Family Dollar Stores (FRA:FAY) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.32 (As of May. 2015)

Family Dollar Stores Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

Family Dollar Stores Annual Data
	Trend	Aug05	Aug06	Aug07	Aug08	Aug09	Aug10	Aug11	Aug12	Aug13	Aug14
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					0.36	0.65	1.63	1.58	0.93

Family Dollar Stores Quarterly Data
	Aug10	Nov10	Feb11	May11	Aug11	Nov11	Feb12	May12	Aug12	Nov12	Feb13	May13	Aug13	Nov13	Feb14	May14	Aug14	Nov14	Feb15	May15
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.62	0.60	-	0.37	0.32

Competitive Comparison of Family Dollar Stores's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Family Dollar Stores'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.

Family Dollar Stores's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Family Dollar Stores's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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

Family Dollar Stores Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Family Dollar Stores's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2014 is calculated as

Family Dollar Stores's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in May. 2015 is calculated as

* 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.

Family Dollar Stores  (FRA:FAY) 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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