What does geospatial — goodwill changes mean?

Changes to goodwill balances due to factors other than initial purchase accounting, such as impairments or divestitures.

How do you interpret geospatial — goodwill changes?

Decreases often signal impairment charges, which may indicate underperforming acquisitions.

How does geospatial — goodwill changes compare across companies?

Standard reconciliation item for goodwill balances in annual financial statements.

Trimble Inc. TRMB Geospatial — Goodwill Changes

Discontinued — last reported Q1 '18

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WTRGOperating Segments — Goodwill Changes

$159K—

WTRGOther — Goodwill Changes

$3K—

ITAll Other Segments — Goodwill Transfers

-$53.25M—

LIICorporate & Other — Goodwill, Transfers

-$4.6M—

TSNCorporate And Other — Goodwill Transfers

$0—

GPNMerchant Solutions — Goodwill, Transfers

$0—

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$939.9M+11.8%

Gross profit$646.3M+15.2%

Operating income$144.0M+47.7%

Net income$98.9M+48.3%

EPS (diluted)$0.42+55.6%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$234.1M-19.3%

Total debt$1.4B+2.3%

Total equity$5.6B+4.0%

Total assets$9.0B+1.0%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$274.7M+76.5%

CapEx$6.1M-7.6%

Free cash flow$268.6M+80.3%

Valuation

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Market cap$11.46B+6.2%

Enterprise value$12.65B+6.3%

P/E25.1×+18.0×

P/S3.1×+0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin69.5%+3.3pp

Operating margin17.3%+4.7pp

Net margin12.4%-30.0pp

FCF margin11.8%-3.4pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity8.3%-22.7pp

Debt / equity0.3×0.0×

Current ratio1×+0.2×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Trimble Inc. in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:GoodwillOtherIncreaseDecrease.

The official record: Trimble Inc.’s 10-Q, filed May 9, 2018, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does geospatial — goodwill changes mean?: Changes to goodwill balances due to factors other than initial purchase accounting, such as impairments or divestitures.
How do you interpret geospatial — goodwill changes?: Decreases often signal impairment charges, which may indicate underperforming acquisitions.
How does geospatial — goodwill changes compare across companies?: Standard reconciliation item for goodwill balances in annual financial statements.