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.
GuruFocus do not calculate Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow if the Cash Flow from Operations is negative.
FLSmidth AS Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for FLSmidth AS'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.
Competitive Comparison of FLSmidth AS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, FLSmidth AS'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.
FLSmidth AS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry
For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, FLSmidth AS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where FLSmidth AS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls into.
* 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.
FLSmidth AS (OTCPK:FLIDY) 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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FLSmidth & Co AS is a Denmark-based company that designs, manufactures, and supplies machinery, cement plants, and minerals processing solutions and provides services along with the construction. The company's three segments are mining and cement and Non-Core activities. The majority of revenue is generated from the mining segment. Geographically, the company operates across the Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. Among all areas, South America contributes the majority of revenue, mainly due to mining.
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