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Smiths News (Smiths News) Capex-to-Operating-Income : 0.07 (As of Aug. 2023)


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What is Smiths News Capex-to-Operating-Income?

Capex-to-Operating-Income measures a company's investments in physical assets such as property, industrial buildings or equipment to its operating income.

Smiths News's Capital Expenditure for the six months ended in Aug. 2023 was $-1.65 Mil. Its Operating Income for the six months ended in Aug. 2023 was $23.51 Mil.

Hence, Smiths News's Capex-to-Operating-Income for the six months ended in Aug. 2023 was 0.07.


Smiths News Capex-to-Operating-Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for Smiths News's Capex-to-Operating-Income 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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Smiths News Capex-to-Operating-Income Chart

Smiths News Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Capex-to-Operating-Income
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.20 0.27 0.06 0.05 0.09

Smiths News Semi-Annual Data
Feb14 Aug14 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23
Capex-to-Operating-Income 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 0.09 0.06 0.04 0.10 0.07

Competitive Comparison of Smiths News's Capex-to-Operating-Income

For the Publishing subindustry, Smiths News's Capex-to-Operating-Income, along with its competitors' market caps and Capex-to-Operating-Income 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.


Smiths News's Capex-to-Operating-Income Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Smiths News's Capex-to-Operating-Income distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Smiths News's Capex-to-Operating-Income falls into.



Smiths News Capex-to-Operating-Income Calculation

Smiths News's Capex-to-Operating-Income for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Income=- Capital Expenditure / Operating Income
=- (-4.32) / 49.301
=0.09

Smiths News's Capex-to-Operating-Income for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Income=- Capital Expenditure / Operating Income
=- (-1.652) / 23.507
=0.07

* 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.


Smiths News  (OTCPK:SMWPY) Capex-to-Operating-Income Explanation

Capex-to-Operating-Income assesses how much emphasis a company is placing upon investing in capital-intensive projects. The ratio is generally a good gauge to quantify how much focus on growth a company has. Typically, smaller companies that are still growing and expanding will have a higher Capex to Operating Income Ratio, since such businesses are likely investing more in physical assets. Lower ratios could indicate that a company has reached maturity and it is no longer pursuing aggressive growth.


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Smiths News (Smiths News) Business Description

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Rowan House, Cherry Orchard North, Kembrey Park, Swindon, Wiltshire, GBR, SN2 8UH
Smiths News PLC is a UK-based wholesale distributor of published content. The group is one of the UK's foremost publishers of newspapers and magazines, and it also operates as a book distributor through bookstores and an online platform serving the needs of academics and public libraries. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United Kingdom. Its segments include Smiths News Core; Dawson Media Direct (DMD); Instore and others.

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