What is Ester Industries 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.
GuruFocus do not calculate Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow if the Cash Flow from Operations is negative.
Ester Industries Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Ester Industries'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.
Competitive Comparison of Ester Industries's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Ester Industries'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.
Ester Industries's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Chemicals Industry
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Ester Industries's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Ester Industries's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls into.
* 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.
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.
Ester Industries Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Related Terms
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Ester Industries Ltd is engaged in the manufacturing of polyester films, specialty polymers, and engineering plastic compounds. It operates through three segments; Polyester chips and film; Speciality Polymers and Engineering Plastics. The company generates maximum revenue from the Polyester chips and film segment. The Polyester chips and film segment is used in primarily flexible packaging and other industrial applications. It serves food packaging; beverage packaging; home and personal care; industrial packaging; construction; automotive; electrical and electronics, carpet, and other industries. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from India.
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