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Valiant Petroleum (LSE:VPP) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 4.58 (As of Jun. 2012)


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What is Valiant Petroleum 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.

Valiant Petroleum's Capital Expenditure for the six months ended in Jun. 2012 was £-63.68 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the six months ended in Jun. 2012 was £13.90 Mil.

Hence, Valiant Petroleum's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the six months ended in Jun. 2012 was 4.58.


Valiant Petroleum Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Valiant Petroleum'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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Valiant Petroleum Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

Valiant Petroleum Annual Data
Trend Sep06 Sep07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 48.63 - 10.39 1.01 0.60

Valiant Petroleum Semi-Annual Data
Mar08 Jun09 Dec09 Jun10 Dec10 Jun11 Dec11 Jun12
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.44 0.79 0.39 0.85 4.58

Competitive Comparison of Valiant Petroleum's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Valiant Petroleum'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.


Valiant Petroleum's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Valiant Petroleum's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Valiant Petroleum's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls into.



Valiant Petroleum Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Valiant Petroleum's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2011 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-94.431) / 158.015
=0.60

Valiant Petroleum's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2012 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-63.676) / 13.904
=4.58

* 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.


Valiant Petroleum  (LSE:VPP) 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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