How do you interpret reportable legal entities — labor and related expense?

An increase relative to revenue may indicate declining operational efficiency, while a decrease could suggest cost-cutting or automation.

How does reportable legal entities — labor and related expense compare across companies?

Standard operating expense metric across all industries.

Wintrust Financial WTFC Reportable Legal Entities — Labor And Related Expense

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '17

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WTWReportable Legal Entities — Labor And Related Expense

$21M+110%

CGReportable Legal Entities — Labor And Related Expense

$430.2M-19.7%

ARESReportable Legal Entities — Labor And Related Expense

$134.64M+8.3%

MLMReportable Segments — Labor And Related Expense

$199M+17.1%

CGConsolidated Operating Entities — Labor And Related Expense

$311.2M-47.0%

TROWReportable Legal Entities — Operating Expenses

$2.5M-3.8%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$713.2M+10.9%

Net income$227.4M+20.3%

EPS (diluted)$3.22+19.7%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$543.7M-11.8%

Total debt$3.4B+845%

Total equity$7.4B+11.8%

Total assets$72.2B+9.5%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$927.2M+674%

CapEx$12.5M-36.2%

Free cash flow$215.1M-54.4%

Valuation

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Market cap$10.39B+24.6%

P/E12.1×+0.1×

P/S3.8×+1.1×

Profitability

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Net margin26.6%-2.0pp

FCF margin23.1%-19.1pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity12.3%+0.8pp

Debt / equity0.5×+0.4×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Wintrust Financial in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:LaborAndRelatedExpense.

The official record: Wintrust Financial’s 10-K, filed February 28, 2018, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does reportable legal entities — labor and related expense mean?: The total cost of employee compensation and benefits.
How do you interpret reportable legal entities — labor and related expense?: An increase relative to revenue may indicate declining operational efficiency, while a decrease could suggest cost-cutting or automation.
How does reportable legal entities — labor and related expense compare across companies?: Standard operating expense metric across all industries.