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Essity AB (OSTO:ESSITY B) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.39 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Essity AB 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.

Essity AB's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was kr-1,410.00 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was kr3,665.00 Mil.

Hence, Essity AB's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.39.


Essity AB Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

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

Essity AB Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.31 0.37 0.36 0.42 0.32

Essity AB Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 0.49 0.90 0.26 0.17 0.39

Competitive Comparison of Essity AB's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Essity AB'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.


Essity AB's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Essity AB's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Essity AB Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Essity AB's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-6890) / 21568
=0.32

Essity AB's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-1410) / 3665
=0.38

* 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.


Essity AB  (OSTO:ESSITY B) 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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Essity AB (OSTO:ESSITY B) Business Description

Address
Klarabergsviadukten 63, PO Box 200, Stockholm, SWE, SE-101 23
Essity is a health and hygiene company spun out of Svenska Cellulosa in June 2017. Essity's products span the feminine-care, baby-care, toilet paper, facial tissue, and wet wipes categories, as well as hand soap, hand sanitizers, and tissue dispensers for institutional customers. Essity also offers medical solutions in the form of wound care, orthopedics, and compression therapy, accounting for 7% of net sales in fiscal 2021. Essity operates in 150 markets and generates over 50% of its revenue in Europe, although it also maintains significant exposure to emerging markets (38% of net sales in 2021).

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