12 Tech Stocks With Strong Sources of Profitability and Good Cash Coverage
By Kapitall:One important consideration for tech stocks is how easily the companies can pay their ongoing capital expenditures. Operating cash flow is a likely source for this payment, so the ratio of operating cash flow to capital expenditures can give an idea of whether the firm’s fixed asset expenses are reasonably covered, with cash to spare.We ran a screen with this idea in mind, however we also wanted to take into account profitability.One way to analyze the profitability of a company is to use DuPont analysis of return on equity (ROE). ROE can be broken up into three components such that changes in ROE can be attributed to those components.ROE= (Net Profit/Equity)= (Net profit/Sales)*(Sales/Assets)*(Assets/Equity)= (Net Profit margin)*(Asset turnover)*(Leverage ratio)Analyzing the sources of returns for a company, we can focus on companies with the following characteristics:Increasing ROE along with
- Decreasing leverage, i.e. decreasing Asset/Equity
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