How do you interpret reportable legal entities — income tax expense benefit?

An increase in expense relative to earnings may signal a higher effective tax rate, while a benefit may indicate tax credits or prior-year adjustments.

How does reportable legal entities — income tax expense benefit compare across companies?

Standardized as Income Tax Expense across all public healthcare companies.

Molina Healthcare MOH Reportable Legal Entities — Income Tax Expense Benefit

Discontinued — last reported Q1 '18

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TPX

TPXReportable Legal Entities — Income Tax Expense Benefit

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$10.8B-3.1%

Gross profit$1.5B-8.5%

Operating income$83.0M-80.8%

Net income$14.0M-95.3%

EPS (diluted)$0.27-95.0%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$5.3B+9.4%

Total debt$3.9B+4.8%

Total equity$4.1B-5.3%

Total assets$16.4B0.0%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.1B+469%

CapEx$27.0M+22.7%

Free cash flow$1.1B+528%

Valuation

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Market cap$10.18B-61.5%

Enterprise value$8.81B-67.1%

P/E15.8×-7.6×

P/S0.2×-0.4×

Profitability

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Gross margin12.9%-2.4pp

Operating margin3%-1.2pp

Net margin2%-0.9pp

FCF margin0.6%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity19.7%-6.7pp

Debt / equity1×+0.1×

Current ratio1.6×0.0×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Molina Healthcare in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit.

The official record: Molina Healthcare’s 10-Q, filed April 30, 2018, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does reportable legal entities — income tax expense benefit mean?: The total tax cost or benefit incurred by the company's legal entities.
How do you interpret reportable legal entities — income tax expense benefit?: An increase in expense relative to earnings may signal a higher effective tax rate, while a benefit may indicate tax credits or prior-year adjustments.
How does reportable legal entities — income tax expense benefit compare across companies?: Standardized as Income Tax Expense across all public healthcare companies.