Monsanto Co (XSWX:MOO) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.77 (As of Feb. 2018)

Monsanto Co Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

Monsanto Co Annual Data
	Trend	Aug08	Aug09	Aug10	Aug11	Aug12	Aug13	Aug14	Aug15	Aug16	Aug17
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					0.30	0.46	0.33	0.38	0.41

Monsanto Co Quarterly Data
	May13	Aug13	Nov13	Feb14	May14	Aug14	Nov14	Feb15	May15	Aug15	Nov15	Feb16	May16	Aug16	Nov16	Feb17	May17	Aug17	Nov17	Feb18
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															3.50	-	0.16	0.33	0.77

Competitive Comparison of Monsanto Co's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Monsanto Co'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.

Monsanto Co's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, Monsanto Co's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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

Monsanto Co Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Monsanto Co's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2017 is calculated as

Monsanto Co's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2018 is calculated as

* 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.

Monsanto Co  (XSWX:MOO) 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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