What does aerospace and defense — severance costs1 mean?

The costs associated with laying off employees or restructuring the workforce within the Aerospace and Defense segment.

How do you interpret aerospace and defense — severance costs1?

An increase often signals a proactive effort to improve margins through cost-cutting, though it may also reflect a response to declining demand or operational inefficiencies.

How does aerospace and defense — severance costs1 compare across companies?

Commonly reported as part of restructuring charges by industrial companies undergoing operational transformation or cyclical adjustments.

Timken TKR Aerospace And Defense — Severance Costs1

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '14

Similar metrics at other companies

SPXCOperating Segments — Severance Costs1

$600K+41.2%

TDYAerospace and Defense Electronics — Restructuring Charges

$175K-93.7%

BALLOperating Segments — Severance Costs1

$1.8M—

MLIOperating Segments — Severance Costs1

$0-100%

EMNCorporate, Non-Segment — Severance Costs

$46M+4,500%

EMNCorporate Segment — Severance Costs

$0—

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.2B+8.0%

Gross profit$394.0M+9.8%

Operating income$168.6M+17.1%

Net income$98.2M+25.4%

EPS (diluted)$1.40+26.1%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$344.7M-8.3%

Total debt$2.2B-2.1%

Total equity$3.2B+9.9%

Total assets$6.9B+4.7%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$39.3M-32.9%

CapEx$38.8M+10.2%

Free cash flow$500.0K-97.9%

Valuation

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Market cap$9.89B+39.1%

Enterprise value$11.74B+28.3%

P/E32.1×+10.4×

P/S2.1×+0.5×

Profitability

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Gross margin30.6%-0.4pp

Operating margin12.1%-0.5pp

Net margin6.6%-0.6pp

FCF margin8.2%+1.0pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity10.1%-1.8pp

Debt / equity0.7×-0.1×

Current ratio2.9×-0.3×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Timken in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:SeveranceCosts1.

The official record: Timken’s 10-K, filed February 24, 2016, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does aerospace and defense — severance costs1 mean?: The costs associated with laying off employees or restructuring the workforce within the Aerospace and Defense segment.
How do you interpret aerospace and defense — severance costs1?: An increase often signals a proactive effort to improve margins through cost-cutting, though it may also reflect a response to declining demand or operational inefficiencies.
How does aerospace and defense — severance costs1 compare across companies?: Commonly reported as part of restructuring charges by industrial companies undergoing operational transformation or cyclical adjustments.