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Gentian Diagnostics AS (OSL:GENT) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.30 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Gentian Diagnostics AS 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.

Gentian Diagnostics AS's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was kr-2.01 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was kr6.59 Mil.

Hence, Gentian Diagnostics AS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.30.


Gentian Diagnostics AS Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gentian Diagnostics 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.

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Gentian Diagnostics AS Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

Gentian Diagnostics AS Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
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Gentian Diagnostics AS Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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Competitive Comparison of Gentian Diagnostics AS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Gentian Diagnostics 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.


Gentian Diagnostics AS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Gentian Diagnostics AS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Gentian Diagnostics AS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls into.


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Gentian Diagnostics AS Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Gentian Diagnostics AS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-10.95) / 13.457
=0.81

Gentian Diagnostics AS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-2.005) / 6.591
=0.30

* 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.


Gentian Diagnostics AS  (OSL:GENT) 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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Gentian Diagnostics AS Business Description

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Bjornasveien 5, Moss, NOR, 1596
Gentian Diagnostics AS operates as a medical diagnostics company in Norway. It develops and produces in-vitro diagnostic reagents (IVD) for use in medical diagnostics and research. Its portfolio and pipeline of reagents span areas of inflammations, severe infections, kidney diseases, heart failures, and veterinary healthcare. The company's product portfolio includes the Gentian Cystatin C Immunoassay, the GCAL circulating calprotectin immunoassay (IVDR), the Gentian Retinol Binding Protein (RBP), and the Gentian Canine CRP among others. Geographically, it generates a majority of its revenue from Europe followed by Asia and the United States of America.

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