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Medical Care Service Company (NGO:2494) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.71 (As of Feb. 2013)


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What is Medical Care Service Company 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.

Medical Care Service Company's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Feb. 2013 was 円-112.53 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Feb. 2013 was 円158.24 Mil.

Hence, Medical Care Service Company's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Feb. 2013 was 0.71.


Medical Care Service Company Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Medical Care Service Company'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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Medical Care Service Company Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

Medical Care Service Company Annual Data
Trend Aug09 Aug10 Aug11
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
- 0.14 0.32

Medical Care Service Company Quarterly Data
Aug10 Feb11 May11 Aug11 Nov11 Feb12 May12 Aug12 Nov12 Feb13
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 131.80 - 0.23 - 0.71

Competitive Comparison of Medical Care Service Company's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Medical Care Facilities subindustry, Medical Care Service Company'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.


Medical Care Service Company's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Medical Care Service Company's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Medical Care Service Company's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls into.



Medical Care Service Company Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Medical Care Service Company's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2011 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-350.469) / 1087.473
=0.32

Medical Care Service Company's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2013 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-112.526) / 158.243
=0.71

* 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.


Medical Care Service Company  (NGO:2494) 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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