Capex-to-Operating-Income measures a company's investments in physical assets such as property, industrial buildings or equipment to its operating income.
GuruFocus do not calculate Capex-to-Operating-Income if the Operating Income is negative.
Nanosphere Capex-to-Operating-Income Historical Data
The historical data trend for Nanosphere'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.
Competitive Comparison of Nanosphere's Capex-to-Operating-Income
For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Nanosphere'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.
Nanosphere's Capex-to-Operating-Income Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry
For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Nanosphere's Capex-to-Operating-Income distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Nanosphere's Capex-to-Operating-Income falls into.
Nanosphere Capex-to-Operating-Income Calculation
Nanosphere's Capex-to-Operating-Income for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 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.
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.
Nanosphere Capex-to-Operating-Income Related Terms
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Nanosphere, Inc., was incorporated in 1999 in Delaware. The Company develops, manufactures and markets an advanced molecular diagnostics platform, the Verigene System, that enables sensitive genomic and protein testing on a single platform. The Verigene System includes a bench-top molecular diagnostics workstation that is an advanced platform for genomic and protein testing. The Verigene System includes a bench-top molecular diagnostics workstation that is a universal platform for genomic and protein testing. The Verigene System provides lower cost for laboratories already performing molecular diagnostic testing and enables smaller laboratories and hospitals without advanced diagnostic capabilities to perform genetic testing.
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