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Electronic Tele-Communications (Electronic Tele-Communications) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.75 (As of Jun. 2007)


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What is Electronic Tele-Communications 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.

Electronic Tele-Communications's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Jun. 2007 was $-0.01 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Jun. 2007 was $0.02 Mil.

Hence, Electronic Tele-Communications's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Jun. 2007 was 0.75.


Electronic Tele-Communications Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Electronic Tele-Communications'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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Electronic Tele-Communications Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

Electronic Tele-Communications Annual Data
Trend Dec97 Dec98 Dec99 Dec00 Dec01 Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.07 0.44 0.32 - 1.92

Electronic Tele-Communications Quarterly Data
Sep02 Dec02 Mar03 Jun03 Sep03 Dec03 Mar04 Jun04 Sep04 Dec04 Mar05 Jun05 Sep05 Dec05 Mar06 Jun06 Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07
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 0.77 - 0.95 - 0.75

Competitive Comparison of Electronic Tele-Communications's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Electronic Tele-Communications'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.


Electronic Tele-Communications's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Electronic Tele-Communications's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Electronic Tele-Communications Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Electronic Tele-Communications's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2006 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-0.09) / 0.047
=1.91

Electronic Tele-Communications's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2007 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-0.012) / 0.016
=0.75

* 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.


Electronic Tele-Communications  (OTCPK:ETCIA) 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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Electronic Tele-Communications (Electronic Tele-Communications) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1915 MacArthur Road, Waukesha, WI, USA, 53188
Electronic Tele-Communications Inc is a service provider in a converging network. The converging network refers to the methods of transmitting voice through traditional circuit switching and newer methods, such as packet-switching. Its customers include ILECs (incumbent local exchange carriers), RBOCs (Regional Bell Operating Companies), CLECs (competitive local exchange carriers), wireless providers, long-distance companies, cable companies, and utilities.
Executives
Goodkind Conrad G director 411 EAST WISCOSIN AVE, MILWAUKEE WI 53202

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