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Sierra Wireless (Sierra Wireless) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.00 (As of Sep. 2022)


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What is Sierra Wireless 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.

Sierra Wireless's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Sep. 2022 was $-3.26 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Sep. 2022 was $-9.48 Mil.

GuruFocus do not calculate Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow if the Cash Flow from Operations is negative.


Sierra Wireless Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sierra Wireless'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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Sierra Wireless Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

Sierra Wireless Annual Data
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Sierra Wireless Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Sierra Wireless's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Sierra Wireless'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.


Sierra Wireless's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Sierra Wireless Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Sierra Wireless's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-19.984) / -76.534
=N/A

Sierra Wireless's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-3.264) / -9.476
=N/A

* 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.


Sierra Wireless  (NAS:SWIR) 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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Sierra Wireless (Sierra Wireless) Business Description

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Sierra Wireless Inc is a wireless communication equipment designer and provider of Device-To-Cloud Internet-of-Things solutions. The company's product and services portfolio contain products such as high-speed cellular modules and services such as connectivity services, cloud platforms, and cellular gateways, among others. It operates through two business segments: Internet of Things solutions and Embedded broadband. The vast majority of revenue comes from the company's embedded broadband segment, and more than half of its revenue is earned in the Americas and Asia-Pacific region.