Cash-flow margin stability, operating cash flow over revenue

Cash-flow margin stability, operating cash flow over revenue

One of the 61 measures in Stock Scorer, under Durability — How predictable is the revenue, and how much of it is already committed?

How it is worked out

Standard deviation of the annual operating cash flow ÷ revenue, in percentage points

The same steadiness test applied to cash rather than to margin. Every company reports cash flow, which is why this is the one stability measure a miner or a retailer also has.

How to read it

flat earns a 10, 10pp of swing a 1

Which figures it needs

Computed from 2 figures taken from the filing:

• ocf
• revenue

The XBRL tags behind it

These are the element names looked for in a filing, in order. The first one a company reports is the one used, and the company page names which it was — so any figure here can be checked against the filing it came from.

• NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities
• NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations
• CashFlowsFromUsedInOperatingActivities
• CashFlowsFromUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations
• RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax
• Revenues
• RevenueFromContractWithCustomerIncludingAssessedTax
• SalesRevenueNet
• SalesRevenueServicesNet
• RevenueFromContractsWithCustomers
• Revenue

Whether it counts

This measure is counted in Durability by default. It can be taken out on the dashboard, and the dimension is then measured over whatever is left.