How do you interpret reportable legal entities — cash acquired from acquisition?

Higher cash acquired reduces the net cost of the acquisition.

How does reportable legal entities — cash acquired from acquisition compare across companies?

Standard accounting disclosure for business combinations.

American Homes 4 Rent AMH Reportable Legal Entities — Cash Acquired From Acquisition

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '16

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CLHReportable Legal Entities — Payments To Acquire Businesses Net Of Cash Acquired

$120M+905%

ACMReportable Legal Entities — Cash Acquired From Consolidation Of Joint Venture

$7.6M—

LAMRReportable Legal Entities — Payments To Acquire Businesses Net Of Cash Acquired

$6.64M-62.7%

CDWReportable Legal Entities — Payments To Acquire Businesses Net Of Cash Acquired

$65.95M—

ARMKReportable Legal Entities — Payments To Acquire Businesses Net Of Cash Acquired

$16.64M-98.3%

BRKRVarious — Cash Acquired From Acquisition

$6.5M—

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$472.0M+2.8%

Net income$148.8M+15.6%

EPS (diluted)$0.35+16.7%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$208.2M-4.9%

Total debt$5.1B+4.0%

Total equity$6.9B-3.2%

Total assets$13.2B-0.9%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$203.1M-9.1%

CapEx$9.4M+26.2%

Free cash flow$193.7M-10.3%

Valuation

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Market cap$11.41B-27.4%

Enterprise value$16.35B-19.4%

P/E21.4×-12.2×

P/S6.1×-2.8×

Profitability

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Net margin28.6%+2.1pp

FCF margin43%-2.5pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity7.6%+1.0pp

Debt / equity0.7×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by American Homes 4 Rent in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:CashAcquiredFromAcquisition.

The official record: American Homes 4 Rent’s 10-K, filed February 23, 2018, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does reportable legal entities — cash acquired from acquisition mean?: Cash that came with a company when it was purchased.
How do you interpret reportable legal entities — cash acquired from acquisition?: Higher cash acquired reduces the net cost of the acquisition.
How does reportable legal entities — cash acquired from acquisition compare across companies?: Standard accounting disclosure for business combinations.