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Capital Appreciation (JSE:CTA) EV-to-EBITDA : 5.83 (As of Jun. 01, 2025)


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What is Capital Appreciation EV-to-EBITDA?

EV-to-EBITDA is calculated as enterprise value divided by its EBITDA. As of today, Capital Appreciation's enterprise value is R1,702 Mil. Capital Appreciation's EBITDA for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was R292 Mil. Therefore, Capital Appreciation's EV-to-EBITDA for today is 5.83.

The historical rank and industry rank for Capital Appreciation's EV-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

JSE:CTA' s EV-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -109.69   Med: 4.47   Max: 88.63
Current: 5.83

During the past 9 years, the highest EV-to-EBITDA of Capital Appreciation was 88.63. The lowest was -109.69. And the median was 4.47.

JSE:CTA's EV-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
80.7% of 1917 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 13.58 vs JSE:CTA: 5.83

EV-to-EBITDA is a valuation multiple used in finance and investment to measure the value of a company. This important multiple is often used in conjunction with, or as an alternative to, the PE Ratio to determine the fair market value of a company.

As of today (2025-06-01), Capital Appreciation's stock price is R1.63. Capital Appreciation's Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was R0.125. Therefore, Capital Appreciation's PE Ratio (TTM) for today is 13.04.

The "classic" EV-to-EBITDA is much better in capturing debt and net cash than the PE Ratio (TTM).


Capital Appreciation EV-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Capital Appreciation's EV-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* 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.

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Capital Appreciation EV-to-EBITDA Chart

Capital Appreciation Annual Data
Trend Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
EV-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 1.00 3.67 6.38 7.25 3.52

Capital Appreciation Semi-Annual Data
Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24 Sep24
EV-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 7.25 - 3.52 -

Competitive Comparison of Capital Appreciation's EV-to-EBITDA

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Capital Appreciation's EV-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and EV-to-EBITDA 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.


Capital Appreciation's EV-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Capital Appreciation's EV-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Capital Appreciation's EV-to-EBITDA falls into.


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Capital Appreciation EV-to-EBITDA Calculation

Capital Appreciation's EV-to-EBITDA for today is calculated as:

EV-to-EBITDA=Enterprise Value (Today)/EBITDA (TTM)
=1702.312/292.144
=5.83

Capital Appreciation's current Enterprise Value is R1,702 Mil.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Capital Appreciation's EBITDA for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was R292 Mil.

* 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.


Capital Appreciation  (JSE:CTA) EV-to-EBITDA Explanation

EV-to-EBITDA is a valuation multiple used in finance and investment to measure the value of a company. This important multiple is often used in conjunction with, or as an alternative to, the PE Ratio (TTM) to determine the fair market value of a company.

Capital Appreciation's PE Ratio (TTM) for today is calculated as:

PE Ratio (TTM)=Share Price (Today)/Earnings per Share (Diluted) (TTM)
=1.63/0.125
=13.04

Capital Appreciation's share price for today is R1.63.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Capital Appreciation's Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was R0.125.

* 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.

Study has found that the companies with the lowest EV-to-EBITDA outperforms companies measured as cheap by other ratios such as PE Ratio (TTM).

Please read Which price ratio outperforms the enterprise multiple?


Capital Appreciation EV-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Capital Appreciation Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
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 Software division. All of its revenue is generated from South Africa.

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