What is Span-America Medical Systems 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.
* 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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Span-America Medical Systems Capex-to-Operating-Income Chart
Competitive Comparison of Span-America Medical Systems's Capex-to-Operating-Income
For the Medical Devices subindustry, Span-America Medical Systems's Capex-to-Operating-Income, along with its competitors' market caps and Capex-to-Operating-Income 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-Income Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry
For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Span-America Medical Systems's Capex-to-Operating-Income distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Span-America Medical Systems's Capex-to-Operating-Income falls into.
Span-America Medical Systems Capex-to-Operating-Income Calculation
Span-America Medical Systems's Capex-to-Operating-Income for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2016 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-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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Span-America Medical Systems (Span-America Medical Systems) Business Description
Span-America Medical Systems Inc was incorporated under the laws of the state of South Carolina on September 21, 1970. The Company manufactures and distributes therapeutic support surfaces, mattress overlays, patient positioners, seating cushions, skin care products and fall prevention products for the medical market and pillows, mattress pads and various foam products for the custom products market throughout the United States and Canada. Its operations are divided into two main business units or segments: medical and custom products. The Company's main medical products consist of polyurethane foam mattress overlays, therapeutic support surfaces (which consist of non-powered and powered therapeutic support surfaces) and patient positioners as well as Selan (r) skin care, seating and fall protection products. The Company's custom products segment includes two product lines namely consumer bedding products and various engineered industrial products. The Company's consumer product line consists mainly of convoluted and contour-cut mattress overlays and specially designed pillows for the consumer bedding market. It sells these products mainly in North America to customers in the segments of the health care market, including acute care hospitals, long-term care facilities and home health care providers. The Company's manufacturing operations are subject to various government regulations pertaining to the discharge of materials into the environment.
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