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CAles Holdings (JSE:CAA) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 21.18 (As of May. 13, 2024)


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What is CAles Holdings Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-05-13), CAles Holdings's share price is R12.01. CAles Holdings's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was R0.57. Hence, CAles Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 21.18.

The historical rank and industry rank for CAles Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

JSE:CAA' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.29   Med: 15.41   Max: 27.85
Current: 21.18

During the past 8 years, CAles Holdings's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 27.85. The lowest was 9.29. And the median was 15.41.

JSE:CAA's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
67.78% of 686 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 13.195 vs JSE:CAA: 21.18

CAles Holdings's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was R-0.04. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was R0.57.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of CAles Holdings was 16.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 2.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 6.80% per year.

During the past 8 years, CAles Holdings's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 13.40% per year. The lowest was 0.50% per year. And the median was 5.95% per year.


CAles Holdings Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for CAles Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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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CAles Holdings Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

CAles Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - - 13.31 18.39

CAles Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - 13.31 - 18.39

Competitive Comparison of CAles Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, CAles Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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.


CAles Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, CAles Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where CAles Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



CAles Holdings Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

CAles Holdings's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=12.01/0.567
=21.18

CAles Holdings's Share Price of today is R12.01.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. CAles Holdings's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was R0.57.

* 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:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

CAles Holdings  (JSE:CAA) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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CAles Holdings (JSE:CAA) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
254 Hall Street, 1st Floor, Building C, Westend Office Park, Centurion, GT, ZAF, 0157
CA Sales Holdings Ltd operates within the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods industry and delivers services to blue chip manufacturers. The services include warehousing and distribution, retail execution and advisory, retail support, training, and technology and data solutions. The company's geographical presence across Southern Africa operating in Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It generates maximum revenue from Botswana region.

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