What does all other segments — legal fees mean?

The portion of total corporate legal expenses assigned to non-core business segments.

How do you interpret all other segments — legal fees?

An increase suggests rising litigation risks or higher costs related to corporate restructuring and compliance, while a decrease indicates lower legal overhead.

How does all other segments — legal fees compare across companies?

Peers typically report these under 'Corporate' or 'Unallocated' expenses; high levels relative to revenue may indicate significant ongoing legal disputes.

Littelfuse LFUS All Other Segments — Legal Fees

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '16

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TCorporate & Other — Transaction, legal and other costs

$146M+84.8%

IFFCorporate and Other — Legal Fees

$0—

CGOperating Segments — Legal Fees

-$25M-125%

FLSEliminations and All Other — Non-Restructuring Charges

$4.43M-71.5%

ESAll Other Segments — Interest Expense

$32.33M+43.7%

ALBReportable Segments Subtotal — Legalaccrual

$0—

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$657.0M+18.5%

Gross profit$254.1M+22.6%

Operating income$101.2M+44.2%

Net income$75.1M+72.5%

EPS (diluted)$2.96+69.1%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$483.4M-22.1%

Total debt$700.7M-20.2%

Total equity$2.5B+2.4%

Total assets$3.9B-0.8%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$80.3M+22.1%

CapEx$14.1M-39.0%

Free cash flow$66.2M+55.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$12.13B+75.6%

Enterprise value$12.35B+71.0%

P/S4.9×+1.8×

Profitability

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Gross margin38.3%+1.8pp

Operating margin12.4%-3.6pp

Net margin-1.6%—

FCF margin15.7%+2.4pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-1.6%—

Debt / equity0.3×-0.1×

Current ratio2.6×-1.3×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Littelfuse in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:LegalFees.

The official record: Littelfuse’s 10-K, filed February 27, 2017, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does all other segments — legal fees mean?: The portion of total corporate legal expenses assigned to non-core business segments.
How do you interpret all other segments — legal fees?: An increase suggests rising litigation risks or higher costs related to corporate restructuring and compliance, while a decrease indicates lower legal overhead.
How does all other segments — legal fees compare across companies?: Peers typically report these under 'Corporate' or 'Unallocated' expenses; high levels relative to revenue may indicate significant ongoing legal disputes.