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Ball Corporation BALL Operating Segments — Provision For Doubtful Accounts

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '14

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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 us-gaap:ProvisionForDoubtfulAccounts.

The official record: Ball Corporation’s 10-K, filed March 2, 2017, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does operating segments — provision for doubtful accounts mean?
The estimated portion of customer invoices that will likely go unpaid.
How do you interpret operating segments — provision for doubtful accounts?
An increase suggests rising credit risk or deteriorating customer financial health, while a decrease indicates improved collections or a higher-quality customer base.
How does operating segments — provision for doubtful accounts compare across companies?
Standard across manufacturing and industrial peers; usually a small percentage of total receivables.