Cisco Systems (XSGO:CSCO) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

: 0.05 (As of Apr. 2023)

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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.

Cisco Systems's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Apr. 2023 was $-270.00 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Apr. 2023 was $5,219.00 Mil.

Hence, Cisco Systems's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Apr. 2023 was 0.05.

Cisco Systems Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cisco Systems's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

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Cisco Systems Annual Data

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Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow																0.03	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.05

Competitive Comparison

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Cisco Systems'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.

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Cisco Systems Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Cisco Systems's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cisco Systems's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls in comparison to its industry or sector. The grey bar indicates the Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow's extreme value range as defined by GuruFocus.

Cisco Systems Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Cisco Systems's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2022 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow	=	- Capital Expenditure	/	Cash Flow from Operations
	=	- (-477)	/	13226
	=	0.04

Cisco Systems's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow	=	- Capital Expenditure	/	Cash Flow from Operations
	=	- (-270)	/	5219
	=	0.05

Cisco Systems (XSGO:CSCO) 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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Cisco Systems is the largest provider of networking equipment in the world and one of the largest software companies in the world. Its largest businesses are selling networking hardware and software (where it has leading market shares) and cybersecurity software like firewalls. It also has collaboration products, like its Webex suite, and observability tools. It primarily outsources its manufacturing to third parties and has a large sales and marketing staff—25,000 strong across 90 countries. Overall, Cisco employees 80,000 employees and sells its products globally.