Colgate has an impressive cash conversion ratio (free cash flows as a % of sales) of close to 14%.
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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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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.
It has protected free school meals and cut the ratio between its highest and lowest paid staff.
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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.
With a ratio of well over 15% paying subscribers to active free users, Spotify is the largest and fastest growing service of its kind.
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The current rulemaking orgy comes as three out of four investors can't define an "expense ratio" and two-thirds think "no-load" funds are free (in truth, they don't charge a fee to start an account, but they do take annual charges for expenses).
Mr Helliwell's research showed that the Free Trade Act, which came into effect in 1989, did have an impact: the ratio for traded goods had fallen from about 20:1 to 12:1 by 1993.
Efficiency is emissions free, creates local (and non-exportable) jobs, and repeatedly demonstrates a respectable benefit to investment ratio.
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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 Schwab California AMT Tax- Free Money-Fund, with a tempting 3% yield (net of a 0.45% expense ratio), contains, according to the latest published portfolio, a significant chunk of revenue bonds--meaning bonds not backed by the taxing authority of a state or local government.
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