How do you interpret consolidation — pension and other postretirement benefit expense?

Changes in this metric reflect shifts in how the company allocates corporate-level benefit costs across its various business segments.

Owens Corning OC Consolidation — Pension And Other Postretirement Benefit Expense

Discontinued — last reported Q1 '18

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VMI

VMIConsolidation Eliminations — Pension Expense

$0—

LIIConsolidation Eliminations — Pension And Other Postretirement Benefit Expense

$0—

FEConsolidation Eliminations — Other Comprehensive Income Loss Pension And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Adjustment Before Tax

-$3M+25.0%

FEConsolidation Eliminations — Pension And Other Postretirement Defined Benefit Plans Liabilities Noncurrent

$0—

ATIConsolidation Eliminations — Other Comprehensive Income Loss Pension And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Adjustment Net Of Tax

-$4.13M-187%

NRGConsolidation Eliminations — Other Comprehensive Income Loss Pension And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Adjustment Net Of Tax

$0-100%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$2.3B-10.5%

Gross profit$510.0M-29.7%

Operating income$120.0M-70.5%

Net income-$105.0M-12.9%

EPS (diluted)-$1.29-19.4%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$272.0M-32.0%

Total debt$5.6B-6.4%

Total equity$3.6B-25.4%

Total assets$13.1B-8.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$154.0M-214%

CapEx$233.0M+14.8%

Free cash flow-$387.0M-53.6%

Valuation

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Market cap$10.32B-28.8%

Enterprise value$15.63B-21.2%

P/S1.1×-0.3×

Profitability

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Gross margin26.7%-3.6pp

Operating margin7.6%-9.6pp

Net margin-5.4%—

FCF margin8.4%-2.4pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-12.5%—

Debt / equity1.5×+0.3×

Current ratio1.2×-0.2×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Owens Corning in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitExpense.

The official record: Owens Corning’s 10-Q, filed April 25, 2018, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does consolidation — pension and other postretirement benefit expense mean?: Internal charges for retirement benefits that are removed during consolidation to avoid double-counting expenses.
How do you interpret consolidation — pension and other postretirement benefit expense?: Changes in this metric reflect shifts in how the company allocates corporate-level benefit costs across its various business segments.
How does consolidation — pension and other postretirement benefit expense compare across companies?: Standard accounting adjustment for companies with centralized pension management and decentralized segment reporting.