What does protection — goodwill mean?

The total value of goodwill recorded on the balance sheet for the protection and sensing segment.

How do you interpret protection — goodwill?

A stable or increasing balance reflects historical acquisition value, while a sudden decrease signals a potential impairment charge due to underperformance of the acquired assets.

How does protection — goodwill compare across companies?

Standard balance sheet item for companies that have grown through M&A, comparable across all industries.

Semtech SMTC Protection — Goodwill

Discontinued — last reported Q2 '21

Similar metrics at other companies

NVTSystems Protection — Goodwill

$1.2B+50.7%

SPXCCost of products sold — Goodwill

$366.2M+1.4%

EQHProtection Solutions — Goodwill

$0—

PFGSegment Benefits And Protection — Goodwill

$29.5M0.0%

EQHProtection Solutions — Goodwill Acquired

$0—

SWKSecurity — Goodwill

$2.11B+0.7%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$291.0M+15.9%

Gross profit$151.5M+15.4%

Operating income$25.8M-28.3%

Net income$26.6M+37.3%

EPS (diluted)$0.27+22.7%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$163.3M+4.4%

Total debt$517.6M-9.0%

Total equity$573.3M+0.8%

Total assets$1.4B+0.5%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$36.2M+30.0%

CapEx$8.2M+395%

Free cash flow$28.0M+7.0%

Valuation

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Market cap$14.74B+285%

Enterprise value$15.09B+243%

P/S13.5×+9.5×

Profitability

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Gross margin51.6%+0.4pp

Operating margin7%+3.7pp

Net margin-3%—

FCF margin15.9%+7.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-5.8%—

Debt / equity0.9×-0.1×

Current ratio2.4×-0.2×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Semtech in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:Goodwill.

The official record: Semtech’s 10-Q, filed August 26, 2020, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does protection — goodwill mean?: The total value of goodwill recorded on the balance sheet for the protection and sensing segment.
How do you interpret protection — goodwill?: A stable or increasing balance reflects historical acquisition value, while a sudden decrease signals a potential impairment charge due to underperformance of the acquired assets.
How does protection — goodwill compare across companies?: Standard balance sheet item for companies that have grown through M&A, comparable across all industries.