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CA (CA) PS Ratio : 4.60 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is CA 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, CA's share price is $44.44. CA's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2018 was $9.67. Hence, CA's PS Ratio for today is 4.60.

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

CA's PS Ratio is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 2.22
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PS Ratio only.

CA's Revenue per Sharefor the three months ended in Sep. 2018 was $2.15. Its Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2018 was $9.67.

Back to Basics: PS Ratio


CA PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for CA'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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CA PS Ratio Chart

CA Annual Data
Trend Mar09 Mar10 Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18
PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.15 3.37 3.26 3.26 3.32

CA Quarterly Data
Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18
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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.36 3.32 3.32 3.56 4.57

Competitive Comparison of CA's PS Ratio

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, CA'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.


CA's PS Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



CA 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.

CA's PS Ratio for today is calculated as

PS Ratio=Share Price/Revenue per Share (TTM)
=44.44/9.667
=4.60

CA's Share Price of today is $44.44.
CA's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $9.67.

* 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.


CA  (NAS:CA) 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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CA (CA) Business Description

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CA Technologies develops and sells software and services through three business segments: mainframe solutions, enterprise solutions, and services. Mainframe solutions helps customers lower the cost of mainframe management and maintenance; enterprise solutions helps customers manage and service nonmainframe IT platforms; and the services business helps customers with implementation, training, and deployment. The mainframe solutions segment contributes over 50% of the firm's revenue and the majority of its profits.
Executives
Arthur F Weinbach director 1981 MARCUS AVENUE, LAKE SUCCESS NY 11042
Jeffrey G Katz director 520 MADISON AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10022
Lauren Patricia Flaherty officer: EVP, Chief Marketing Officer 520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
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Jacob Lamm officer: EVP, STRATEGY & CORPORATE DEV 520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Christopher B Lofgren director 520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
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