What does investment advisors — segment profit loss mean?

The operating profit earned by the Investment Advisors business segment before corporate-level allocations.

How do you interpret investment advisors — segment profit loss?

An increase suggests improved operating leverage or higher margins, while a decrease indicates rising costs or pricing pressure within the advisory market.

How does investment advisors — segment profit loss compare across companies?

Comparable to 'Segment Operating Income' or 'Segment EBITDA' reported by diversified financial services firms to show divisional performance.

SEI Investments SEIC Investment Advisors — Segment Profit Loss

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '17

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JLLReportable Subsegments — Operating Income Loss Including Income Lossfrom Equity Method Investments

$101.3M+4.9%

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$106M+7.1%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$622.2M+12.8%

Operating income$189.5M+20.6%

Net income$174.5M+15.2%

EPS (diluted)$1.40+19.7%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$363.1M-48.9%

Total debt$69.5M+145%

Total equity$2.5B+8.5%

Total assets$396.9M-84.5%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$221.6M+51.3%

CapEx$6.4M-26.0%

Free cash flow$215.2M+56.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$10.76B-2.7%

Enterprise value$10.46B+1.4%

P/E14.6×-3.8×

P/S4.5×-0.6×

Profitability

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Operating margin27.9%+0.9pp

Net margin31.2%+3.4pp

FCF margin28%-1.1pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity31.4%+4.7pp

Debt / equity0×0.0×

Current ratio4.5×-1.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by SEI Investments in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept seic:SegmentProfitLoss.

The official record: SEI Investments’s 10-K, filed February 22, 2018, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does investment advisors — segment profit loss mean?: The operating profit earned by the Investment Advisors business segment before corporate-level allocations.
How do you interpret investment advisors — segment profit loss?: An increase suggests improved operating leverage or higher margins, while a decrease indicates rising costs or pricing pressure within the advisory market.
How does investment advisors — segment profit loss compare across companies?: Comparable to 'Segment Operating Income' or 'Segment EBITDA' reported by diversified financial services firms to show divisional performance.