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Capital Appreciation (JSE:CTA) PS Ratio : 1.50 (As of Mar. 28, 2025)


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What is Capital Appreciation PS Ratio?

The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. As of today, Capital Appreciation's share price is R1.40. Capital Appreciation's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was R0.94. Hence, Capital Appreciation's PS Ratio for today is 1.50.

The historical rank and industry rank for Capital Appreciation's PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

JSE:CTA' s PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.09   Med: 2.26   Max: 38.46
Current: 1.5

During the past 9 years, Capital Appreciation's highest PS Ratio was 38.46. The lowest was 1.09. And the median was 2.26.

JSE:CTA's PS Ratio is ranked better than
61.36% of 2733 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.24 vs JSE:CTA: 1.50

Capital Appreciation's Revenue per Sharefor the six months ended in Sep. 2024 was R0.45. Its Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was R0.94.

During the past 12 months, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate of Capital Appreciation was 24.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 21.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 17.00% per year.

During the past 9 years, Capital Appreciation's highest 3-Year average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 148.30% per year. The lowest was 13.50% per year. And the median was 17.60% per year.

Back to Basics: PS Ratio


Capital Appreciation PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Capital Appreciation's PS Ratio 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 PS Ratio Chart

Capital Appreciation Annual Data
Trend Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 1.17 2.00 2.86 2.09 1.32

Capital Appreciation Semi-Annual Data
Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24 Sep24
PS Ratio 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 - 2.09 - 1.32 -

Competitive Comparison of Capital Appreciation's PS Ratio

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Capital Appreciation's PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PS Ratio 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 PS Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Capital Appreciation's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Capital Appreciation's PS Ratio falls into.


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Capital Appreciation PS Ratio Calculation

The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks and it was first used by Ken Fisher.

Capital Appreciation's PS Ratio for today is calculated as

PS Ratio=Share Price/Revenue per Share (TTM)
=1.40/0.935
=1.50

Capital Appreciation's Share Price of today is R1.40.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Capital Appreciation's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was R0.94.

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

PS Ratio=Market Cap/Revenue

The Revenue here is for the trailing 12 months.


Capital Appreciation  (JSE:CTA) PS Ratio Explanation

The PS Ratio is an excellent valuation indicator if you want to compare a stock with its historical valuation or with the stocks in the same industry. The PS Ratio works especially well when you want to compare the stock's current valuation with its historical valuation. The PS Ratio is a great valuation tool for evaluating cyclical businesses where the PE Ratio works poorly. It works the best when comparing the current valuation with the historical valuation because over time, a company's profit margin tends to revert to the mean.

When the PS Ratio is applied to the whole stock market, it can be used to evaluate the current market valuation and projected returns. In this case, the price is the total market cap of all stocks that are traded, and sales are the GDP of the country. This is how Warren Buffett estimates the broad market valuation and project future returns.

Similar to the PE Ratio or Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow , the PS Ratio measures the valuation based on the earning power of the company. This is where it is different from the PB Ratio , which measures the valuation based on the company's balance sheet.


Be Aware

The PS Ratio does not tell you how cheap or expensive the stock is. It cannot be used to compare companies in different industries. It works better for companies within the same industry because these companies tend to have similar capital structures and profit margins. It works the best when comparing a company with itself in the past.


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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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