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Definitions for: cash-flow-to-capital-expenditures ratio
cash-flow-to-capital-expenditures ratio

computation indicating a company's ability to maintain plant and equipment from cash provided by operations, rather than by borrowing or issuing new stock. The ratio equals cash flow from operations less dividends divided by expenditures for plant and equipment.

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