What does transportation — impairments mean?

The non-cash charge taken when the value of assets in the transportation segment is written down due to declining performance or market value.

How do you interpret transportation — impairments?

An increase is a negative signal, suggesting that the segment's assets are underperforming or that market conditions have deteriorated.

How does transportation — impairments compare across companies?

Comparable to asset impairment or write-down charges reported by peers in cyclical industries facing market headwinds.

Littelfuse LFUS Transportation — Impairments

Discontinued — last reported Q3 '20

Similar metrics at other companies

PAATransportation and Facilities Segments — Non-cash impairment losses, held and used

$90M—

PAATransportation — Non-cash impairment losses, long-lived assets

$103.75M—

FEOperating Segments — Impairment Of Long Lived Assets Held For Use

$31M—

OSKTransport — Goodwill And Intangible Asset Impairment

$0—

DDTransportation & Industrial — Asset Impairment Charges

$21M—

LDOSHealthand Infrastructure — Tangible Asset Impairment Charges

$29M0.0%

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:GoodwillImpairmentLoss.

The official record: Littelfuse’s 10-Q, filed October 27, 2021, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does transportation — impairments mean?: The non-cash charge taken when the value of assets in the transportation segment is written down due to declining performance or market value.
How do you interpret transportation — impairments?: An increase is a negative signal, suggesting that the segment's assets are underperforming or that market conditions have deteriorated.
How does transportation — impairments compare across companies?: Comparable to asset impairment or write-down charges reported by peers in cyclical industries facing market headwinds.