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Advant-e (Advant-e) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.01 (As of Dec. 2012)


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What is Advant-e 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.

Advant-e's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Dec. 2012 was $-0.01 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Dec. 2012 was $0.52 Mil.

Hence, Advant-e's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Dec. 2012 was 0.01.


Advant-e Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

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

Advant-e Annual Data
Trend Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.20 0.16 0.17 0.07 0.05

Advant-e Quarterly Data
Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12
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 0.24 0.02 0.11 0.09 0.01

Competitive Comparison of Advant-e's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Software - Application subindustry, Advant-e'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.


Advant-e's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Advant-e Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Advant-e's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-0.113) / 2.283
=0.05

Advant-e's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-0.006) / 0.521
=0.01

* 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.


Advant-e  (OTCPK:ADVCD) 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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Advant-e (Advant-e) Business Description

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Advant-e Corp is a United States based company engaged in the development, marketing, reselling and hosting software and provides services, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries. The services allow the customers to send and receive business documents in standard and proprietary formats. The group specializes in providing hosted electronic data interchange solutions that utilize the internet as the primary communications method.

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