Adcorp Holdings (JSE:ADR) Owner Earnings per Share (TTM): 0.10 (As of Feb. 2026)

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JSE:ADR Adcorp Holdings Ltd JSE:ADR
66 GF Score
Price R6.30
GF Value R4.60
Valuation Significantly Overvalued
! 3 Warning Signs
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What is Adcorp Holdings Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)?

Adcorp Holdings JSE:ADR +0.80% 66 Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 0.10 as of Feb. 2026. GuruFocus rates JSE:ADR with a GF Score™ of 66/100 and a GF Value™ of R4.60 (Significantly Overvalued). The stock has 3 warning signs investors should review. Among 551 Business Services companies, Adcorp Holdings ranks worse than 91.29% on this metric.

In 1986 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter, Warren Buffett defined owner earnings as follows:

"These represent (a) reported earnings plus (b) depreciation, depletion, amortization, and certain other non-cash charges...less (c) the average annual amount of capitalized expenditures for plant and equipment, etc. that the business requires to fully maintain its long-term competitive position and its unit volume (If the business requires additional working capital to maintain its competitive position and unit volume, the increment also should be included in (c))...Our owner-earnings equation does not yield the deceptively precise figures provided by GAAP, since (c) must be a guess - and one sometimes very difficult to make. Despite this problem, we consider the owner earnings figure, not the GAAP figure, to be the relevant item for valuation purposes - both for investors in buying stocks and for managers in buying entire businesses...All of this points up the absurdity of the 'cash flow' numbers that are often set forth in Wall Street reports. These numbers routinely include (a) plus (b) - but do not subtract (c)."

Adcorp Holdings's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) ended in Feb. 2026 was R0.10. It's Price-to-Owner-Earnings ratio for today is 63.


The historical rank and industry rank for Adcorp Holdings's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) or its related term are showing as below:

JSE:ADR' s Price-to-Owner-Earnings Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.76   Med: 3.78   Max: 66.99
Current: 60.78


During the past 13 years, the highest Price-to-Owner-Earnings ratio of Adcorp Holdings was 66.99. The lowest was 0.76. And the median was 3.78.


JSE:ADR's Price-to-Owner-Earnings is ranked worse than
91.29% of 551 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 12.21 vs JSE:ADR: 60.78

Adcorp Holdings's Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the six months ended in Feb. 2026 was R0.85. Its Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2026 was R1.36. It's PE Ratio (TTM) ratio for today is 4.63.

Adcorp Holdings's EPS without NRI for the six months ended in Feb. 2026 was R0.85. Its EPS without NRI for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2026 was R1.36. It's PE Ratio without NRI ratio for today is 4.63.


Be Aware

Assumption: Companies usually do not report maintenance capital expenditures and growth capital expenditures separately. Here we use estimated numbers and average them over 5 years. The method to estimate maintenance capital expenditures can be found in above part 4.

Note: GuruFocus' Change In Working Capital is provided by Morningstar. It is calculated by adding the items under "Change in operating assets and liabilities" (may refer to a different name for different company) section in Cash Flow Statement from original financial report. And it includes non-current parts of assets and liabilities.


Adcorp Holdings Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Related Terms


Adcorp Holdings Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Adcorp Holdings's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) 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.

Adcorp Holdings Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Chart

Adcorp Holdings Annual Data
Trend Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23 Feb24 Feb25 Feb26
Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)
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Adcorp Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24 Aug24 Feb25 Aug25 Feb26
Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) 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 -0.04 0.00 2.81 0.00 0.10

JSE:ADR vs KFY, RHI, TNET: Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Comparison

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Adcorp Holdings's Price-to-Owner-Earnings, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Owner-Earnings 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.


Adcorp Holdings Price-to-Owner-Earnings vs Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Adcorp Holdings's Price-to-Owner-Earnings distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Adcorp Holdings's Price-to-Owner-Earnings falls into.


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Adcorp Holdings Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Calculation

In 1986 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter, Warren Buffett defined owner earnings as follows:

"These represent (a) reported earnings plus (b) depreciation, depletion, amortization, and certain other non-cash charges...less (c) the average annual amount of capitalized expenditures for plant and equipment, etc. that the business requires to fully maintain its long-term competitive position and its unit volume. (If the business requires additional working capital to maintain its competitive position and unit volume, the increment also should be included in (c))...Our owner-earnings equation does not yield the deceptively precise figures provided by GAAP, since (c) must be a guess - and one sometimes very difficult to make. Despite this problem, we consider the owner earnings figure, not the GAAP figure, to be the relevant item for valuation purposes - both for investors in buying stocks and for managers in buying entire businesses...All of this points up the absurdity of the 'cash flow' numbers that are often set forth in Wall Street reports. These numbers routinely include (a) plus (b) - but do not subtract (c)."

To make it simple, then you will have:

Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) = (Net Income + Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization + Change In Deferred Tax - 5Y Average of Maintenance Capital Expenditure + Change In Working Capital) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)

Adcorp Holdings's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Calculation:

Last Year Average of Last 5 Years
Net Income 146
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization 70
Change In Deferred Tax 0
5Y Average of Maintenance Capital Expenditure 13
Change In Working Capital -192
Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) 107

1. Start with "Net Income" from income statement. Adcorp Holdings's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2026 was R146 Mil.

2. "Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization" is from cashflow statement. Adcorp Holdings's Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2026 was R70 Mil. This needs to be added back because company does not actually need to pay cash for it. It is a non-cash item.

3. Other non-cash charges usually include "Stock Based Compensation" and "Change In Deferred Tax":
However, to be conservative, GuruFocus will not add Stock Based Compensation back to net income. Adcorp Holdings's Change In Deferred Tax for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2026 was R0 Mil.

4. Average maintenance capital expenditure over a business/industry cycle: 5-Year Average Maintenance Capital Expenditure = R13 Mil

It is usually best to take a long-term average of maintenance capital expenditure. Ideally this would be as long as 10 years and include at least one economic downturn. However, since many companies do not have as long as 10-year history, here GuruFocus uses the latest 5 years data to do the calculation. To smooth out unusual years but reflect recent developments, we take an average of the 5 year maintenance capital expenditure.

The following shows how to get maintenance capital expenditure.

First, calculate the revenue change regarding to the previous year. If the revenue decreased from the previous year, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive).
Second, if the revenue increased from the previous year, then calculate the percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue.
Growth Capital Expenditure = Percentage of Property, Plant and Equipment as of corresponding Revenue * Revenue Increase
Third, calculate Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure.
If [Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure] was negative, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive).
If [Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure] was positive, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure.
Fourth, get the average of the 5 years maintenance capital expenditure.

Adcorp Holdings's 5-Year Average Maintenance Capital Expenditure = R13 Mil

5. "Change In Working Capital" is from cashflow statement. Adcorp Holdings's Change In Working Capital for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2026 was R-192 Mil.
Note: GuruFocus' Change in Working Capital is provided by Morningstar. It is calculated by adding the items under "Change in operating assets and liabilities" (may refer to a different name for different company) section in Cash Flow Statement from original financial report. And sometimes it includes non-current parts of assets and liabilities.

6. Adcorp Holdings's Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) for the months ended in Feb. 2026 was 107.301 Mil.

Adcorp Holdings's Onwer Earnings Per Share for Feb. 2026 is calculated as:

Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)
=( Net Income+Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization+Change In Deferred Tax
=( 146.107 +69.688+0
-5Y Avg of Maintenance CAPEX+Change In Working Capital )/Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
-12.89+-191.894)/107.301
=0.10

Price-to-Owner-Earnings=Current Price/Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)
=6.30/0.10
=63

* 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.

What does a Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) of 0.10 mean?
Adcorp Holdings (JSE:ADR) has a Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) of 0.10 as of Feb. 2026. Warren Buffett defined owner earnings as reported earnings plus depreciation less average maintenance capital expenditure. View historical data on Adcorp Holdings. According to the industry distribution chart, Adcorp Holdings ranks #503 out of 551 companies in the Business Services industry, placing it in the top 91.3%.
Is Adcorp Holdings' Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) too high?
Adcorp Holdings' current Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 0.10. The Business Services industry median Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 12.21. Adcorp Holdings' value of 0.10 is 99.2% below this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Adcorp Holdings ranks #503 out of 551 companies in the Business Services industry, which is in the bottom quartile relative to peers. Overall, Adcorp Holdings has a GF Score™ of 66/100 and is considered Significantly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Adcorp Holdings' Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) compare to KFY and RHI?
According to the Business Services industry distribution chart, Adcorp Holdings ranks #503 out of 551 companies for Owner Earnings per Share (TTM). This places Adcorp Holdings in the lower half of its industry. The industry median Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 12.21. Adcorp Holdings' value of 0.10 is 99.2% below this benchmark. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) for a Business Services company?
The median Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) among Business Services companies is 12.21, based on 551 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Adcorp Holdings's current Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) of 0.10 is 99.2% below the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) mean?
A high Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Warren Buffett defined owner earnings as reported earnings plus depreciation less average maintenance capital expenditure. View historical data on Adcorp Holdings. For the Business Services industry, the median Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 12.21 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Adcorp Holdings's current Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 0.10. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Adcorp Holdings stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Adcorp Holdings (JSE:ADR) is currently considered Significantly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is R4.60, compared to a current price of R6.30 — trading 37% above its estimated fair value. The current Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 0.10 and 99.2% below the Business Services industry median of 12.21. Adcorp Holdings' overall GF Score™ is 66/100 with 3 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) calculated?
Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Adcorp Holdings (JSE:ADR), the current Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 0.10 as of Feb. 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Is Adcorp Holdings (JSE:ADR) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Adcorp Holdings stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of R6.30 is trading 37% above its estimated GF Value™ of R4.60. GuruFocus considers Adcorp Holdings to be Significantly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for JSE:ADR:

  • Owner Earnings per Share (TTM): 0.10
  • GF Value™: R4.60 vs. price of R6.30 (37% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 66/100 with 3 warning signs
  • Industry Position: 99.2% below the Business Services median (#503 of 551)

No single metric tells the full story. See the JSE:ADR stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Adcorp Holdings Business Description

Address 102 Western Service Road, Adcorp Place, Gallo Manor Ext 6, Johannesburg, GT, ZAF, 2191
Adcorp Holdings Ltd is engaged in providing workplace solutions. The company renders services in the fields of permanent recruitment and flexible staffing sectors, professional IT services, as well as the provision of business process outsourcing, training, and financial services. Its operating segments are Contingent staffing, Professional Services, Business support. and Contingent staffing Australia. The geographical segments are South Africa and International.
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