What is Ascopiave SpA Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow?
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow assesses how much of a company’s cash flow from operations is being devoted to capital expenditure. It’s also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not.
GuruFocus do not calculate Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow if the Cash Flow from Operations is negative.
Ascopiave SpA Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Ascopiave SpA's Capex-to-Operating-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.
Competitive Comparison of Ascopiave SpA's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, Ascopiave SpA's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Capex-to-Operating-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.
Ascopiave SpA's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry
For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Ascopiave SpA's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Ascopiave SpA's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls into.
* 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.
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio assesses how much of a company’s Cash Flow from Operations is being devoted to Capital Expenditure. It is a good indicator in terms of how much the company is focused on growth. In general, a high Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio indicates that the company is investing more in physical assets and is focused on growth and expansion. Conversely, lower ratio could indicate that a company has reached maturity and is no longer pursuing aggressive growth.
Moreover, the ratio is also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not. If the ratio is large, then the company tends to be capital intensive. Lower ratio suggests that it’s a capital-light business. The ratio can be combined with ROIC % to identify whether the company is an asset-light business that has a high return on invested capital. This is one question investors commonly ask to see if a company qualifies as a good company.
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Ascopiave SpA (Ascopiave SpA) Business Description
Ascopiave SpA is an Italy-based company engaged in the utility sector. The company is primarily active in the distribution and sale of natural gas. Its business segments include Gas distribution, Renewable energies, and Others. The other segments include the cogeneration and heat supply activity and the parent company. The company is also involved in the sale of electric power, heat management, co-generation, and generation of electricity from photovoltaic plants. It generates maximum revenue from the Gas distribution segment.
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