Colgate has an impressive cash conversion ratio (free cash flows as a % of sales) of close to 14%.
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That General Mills managed such robust dividend payouts without putting upward pressure on the dividend payout ratio (the percentage of profits the dividend represents) and the cash dividend payout ratio (the proportion of free cash flow that goes to dividend payouts) is good evidence that its dividend gravy train is in great shape.
Its price to cash flow ratio of 63 is also above its the peer group median of 13.
Mr. Chidambaram's comments add support to the view among some investors and analysts that the central bank will also cut banks' cash reserve ratio to help banks tide over the liquidity crunch.
For example, you didn't mention that the recent interest-rate rise on January 31st followed both an unexpected increase in the cash reserve ratio by the central bank and cuts to import duty on several items by the government in order to check inflation.
Similarly, the price-to-free-cash-flow ratio is significantly higher at 67.16x, compared with the peer group average of 31.96x.
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That pushes the effective U.S.-only cash dividend payout ratio to close to 50%.
However, the price-to-free-cash-flow ratio looks attractive at 19.29x, a roughly 13.8% discount to the peer group average of 22.37x.
The cash dividend payout ratio is particularly useful for evaluating the staying power of dividends from companies undergoing massive business model overhauls.
Or the cash dividend payout ratio against a popular utility dividend.
This is where the cash dividend payout ratio comes in handy.
Strong capital position and cash flows have enabled the company to maintain a cash dividend payout ratio of an average of 57% of net income for years 2003 through 2012.
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Another subsample of data from 251 stores within 31 retail chains provided information about the ratio of cash shortage to store sales.
The result: What Parker says is "a great balance sheet, " with a cash-to-debt ratio over 2.0.
In many cases, you can spot bad situations before they erupt if you keep an eye on distributable cash flow and the payout ratio.
And the quick ratio, which measures cash and accounts receivable relative to total current liabilities, has been trending lower over the years, dipping below 1 in the last 12 months.
Hctor Medina, Cemex executive vice president of planning and finance, says Cemex's ratio of debt to cash flow (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) currently stands at 3.55 and should soon fall to 3.0.
The added cash enabled the Rockies to reduce their ratio of debt to enterprise value to 19%, down from 35% when Monfort took over.
Unilever has modest sales conversion to cash flow but has a higher payout ratio than many if its peers making it desirable for dividend hungry investors.
The weighted ratio of EBITDA less capex to cash interest, for instance, averaged 2.2x in the first quarter, which is within the recent band of 2.1-2.4x.
In regards to leverage, Basel III introduced a minimum 3% leverage ratio and two required liquidity ratios: (1) the Liquidity Coverage Ratio, which requires a bank to hold high-quality liquid assets to cover its total net cash outflows over 30 days, and (2) the Net Stable Funding Ratio, which requires the available amount of stable funding to exceed the required amount of stable funding over a one-year period of extended stress.
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Kalamazoo has a 14% capital ratio and 39% of its assets in cash and securities.
Also like YCS, this ETF holdings forwards and cash, and has a 0.95% expense ratio.
Indeed, the average ratio of pro forma EBITDA less capex to cash interest of third-quarter LBOs only decreased marginally, to a still-healthy 2.4x, from 2.6x in the second quarter.
"The merger ratio does not reflect BAE's superior cash generation, or the quality of its earnings stream, derived from the length and nature of its customer contracts, " Invesco said.
One reason: A fund can achieve a low downside-capture ratio simply by keeping a slug of money in cash.
In addition, Alliance Fiber sports a debt-free balance sheet with 75 cents per share in cash, while Bookham's price-to-sales ratio is 1.6.
The 0.95% expense ratio may be reduced by interest income earned on cash and financial instruments since the fund will get its desired exposure with leveraged swaps while maintaining a large cash position.
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That is the ratio of enterprise value (market value plus debt less cash) to operating earnings (Ebitda).
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