What does biomedical — goodwill impairment mean?

A non-cash loss recorded when the value of the Biomedical segment's goodwill is deemed to have declined.

How do you interpret biomedical — goodwill impairment?

Any impairment loss is a negative signal, indicating that the segment's future earnings potential has been revised downward.

How does biomedical — goodwill impairment compare across companies?

Standard accounting metric for assessing the long-term health of acquired business units.

Chart Industries GTLS Biomedical — Goodwill Impairment

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '15

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BAXMedical Products & Therapies — Goodwill impairments

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BIO.BLife Science — Goodwill, Impairment Loss

——

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$884.8M-11.7%

Gross profit$251.4M-26.0%

Operating income$52.6M-65.5%

Net income-$17.1M-135%

EPS (diluted)-$0.36-138%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$269.4M-9.6%

Total debt$3.9B+1.9%

Total equity$3.2B+5.3%

Total assets$9.7B+4.1%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$248.0M-313%

CapEx$24.8M+23.4%

Free cash flow-$272.8M-241%

Valuation

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Market cap$9.96B+50.0%

Enterprise value$13.59B+33.6%

P/S2.4×+0.8×

Profitability

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Gross margin32.5%-1.3pp

Operating margin6.2%-10.1pp

Net margin-0.6%-6.7pp

FCF margin0.2%-10.3pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-0.8%-9.8pp

Debt / equity1.2×0.0×

Current ratio1.5×0.0×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Chart Industries in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:GoodwillImpairmentLoss.

The official record: Chart Industries’s 10-K, filed February 23, 2017, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does biomedical — goodwill impairment mean?: A non-cash loss recorded when the value of the Biomedical segment's goodwill is deemed to have declined.
How do you interpret biomedical — goodwill impairment?: Any impairment loss is a negative signal, indicating that the segment's future earnings potential has been revised downward.
How does biomedical — goodwill impairment compare across companies?: Standard accounting metric for assessing the long-term health of acquired business units.