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Ribbon Communications (Ribbon Communications) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.20 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Ribbon Communications 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.

Ribbon Communications's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-2.66 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $13.10 Mil.

Hence, Ribbon Communications's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.20.


Ribbon Communications Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

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

Ribbon Communications Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.19 0.26 0.89 - 0.56

Ribbon Communications Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 0.22 - - 0.14 0.20

Competitive Comparison of Ribbon Communications's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Ribbon Communications'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.


Ribbon Communications's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Ribbon Communications's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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



Ribbon Communications Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Ribbon Communications's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-9.481) / 17.087
=0.55

Ribbon Communications's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-2.663) / 13.1
=0.20

* 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.


Ribbon Communications  (NAS:RBBN) 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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Ribbon Communications (Ribbon Communications) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
6500 Chase Oaks Boulevard, Suite 100, Plano, TX, USA, 75023
Ribbon Communications Inc provides network solutions primarily to telecommunications, wireless and cable service providers worldwide. It enables service providers and enterprises to modernize their communications networks and provide secure real-time communications solutions to their customers and employees. Its solutions enable its customers with a secure way to connect and leverage multivendor, multiprotocol communications systems and applications across their networks and the cloud, around the world and in a rapidly changing ecosystem of IP-enabled devices such as smartphones and tablets.
Executives
Miguel A Lopez officer: EVP, CFO HARRIS CORPORATION, 1025 W NASA BOULEVARD, MELBOURNE FL 32919
Bruce William Mcclelland director, officer: President & CEO 3871 LAKEFIELD DRIVE, SUWANEE GA 30024
Dan Redington officer: EVP of Global Sales 6500 CHASE OAKS BOULEVARD, SUITE 100, PLANO TX 75023
Scott Mair director 6500 CHASE OAKS BOULEVARD, SUITE 100, PLANO TX 75023
Swarth Investments Inc. 10 percent owner NEWPORT HOUSE, 15 THE GRANGE, ST PETER PORT Y7 GY1 4LA
Jpmorgan Chase & Co 10 percent owner 383 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Sam Bucci officer: EVP & GM IP Optical Networks 3605 E PLANO PARKWAY, PLANO TX 75074
Bruns H Grayson director 950 WINTER STREET, WALTHAM MA 02451
Stephen J. Mccaffery officer: EVP EMEAS and APAC Sales VICTORIA ROAD, WEST YORKSHIRE, SALTAIRE X0 BD183LF
Eric S Marmurek officer: SVP, Finance & CAO C/O 4 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE, WESTFORD MA 01886
Patrick W Macken officer: EVP, Chief Legal Officer 4515 THREE CHIMNEYS LANE, CUMMING GA 30041
Beatriz V Infante director 4 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE, SONUS NETWORKS, INC., WESTFORD MA 01886
Ewing R Stewart Jr director 100 CENTURETEL DRIVE, MONROE LA 71203
Steven M Bruny officer: EVP Sales, Americas C/O 4 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE, WESTFORD MA 01886
Shaul Shani director 4001 WEST PKWY, C/O SAPIENS USA INC, CURRY NC 27519