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SMID (Smith-Midland) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.27 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Smith-Midland 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.

Smith-Midland's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-0.60 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $2.22 Mil.

Hence, Smith-Midland's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.27.


Smith-Midland Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Smith-Midland'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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Smith-Midland Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

Smith-Midland 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 0.35 0.59 - 0.65 1.20

Smith-Midland 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 - 0.63 0.53 - 0.27

Competitive Comparison of Smith-Midland's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Building Materials subindustry, Smith-Midland'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.


Smith-Midland's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Smith-Midland's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Smith-Midland Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Smith-Midland'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
=- (-6.203) / 5.158
=1.20

Smith-Midland'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
=- (-0.595) / 2.217
=0.27

* 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.


Smith-Midland  (NAS:SMID) 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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Smith-Midland Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
5119 Catlett Road, P.O. Box 300, Midland, VA, USA, 22728
Smith-Midland Corp through its subsidiaries invents, develops, manufactures, markets, sells, and installs precast concrete products for primary use in the construction, highway, utilities, and farming industries. The firm's customers are general contractors and federal, state, and local transportation authorities. Its products include Slenderwall, JJhooks, Softsound, Sierra Wall and Easi set. A substantial portion of the company's business is derived from local, state, and federal building projects. The company generates revenues predominantly from the sale, leasing, licensing, shipping, and installation of precast concrete products for the construction, utility, and farming industries.
Executives
Richard Gerhardt director 5229 CATLETT ROAD, MIDLAND VA 20728
Wesley A Taylor director, officer: Vice President C/O SMITH MIDLAND CORP, 5119 CATLETT ROAD, MIDLAND VA 22728
Stephanie Poe officer: Chief Financial Officer 5119 CATLETT ROAD, MIDLAND VA 22728
Ashley B Smith director, officer: Vice President C/O SMITH MIDLAND CORP, 5119 CATLETT ROAD, MIDLAND VA 22728
Rodney I Smith director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O SMITH MIDLAND CORP, 5119 CATLETT ROAD, MIDLAND VA 22728
Adam Jay Krick officer: Chief Financial Officer 5119 CATLETT ROAD, MIDLAND VA 22728
James Russell Bruner director 5119 CATLETT ROAD, MIDLAND VA 22728
Russell Frederick L. Jr. 10 percent owner 1801 LIBBIE AVENUE, SUITE 201, RICHMOND VA 23226
Virginia Capital Partners, Llc 10 percent owner 1801 LIBBIE AVENUE, SUITE 201, RICHMOND VA 23226
Virginia Capital Partners Ii, Llc 10 percent owner 1801 LIBBIE AVENUE, SUITE 201, RICHMOND VA 23226
Virginia Capital Ii, Lp 10 percent owner 1801 LIBBIE AVENUE, SUITE 201, RICHMOND VA 23226
Tall Cotton Partners, Llc 10 percent owner 1801 LIBBIE AVENUE, SUITE 201, RICHMOND VA 23226
Gerhard E Borst director 5119 CATLETT ROAD, MIDLAND VA 22728
David W Wright 10 percent owner
Canine Partners Llc 10 percent owner 255 SO 17TH ST, SUITE 2501, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103