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CAles Holdings (JSE:CAA) Financial Strength : 8 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is CAles Holdings Financial Strength?

CAles Holdings has the Financial Strength Rank of 8. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.

Good Sign:

CA Sales Holdings Ltd shows strong financial strength.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

CAles Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.11. CAles Holdings's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.07. As of today, CAles Holdings's Altman Z-Score is 5.00.


Competitive Comparison of CAles Holdings's Financial Strength

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, CAles Holdings's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength 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 Financial Strength Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, CAles Holdings's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where CAles Holdings's Financial Strength falls into.



CAles Holdings Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

CAles Holdings's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was R-37 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was R265 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R311 Mil.

CAles Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*265.306/-37.317
=7.11

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

CAles Holdings's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(566.836 + 310.581) / 12153.456
=0.07

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

CAles Holdings has a Z-score of 5.00, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 5 is strong.

* 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.


CAles Holdings  (JSE:CAA) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

CAles Holdings has the Financial Strength Rank of 8. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.


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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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