What does intersegment elimination — operating income mean?

The adjustment that removes internal profits or losses generated by transactions between different business segments to report accurate consolidated operating income.

Discontinued — last reported Q2 '18

Consolidation · Operating Income

Intersegment Elimination — Operating Income

Analysis

StatementSegment

CategoryProfitability

SignalContext dependent

VolatilityModerate

First reportedQ1 2014

Last reportedQ2 2018

Rolls up toOperating Income

How to read this metric

Fluctuations in this metric reflect changes in the volume of internal trade and the pricing policies applied to inter-segment transfers. It is used by analysts to isolate the true external operating performance of the consolidated entity.

Detailed definition

This metric represents the net impact of eliminating internal profit or loss transactions between business segments duri...

Peer comparison

Commonly found in the segment reporting notes of large, vertically integrated companies to reconcile segment-level profitability to consolidated GAAP results.

Metric ID: ilmn_segment_intersegment_elimination_operating_income_loss

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What does intersegment elimination — operating income mean?: The adjustment that removes internal profits or losses generated by transactions between different business segments to report accurate consolidated operating income.