What does operating segments — deferred revenue mean?

Revenue collected in advance for services or products that the company has not yet provided.

How do you interpret operating segments — deferred revenue?

An increase indicates strong future demand and booking activity, while a decrease may signal slowing sales or faster service fulfillment.

How does operating segments — deferred revenue compare across companies?

Standard metric for companies with subscription or prepaid service models.

U-Haul Holding UHAL.B Operating Segments — Deferred Revenue

Discontinued — last reported Q1 '18

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TYLOperating Segments — Deferred Revenue

$266.6M—

CGConsolidated Operating Entities — Deferred Revenue

$218.5M—

GDDYApplications and Commerce — Deferred Revenue

$928.6M+9.2%

ELSOperating Segments — Right To Use Contracts Deferred Net Of Prior Period Amortization

-$798K+45.2%

GSATReportable Legal Entities — Deferred Revenue Current

$23.38M+20.8%

GDDYBusiness applications — Deferred Revenue

$385.7M+18.4%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.3B+3.1%

Gross profit$1.4B+3.5%

Operating income$33.7M-77.7%

Net income$37.0M-45.0%

EPS (diluted)$0.11-76.7%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.1B+13.3%

Total debt$8.1B+11.5%

Total equity$7.6B+1.5%

Total assets$21.5B+5.0%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$404.0M+103%

CapEx$551.7M-6.3%

Free cash flow-$147.7M+62.2%

Valuation

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Market cap$11.82B-26.2%

Enterprise value$18.83B-13.6%

P/S2×-0.8×

Profitability

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Gross margin95.9%-0.1pp

Operating margin8.5%-4.9pp

Net margin7.9%-3.8pp

FCF margin-22.5%-5.8pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity6.1%-3.8pp

Debt / equity1.1×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by U-Haul Holding in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:DeferredRevenue.

The official record: U-Haul Holding’s 10-Q, filed August 8, 2018, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does operating segments — deferred revenue mean?: Revenue collected in advance for services or products that the company has not yet provided.
How do you interpret operating segments — deferred revenue?: An increase indicates strong future demand and booking activity, while a decrease may signal slowing sales or faster service fulfillment.
How does operating segments — deferred revenue compare across companies?: Standard metric for companies with subscription or prepaid service models.