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WG Wearne (JSE:WEA) Net Cash per Share : R-1.15 (As of Aug. 2017)


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What is WG Wearne Net Cash per Share?

Net Cash per Share is calculated as Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities minus Total Liabilities minus Minority Interest and then divided by Shares Outstanding (EOP). WG Wearne's Net Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2017 was R-1.15.

The historical rank and industry rank for WG Wearne's Net Cash per Share or its related term are showing as below:

JSE:WEA's Price-to-Net-Cash is not ranked *
in the Building Materials industry.
Industry Median: 10.07
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Cash only.

WG Wearne Net Cash per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for WG Wearne's Net Cash per Share 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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WG Wearne Net Cash per Share Chart

WG Wearne Annual Data
Trend Feb08 Feb09 Feb10 Feb11 Feb12 Feb13 Feb14 Feb15 Feb16 Feb17
Net Cash per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1.44 -1.43 -1.37 -1.32 -1.21

WG Wearne Semi-Annual Data
Feb08 Aug08 Feb09 Aug09 Feb10 Aug10 Feb11 Aug11 Feb12 Aug12 Feb13 Aug13 Feb14 Aug14 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17
Net Cash per Share 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1.51 -1.32 -1.30 -1.21 -1.15

Competitive Comparison of WG Wearne's Net Cash per Share

For the Building Materials subindustry, WG Wearne's Price-to-Net-Cash, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Net-Cash 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.


WG Wearne's Price-to-Net-Cash Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, WG Wearne's Price-to-Net-Cash distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where WG Wearne's Price-to-Net-Cash falls into.



WG Wearne Net Cash per Share Calculation

In the calculation of a company's Net Cash per Share, assets other than cash and short term investments are considered to be worth nothing. But the company has to pay its debt and other liabilities in full. This is an extremely conservative way of valuation. Most companies have negative Net Cash per Share. But sometimes a company's price may be lower than its net-cash.

WG Wearne's Net Cash per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2017 is calculated as

Net Cash per Share (A: Feb. 2017 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities-Total Liabilities-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(0.64-331.255-0)/273.038
=-1.21

WG Wearne's Net Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2017 is calculated as

Net Cash per Share (Q: Aug. 2017 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities-Total Liabilities-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(0.492-314.406-0)/273.038
=-1.15

* 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.


WG Wearne  (JSE:WEA) Net Cash per Share Explanation

Ben Graham invested in situations where the company's stock price was lower than its net-cash. He assigned some value to the company's other current asset. The value is called Net Current Asset Value (NCAV). One research study, covering the years 1970 through 1983 showed that portfolios picked at the beginning of each year, and held for one year, returned 29.4 percent, on average, over the 13-year period, compared to 11.5 percent for the S&P 500 Index. Other studies of Graham's strategy produced similar results.

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WG Wearne (JSE:WEA) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
300 Acacia Road, Stonemill Office Park, P.O Box 1674, 3 Kiepersol House, Cresta, ZAF, 2118
WG Wearne Ltd is a supplier of materials and contracting services to the building and construction industry with a complete building material solution. The company is involved in various big construction projects such as the construction of Rand Afrikaans University, the Western Bypass, the Lesotho Highlands Water Scheme, Soccer City and FNB in Fairlands Johannesburg. It operates across South Africa with concentrated operations in Limpopo and Gauteng provinces. its products include sub base materials, concrete stone, road stone, dump rock, ballast stone, crusher sand, building sand, builders mix, plaster sand, generic concrete range, Wearne specialty concrete, high-performance concrete, base course materials and sub base materials.