How do you interpret total segments — payments to acquire productive assets?

High payments indicate aggressive investment in future growth, while low payments may signal a focus on cash flow generation over expansion.

How does total segments — payments to acquire productive assets compare across companies?

Equivalent to 'Cash Paid for Capital Expenditures' in the cash flow statement, used by investors to assess real cash reinvestment.

Owens Corning OC Total Segments — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '16

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CRSOperating Segments — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

$18M+56.5%

FLSOperating Segments — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

$10.22M-25.8%

BROperating Segments — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

$11.2M-3.7%

CRLOperating Segments — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

$24.26M+83.5%

CPRTOperating Segments — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

$77.7M+83.7%

AOSOperating Segments — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

$23.43M+16.8%

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:PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets.

The official record: Owens Corning’s 10-K, filed February 8, 2017, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does total segments — payments to acquire productive assets mean?: The actual cash spent to acquire or build long-term assets like machinery and factories.
How do you interpret total segments — payments to acquire productive assets?: High payments indicate aggressive investment in future growth, while low payments may signal a focus on cash flow generation over expansion.
How does total segments — payments to acquire productive assets compare across companies?: Equivalent to 'Cash Paid for Capital Expenditures' in the cash flow statement, used by investors to assess real cash reinvestment.