports product‑mix flexibility, tighter production control and multiple revenue channels that persist beyond short cycles.
Negative Factors
Declining revenue and profitability
Revenue and gross profit have declined into negative net margins in recent years. Sustained top‑line contraction erodes scale advantages, compresses margins, reduces reinvestment capacity and makes achieving durable profitability more difficult without operational change or market recovery.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Vertical integration across product chain
Astec operates across technical actives, intermediates and formulations, giving it vertical integration across the crop‑protection value chain. That structural positioning supports product‑mix flexibility, tighter production control and multiple revenue channels that persist beyond short cycles.
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Astec Lifesciences Limited (ASTEC) vs. iShares MSCI India ETF (INDA)
Market Cap
₹14.70B
Dividend YieldN/A
Average Volume (3M)412.49K
Price to Earnings (P/E)―
Beta (1Y)1.48
Revenue Growth1.54%
EPS Growth-8.04%
CountryIN
Employees606
SectorBasic Materials
Sector Strength58
IndustryAgricultural Inputs
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)-7.00
Shares Outstanding22,282,238
10 Day Avg. Volume47,730
30 Day Avg. Volume412,490
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio-0.06
Price to Book (P/B)6.06
Price to Sales (P/S)3.73
P/FCF Ratio-47.04
Enterprise Value/Market CapN/A
Enterprise Value/RevenueN/A
Enterprise Value/Gross ProfitN/A
Enterprise Value/EbitdaN/A
Forecast
1Y Price TargetN/A
Price Target UpsideN/A
Rating ConsensusN/A
Number of Analyst Covering0
EPS Forecast (FY)12.7
Revenue Forecast (FY)₹6.66B
Astec Lifesciences Limited Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Astec LifeSciences Limited, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells agrochemicals active ingredients and pharmaceutical intermediates in India. It manufactures a range of fungicides, insecticides, herbicides, and inter...
How the Company Makes Money
Astec Lifesciences primarily makes money by selling agrochemical products across different points of the crop-protection value chain: (1) sale of active ingredients (technical) and key intermediates manufactured at its facilities to agrochemical c...
Astec Lifesciences Limited Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
35
Negative
Balance Sheet
45
Neutral
Cash Flow
30
Negative
| Breakdown | TTM | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 3.78B | 3.81B | 4.58B | 6.28B | 6.77B | 5.55B |
| Gross Profit | 1.12B | -685.16M | 1.33B | 2.27B | 2.86B | 2.10B |
| EBITDA | -150.01M | -662.07M | -2.69M | 893.14M | 1.65B | 1.19B |
| Net Income | -1.14B | -1.35B | -469.30M | 255.65M | 898.59M | 650.49M |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 8.83B | 8.81B | 9.75B | 9.79B | 8.97B | 6.78B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 96.91M | 8.55M | 16.47M | 27.54M | 33.44M | 15.42M |
| Total Debt | 3.67B | 5.55B | 4.94B | 3.41B | 2.79B | 1.87B |
| Total Liabilities | 4.69B | 6.46B | 6.05B | 5.60B | 5.00B | 3.68B |
| Stockholders Equity | 4.14B | 2.35B | 3.69B | 4.19B | 3.96B | 3.09B |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | -234.96M | -302.20M | -1.25B | -426.03M | -803.74M | -1.11B |
| Operating Cash Flow | -199.52M | -83.99M | 102.21M | 746.56M | 236.04M | -81.62M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -73.41M | -152.30M | -1.35B | -1.13B | -1.04B | -731.10M |
| Financing Cash Flow | 297.62M | 237.33M | 1.25B | 377.70M | 804.77M | 813.36M |
Astec Lifesciences Limited Technical Analysis
Positive
703.50
Price Trends
603.48
Positive
659.67
Positive
739.22
Negative
Market Momentum
-9.35
Negative
62.06
Neutral
51.92
Neutral
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For IN:ASTEC, the sentiment is Positive. The current price of 703.5 is above the 20-day moving average (MA) of 575.97, above the 50-day MA of 603.48, and below the 200-day MA of 739.22, indicating a neutral trend. The MACD of -9.35 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 62.06 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 51.92 is Neutral, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Positive sentiment for IN:ASTEC.
Astec Lifesciences Limited Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (61)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
66 Neutral | ₹13.04B | -28.19 | ― | 2.59% | -10.71% | -40.89% | |
61 Neutral | $10.43B | 7.12 | -0.05% | 2.87% | 2.86% | -36.73% | |
60 Neutral | ₹24.11B | 29.38 | ― | 0.97% | 5.74% | 16.06% | |
56 Neutral | ₹12.62B | 26.88 | ― | 0.24% | 10.70% | 32.65% | |
49 Neutral | ₹7.53B | -10.64 | ― | 0.39% | ― | ― | |
46 Neutral | ₹7.09B | -247.22 | ― | 0.34% | ― | ― | |
40 Underperform | ₹14.70B | -25.02 | ― | ― | 1.54% | -8.04% |
* Basic Materials Sector Average
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Astec Lifesciences Limited Corporate Events
Astec Lifesciences fully exits small solar SPV stake in Clean Max Andes
Mar 9, 2026
Astec Lifesciences Limited has exited its investment in Clean Max Andes Private Limited, a special purpose vehicle created with Clean Max Enviro Energy Solutions for group captive solar power generation, by selling its entire 26% equity stake. The...
Astec LifeSciences Files SEBI Demat Compliance Certificate for December Quarter
Jan 13, 2026
Astec LifeSciences Limited has informed the Indian stock exchanges that it has received a compliance certificate from its registrar and share transfer agent, Bigshare Services Pvt. Ltd., for the quarter ended 31 December 2025, confirming adherence...
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