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Belo (FRA:BES) Capex-to-Operating-Income : 0.23 (As of Sep. 2013)


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What is Belo Capex-to-Operating-Income?

Capex-to-Operating-Income measures a company's investments in physical assets such as property, industrial buildings or equipment to its operating income.

Belo's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Sep. 2013 was €-7.11 Mil. Its Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2013 was €31.69 Mil.

Hence, Belo's Capex-to-Operating-Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2013 was 0.23.


Belo Capex-to-Operating-Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for Belo's Capex-to-Operating-Income 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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Belo Capex-to-Operating-Income Chart

Belo Annual Data
Trend Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12
Capex-to-Operating-Income
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Belo Quarterly Data
Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13
Capex-to-Operating-Income 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 0.08 0.08 0.12 0.13 0.23

Competitive Comparison of Belo's Capex-to-Operating-Income

For the Broadcasting subindustry, Belo's Capex-to-Operating-Income, along with its competitors' market caps and Capex-to-Operating-Income 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.


Belo's Capex-to-Operating-Income Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Belo's Capex-to-Operating-Income distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Belo's Capex-to-Operating-Income falls into.



Belo Capex-to-Operating-Income Calculation

Belo's Capex-to-Operating-Income for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Income=- Capital Expenditure / Operating Income
=- (-16.222) / 174.559
=0.09

Belo's Capex-to-Operating-Income for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Income=- Capital Expenditure / Operating Income
=- (-7.114) / 31.688
=0.22

* 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.


Belo  (FRA:BES) Capex-to-Operating-Income Explanation

Capex-to-Operating-Income assesses how much emphasis a company is placing upon investing in capital-intensive projects. The ratio is generally a good gauge to quantify how much focus on growth a company has. Typically, smaller companies that are still growing and expanding will have a higher Capex to Operating Income Ratio, since such businesses are likely investing more in physical assets. Lower ratios could indicate that a company has reached maturity and it is no longer pursuing aggressive growth.


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Belo (FRA:BES) Business Description

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Belo Corporation, a Delaware corporation, began as a Texas newspaper company in 1842. The company operates as a television company in the United States. It owns 20 television stations that reach more than 14 percent of U.S. television households, including ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CW and MyNetwork TV affiliates, and their associated websites, in 15 markets across the United States. The Company also has three local and two regional news channels, Texas Cable News and NorthWest Cable News. It also operates more than 20 websites several interactive alliances and a broad range of Internet-based products. The Company derives revenues from the sale of airtime on its television stations, advertising space on the Company's Internet websites and retransmission of its programming by cable, satellite, telephone and wireless companies.

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