How do you interpret operating segments — payments to acquire productive assets?

Higher spending indicates active investment in growth or modernization, whereas lower spending may suggest a focus on cash preservation or a mature asset base.

How does operating segments — payments to acquire productive assets compare across companies?

Equivalent to segment-level capital expenditure (CapEx) reporting in global automotive and industrial manufacturing sectors.

BorgWarner BWA Operating Segments — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '19

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FLSOperating Segments — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

$10.22M-25.8%

AITOperating Segments — Payments to Acquire Productive Assets

$3.6M-27.3%

KMBOngoing Operations — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

$192.75M-27.0%

PAGOperating Segments — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

$61.75M+21.6%

MODOperating Segments — CapEx

$12.4M-16.6%

ALLEOperating Segments — CapEx

$15.1M+40.8%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$3.5B+0.5%

Gross profit$677.0M+5.9%

Operating income$336.0M+41.8%

Net income$242.0M+54.1%

EPS (diluted)$1.16+61.1%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$2.3B+10.5%

Total debt$4.1B+2.1%

Total equity$5.5B-4.2%

Total assets$13.7B-1.3%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$152.0M+85.4%

CapEx$143.0M+20.2%

Free cash flow$9.0M+124%

Valuation

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Market cap$14.74B+77.6%

P/E18.9×-7.9×

P/S1×+0.4×

Profitability

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Gross margin18.9%0.0pp

Operating margin8.1%-0.1pp

Net margin6.3%+1.1pp

FCF margin8.5%+1.5pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity15%+3.5pp

Debt / equity0.7×0.0×

Current ratio2.1×+0.2×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by BorgWarner in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets.

The official record: BorgWarner’s 10-K, filed February 13, 2020, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does operating segments — payments to acquire productive assets mean?: The cash spent on new equipment and facilities for a specific business segment.
How do you interpret operating segments — payments to acquire productive assets?: Higher spending indicates active investment in growth or modernization, whereas lower spending may suggest a focus on cash preservation or a mature asset base.
How does operating segments — payments to acquire productive assets compare across companies?: Equivalent to segment-level capital expenditure (CapEx) reporting in global automotive and industrial manufacturing sectors.