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Esval (XSGO:ESVAL-C) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.91 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Esval 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.

Esval's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was CLP-40,299.56 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was CLP44,205.25 Mil.

Hence, Esval's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.91.


Esval Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

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

Esval 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 1.14 0.61 0.59 0.73 0.86

Esval 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 0.89 0.80 0.86 0.89 0.91

Competitive Comparison of Esval's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, Esval'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.


Esval's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Esval's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Esval Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Esval'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
=- (-123279.282) / 143275.707
=0.86

Esval'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
=- (-40299.558) / 44205.247
=0.91

* 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.


Esval  (XSGO:ESVAL-C) 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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Esval Business Description

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Address
Cochrane No. 751, Valparaiso, CHL, 2361810
Esval SA is a Chile-based company engaged in producing and distributing drinking water. It also collects, treats, and disposes of wastewater, and provides other related services. The other services offered by the company include shutoff and replacement, fixed charges for taps, postal delivery, sales of drinking water in cisterns, treatment of excess sewage, etc. It manages operations through two operating segments, the Coquimbo Region segment and the Valparaso Region segment. The company derives its maximum revenue from the sale of drinking water.

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