What does electronics — goodwill translation adjustments mean?

The change in the value of goodwill in the Electronics segment caused by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.

How do you interpret electronics — goodwill translation adjustments?

An increase or decrease reflects currency market movements rather than operational success or failure of the segment's goodwill assets.

How does electronics — goodwill translation adjustments compare across companies?

Comparable to foreign currency translation adjustments (FCTA) reported in other comprehensive income or segment-specific currency impact disclosures for multinational industrial companies.

Littelfuse LFUS Electronics — Goodwill Translation Adjustments

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '15

Similar metrics at other companies

HUBBElectrical — Goodwill Translation Adjustments

-$250K+81.8%

APTVElectronicsand Safety — Goodwill Foreign Currency Translation Gain Loss

$0—

RRXElectrical — Goodwill Translation Adjustments

$2.6M+4.0%

ESIElectronics — Goodwill Foreign Currency Translation And Other

$13.05M+579%

APTVElectronicsandsafety — Goodwill Translation Adjustments

$0—

ARWGlobal Components — Goodwill Translation Adjustments

-$15.83M-609%

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:GoodwillTranslationAdjustments.

The official record: Littelfuse’s 10-K, filed March 1, 2016, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does electronics — goodwill translation adjustments mean?: The change in the value of goodwill in the Electronics segment caused by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.
How do you interpret electronics — goodwill translation adjustments?: An increase or decrease reflects currency market movements rather than operational success or failure of the segment's goodwill assets.
How does electronics — goodwill translation adjustments compare across companies?: Comparable to foreign currency translation adjustments (FCTA) reported in other comprehensive income or segment-specific currency impact disclosures for multinational industrial companies.