How do you interpret aerospace and technologies — restructuring and other activities?

High costs suggest active transformation or downsizing, which may lead to future margin improvements, while low costs indicate operational stability.

Ball Corporation BALL Aerospace And Technologies — Restructuring And Other Activities

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '15

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WWDAerospace — Other Restructuring Costs

$3.93M—

CRAerospace and Electronics — Cumulative Restructuring Costs

$1.5M0.0%

TDYAerospace and Defense Electronics — Restructuring Charges

$175K-93.7%

HONAerospace Technologies — Restructuring Reserve And Other Charges Period Increase (Decrease)

$1M+114%

CRAerospace & Electronics — Total restructuring charges (gains), net

$0-100%

TKRAerospace And Defense — Severance Costs1

$3.7M—

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$3.6B+16.3%

Gross profit$646.0M+7.0%

Operating income$196.0M-26.6%

Net income$205.0M+14.5%

EPS (diluted)$0.77+22.2%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$730.0M+62.6%

Total debt$7.9B+16.0%

Total equity$5.6B+1.8%

Total assets$19.8B+9.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$777.0M-16.8%

CapEx$161.0M+98.8%

Free cash flow-$938.0M-25.7%

Valuation

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Market cap$15.37B+7.0%

Enterprise value$22.53B+8.7%

P/E16.3×-12.0×

P/S1.1×-0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin19.2%-1.2pp

Operating margin9.6%+2.1pp

Net margin6.9%+2.7pp

FCF margin0.3%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity17%+9.0pp

Debt / equity1.4×+0.2×

Current ratio1.1×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Ball Corporation in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept bll:RestructuringAndOtherActivities.

The official record: Ball Corporation’s 10-K, filed March 1, 2018, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does aerospace and technologies — restructuring and other activities mean?: One-time costs related to reorganizing or streamlining the aerospace business operations.
How do you interpret aerospace and technologies — restructuring and other activities?: High costs suggest active transformation or downsizing, which may lead to future margin improvements, while low costs indicate operational stability.
How does aerospace and technologies — restructuring and other activities compare across companies?: Similar to 'Restructuring Charges' reported by other industrial and defense firms.