How do you interpret coatings — goodwill, impaired, accumulated impairment loss?

An increase signals that the segment's performance has fallen below expectations, indicating potential long-term business challenges.

How does coatings — goodwill, impaired, accumulated impairment loss compare across companies?

Comparable to goodwill impairment disclosures in any company with a history of acquisitions.

Valmont Industries VMI Coatings — Goodwill, Impaired, Accumulated Impairment Loss

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '20

Similar metrics at other companies

DOWPerformance Materials & Coatings — Goodwill, Impaired, Accumulated Impairment Loss

$2.53B0.0%

NDSNIndustrial Coating Systems — Goodwill accumulated impairment loss

$3.62M0.0%

RPMPerformance Coatings Group — Goodwill Impaired Accumulated Impairment Loss

$36.7M0.0%

PPGIndustrial Coatings Segment — Goodwill, Impairment Loss

$0—

DOWPerformance Materials & Coatings — Goodwill, Impairment Loss

$0—

DDPerformance Materials And Coatings — Goodwill Impaired Accumulated Impairment Loss

$1.49B0.0%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.0B+6.2%

Gross profit$316.9M+8.9%

Operating income$155.6M+21.3%

Net income$108.0M+23.8%

EPS (diluted)$5.51+27.5%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$160.2M-13.1%

Total debt$921.3M+6.9%

Total equity$1.7B+2.7%

Total assets$3.4B+1.8%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$103.5M+58.9%

CapEx$34.6M+14.0%

Free cash flow$68.9M+97.9%

Valuation

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Market cap$11.07B+36.4%

Enterprise value$11.83B+33.8%

P/E29.8×+6.5×

P/S2.7×+0.7×

Profitability

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Gross margin30.4%+0.2pp

Operating margin10.6%-2.2pp

Net margin8.9%+0.4pp

FCF margin8.3%-4.5pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity22.4%-0.5pp

Debt / equity0.5×0.0×

Current ratio2.4×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Valmont Industries in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss.

The official record: Valmont Industries’s 10-K, filed February 23, 2022, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does coatings — goodwill, impaired, accumulated impairment loss mean?: The total amount of value written off from the coatings segment's goodwill over time.
How do you interpret coatings — goodwill, impaired, accumulated impairment loss?: An increase signals that the segment's performance has fallen below expectations, indicating potential long-term business challenges.
How does coatings — goodwill, impaired, accumulated impairment loss compare across companies?: Comparable to goodwill impairment disclosures in any company with a history of acquisitions.