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The Cooper (The Cooper) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.96 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is The Cooper 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.

The Cooper's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $-118.10 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $122.70 Mil.

Hence, The Cooper's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.96.


The Cooper Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

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

The Cooper Annual Data
Trend Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.41 0.64 0.29 0.35 0.65

The Cooper Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 0.50 0.59 0.64 0.83 0.96

Competitive Comparison of The Cooper's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, The Cooper'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.


The Cooper's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, The Cooper's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



The Cooper Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

The Cooper's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-392.5) / 607.5
=0.65

The Cooper's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-118.1) / 122.7
=0.96

* 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.


The Cooper  (NAS:COO) 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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The Cooper (The Cooper) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
6101 Bollinger Canyon Road, Suite 500, San Ramon, CA, USA, 94583
The Cooper Companies is one of the largest eye care companies in the U.S. It operates in two segments: CooperVision and CooperSurgical. CooperVision is a pure-play contact lens business and is composed of a suite of spherical, multifocal, and toric contact lenses. The company also has one of the most comprehensive specialty lens portfolios in the world. With brands including Proclear, Biofinity, MyDay, and clariti, Cooper controls roughly a quarter of the U.S. contact lens market. CooperSurgical, founded in 1990, is made up of equipment related to reproductive care, fertility, and women's care. Cooper has the broadest medical device coverage of the entire IVF cycle. It also has Paragard, the only hormone-free IUD in the U.S., and controls 17% of the U.S. IUD market.
Executives
Gary S Petersmeyer director 3400 CENTRAL AVENUE, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Robert S Weiss director, officer: EVP and CFO 6140 STANERIDGE MALL RES #590, PLEASSANTON CA 94503
Agostino Ricupati officer: Sr. VP, Finance & Tax C/O THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC., 6140 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, SUITE 590, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Warner Gerard H Iii officer: President, CooperVision, Inc. C/O COOPER COMPANIES INC., 6101 BOLLINGER CANYON ROAD, SUITE 500, SAN RAMON CA 94583
Jody S Lindell director 2536 FILLMORE ST., SAN FRANCISCO CA 94115
Cynthia L Lucchese director 7966 N. ILLINOIS STREET, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46260
Nicholas Khadder officer: VP, General Counsel & Corp Sec 2836 JOHNSON AVENUE, ALAMEDA CA 94501
Daniel G Mcbride officer: VP and Senior Counsel 5 EL CORTE, ORINDA CA 94563
Brian G Andrews officer: Treasurer 4300A 17TH STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94114
Maria Rivas director C/O MEDIDATA SOLUTIONS, INC., 350 HUDSON STREET, 9TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10014
White Albert G Iii officer: VP & Treasurer 6790, SPRINGDALE COURT, VICTOR NY 14564
Teresa S Madden director 414 NICOLLET MALL, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55401
Robert D Auerbach officer: President, CSI C/O THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC., SUITE 590, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Holly R Sheffield officer: EVP, CSO C/O THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC., 6140 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, SUITE 590, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Mark J Drury officer: VP, General Counsel & Sec. C/O COOPERCOMPANIES, 6101 BOLLINGER CANYON ROAD, SUITE 500, SAN RAMON CA 94583