How do you interpret ZA — litigation settlement amount awarded to other party?

An increase indicates higher legal risk and a direct negative impact on profitability.

How does ZA — litigation settlement amount awarded to other party compare across companies?

Common across all industries; peers report this as 'legal reserves' or 'litigation expenses'.

SPX Technologies SPXC ZA — Litigation Settlement Amount Awarded To Other Party

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '19

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ZTSCertain Significant Items — Gain Loss Related To Litigation Settlement

$3.5M—

ZTSMaterial Reconciling Items — Litigation Settlement Expense

$1.25M-64.3%

DOWCommercial Creditors Litigation — Payments for Legal Settlements

$1.5B—

ZBRASettlement liability

$0—

RIOTGain Loss On Legal Settlement

-$5M—

BPOPPopular Securities — Litigation Settlement Amount Awarded To Other Party

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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:LitigationSettlementAmountAwardedToOtherParty.

The official record: SPX Technologies’s 10-Q, filed October 31, 2019, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does ZA — litigation settlement amount awarded to other party mean?: The total cost of legal settlements paid out to other parties.
How do you interpret ZA — litigation settlement amount awarded to other party?: An increase indicates higher legal risk and a direct negative impact on profitability.
How does ZA — litigation settlement amount awarded to other party compare across companies?: Common across all industries; peers report this as 'legal reserves' or 'litigation expenses'.