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Circuit Research Labs (Circuit Research Labs) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.33 (As of Sep. 2008)


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What is Circuit Research Labs 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.

Circuit Research Labs's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Sep. 2008 was $-0.01 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Sep. 2008 was $0.04 Mil.

Hence, Circuit Research Labs's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Sep. 2008 was 0.33.


Circuit Research Labs Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Circuit Research Labs'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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Circuit Research Labs Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

Circuit Research Labs Annual Data
Trend Dec98 Dec99 Dec00 Dec01 Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.51 0.25 0.10 0.08 0.22

Circuit Research Labs Quarterly Data
Dec03 Mar04 Jun04 Sep04 Dec04 Mar05 Jun05 Sep05 Dec05 Mar06 Jun06 Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08
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 - - 0.07 0.06 0.33

Competitive Comparison of Circuit Research Labs's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Circuit Research Labs'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.


Circuit Research Labs's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Circuit Research Labs Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Circuit Research Labs's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2007 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-0.021) / 0.097
=0.22

Circuit Research Labs's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-0.014) / 0.043
=0.33

* 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.


Circuit Research Labs  (OTCPK:CRLI) 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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Circuit Research Labs (Circuit Research Labs) Business Description

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Circuit Research Labs Inc develops manufactures and markets electronic audio processing, transmission encoding and noise reduction equipment for the radio, television, cable, Internet and professional audio markets.

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