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Capital Appreciation (JSE:CTA) Cash And Cash Equivalents : R486 Mil (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Capital Appreciation Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Capital Appreciation's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Sep. 2022 (R535.68 Mil) to Mar. 2023 (R494.86 Mil) but then stayed the same from Mar. 2023 (R494.86 Mil) to Sep. 2023 (R486.27 Mil).

Capital Appreciation's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Mar. 2021 (R538.32 Mil) to Mar. 2022 (R533.42 Mil) and declined from Mar. 2022 (R533.42 Mil) to Mar. 2023 (R494.86 Mil).


Capital Appreciation Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Capital Appreciation's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Capital Appreciation Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Capital Appreciation Annual Data
Trend Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Cash And Cash Equivalents
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Capital Appreciation Semi-Annual Data
Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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Capital Appreciation Cash And Cash Equivalents Calculation

Cash and cash equivalents are the most liquid assets on the balance sheet. Cash equivalents are assets that are readily convertible into cash, such as money market holdings, short-term government bonds or Treasury bills, marketable securities and commercial paper.


Capital Appreciation  (JSE:CTA) Cash And Cash Equivalents Explanation

A high number means either:

1) The company has competitive advantage generating lots of cash

2) Just sold a business or bonds (not necessarily good)

A low stockpile of cash usually means poor to mediocre economics.

There are 3 ways to create large cash reserve.

1) Sell new bonds or equity to public

2) Sell business or asset

3) It has an ongoing business generating more cash than it burns (usually means durable competitive advantage)

When a company is suffering a short term problem, Buffett looks at cash or marketable securities to see whether it has the financial strength to ride it out.

Important: Lots of cash and marketable securities + little debt = good chance that the business will sail on through tough times.

Test to see what is creating cash by looking at past 7 yrs of balance sheets. This will reveal how the cash was created.


Be Aware

Depreciation estimates make the calculation of net income susceptible to management's accounting choices. These choices can be either overly aggressive or overly conservative.


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Capital Appreciation (JSE:CTA) Business Description

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44 Saturn Crescent, Unit 2, Linbro Business Park, Sandton, Johannesburg, GT, ZAF, 2090
Capital Appreciation Ltd is a South Africa based company that owns, manages, invests in, and promotes established and developing financial technology enterprises, their platforms, solutions, products, and applications. The company operates in Fintech and Financial service sector. The company operates in three segments that include Payments and Payment Infrastructure Services and Software and Services, and an International Divison. The majority of the revenue is generated from the payments division. All of its revenue is generated from South Africa.

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