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

Higher spending indicates growth investment or facility upgrades; lower spending may indicate cost-cutting or a mature asset base.

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

Standard capital expenditure metric; comparable to CapEx figures in peer cash flow statements.

Service Corporation International SCI Operating Segments — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '19

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IROperating Segments — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

$6.68M-64.1%

CPRTOperating Segments — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

$77.7M+83.7%

FISOperating Segments — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

$169M+94.3%

BROperating Segments — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

$11.2M-3.7%

AITOperating Segments — Payments to Acquire Productive Assets

$3.6M-27.3%

FLSOperating Segments — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

$10.22M-25.8%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.1B+2.1%

Gross profit$286.5M-1.7%

Operating income$243.8M-3.1%

Net income$135.8M-4.9%

EPS (diluted)$0.97-1.0%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$261.0M+10.5%

Total debt$5.2B+5.1%

Total equity$1.6B-4.0%

Total assets$18.6B+7.3%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$333.8M+7.3%

CapEx$79.9M+2.2%

Free cash flow$253.9M+9.0%

Valuation

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Market cap$10.02B+1.5%

Enterprise value$14.92B+2.5%

P/E18.7×+0.1×

P/S2.3×0.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin26.2%-0.1pp

Operating margin22.4%-0.1pp

Net margin12.4%-0.2pp

FCF margin13.3%-2.5pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity33.1%+0.4pp

Debt / equity3.3×+0.3×

Current ratio0.6×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Service Corporation International in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets.

The official record: Service Corporation International’s 10-K, filed February 18, 2020, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does operating segments — payments to acquire productive assets mean?: The cash spent to buy or upgrade long-term physical assets like buildings and equipment.
How do you interpret operating segments — payments to acquire productive assets?: Higher spending indicates growth investment or facility upgrades; lower spending may indicate cost-cutting or a mature asset base.
How does operating segments — payments to acquire productive assets compare across companies?: Standard capital expenditure metric; comparable to CapEx figures in peer cash flow statements.