What does industrial — goodwill translation adjustments mean?

Changes in the reported value of the industrial segment's goodwill caused by shifts in foreign currency exchange rates.

How do you interpret industrial — goodwill translation adjustments?

Fluctuations are driven by macroeconomic factors rather than operational performance, but large adjustments can impact balance sheet totals.

How does industrial — goodwill translation adjustments compare across companies?

Standard for multinational corporations with global operations and cross-border acquisitions.

Littelfuse LFUS Industrial — Goodwill Translation Adjustments

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '15

Similar metrics at other companies

WWDIndustrial — Goodwill Translation Adjustments

-$1.19M—

SWKIndustrial — Goodwill Translation Adjustments

-$43.2M-2,033%

GGGIndustrial — Goodwill Translation Adjustments

$1.59M+452%

TXTIndustrial — Goodwill Translation Adjustments

-$3.5M+17.6%

MKCIndustrial — Goodwill Translation Adjustments

-$2.9M-93.3%

JIndustrial — Goodwill Foreign Currency Translation Gain Loss

$2.3M—

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 industrial — goodwill translation adjustments mean?: Changes in the reported value of the industrial segment's goodwill caused by shifts in foreign currency exchange rates.
How do you interpret industrial — goodwill translation adjustments?: Fluctuations are driven by macroeconomic factors rather than operational performance, but large adjustments can impact balance sheet totals.
How does industrial — goodwill translation adjustments compare across companies?: Standard for multinational corporations with global operations and cross-border acquisitions.