Span-America Medical Systems (Span-America Medical Systems) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.34 (As of Mar. 2017)

Span-America Medical Systems Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

Span-America Medical Systems Annual Data
	Trend	Sep07	Sep08	Sep09	Sep10	Sep11	Sep12	Sep13	Sep14	Sep15	Sep16
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					0.10	0.07	0.18	0.15	0.09

Span-America Medical Systems Quarterly Data
	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Mar16	Jun16	Sep16	Dec16	Mar17
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.05	0.06	0.06	0.20	0.34

Competitive Comparison of Span-America Medical Systems's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Span-America Medical 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.

Span-America Medical Systems's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Span-America Medical Systems's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Span-America Medical Systems's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls into.

Span-America Medical Systems Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Span-America Medical Systems's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2016 is calculated as

Span-America Medical Systems's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 is calculated as

* 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.

Span-America Medical Systems  (NAS:SPAN) 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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