What does operating segments — gross profit margin mean?

The percentage of revenue a segment retains after paying for the direct costs of its products or services.

How do you interpret operating segments — gross profit margin?

A higher margin indicates better control over production costs or a more favorable product mix, while a declining margin may signal increased competition or rising manufacturing costs.

How does operating segments — gross profit margin compare across companies?

Gross margin is a key performance indicator used across the communications and optical industries to benchmark the cost-competitiveness of different product lines.

Viavi Solutions Inc. VIAV Operating Segments — Gross Profit Margin

Discontinued — last reported Q3 '18

Similar metrics at other companies

FORMOperating Segments — Gross Margin Percent

89.9%-4.4pp

ZTSOperating Segments — Gross Margin

145.7%+2.9pp

MODOperating Segments — Gross Profit As Percentage Of Sales

0.1%-0.1pp

FORMOperating Segments — Gross Profit

$51.21M-6.7%

ROP

ROPOperating Segments — Gross Profit

$810.6M+8.0%

SANMOperating Segments — Gross Profit

$117.29M-13.9%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$406.8M+42.8%

Gross profit$234.1M+45.7%

Operating income$24.8M+192%

Net income$6.4M-67.2%

EPS (diluted)$0.03-66.7%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$499.0M+33.4%

Total debt$286.6M+2.5%

Total equity$846.5M+16.1%

Total assets$2.5B+30.8%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$42.5M-4.9%

CapEx$5.9M-13.2%

Free cash flow$36.9M+1.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$11.64B+210%

Enterprise value$11.42B+213%

P/S8.5×+4.9×

Profitability

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Gross margin56.9%-0.8pp

Operating margin4.3%—

Net margin-4%-4.5pp

FCF margin6.3%-1.8pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-7%-7.7pp

Debt / equity0.3×0.0×

Current ratio1.6×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Viavi Solutions Inc. in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept viav:GrossProfitMargin.

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

Questions, answered.

What does operating segments — gross profit margin mean?: The percentage of revenue a segment retains after paying for the direct costs of its products or services.
How do you interpret operating segments — gross profit margin?: A higher margin indicates better control over production costs or a more favorable product mix, while a declining margin may signal increased competition or rising manufacturing costs.
How does operating segments — gross profit margin compare across companies?: Gross margin is a key performance indicator used across the communications and optical industries to benchmark the cost-competitiveness of different product lines.