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Spirit Pub Co (LSE:SPRT) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.76 (As of Feb. 2015)


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What is Spirit Pub Co 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.

Spirit Pub Co's Capital Expenditure for the six months ended in Feb. 2015 was £-34.40 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the six months ended in Feb. 2015 was £45.40 Mil.

Hence, Spirit Pub Co's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the six months ended in Feb. 2015 was 0.76.


Spirit Pub Co Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Spirit Pub Co'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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Spirit Pub Co Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

Spirit Pub Co Annual Data
Trend Aug08 Aug09 Aug10 Aug11 Aug12 Aug13 Aug14
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 2.21 0.49 0.79 0.43 0.27

Spirit Pub Co Semi-Annual Data
Aug08 Aug09 Aug10 Feb11 Aug11 Feb12 Aug12 Feb13 Aug13 Feb14 Aug14 Feb15
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.90 0.43 0.36 0.27 0.76

Competitive Comparison of Spirit Pub Co's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Leisure subindustry, Spirit Pub Co'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.


Spirit Pub Co's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Travel & Leisure Industry

For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Spirit Pub Co's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Spirit Pub Co's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls into.



Spirit Pub Co Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Spirit Pub Co's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2014 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-44.1) / 165.2
=0.27

Spirit Pub Co's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2015 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-34.4) / 45.4
=0.76

* 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.


Spirit Pub Co  (LSE:SPRT) 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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Spirit Pub Co (LSE:SPRT) Business Description

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Spirit Pub Co PLC was incorporated in England. The Company's trading activities are divided into two divisions; namely a Managed division and a Leased division. The Managed division involves pubs that are directly managed by the Group, and a Leased division which involves the granting of leases to licensees who run the pub as their own business, paying rent to the Group, purchasing beer and other drinks from the Group and entering into profit sharing arrangements for income from leisure machines. The Company holds 794 Managed pubs and 433 Leased pubs. The group operates solely in the United Kingdom.

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