cash flow ratio

Look at other dictionaries:

• Price/cash flow ratio — The price/cash flow ratio (also called price to cash flow ratio or P/CF), is a ratio used to compare a company s market value to its cash flow. It is calculated by dividing the company s market cap by the company s operating cash flow in the most …   Wikipedia

• Operating Cash Flow Ratio — A measure of how well current liabilities are covered by the cash flow generated from a company s operations. Formula: The operating cash flow ratio can gauge a company s liquidity in the short term. Using cash flow as opposed to income is… …   Investment dictionary

• Price-To-Cash-Flow Ratio — A measure of the market s expectations of a firm s future financial health. Because this measure deals with cash flow, the effects of depreciation and other non cash factors are removed. Similar to the price earnings ratio, this measures provides …   Investment dictionary

• Sales to Cash Flow Ratio — A measure of whether or not a company s sales are high in comparison to its cash flow. Calculated as: You want this ratio to be as high as possible. A high ratio is a sign of a strong company …   Investment dictionary

• price-to-cash-flow ratio — Fin the ratio of the value of all of a company’s stock to its cash flow for the most recent complete fiscal year …   The ultimate business dictionary

• cash-flow — [ kaʃflo ] n. m. • 1966; mot angl., de cash « comptant » et flow « écoulement » ♦ Anglic. Comptab. Solde comptable indiquant la capacité d autofinancement d une entreprise (⇒ liquidité). Des cash flows. SYN. Marge brute d autofinancement. ● cash… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Cash flow loan — is a sort of debt financing, in which a bank lends funds against cash flows that a borrowing company generates. To secure repayment, the bank covenants a borrower on such levels and ratios as enterprise value, EBITDA, total interest coverage… …   Wikipedia

• Cash-Flow — Capacité d autofinancement La capacité d autofinancement (CAF) est le potentiel de l entreprise à dégager, de par son activité de la période, une ressource (un enrichissement de flux de fonds). Cette ressource interne pourra être utilisée… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Cash Flow To Capital Expenditures - CF to CAPEX — A ratio that measures a company s ability to acquire long term assets using free cash flow. The cash flow to capital expenditures (CF to CAPEX) ratio will often fluctuate as businesses go through cycles of large and small capital expenditures. CF …   Investment dictionary

• cash flow to total debt ratio — A ratio for assessing the solvency of a company, calculated by dividing the cash flow from operations by the total liabilities. It indicates a company s ability to satisfy its debts …   Accounting dictionary

• cash flow to capital expenditure ratio — A ratio calculated by dividing a company s cash flows from operations less dividends by the expenditures for plant and equipment. It demonstrates a company s ability to maintain its plant and equipment from its own resources, rather than from… …   Accounting dictionary