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First Gen (PHS:FGEN) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.38 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is First Gen 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.

First Gen's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ₱-4,005.10 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ₱10,672.94 Mil.

Hence, First Gen's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.38.


First Gen Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for First Gen'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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First Gen Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

First Gen Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.25 0.37 0.39 0.53 1.52

First Gen Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 3.02 0.46 1.19 1.50 0.38

Competitive Comparison of First Gen's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Utilities - Renewable subindustry, First Gen'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.


First Gen's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, First Gen's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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


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First Gen Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

First Gen'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
=- (-58513.663) / 38559.26
=1.52

First Gen'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
=- (-4005.101) / 10672.939
=0.38

* 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.


First Gen  (PHS:FGEN) 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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First Gen Business Description

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Address
Ortigas Avenue, 6th Floor, Rockwell Business Center, Tower 3, Pasig, PHL, 1604
First Gen Corporation is an independent electric utility company operating in the Philippines. First Gen develops, finances, builds, bids for, and operate power generation projects. The company generates a amount of Filipino energy needs through its portfolio of natural gas, wind, solar, hydro, and geothermal power plants located in the country. Majority of the power generated by First Gen is produced through natural gas and geothermal fuel sources. It operates in six segments: FGPC, FGP, EDC and Subsidiaries, FG Hydro, FNPC, and Prime Meridian. The company only operates in Philippines.