What does public — goodwill gross mean?

The total unadjusted goodwill value assigned to the Public segment.

How do you interpret public — goodwill gross?

An increase typically reflects new acquisitions assigned to the segment, while a decrease reflects divestitures or reallocations.

How does public — goodwill gross compare across companies?

Standard balance sheet item; peers report this in the 'Goodwill' section of the notes to financial statements.

CDW CDW Public — Goodwill Gross

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '16

Similar metrics at other companies

WTWOperating Segments — Goodwill Gross

$10.98B—

IPDistribution — Goodwill Gross

$0-100%

WTWBenefits Deliveryand Administration — Goodwill Gross

$3.28B0.0%

WTWHuman Capital And Benefits — Goodwill Gross

$4.31B-0.8%

AWK

AWKOperating Segments — Goodwill Gross

$3.82B+0.9%

WTWBenefits Delivery And Administration — Goodwill Gross

$3.32B+1.3%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$5.7B+9.2%

Gross profit$1.2B+6.0%

Operating income$376.0M+4.0%

Net income$235.4M+4.7%

EPS (diluted)$1.82+7.7%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$578.6M+22.7%

Total debt$5.8B-3.4%

Total equity$2.6B+10.0%

Total assets$16.5B+9.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$274.8M-4.3%

CapEx$26.4M-1.9%

Free cash flow$248.4M-4.6%

Valuation

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Market cap$16.4B-26.5%

Enterprise value$21.61B-22.2%

P/E15.2×-5.3×

P/S0.7×-0.3×

Profitability

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Gross margin21.6%-0.3pp

Operating margin7.3%-0.6pp

Net margin4.7%-0.4pp

FCF margin4.7%0.0pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity44.2%-4.5pp

Debt / equity2.3×-0.3×

Current ratio1.2×-0.2×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by CDW in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:GoodwillGross.

The official record: CDW’s 10-K, filed March 1, 2017, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does public — goodwill gross mean?: The total unadjusted goodwill value assigned to the Public segment.
How do you interpret public — goodwill gross?: An increase typically reflects new acquisitions assigned to the segment, while a decrease reflects divestitures or reallocations.
How does public — goodwill gross compare across companies?: Standard balance sheet item; peers report this in the 'Goodwill' section of the notes to financial statements.