How do you interpret operating segments — income tax expense benefit?

High expense relative to income may indicate a high effective tax rate, while a benefit may indicate tax credits or loss carryforwards.

How does operating segments — income tax expense benefit compare across companies?

Standard financial reporting metric for segment-level tax analysis.

Fidelity National Financial FNF Operating Segments — Income Tax Expense Benefit

Discontinued — last reported Q1 '18

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FEOperating Segments — Income Tax Expense Benefit

$176M+1.1%

NRGOperating Segments — Income Tax Expense Benefit

$2M+60.0%

KEYOperating Segments — Income Tax Expense Benefit

$75M-18.5%

PFGOperating Segments — Segment Income Tax Expense Benefit

$98.78M+17.0%

ESOperating Segments — Income Tax Expense Benefit

$144.7M+4.2%

CFGOperating Segments — Income Tax Expense Benefit

$136M-13.9%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$3.2B+18.2%

Net income$243.0M+193%

EPS (diluted)$0.90+200%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$2.5B-45.0%

Total debt$4.8B-0.7%

Total equity$7.3B-8.1%

Total assets$111.50B+13.5%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$875.0M-21.5%

Valuation

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Market cap$12.6B-29.7%

Enterprise value$14.9B-18.3%

P/E13.1×—

P/S0.8×-0.5×

Profitability

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Net margin8.3%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity14.2%—

Debt / equity0.7×0.0×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Fidelity National Financial in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit.

The official record: Fidelity National Financial’s 10-Q, filed May 3, 2018, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does operating segments — income tax expense benefit mean?: The amount of income tax expense or benefit attributed to a specific business segment.
How do you interpret operating segments — income tax expense benefit?: High expense relative to income may indicate a high effective tax rate, while a benefit may indicate tax credits or loss carryforwards.
How does operating segments — income tax expense benefit compare across companies?: Standard financial reporting metric for segment-level tax analysis.