How do you interpret inpatient rehabilitation — payments to acquire businesses gross?

Higher payments indicate aggressive expansion or consolidation efforts, while lower payments suggest a focus on organic growth or capital preservation.

Encompass Health Corporation EHC Inpatient Rehabilitation — Payments To Acquire Businesses Gross

Discontinued — last reported Q2 '17

Similar metrics at other companies

THCAmbulatory Care — Cash paid to acquire businesses

$104M-63.0%

OHISC — Payments To Acquire Businesses Gross

$10.1M—

OHIIN — Payments To Acquire Businesses Gross

$7M—

WELLOutpatient Medical — Business Acquisition Purchase Price Allocation Net Cash Invested

$27.36M-46.2%

OHINC — Payments To Acquire Businesses Gross

$8.6M—

PEA

PEAKPost Acute And Skilled Nursing — Payments To Acquire Businesses Net Of Cash Acquired

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.6B+9.0%

Operating income$151.9M+18.3%

Net income$194.5M+28.4%

EPS (diluted)$1.93+30.4%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$163.4M+33.1%

Total debt$3.1B-1.1%

Total equity$2.5B+16.8%

Total assets$7.3B+10.1%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$313.1M+8.5%

CapEx$162.4M-0.4%

Free cash flow$150.7M+20.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$9.72B-5.7%

Enterprise value$12.68B-5.0%

P/E16×-4.9×

P/S1.6×-0.3×

Profitability

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Operating margin12.4%-1.5pp

Net margin10%+1.1pp

FCF margin7.7%+0.6pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity26%+0.7pp

Debt / equity1.2×-0.2×

Current ratio1.2×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Encompass Health Corporation in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross.

The official record: Encompass Health Corporation’s 10-Q, filed August 2, 2017, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does inpatient rehabilitation — payments to acquire businesses gross mean?: The total cash spent to purchase other businesses for the inpatient rehabilitation segment.
How do you interpret inpatient rehabilitation — payments to acquire businesses gross?: Higher payments indicate aggressive expansion or consolidation efforts, while lower payments suggest a focus on organic growth or capital preservation.
How does inpatient rehabilitation — payments to acquire businesses gross compare across companies?: Commonly reported by healthcare providers as 'Cash paid for acquisitions' or 'Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired'.