What does wholesale — capex mean?

The cash spent by the wholesale segment to buy or upgrade physical assets like storage and distribution infrastructure.

How do you interpret wholesale — capex?

Higher spending indicates active investment in growth or maintenance, while lower spending may suggest a focus on cash preservation or a mature asset base.

How does wholesale — capex compare across companies?

Comparable to segment-specific capital expenditure (CapEx) figures in the energy and logistics sectors.

Sunoco SUN Wholesale — CapEx

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '16

Similar metrics at other companies

BROWholesale Brokerage — CapEx

$700K0.0%

RLWholesale — Payments To Acquire Productive Assets

$10.75M-10.4%

DECKOther Wholesale Segment — CapEx

$0—

GTLSDistribution Storage West — CapEx

$1.3M+117%

STZOperating Segments — CapEx

$168.2M-22.5%

BROWholesale — Cash Paid

$69M—

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$10.7B+106%

Gross profit$1.7B+159%

Operating income$866.0M+193%

Net income$644.0M+211%

EPS (diluted)$2.85+136%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$718.0M+317%

Total debt$16.0B+91.4%

Total assets$30.3B+111%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$454.0M+191%

CapEx$199.0M+97.0%

Free cash flow$255.0M+364%

Valuation

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Market cap$11.96B+54.8%

Enterprise value$27.2B+71.0%

P/E12.4×+3.2×

P/S0.4×0.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin12.5%+2.3pp

Operating margin4.9%+1.4pp

Net margin3.1%-0.6pp

FCF margin2.7%—

Returns & leverage

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Current ratio1.4×-0.2×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Sunoco in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment.

The official record: Sunoco’s 10-K, filed February 24, 2017, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does wholesale — capex mean?: The cash spent by the wholesale segment to buy or upgrade physical assets like storage and distribution infrastructure.
How do you interpret wholesale — capex?: Higher spending indicates active investment in growth or maintenance, while lower spending may suggest a focus on cash preservation or a mature asset base.
How does wholesale — capex compare across companies?: Comparable to segment-specific capital expenditure (CapEx) figures in the energy and logistics sectors.