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August 2026 · rev 1
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Company Atlas/Industrials/Astral
NSE: ASTRAL· IndustrialsNot in Aug top-30Mid cap

Astral

CPVC leader after a destocking year

Last close
₹1,375.00
29 Sept 2026 · reference
1D · 1M
+0.3% · −10.3%
price-only
Weight
1.0%
31 Jul 2026 · Aug rank —
Thesis review
8 Sep 2026
Why We Own, p53
Coverage owner: Research (per book); latest results Q Jun-26Buoyant AIF I Top 30 Holdings - Aug 2026.pdf · p1Buoyant_Why_We_Own_What_We_Own_Sep2026.pdf (portfolio as of 31 July 2026) · p53Screener ↗Tijori ↗NSE ↗
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What the company does

Astral · Building Products & Equipment

Astral Limited, a pioneer in polymer piping systems, introduced CPVC pipes in India in 1998. Known for quality and innovation, it has established itself as a trusted brand in the industry.

Full profile (Yahoo)

Astral Limited engages in the manufacture and marketing of pipes and fittings, water tanks, and adhesives and sealants in India and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Plumbing, and Paints and Adhesives. It offers plumbing pipes and fittings, sewerage and drainage pipes and fittings, agriculture pipes and fittings, cable protection system, industrial piping system, fire protection system, urban infrastructure, ancillary products, and column pipe; and roto moulding, blow moulded, loft, and anti-viral copper shield water tanks. It also provides bathware products comprising faucets, sanitarywares, cisterns, and showers; paints, such as interior and exterior emulsions, distempers, enamels, and primer and wall putty undercoats; adhesives and sealants, including epoxy, PVA, rubber, anaerobic tapes, silicone, acrylic, hybrid, instant, solvent, specialty, and industrial adhesives; specialized valves, such as compact true, single union, and industrial ball valves; construction chemicals comprising waterproofing, tile adhesives and grouts, surface protection, construction additives, and repair and rehabilitation products; and infrastructure products comprising drainage, cable protection, and PT duct systems; and specialised fittings, such as electrofusion, compression, PPR pipe fittings, integrated and mechanical clamp, integrated composite strap-on saddles, uPVC conduit fittings. The company was formerly known as Astral Poly Technik Limited and changed its name to Astral Limited in April 2021. Astral Limited was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Ahmedabad, India.

Sector (Yahoo)
Industrials
Industry (Yahoo)
Building Products & Equipment
Employees
4,899
Website
astralltd.com

Key people: Mr. Sandeep Pravinbhai Engineer (MD & Chairman of the Board) · Mr. Hiranand A. Savlani (CFO & Whole Time Director) · Ms. Jagruti Sandeep Engineer (Whole-Time Director) · Mr. Kairav S. Engineer (Whole Time Director) · Mr. Girish Bhanubhai Joshi (Whole Time Director) · Mr. Chintankumar Mahendrabhai Patel (Company Secretary & Compliance Officer)

Who are the competitors of Astral?

Astral major competitors are Supreme Industries, Finolex Industries, Prince Pipes&Fitting, Apollo Pipes, Prakash Pipes, Kriti Industries (I). Market Cap of Astral is ₹37,677 Crs. While the median market cap of its peers are ₹2,654 Crs.

Is Astral financially stable compared to its competitors?

Astral seems to be financially stable compared to its competitors.The probability of it going bankrupt or facing a financial crunch seem to be lower than its immediate competitors.

Snapshot and what to watch · Tijori · 18 Aug 2026
  • Astral makes pipes, fittings, tanks and bathware alongside paints and adhesives with mix shifting toward paints, adhesives and value-added plumbing
  • Q1 plumbing volume flat after 10-day April dispatch halt for SAP migration; July volumes up 40% per management
  • Plumbing carries profit at high-teens margins; adhesives trail guide while paint and bathware hover near break-even
  • Per management, growth with discipline via new geographies, products and distributors without sacrificing margins
  • CPVC resin integration and valve capacity adding; forward capex guided ₹300–350Cr
  • Near term turns on higher plant use and cost normalization; FY27 growth guided 20–25% at 16–18% plumbing margins
  • Demerger overhang lingers with management saying deferred while June scheme stays on record

Yahoo profile 23 Sept 2026 · Tijori 23 Sept 2026

Segments

Revenue mix and market share

Product Wise Break-Up
  • Plumbing66.6%
  • Paints & Adhesives33.4%
Location Wise Break-Up
  • India91.9%
  • Rest of the World8.1%
Operating Profit Break-Up
  • Plumbing87.8%
  • Paints & Adhesives12.2%
Asset Break-Up
  • Plumbing64.2%
  • Paints & Adhesives35.8%

Latest reported mix as compiled by Tijori from company disclosures; percentages of revenue.

Operating metrics

Company-reported KPIs (Tijori) · latest quarter

As the company reports them. They can differ from the ratio table on the Financials tab, which uses Tijori's own definitions (for example NIM on average total assets rather than on interest-earning assets); the Cross-check panel there lines both up.

Manufacturing Capacity - Adhesives1,02,958 MTPA 2026-03
Capacity Utilization - Plastic Pipes65.93 % 2024-03
Realization/Tonne - Plastic Pipes1,87,101.49 Rs/MT 2026-06
Manufacturing Capacity - Plastic Pipes3,34,040 MTPA 2024-03
Manufacturing Capacity - Water Tanks17,648 MTPA 2022-03
Quarterly Sales Volume - Plastic Pipes56,146 Tonnes 2026-06
EBIT / Tonne - Plastic Pipes29,993.23 Rs/Tonne 2026-06
Business model

How the company earns

Astral is India's second-largest plastic piping company (CPVC/PVC/PPR pipes and fittings, ~4.21 lakh MT pipes capacity, 5.97 lakh TPA total across divisions) and a leading CPVC brand, sold through 3,990+ distributors and 2.7 lakh+ dealers. Plumbing is ~66% of revenue (Q1FY27 Rs 1,050 cr of Rs 1,578 cr); the rest is adhesives & sealants in India (Resinova, Rs 326 cr) and the UK (Seal-It, Rs 121 cr), a young decorative paints business (Gem Paints, Rs 74.5 cr) and bathware. It is nearly debt-free (borrowings Rs 250 cr vs net worth Rs 4,058 cr) and has paid dividends for 19 consecutive years.

Economics and valuation note (book)

ICICI Sec: FY28E P/E of ~50x vs its historical average of ~80x (79.6x on FY26); stock still trades at 9.9x book (screener). EV/EBITDA n.m.; dividend yield 0.3%.

Competitive position · why this and not peers
Supreme IndustriesSupreme is cheaper (43.8x TTM vs 67.3x) and has higher ROE (15.8% vs 13.8%), but Astral is growing faster (Q1FY27 revenue +16%, PAT +52% vs Supreme Q1 PAT Rs 281 cr) and has larger non-pipe growth engines (adhesives, paints).
Prince PipesPrince is a pure-play with weaker brand pricing power: Q1FY27 volumes fell 7% and EBITDA margin was 13% vs Astral's flat volumes and 18.9% plumbing margin; Prince guides 11-13% margin vs Astral 16-18%.
Finolex IndustriesFinolex trades at 15.8x with 3.14%-style value optics but has 3.5% 5-yr sales CAGR, 8.6% ROE and is agri-PVC heavy (commodity exposure); Astral's CPVC/plumbing mix and 16% 5-yr sales CAGR justify the premium.
Segment economics

Reported revenue mix

Product Wise Break-Up

share of revenue, %
  • Plumbing
    66.6%
  • Paints & Adhesives
    33.4%
  • PVC Pipes
    0.0%

Share of revenue as disclosed in filings (Tijori normalisation). Segment profit measure: not disclosed in this source — segment EBIT/EBITDA/PBT are not shown rather than estimated. Eliminations and unallocated costs not available here.

Location Wise Break-Up

share of revenue, %
  • India
    91.9%
  • Rest of the World
    8.1%

Share of revenue as disclosed in filings (Tijori normalisation). Segment profit measure: not disclosed in this source — segment EBIT/EBITDA/PBT are not shown rather than estimated. Eliminations and unallocated costs not available here.

Operating Profit Break-Up

share of revenue, %
  • Plumbing
    87.8%
  • Paints & Adhesives
    12.2%

Share of revenue as disclosed in filings (Tijori normalisation). Segment profit measure: not disclosed in this source — segment EBIT/EBITDA/PBT are not shown rather than estimated. Eliminations and unallocated costs not available here.

Asset Break-Up

share of revenue, %
  • Plumbing
    64.2%
  • Paints & Adhesives
    35.8%

Share of revenue as disclosed in filings (Tijori normalisation). Segment profit measure: not disclosed in this source — segment EBIT/EBITDA/PBT are not shown rather than estimated. Eliminations and unallocated costs not available here.

Industry cycle

Industrials chapter

Industrials — 4.8%: stock-specific ideas inside a sector we are cautious on

The house is cautious on the capex complex — defence, railways, capital goods, renewables — not because the businesses are poor but because the valuations already discount years of order-book growth and the retail ownership is crowded. That caution is not a ban. The strategy is sector-agnostic and stock-selective, and four of our industrial positions are exactly that: L&T is the one large-cap engineering franchise whose multiple (28x FY28E) is below its growth (order book ₹7.8 lakh crore, +27% YoY; inflow guidance 10–12%) because the market treats it as a cyclical; Astral is a building-products compounder that sold off with PVC prices; Indo-MIM is the world's largest metal-injection-moulding company and a new listing; Dilip Buildcon is a road contractor at 20x FY28E where the balance-sheet repair is done and the bid pipeline is not. The macro backdrop is supportive at the margin: central capex is ₹12.2 lakh crore in FY27 (+11%), 28% of it already spent in the first months versus 24.5% last year, capital-goods order inflows are up 15–20%, the NHAI awarding target is 4,500 km with a ₹1.4 lakh crore bid pipeline, and manufacturing capacity utilisation at 74–78% is around the level at which private machinery capex historically begins. We would rather own the executors of that spend at reasonable prices than the order-book multiples of defence and railway names.

Datapoints the team can quote
  • Union Budget FY27 central capex ₹12.2 lakh cr (+11% vs FY26 RE); 28% spent by early FY27 vs 24.5% last year; fiscal deficit 4.3% — PIB; DEA
  • Capital-goods order inflows +15–20% YoY in Q1FY27; ABB India order intake +50%; BHEL order book ~₹2.6 lakh cr — Company releases
  • NHAI FY27 awarding target 4,500 km (3,100 km awarded); bid pipeline ₹1.4 lakh cr (Jul-26); road InvIT AUM ₹3.17 lakh cr; FY26 toll collections +14.4% — NHAI; MoRTH
  • Manufacturing capacity utilisation 74.3% (Q2FY26 OBICUS), above long-run average; the ~78% private-capex trigger is in sight — RBI OBICUS; DEA
  • Pipe industry volumes −9–10% YoY in Q1FY27 on PVC price volatility and destocking; MIP on Chinese PVC pipes implemented — Astral/Prince calls, Aug-2026
What we deliberately do not own

We own no defence (HAL, BEL, BDL: 40–60x for government-monopsony order books), no railways (RVNL, IRFC, Titagarh) and no renewables (Suzlon, Inox Wind, Waaree) — great businesses for an extended period, but the valuations and investor faith are extreme. Among capital-goods bellwethers, ABB, Siemens and Cummins at 50–70x price a private-capex boom that machinery data (26% of GFCF) does not yet confirm. Bharat Forge is a good company at 40x with a defence premium; we prefer RK Forgings (Autos) for the same end-markets at a cyclical trough. Supreme Industries is owned only in AIF I; in the PMS Astral is the pipes expression.

Market position

Market share (where tracked)

Adhesives - Market Share4.70 %as of Mar 23
Adhesives - Market Share in UK2.40 %as of Mar 23
PVC Pipes - Market Share9.60 %as of Mar 23
Water Tanks - Market Share0.86 %as of Mar 22
Sector datapoints

From the one-pager

  • Indian pipe industry volumes declined 9-10% YoY in Q1FY27 (Apr-Jun 2026) on PVC price volatility and channel destocking after the temporary suspension of PVC import duty till June 2026 (Astral/Prince Q1FY27 calls).
  • DGTR recommended anti-dumping duty of up to ~$339/t on PVC suspension resin from China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and the US (Nov-2024); as of Nov-2025 the Ministry of Finance had not notified it and BIS standards on PVC resin were withdrawn…
  • Domestic PVC resin prices were Rs 66-67/kg (RIL) vs import parity Rs 61-62/kg in Nov-2025, after a Rs 6/kg decline in the quarter (Nuvama, 21-Nov-2025).
  • Government has implemented a minimum import price (MIP) on Chinese PVC pipes, reducing polymer-driven volatility for domestic pipe makers (Astral Q1FY27 call, Aug-2026).