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RPM International RPM Specialty — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '19

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.6B+8.9%
Gross profit$634.8M+11.9%
Net income$51.4M-1.3%
EPS (diluted)$0.400.0%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$294.2M+21.6%
Total debt$2.9B+21.1%
Total equity$3.1B+17.7%
Total assets$7.9B+19.1%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$73.5M-19.7%
CapEx$47.8M-17.8%
Free cash flow$25.6M-23.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$13.78B-8.2%
Enterprise value$16.39B-4.8%
P/E20.7×-2.6×
P/S1.8×-0.3×

Profitability

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Gross margin41.4%+0.3pp
Net margin8.6%-0.2pp
FCF margin7.5%-0.3pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity22.9%-2.8pp
Debt / equity0.9×0.0×
Current ratio2.3×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by RPM International in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets.

The official record: RPM International’s 10-K, filed July 24, 2019, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does specialty — payments to acquire productive assets mean?
The cash spent by the Specialty segment to purchase or upgrade physical assets like machinery and facilities.
How do you interpret specialty — payments to acquire productive assets?
Higher spending indicates investment in future capacity or efficiency, whereas lower spending may signal capital preservation or aging infrastructure.
How does specialty — payments to acquire productive assets compare across companies?
Standard capital expenditure metric used across all manufacturing and industrial sectors.