What does industrial — intangible impairment mean?

The loss in value recognized for specific industrial segment intangible assets that have a limited lifespan.

How do you interpret industrial — intangible impairment?

Frequent or large charges indicate potential issues with product lifecycle management or competitive displacement.

How does industrial — intangible impairment compare across companies?

Peers report this when specific technologies become obsolete or market demand shifts rapidly.

Littelfuse LFUS Industrial — Intangible Impairment

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '16

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RRXCommercialand Industrial Systems — Intangible Impairment

$0-100%

RPMIndustrial — Impairment Of Intangible Assets Excluding Goodwill

$150K—

MOG.BIndustrial — Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-Lived

$531.25K—

DDIndustrial Intermediates And Infrastructure — Impairment Of Intangible Assets Indefinitelived Excluding Goodwill

$0—

IRIndustrial Technologies and Services — Impairment of intangible assets

$19.9M—

WWDIndustrial — Finite Lived Intangible Assets Net

$259.82M-1.8%

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:ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsFinitelived.

The official record: Littelfuse’s 10-K, filed February 23, 2018, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does industrial — intangible impairment mean?: The loss in value recognized for specific industrial segment intangible assets that have a limited lifespan.
How do you interpret industrial — intangible impairment?: Frequent or large charges indicate potential issues with product lifecycle management or competitive displacement.
How does industrial — intangible impairment compare across companies?: Peers report this when specific technologies become obsolete or market demand shifts rapidly.