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VECO (Veeco Instruments) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.34 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Veeco Instruments 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.

Veeco Instruments's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-6.76 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $19.99 Mil.

Hence, Veeco Instruments's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.34.


Veeco Instruments Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

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

Veeco Instruments Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.16 0.60 0.23 0.45 0.28

Veeco Instruments Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 0.64 0.35 0.23 0.18 0.34

Competitive Comparison of Veeco Instruments's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials subindustry, Veeco Instruments'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.


Veeco Instruments's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Veeco Instruments's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Veeco Instruments Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Veeco Instruments's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-18.113) / 63.815
=0.28

Veeco Instruments's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-6.755) / 19.992
=0.34

* 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.


Veeco Instruments  (NAS:VECO) 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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Veeco Instruments Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Terminal Drive, Plainview, NY, USA, 11803
Veeco Instruments Inc is a United States-based company engaged in designing, developing, and manufacturing thin-film process equipment, mainly used for producing electronic devices. The company focuses on semiconductor process equipment that addresses a range of challenging materials engineering problems for our customers. Its products include Laser Processing Systems, Lithography Systems, Ion Beam Systems, SiC CVD Systems, MOCVD Systems, Wet Processing Systems, MBE Technologies, Atomic Layer Deposition Systems, Physical Vapor Deposition Systems, Dicing and Lapping Systems, as well as Gas & Vapor Delivery Systems. The majority of the company's revenue is generated from sales to the Semiconductor Industry and within China.
Executives
John P Kiernan officer: VP Finance & Corp. Controller C/O VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC, TERMINAL DRIVE, PLAINVIEW NY 11803
Dennis Thomas St director C/O FORMFACTOR, INC., 7005 SOUTHFRONT ROAD, LIVERMORE CA 94551
William John Miller director, officer: CEO C/O VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC., 1 TERMINAL DRIVE, PLAINVIEW NY 11803
Adrian Devasahayam officer: SVP - Product Line Development C/O VEECO INSTRUMENTS, 1 TERMINAL DRIVE, PLAINVIEW NY 11803
Susan Wilkerson officer: SVP, Global Sales & Service C/O VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC., PLAINVIEW NY 11803
Mary Jane Raymond director C/O COHERENT CORP., 375 SAXONBURG BLVD, SAXONBURG PA 16056
Lena Nicolaides director 1250 RELIANCE WAY, FREMONT CA 94539
Peter J Simone director 17075 THORNMINT COURT, SANDIGO CA 92127
Sujeet Chand director ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC., 1201 SOUTH SECOND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53204
Peter Porshnev officer: SVP, Unified Engineering C/O VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC., 1 TERMINAL DRIVE, PLAINVIEW NY 11803
Shubham Maheshwari officer: EVP, CFO & COO C/O VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC., 1 TERMINAL DRIVE, PLAINVIEW NY 11803
John R Peeler officer: CEO DYNATECH CORP, 3 NEW ENGLAND EXECUTIVE PARK, BURLINGTON MA 01803
Kathleen A Bayless director 1251 MCKAY DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Roger D Mcdaniel director C/O ENTEGRIS INC, 3500 LYMAN BOULEVARD, CHASKA MN 55318
Susan Wang director 40919 ENCYCLOPEDIA CIRCLE, FREMONT CA 94538