How do you interpret electronics — payments to acquire intangible assets?

Higher spending indicates a focus on long-term growth through technology acquisition or intellectual property expansion.

How does electronics — payments to acquire intangible assets compare across companies?

Common in technology and specialty chemical sectors; peers report this as part of investing cash flows.

Element Solutions ESI Electronics — Payments to acquire intangible assets

Discontinued — last reported Q1 '20

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ALGMPayments For Intangible Assets

$1M—

FTVIntelligent Operating Solutions — Payments to Acquire Productive Assets

$20.7M+22.5%

MODPayments To Acquire Intangible And Productive Assets

$0—

APTVElectronicsand Safety — Payments To Acquire Businesses Gross

$40M—

CLHReportable Legal Entities — Payments To Acquire Intangible Assets

$1.23M+115%

JIntangible assets

$34.06M-10.5%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$840.0M+41.5%

Gross profit$322.7M+28.8%

Operating income$111.4M+43.9%

Net income$55.9M-43.0%

EPS (diluted)$0.23-42.5%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$177.3M-64.5%

Total debt$2.3B+38.8%

Total equity$2.7B+8.5%

Total assets$5.7B+19.7%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$66.6M-356%

CapEx$25.1M+128%

Free cash flow-$91.7M-711%

Valuation

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Market cap$11.2B+51.7%

Enterprise value$13.28B+57.3%

P/E75.3×+49.5×

P/S4×+1.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin40.8%-1.2pp

Operating margin13.4%-0.4pp

Net margin5.3%-6.2pp

FCF margin4.3%-6.6pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity5.7%-6.2pp

Debt / equity0.8×+0.2×

Current ratio2.7×-1.3×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Element Solutions in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireIntangibleAssets.

The official record: Element Solutions’s 10-K, filed February 22, 2023, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does electronics — payments to acquire intangible assets mean?: Cash spent to purchase intangible assets like patents or software.
How do you interpret electronics — payments to acquire intangible assets?: Higher spending indicates a focus on long-term growth through technology acquisition or intellectual property expansion.
How does electronics — payments to acquire intangible assets compare across companies?: Common in technology and specialty chemical sectors; peers report this as part of investing cash flows.