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

Higher spending indicates investment in growth or modernization, whereas lower spending may signal a focus on cash preservation or a mature asset base.

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

Equivalent to 'Capital Expenditures' or 'Additions to Property, Plant, and Equipment' by segment.

SPX Technologies SPXC Operating Segments — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '17

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EXPDOperating Segments — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

$13.8M+8.1%

ROperating Segments — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

$459.35M-2.3%

CRSOperating Segments — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

$18M+56.5%

CPRTOperating Segments — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

$77.7M+83.7%

BROperating Segments — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

$11.2M-3.7%

PAGOperating Segments — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

$61.75M+21.6%

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:PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets.

The official record: SPX Technologies’s 10-K, filed February 21, 2018, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does operating segments — payments to acquire productive assets mean?: Cash spent by a segment to buy or improve long-term assets.
How do you interpret operating segments — payments to acquire productive assets?: Higher spending indicates investment in growth or modernization, whereas lower spending may signal a focus on cash preservation or a mature asset base.
How does operating segments — payments to acquire productive assets compare across companies?: Equivalent to 'Capital Expenditures' or 'Additions to Property, Plant, and Equipment' by segment.