DS Smith (DS Smith) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 1.46 (As of Oct. 2023)

DS Smith Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

DS Smith Annual Data
	Trend	Apr14	Apr15	Apr16	Apr17	Apr18	Apr19	Apr20	Apr21	Apr22	Apr23
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					0.57	0.57	0.44	0.47	0.63

DS Smith Semi-Annual Data
	Apr14	Oct14	Apr15	Oct15	Apr16	Oct16	Apr17	Oct17	Apr18	Oct18	Apr19	Oct19	Apr20	Oct20	Apr21	Oct21	Apr22	Oct22	Apr23	Oct23
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.43	0.49	0.25	1.80	1.46

Competitive Comparison of DS Smith's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, DS Smith'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.

DS Smith's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Packaging & Containers Industry

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, DS Smith's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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

DS Smith Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

DS Smith's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

DS Smith's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 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.

DS Smith  (OTCPK:DITHF) 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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