How do you interpret engineered solutions reportable segment — impairments?

High impairment charges are a negative signal, suggesting that past acquisitions have underperformed or that market conditions have deteriorated.

How does engineered solutions reportable segment — impairments compare across companies?

Comparable to 'goodwill impairment charges' reported by any company with significant M&A history.

SPX Technologies SPXC Engineered Solutions reportable segment — Impairments

Discontinued — last reported Q1 '21

Similar metrics at other companies

AITEngineered Solutions — Goodwill, Impaired, Accumulated Impairment Loss

$167.61M0.0%

DOVEngineered Systems — Goodwill Impaired Accumulated Impairment Loss

$10.59M0.0%

GPNIssuer Solutions — Impairment of goodwill

$0—

PNRTechnical Solutions — Goodwill Impairment

$0—

ESIPerformance Solutions — Goodwill Impairment

$0-100%

VMI

VMIEngineered Support Structures — Impairment Of Intangible Assets Indefinitelived Excluding Goodwill

$5.83M+16.6%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$566.8M+17.4%

Gross profit$230.6M+17.7%

Operating income$87.7M+31.7%

Net income$59.9M+17.0%

EPS (diluted)$1.19+9.2%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$158.3M-13.1%

Total debt$697.6M-31.7%

Total equity$2.3B+58.3%

Total assets$3.9B+23.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$30.6M+381%

CapEx$18.5M+236%

Free cash flow$12.1M+174%

Valuation

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Market cap$12.16B+67.0%

Enterprise value$12.7B+54.3%

P/E48.1×+12.2×

P/S5.2×+1.5×

Profitability

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Gross margin40.5%-0.1pp

Operating margin15.8%+0.3pp

Net margin10.8%+0.6pp

FCF margin11.5%-0.1pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity13.6%-1.6pp

Debt / equity0.3×-0.4×

Current ratio2.1×+0.2×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by SPX Technologies in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:GoodwillImpairmentLoss.

The official record: SPX Technologies’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2021, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does engineered solutions reportable segment — impairments mean?: The amount of value written off from the segment's goodwill or intangible assets.
How do you interpret engineered solutions reportable segment — impairments?: High impairment charges are a negative signal, suggesting that past acquisitions have underperformed or that market conditions have deteriorated.
How does engineered solutions reportable segment — impairments compare across companies?: Comparable to 'goodwill impairment charges' reported by any company with significant M&A history.