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Preformed Line Products Co (FRA:P4L) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.68 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Preformed Line Products Co 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.

Preformed Line Products Co's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €-3.61 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €5.29 Mil.

Hence, Preformed Line Products Co's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.68.


Preformed Line Products Co Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Preformed Line Products Co'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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Preformed Line Products Co Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

Preformed Line Products Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.08 0.59 0.55 1.55 0.33

Preformed Line Products Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 0.33 0.43 0.23 0.43 0.68

Competitive Comparison of Preformed Line Products Co's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Preformed Line Products Co'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.


Preformed Line Products Co's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Preformed Line Products Co's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Preformed Line Products Co's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls into.



Preformed Line Products Co Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Preformed Line Products Co's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-32.399) / 98.708
=0.33

Preformed Line Products Co's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-3.605) / 5.293
=0.68

* 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.


Preformed Line Products Co  (FRA:P4L) 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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Preformed Line Products Co (FRA:P4L) Business Description

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Address
660 Beta Drive, Mayfield Village, Cleveland, OH, USA, 44143
Preformed Line Products Co is a designer and manufacturer of products and systems for constructing and maintaining overhead and underground networks for energy, telecommunication, cable operators, data communication, and other industries. In addition, it provides solar hardware systems and mounting hardware for a variety of solar power applications. Its products consist of Energy Products, Communications Products, and Special Industries Products. The company's majority of the revenue is derived from the sale of products in the United States with operations also in The Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia-Pacific. The revenue gets driven by Energy products which comprise protecting transmission conductors, spacers, spacer-dampers, and Stockbridge dampers.

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