What does operating segments — severance costs1 mean?

The total costs associated with laying off employees and restructuring the workforce.

How do you interpret operating segments — severance costs1?

An increase suggests active restructuring or downsizing, which may lead to future efficiency gains but indicates current operational friction or declining demand.

How does operating segments — severance costs1 compare across companies?

Peers in the industrial manufacturing sector report similar charges under restructuring or non-recurring operating expenses.

Mueller Industries MLI Operating Segments — Severance Costs1

Discontinued — last reported Q2 '15

Similar metrics at other companies

BALLOperating Segments — Severance Costs1

$1.8M—

SPXCOperating Segments — Severance Costs1

$600K+41.2%

MODCorporate — Severance Costs1

$325K—

IPCorporate Segment — Severance costs

$15.25M—

TKRCorporation — Severance Costs

$400K—

BALLOperating Segments — Severance Pension And Other Employee Benefits

$4.2M—

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.2B+19.3%

Gross profit$358.4M+31.8%

Operating income$312.2M+51.4%

Net income$239.0M+51.8%

EPS (diluted)$2.16+55.4%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.4B+64.8%

Total debt$22.8M-30.7%

Total equity$3.3B+25.1%

Total assets$3.9B+22.0%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$79.7M-29.8%

CapEx$17.2M+3.9%

Free cash flow$62.5M-35.5%

Valuation

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Market cap$15.19B+45.3%

Enterprise value$13.83B+42.8%

P/E17.9×+1.2×

P/S3.5×+0.8×

Profitability

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Gross margin29.7%+2.3pp

Operating margin24.4%+4.1pp

Net margin19.4%+3.5pp

FCF margin14.9%+2.0pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity28.2%+3.7pp

Debt / equity0×0.0×

Current ratio5.4×+1.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Mueller Industries in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:SeveranceCosts1.

The official record: Mueller Industries’s 10-Q, filed July 28, 2016, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does operating segments — severance costs1 mean?: The total costs associated with laying off employees and restructuring the workforce.
How do you interpret operating segments — severance costs1?: An increase suggests active restructuring or downsizing, which may lead to future efficiency gains but indicates current operational friction or declining demand.
How does operating segments — severance costs1 compare across companies?: Peers in the industrial manufacturing sector report similar charges under restructuring or non-recurring operating expenses.