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Sainsbury (J) (Sainsbury (J)) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.62 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Sainsbury (J) 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.

Sainsbury (J)'s Capital Expenditure for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was $-535.35 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was $859.85 Mil.

Hence, Sainsbury (J)'s Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.62.


Sainsbury (J) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sainsbury (J)'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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Sainsbury (J) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

Sainsbury (J) Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.58 0.48 0.26 0.69 0.35

Sainsbury (J) Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24
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 0.35 - 0.71 0.89 0.62

Competitive Comparison of Sainsbury (J)'s Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Sainsbury (J)'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.


Sainsbury (J)'s Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Sainsbury (J)'s Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sainsbury (J)'s Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls into.



Sainsbury (J) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Sainsbury (J)'s Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2023 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-910.628) / 2638.889
=0.35

Sainsbury (J)'s Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-535.354) / 859.848
=0.62

* 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.


Sainsbury (J)  (OTCPK:JSAIY) 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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Sainsbury (J) (Sainsbury (J)) Business Description

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Address
33 Holborn, London, GBR, EC1N 2HT
Founded in 1869, Sainsbury's is the second-largest U.K. grocery chain with around 16% market share. It operates around 600 supermarkets and 800 convenience stores, all in the U.K. The company has diversified away from core food by selling clothing, telecom equipment, and other nonfood items. In September 2016, it took a step further into nonfood retailing with the purchase of Home Retail Group, operating the Habitat and Argos chains (general merchandise and electronics stores), for GBP 1.10 billion. It has been selling products online since 1997.

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