What does consolidation — payments of dividends common stock mean?

Dividend payments adjusted during consolidation to avoid double-counting between the parent and subsidiaries.

How do you interpret consolidation — payments of dividends common stock?

Reflects the net cash outflow for dividends after accounting for intercompany eliminations.

How does consolidation — payments of dividends common stock compare across companies?

Standard line item for any parent company with multiple subsidiaries paying dividends.

Acuity Brands AYI Consolidation — Payments Of Dividends Common Stock

Discontinued — last reported Q3 '18

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ARMKConsolidation Eliminations — Payments Of Dividends Common Stock

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-$3M—

NPOConsolidation Eliminations — Payments Of Dividends Common Stock

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FEConsolidation Eliminations — Payments Of Dividends Common Stock

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REGConsolidation Eliminations — Payments Of Dividends Common Stock

-$90.53M—

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.1B+4.9%

Gross profit$520.4M+11.2%

Operating income$133.0M+20.7%

Net income$96.8M+24.9%

EPS (diluted)$3.09+26.1%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$272.5M-31.5%

Total debt$808.2M-32.2%

Total equity$2.8B+12.7%

Total assets$4.6B-0.5%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$89.1M+50.0%

CapEx$15.8M+62.9%

Free cash flow$73.3M+47.5%

Valuation

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Market cap$9.63B+0.5%

Enterprise value$10.16B-2.1%

P/E22.4×-0.6×

P/S2.1×-0.3×

Profitability

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Gross margin48.7%+1.8pp

Operating margin13.4%-0.4pp

Net margin9.4%-1.2pp

FCF margin12.2%+0.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity16%-1.8pp

Debt / equity0.3×-0.2×

Current ratio2.1×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Acuity Brands in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock.

The official record: Acuity Brands’s 10-Q, filed July 3, 2018, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does consolidation — payments of dividends common stock mean?: Dividend payments adjusted during consolidation to avoid double-counting between the parent and subsidiaries.
How do you interpret consolidation — payments of dividends common stock?: Reflects the net cash outflow for dividends after accounting for intercompany eliminations.
How does consolidation — payments of dividends common stock compare across companies?: Standard line item for any parent company with multiple subsidiaries paying dividends.