What does business products — net sales mean?

The total revenue earned from selling business products in this specific segment.

How do you interpret business products — net sales?

An increase indicates growing market share or higher demand for business products, while a decrease suggests weakening demand or competitive pressure.

How does business products — net sales compare across companies?

Comparable to segment-specific revenue figures reported by diversified industrial or wholesale distributors.

Genuine Parts GPC Business Products — Net Sales

Discontinued — last reported Q1 '20

Similar metrics at other companies

PNROperating Segments — Net Sales

$798.5M+11.9%

HONProduct — Net Sales

64%-1.0pp

CWProduct — Net Sales

$771.02M+13.6%

GISOperating Segments — Product Revenue

$4.41B+5.1%

GGGOperating Segments — Net Revenue

$424.57M+11.9%

SNProduct — Net Sales

$2.9M+70.6%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$6.3B+6.8%

Gross profit$2.3B+7.6%

Net income$188.5M-3.0%

EPS (diluted)$1.37-2.1%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$500.0M+18.9%

Total debt$6.4B+4.2%

Total equity$4.5B+0.6%

Total assets$21.0B+5.9%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$63.9M+257%

CapEx$97.6M-18.6%

Free cash flow-$33.6M+79.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$14.96B-11.0%

Enterprise value$20.82B-7.4%

P/E17.3×+4.3×

P/S0.6×-0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin36.9%+0.3pp

Net margin3.4%-1.3pp

FCF margin2.2%+0.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity17.1%-7.4pp

Debt / equity1.4×0.0×

Current ratio1.1×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Genuine Parts in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax.

The official record: Genuine Parts’s 10-Q, filed May 6, 2020, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does business products — net sales mean?: The total revenue earned from selling business products in this specific segment.
How do you interpret business products — net sales?: An increase indicates growing market share or higher demand for business products, while a decrease suggests weakening demand or competitive pressure.
How does business products — net sales compare across companies?: Comparable to segment-specific revenue figures reported by diversified industrial or wholesale distributors.