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Canexus (Canexus) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.29 (As of Sep. 2016)


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What is Canexus 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.

Canexus's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Sep. 2016 was $-4.42 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Sep. 2016 was $15.30 Mil.

Hence, Canexus's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Sep. 2016 was 0.29.


Canexus Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Canexus'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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Canexus Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

Canexus Annual Data
Trend Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.56 1.53 3.94 12.25 0.77

Canexus Quarterly Data
Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow 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 0.53 0.49 0.78 0.78 0.29

Competitive Comparison of Canexus's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Canexus'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.


Canexus's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Canexus's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Canexus Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Canexus's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-36.565) / 47.471
=0.77

Canexus's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-4.422) / 15.299
=0.29

* 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.


Canexus  (OTCPK:CXUSF) 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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Canexus (Canexus) Business Description

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Canexus Corp was incorporated on March 17, 2011. It is a chemical manufacturing and handling company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, produces sodium chlorate and chlor-alkali products in four plants located in Canada and two plants located at one site in Brazil, largely for the pulp and paper and water treatment industries. The Company also provides fee-for-service hydrocarbon transloading services to the oil and gas industry from its terminal at Bruderheim, Alberta.

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