How do you interpret reportable legal entities — proceeds from contributions to parent?

An increase suggests strong capital generation at the subsidiary level being centralized at the parent.

Lamar Advertising LAMR Reportable Legal Entities — Proceeds From Contributions To Parent

Discontinued — last reported Q1 '18

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APTVReportable Legal Entities — Proceeds From Contributions From Parent

$213.5M—

IRMReportable Legal Entities — Proceeds From Loans From Parent

-$212M-320%

CFReportable Legal Entities — Proceeds From Contributions From Affiliates

$2B—

MOHReportable Legal Entities — Proceeds From Dividends Received

$422M+927%

LENReportable Legal Entities — Proceedsfrom Distributionsof Earnings Guarantorand Non Guarantor Subsidiaries

$375.28M+45.9%

LENReportable Legal Entities — Proceedsfrom Repaymentsof Intercompany Investing Activities

$113.52M+382%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$528.0M+4.5%

Gross profit$344.7M+5.9%

Operating income$146.1M-23.6%

Net income$101.3M-27.0%

EPS (diluted)$1.00-25.9%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$39.3M+8.7%

Total debt$5.0B+8.9%

Total equity$981.7M-4.8%

Total assets$6.9B+5.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$147.4M+15.4%

CapEx$33.1M+10.9%

Free cash flow$114.3M+16.8%

Valuation

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Market cap$15.19B+10.2%

Enterprise value$20.1B+9.8%

P/E27.6×-4.9×

P/S6.6×+0.4×

Profitability

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Gross margin67.2%+0.3pp

Operating margin31.8%+4.8pp

Net margin24%+4.9pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity54.6%+16.4pp

Debt / equity5×+0.6×

Current ratio0.6×0.0×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Lamar Advertising in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept lamr:ProceedsFromContributionsToParent.

The official record: Lamar Advertising’s 10-Q, filed May 2, 2018, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does reportable legal entities — proceeds from contributions to parent mean?: Cash received by the parent company from its subsidiaries as capital contributions.
How do you interpret reportable legal entities — proceeds from contributions to parent?: An increase suggests strong capital generation at the subsidiary level being centralized at the parent.
How does reportable legal entities — proceeds from contributions to parent compare across companies?: Standard in consolidated financial reporting; peers use this to demonstrate capital efficiency.