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Avistar Communications (Avistar Communications) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.00 (As of Mar. 2012)


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What is Avistar Communications 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.

Avistar Communications's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Mar. 2012 was $-0.06 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Mar. 2012 was $-0.78 Mil.

GuruFocus do not calculate Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow if the Cash Flow from Operations is negative.


Avistar Communications Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Avistar Communications'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.

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Avistar Communications Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Avistar Communications's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Avistar Communications'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.


Avistar Communications's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Avistar Communications's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Avistar Communications's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls into.



Avistar Communications Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Avistar Communications's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2011 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-0.072) / -1.006
=N/A

Avistar Communications's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-0.064) / -0.78
=N/A

* 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.


Avistar Communications  (OTCPK:AVSR) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Explanation

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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Avistar Communications (Avistar Communications) Business Description

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Address
1855 South Grant Street, 4th Floor, San Mateo, CA, USA, 94402
Avistar Communications Corp creates technology that provides the missing critical element in unified communications: bringing people in organizations face-to-face, through enhanced communications for the true collaboration anytime, anyplace. The company's solutions include Bandwidth Management, CEBP, Firewall Traversal and Enterprise Endpoints. Its products include Avistar C3 Communicator, Avistar C3 Conference, Avistar C3 Command, Avistar C3 Call Control and Avistar C3 Media Engine.
Executives
R Stephen Heinrichs director, 10 percent owner 141 CASPIAN COURT, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. 10 percent owner 520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Phlcorp Holding Llc 10 percent owner 529 EAST SOUTH TEMPLE, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84102
Baldwin Enterprises, Inc. 10 percent owner 529 EAST SOUTH TEMPLE, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84102
Robert P Latta director 650 PAGE MILL ROAD, PALO ALTO CA 94304

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