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Poseidon Concepts (Poseidon Concepts) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 1.71 (As of Sep. 2012)


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What is Poseidon Concepts 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.

Poseidon Concepts's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Sep. 2012 was $-9.87 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Sep. 2012 was $5.77 Mil.

Hence, Poseidon Concepts's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Sep. 2012 was 1.71.


Poseidon Concepts Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

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

Poseidon Concepts Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 3.09 2.57 6.42 1.89 2.96

Poseidon Concepts Quarterly Data
Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12
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 2.51 5.84 0.99 0.78 1.71

Competitive Comparison of Poseidon Concepts's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, Poseidon Concepts'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.


Poseidon Concepts's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Poseidon Concepts's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Poseidon Concepts Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Poseidon Concepts'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
=- (-103.075) / 34.832
=2.96

Poseidon Concepts's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2012 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-9.873) / 5.771
=1.71

* 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.


Poseidon Concepts  (GREY:POOSF) 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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Poseidon Concepts (Poseidon Concepts) Business Description

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Poseidon Concepts Corp is a customer-focused provider of safe fluid handling solutions to the oil and natural gas sector across North America.

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