Rockwood Holdings (FRA:R6H) Capex-to-Operating-Income : 0.87 (As of Sep. 2014)

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What is Rockwood Holdings Capex-to-Operating-Income?

Capex-to-Operating-Income measures a company's investments in physical assets such as property, industrial buildings or equipment to its operating income.

Rockwood Holdings's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Sep. 2014 was €-35.54 Mil. Its Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2014 was €40.66 Mil.

Hence, Rockwood Holdings's Capex-to-Operating-Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2014 was 0.87.

Rockwood Holdings Capex-to-Operating-Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for Rockwood Holdings's Capex-to-Operating-Income can be seen below:

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Rockwood Holdings Capex-to-Operating-Income Chart

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Capex-to-Operating-Income	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.68	0.99	0.82	0.90	0.87

Competitive Comparison of Rockwood Holdings's Capex-to-Operating-Income

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Rockwood Holdings's Capex-to-Operating-Income, along with its competitors' market caps and Capex-to-Operating-Income data, can be viewed below:

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Rockwood Holdings's Capex-to-Operating-Income Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Rockwood Holdings's Capex-to-Operating-Income distribution charts can be found below:

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Rockwood Holdings Capex-to-Operating-Income Calculation

Rockwood Holdings's Capex-to-Operating-Income for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Income	=	- Capital Expenditure	/	Operating Income
	=	- (-125.779)	/	153.738
	=	0.82

Rockwood Holdings's Capex-to-Operating-Income for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Income	=	- Capital Expenditure	/	Operating Income
	=	- (-35.541)	/	40.662
	=	0.87

Rockwood Holdings (FRA:R6H) Capex-to-Operating-Income Explanation

Capex-to-Operating-Income assesses how much emphasis a company is placing upon investing in capital-intensive projects. The ratio is generally a good gauge to quantify how much focus on growth a company has. Typically, smaller companies that are still growing and expanding will have a higher Capex to Operating Income Ratio, since such businesses are likely investing more in physical assets. Lower ratios could indicate that a company has reached maturity and it is no longer pursuing aggressive growth.

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Rockwood Holdings Inc was incorporated in Delaware in September 2000. It is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of value-added specialty chemicals and materials used for industrial and commercial purposes. The Company operates through two business segments: Lithium and Surface Treatment. The Lithium segment operates under the Rockwood Lithium brand name and develops lithium chemicals for industries and end markets. It develops and manufactures basic lithium compounds, including lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, lithium chloride, and value-added lithium specialties and reagents, including butyllithium and lithium aluminum hydride. It operates lithium business along the following five business divisions reflecting its core end-markets: Lithium Salts; Special Salts; Butyllithium/Lithium Metal; Battery Products and Lithium Specialties. Lithium segment obtains lithium brine which it uses to produce lithium products through evaporation in the Salar de Atacama, Chile and Silver Peak, Nevada. Lithium's customers include Bayer CropScience (a division of Bayer AG), Syngenta AG, Umicore S.A., Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. and Royal DSM N.V. Surface Treatment segment operates under the Chemetall brand name and develops and manufactures metal surface treatment products and services for industries and end market. Surface Treatment's products are used for a variety of applications and serve the automotive, aerospace and general industrial markets, including steel and metal-working industries. The customers include ArcelorMittal, Daimler AG, European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) N.V., Ford, Renault-Nissan and Volkswagen AG. The competitors in this segment includes: Dow Corning Corporation, Catalise Industria e Comercio de Metals Ltda and Nachmann S.r.I. The Company's operations are subject to regulation by the FDA with respect to certain products produced, marketed and sold by its Lithium segment, which includes pharmaceutical intermediates.

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