What does impairment charges mean?

Write-downs of long-lived assets (excluding goodwill) when their carrying value exceeds fair value, including property, equipment, right-of-use assets, and other tangible assets.

Bruker BRKR Impairment Charges

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '15

Impairment Charges at other companies

Charles River LaboratoriesCRL

$15.86M+50.0%

Segments

By segment

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Bsi Calid$2M—

Bsi Nano$700K—

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$823.4M+2.7%

Gross profit$379.8M-2.9%

Operating income$10.2M-67.9%

Net income$14.4M-17.2%

EPS (diluted)$0.02-81.8%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$137.6M-26.7%

Total debt$1.7B-20.9%

Total equity$2.5B+34.6%

Total assets$6.1B+3.3%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$71.2M+9.5%

CapEx$24.2M-6.9%

Free cash flow$47.0M+20.5%

Valuation

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Market cap$8.71B-13.2%

Enterprise value$10.25B-14.9%

P/S2.5×-0.4×

Profitability

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Gross margin45.3%-3.7pp

Operating margin1.3%-5.0pp

Net margin-0.6%-10.0pp

FCF margin1.5%-3.6pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-1%-21.2pp

Debt / equity0.7×-0.5×

Current ratio1.6×0.0×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Bruker in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:AssetImpairmentCharges.

The official record: Bruker’s 10-K, filed February 29, 2016, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does impairment charges mean?: Write-downs of long-lived assets (excluding goodwill) when their carrying value exceeds fair value, including property, equipment, right-of-use assets, and other tangible assets.