cash flow to sales

cash flow to sales definition - finance
A financial ratio that measures how well a company is able to generate cash from its current operations. Calculate cash flow to sales by subtracting net cash flows from operating activities and dividing the resulting number by net sales. This ratio measures a companyÂ’s cash-
generating efficiency using cash flow to sales. Other ratios accomplish a similar objective by using cash flows and cash flows to assets.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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