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Stock Market Briefing:S&P 500

Income Statement & RatiosYardeni Research, Inc.

June 27, 2017

Dr. Ed Yardeni516-972-7683

[email protected]

Joe Abbott732-497-5306

[email protected]

Please visit our sites atwww.yardeni.comblog.yardeni.com

thinking outside the box

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Table Of Contents Table Of ContentsTable Of Contents

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S&P 500 Cost of Goods Sold 3S&P 500 Gross Profit 4S&P 500 Selling, General & Administrative 5S&P 500 Interest Expense 6-9S&P 500 EBITDA 10S&P 500 OIADP 11S&P 500 Depreciation & Amortization 12S&P 500 Pretax Profit 13S&P 500 Income Tax 14S&P 500 Cash Flow 15S&P 500 Capital Expenditures 16-17S&P 500 Leverage Ratios 18S&P 500 Liquidity Ratios 19S&P 500 Asset Management Ratios 20

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S&P 500 COST OF GOODS SOLD(ratio scale, dollars per share)

Cost of Goods Sold (734.3)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

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S&P 500 COST OF GOODS SOLD MARGIN(percent of sales)

(63.8)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

Figure 2.

S&P 500 Cost of Goods Sold

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S&P 500 GROSS PROFIT (SALES - COST OF GOODS SOLD)(ratio scale, dollars per share)

Gross Profit (416.3)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

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S&P 500 GROSS PROFIT MARGIN(percent of sales)

(36.2)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

Figure 4.

S&P 500 Gross Profit

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S&P 500 SELLING, GENERAL & ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES (SG&A)(ratio scale, dollars per share)

SG&A (221.6)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

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S&P 500 SG&A RATIO(percent of sales)

(19.3)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

Figure 6.

S&P 500 Selling, General & Administrative

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S&P 500 INTEREST EXPENSE(dollars per share)

Interest Expense (22.30)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s.

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S&P 500 INTEREST EXPENSE MARGIN(percent of sales)

(1.9)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

Figure 8.

S&P 500 Interest Expense

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S&P 500 INTEREST EXPENSE MARGIN(percent of EBITDA)

(9.3)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s.

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S&P 500 INTEREST EXPENSE MARGIN(percent of net income)

(22.1)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

Figure 10.

S&P 500 Interest Expense

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S&P 500 INTEREST EXPENSE MARGIN(percent of pretax income)

(16.4)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

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S&P 500 INTEREST EXPENSE MARGIN(percent of pretax income without interest expense)

(14.1)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

Figure 12.

S&P 500 Interest Expense

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S&P 500 INTEREST EXPENSE(dollars per share)

Interest Expense*Pre-tax (22.30)After-tax (16.40)Net after-tax subsidy (5.90)

* After-tax interest expense and net after-tax subsidy are derived using the S&P 500’s effective tax rate for each yearSource: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s.

Figure 13.

S&P 500 Interest Expense

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S&P 500 EBITDA (operating profit before depletion, depreciation, & amortization expense)(ratio scale, dollars per share)

EBITDA (238.5)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

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S&P 500 EBITDA MARGIN(percent of sales)

EBITDA Margin (20.7)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

Figure 15.

S&P 500 EBITDA

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S&P 500 OIADP (operating profit after depletion, depreciation, & amortization expense)(ratio scale, dollars per share)

OIADP (169.7)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

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S&P 500 OIADP MARGIN(percent of sales)

OIADP Margin (14.7)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

Figure 17.

S&P 500 OIADP

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S&P 500 DEPRECIATION & AMORTIZATION EXPENSE (DD&A)(ratio scale, dollars per share)

Depreciation & Amortization (67.7)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

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S&P 500 DEPRECIATION & AMORTIZATION EXPENSE RATIO(percent of gross profit)

D&A Ratio (16.3)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

Figure 19.

S&P 500 Depreciation & Amortization

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S&P 500 PRETAX INCOME (operating income before taxes)(ratio scale, dollars per share)

Pretax Income (135.7)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

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S&P 500 PRETAX PROFIT MARGIN(percent of sales)

Pretax Profit Margin (11.8)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

Figure 21.

S&P 500 Pretax Profit

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S&P 500 INCOME TAX(ratio scale, dollars per share)

Income Tax (35.9)

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S&P 500 EFFECTIVE CORPORATE TAX RATE*(percent)

Tax Rate (26.4)

* Derived from S&P Analyst Handbook, where tax rate is income tax as percentage of pretax income.Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s.

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Figure 23.

S&P 500 Income Tax

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S&P 500 CASH FLOW(ratio scale, dollars per share)

Cash Flow (166.2)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

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S&P 500 CASH FLOW MARGIN(percent of sales)

(14.4)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

Figure 25.

S&P 500 Cash Flow

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S&P 500 CAPITAL EXPENDITURES(dollars per share)

Annual Capex (left scale) (65.1)Quarterly Capex (right scale) (20.2)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

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S&P 500 CASH FLOW TO CAPEX(ratio)

Cash Flow to CAPEX (2.6)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

Figure 27.

S&P 500 Capital Expenditures

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S&P 500 SALES TO CAPEX(ratio)

Sales to CAPEX (17.7)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

Figure 28.

S&P 500 Capital Expenditures

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S&P 500 LEVERAGE RATIOS

Leverage RatiosDebt to Assets (0.79)Debt to Equity (0.86)Interest Coverage (10.70)Net Debt to EBITDA (10.11)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

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S&P 500 COMPONENTS OF LEVERAGE RATIOS(dollars per share)

Components of Leverage RatiosLeft scale

Total Debt (2900.33)Total Assets (3689.94)Long Term Debt (664.84)Total Equity (769.93)

Right scaleEbitda (238.54)Interest Expense (22.30)Cash & Equivalents (487.58)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

Figure 30.

S&P 500 Leverage Ratios

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S&P 500 LIQUIDITY RATIOS

Liquidity RatiosCurrent Ratio (1.14)Quick Ratio (1.01)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

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S&P 500 COMPONENTS OF LIQUIDITY RATIOS(dollars per share)

Components of Liquidity RatiosLeft scale

Current Assets (1633.59)Current Liabilities (1426.93)

Right scaleInventory (197.43)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

Figure 32.

S&P 500 Liquidity Ratios

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S&P 500 ASSET MANAGEMENT RATIOS

Asset Management RatiosFixed Asset Turnover (2.30)Total Asset Turnover (0.32)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

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S&P 500 COMPONENTS OF ASSET MANAGEMENT RATIOS(dollars per share)

Components of Asset Management RatiosFixed Assets (511.02)Total Assets (3689.94)Sales (1150.59)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

Figure 34.

S&P 500 Asset Management Ratios

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