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Canaf Investments (TSXV:CAF) Profitability Rank : 8 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Canaf Investments Profitability Rank?

Canaf Investments has the Profitability Rank of 8. It has a higher profitability and may stay that way.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

Canaf Investments's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 5.00%. As of today, Canaf Investments's Piotroski F-Score is 9999.


Competitive Comparison of Canaf Investments's Profitability Rank

For the Coking Coal subindustry, Canaf Investments's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank 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.


Canaf Investments's Profitability Rank Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Canaf Investments's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Canaf Investments's Profitability Rank falls into.



Canaf Investments Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Canaf Investments has the Profitability Rank of 8. It has a higher profitability and may stay that way.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Canaf Investments's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Jan. 2024 ) / Revenue (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=0.481 / 9.616
=5.00 %

* 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.

2. Piotroski F-Score

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Canaf Investments has an F-score of 9999. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

Good Sign:

Canaf Investments Inc operating margin is expanding. Margin expansion is usually a good sign.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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Canaf Investments (TSXV:CAF) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1111 Melville Street, Suite 1100, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6E 3V6
Canaf Investments Inc is a Canadian company that owns and operates a coal processing plant in South Africa that processes coal and coal products into calcine, a coke substitute with high carbon content. The company, through its subsidiaries, produces calcined anthracite used in the manufacturing process of steel and manganese. The company operates in two reportable segments are Canada and South Africa, out of which the majority of revenue comes from South Africa.
Executives
Monita Faris Director