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Amlin (APLCF) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.15 (As of Jun. 2015)


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What is Amlin 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.

Amlin's Capital Expenditure for the six months ended in Jun. 2015 was $-39.10 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the six months ended in Jun. 2015 was $256.23 Mil.

Hence, Amlin's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the six months ended in Jun. 2015 was 0.15.


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

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

Amlin Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.24 0.10 - 0.06 0.08

Amlin Semi-Annual Data
Dec05 Jun06 Dec06 Jun07 Dec07 Jun08 Dec08 Jun09 Dec09 Jun10 Dec10 Jun11 Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15
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 0.01 - 0.03 0.24 0.15

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

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Amlin'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.


Amlin's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Amlin's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Amlin Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Amlin's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-41.315) / 547.731
=0.08

Amlin's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-39.097) / 256.231
=0.15

* 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.


Amlin  (OTCPK:APLCF) 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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Amlin (APLCF) Business Description

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Amlin PLC was incorporated on September 17, 1993. The Company is engaged in non-life insurance and reinsurance underwriting in the Lloyd's market, Bermuda and Continental Europe. It specialises in providing insurance cover to commercial enterprises and reinsurance protection to other insurance companies around the world. The group operates six segments through: Amlin London, consisting of the Reinsurance, Property & Casualty, Marine and Aviation business units, underwritten via Syndicate 2001; Amlin UK, underwriting commercial insurance in the UK domestic market, via Syndicate 2001 and Amlin Insurance (UK) Limited; Amlin Bermuda, which writes predominantly property reinsurance business, via Amlin AG, including reinsurance ceded by Syndicate 2001; Amlin Re Europe, which writes Continental European non-life reinsurance business, via Amlin AG; Amlin Europe, including Amlin Europe N.V., a provider of marine, corporate property and casualty insurance in the Netherlands and Belgium and specialty business in France; and Other corporate companies, comprising all other entities of the Group including holding companies.

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