What does technical solutions — capex mean?

This represents the cash outflows directed toward the purchase of physical assets for the Technical Solutions segment. It is a key indicator of the segment's capital expenditure (CapEx) intensity and commitment to maintaining or expanding its production capacity. Investors use this to gauge the segment's reinvestment rate.

Pentair PNR Technical Solutions — CapEx

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '16

Similar metrics at other companies

NDSNAdvanced Technology Solutions — Property, plant and equipment expenditures

$2.23M-71.5%

ROP

ROPTechnology Enabled Products — CapEx

$5.2M+117%

AITEngineered Solutions — CapEx

$463K-47.5%

SPGIEngineering Solutions — CapEx

$0—

ACMRPayments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment

$22.2M+32.7%

CSXPayments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment

$543M-24.5%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.0B+2.6%

Gross profit$433.4M+7.5%

Operating income$210.0M+3.4%

Net income$172.4M+11.3%

EPS (diluted)$1.05+12.9%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$67.7M-51.8%

Total debt$2.7B+36.0%

Total equity$3.8B+4.9%

Total assets$7.1B+4.8%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$67.4M-73.3%

CapEx$18.5M+10.1%

Free cash flow-$85.9M-54.2%

Valuation

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Market cap$12.01B-2.5%

Enterprise value$14.6B+2.6%

P/E17.9×-1.1×

P/S2.9×-0.2×

Profitability

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Gross margin40.9%+1.4pp

Operating margin20.6%+0.3pp

Net margin16%+0.1pp

FCF margin17%-1.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity18%-0.6pp

Debt / equity0.7×+0.2×

Current ratio1.9×0.0×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Pentair in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment.

The official record: Pentair’s 10-K, filed February 21, 2017, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does technical solutions — capex mean?: This represents the cash outflows directed toward the purchase of physical assets for the Technical Solutions segment. It is a key indicator of the segment's capital expenditure (CapEx) intensity and commitment to maintaining or expanding its production capacity. Investors use this to gauge the segment's reinvestment rate.