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Harmonic (Harmonic) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.44 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Harmonic 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.

Harmonic's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-2.73 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $6.27 Mil.

Hence, Harmonic's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.44.


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

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

Harmonic 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 0.33 0.82 0.32 1.69 1.20

Harmonic Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 0.10 0.37 - 0.17 0.44

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

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Harmonic'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.


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

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

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



Harmonic Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Harmonic'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
=- (-8.475) / 7.059
=1.20

Harmonic's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-2.726) / 6.267
=0.43

* 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.


Harmonic  (NAS:HLIT) 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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Harmonic (Harmonic) Business Description

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Address
2590 Orchard Parkway, San Jose, CA, USA, 95131
Harmonic Inc designs and manufactures video infrastructure products and system solutions to deliver video and broadband services to consumer devices. The firm operates in two segments: Video, which sells video processing, production, and playout solutions to cable operators and satellite and telecommunications providers; and Broadband which sells broadband access solutions and related services. Majority of the revenue generated from the company is from United States.
Executives
Walter Jankovic officer: Chief Financial Officer 2950 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Jeremy Rosenberg officer: Interim CFO & SVP Bus Dev 2590 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Patrick Harshman officer: President, BAN Division 2950 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Nimrod Ben-natan officer: VP, Solutions & Strategy 2950 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Neven Haltmayer officer: Vice President, R&D 549 BALTIC WAY, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Sanjay Kalra officer: Chief Financial Officer HARMONIC INC., 4300 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Ian Graham officer: SVP, Intl Sales & Video Svcs 2950 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Sophia Kim director 2590 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Nikos Theodosopoulos director C/O ARISTA NETWORKS, INC., 5453 GREAT AMERICA PARKWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Daniel T Whalen director 2055 BENJAMIN CIRCLE, WALL NJ 07719
David Krall director C/O AVID TECHNOLOGY INC, ONE PARK WEST, TEWKSBURY MA 01876
Eric Louvet officer: SVP Sales NA & APAC 4300 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Susan Swenson director C/O PALM INC, 5470 GREAT AMERICAN PARKWAY MS12116, SANTA CLARA CA 95052
Deborah Clifford director 4300 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95134
William F Reddersen director