How do you interpret europe — payments to acquire property, plant, and equipment?

Higher spending indicates active investment in regional capacity, while lower spending may suggest a focus on asset-light operations.

How does europe — payments to acquire property, plant, and equipment compare across companies?

Comparable to regional capital expenditure (CapEx) disclosures in segment reporting.

FactSet Research Systems FDS Europe — Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment

Discontinued — last reported Q1 '20

Similar metrics at other companies

SNXEurope — Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment

$3.94M+278%

WTSEurope — CapEx

$1.3M-53.6%

SSD

SSDEurope — Payments to Acquire Productive Assets

$2.53M-18.7%

EXPDEurope — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

$2.1M+81.6%

GMEEurope — CapEx

$3.25M-34.3%

MODEurope — CapEx

$6.2M+15.3%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$611.0M+7.1%

Gross profit$314.3M+4.4%

Operating income$185.0M-0.3%

Net income$133.1M-8.1%

EPS (diluted)$3.59-4.5%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$277.4M-4.9%

Total debt$2.1B+23.5%

Total equity$2.1B+3.5%

Total assets$4.2B-0.5%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$211.7M+21.7%

CapEx$26.0M+9.5%

Free cash flow$185.7M+23.6%

Valuation

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Market cap$8.06B-54.2%

Enterprise value$9.84B-48.1%

P/E13.7×-18.7×

P/S3.4×-4.5×

Profitability

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Gross margin51.9%-2.2pp

Operating margin31.2%-0.2pp

Net margin24.5%+0.4pp

FCF margin28.4%+3.4pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity28.1%0.0pp

Debt / equity1×+0.2×

Current ratio1.4×0.0×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by FactSet Research Systems in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment.

The official record: FactSet Research Systems’s 10-Q, filed January 9, 2020, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does europe — payments to acquire property, plant, and equipment mean?: Cash spent on physical assets and infrastructure in the European region.
How do you interpret europe — payments to acquire property, plant, and equipment?: Higher spending indicates active investment in regional capacity, while lower spending may suggest a focus on asset-light operations.
How does europe — payments to acquire property, plant, and equipment compare across companies?: Comparable to regional capital expenditure (CapEx) disclosures in segment reporting.