What does performance materials — D&A mean?

The non-cash expense representing the wear and tear or expiration of the segment's assets.

How do you interpret performance materials — D&A?

An increase may signal higher capital investment or recent acquisitions, while a decrease could indicate aging assets or reduced capital spending.

How does performance materials — D&A compare across companies?

Comparable to D&A expenses reported by other capital-intensive specialty chemical manufacturers.

Element Solutions ESI Performance Materials — D&A

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '15

Similar metrics at other companies

DDPerformance Materials And Coatings — D&A

$213.75M+0.1%

DOWPerformance Materials & Coatings — D&A

$181M-9.5%

WLKPerformance and Essential Materials — D&A

$221M-2.6%

CREngineered Materials — D&A

$975K-32.8%

CRSPerformance Engineered Products — Consolidated depreciation and amortization

$4.4M+4.8%

MODPerformance Technologies — D&A

$7.6M+2.7%

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:DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization.

The official record: Element Solutions’s 10-K, filed March 11, 2016, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does performance materials — D&A mean?: The non-cash expense representing the wear and tear or expiration of the segment's assets.
How do you interpret performance materials — D&A?: An increase may signal higher capital investment or recent acquisitions, while a decrease could indicate aging assets or reduced capital spending.
How does performance materials — D&A compare across companies?: Comparable to D&A expenses reported by other capital-intensive specialty chemical manufacturers.