Common-Size Income Statement
Quarterly Data
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2016-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2015-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-03-31).
The financial profile is characterized by a significant expansion in gross margins during the first half of 2015, followed by a period of relative stability. However, this operational efficiency is consistently offset by substantial non-cash charges, including high amortization expenses and periodic, large-scale impairment losses, which have frequently resulted in negative operating income.
- Gross Profitability and Cost of Sales
- A marked improvement in gross margin is observed from March 2015 (60.19%) through December 2015, where it reached 84.34%. For the remainder of the analyzed period, gross profit remained consistently high, generally fluctuating between 82% and 88%. This trend indicates a substantial reduction in the cost of sales as a percentage of net revenues, which dropped from approximately 40% in early 2015 to a range of 12% to 17% in subsequent years.
- Operating Expense Trends
- Selling and marketing expenses remained relatively stable, typically ranging between 17% and 24% of net revenues, with a peak of 26.97% in March 2020. General and administrative expenses were generally contained between 7% and 12% for most of the period, though a significant outlier occurred in September 2019, where expenses spiked to 26.98%. Research and development spending exhibited high volatility, peaking at 30.83% in September 2015 before settling into a more consistent range of 10% to 20%.
- Amortization and Impairment Impact
- Amortization represents a heavy and persistent burden on the income statement, consistently consuming between 34% and 53% of net revenues. This is compounded by severe goodwill impairments that materialized in the later stages of the period, specifically in December 2018 (-69.64%), March 2019 (-68.58%), and June 2019 (-26.55%). Additionally, asset sales and impairments caused extreme volatility, most notably a 96.05% hit in September 2017 and a 63.37% hit in December 2018.
- Operating and Net Income Volatility
- Operating income was predominantly negative throughout the period, with losses deepening significantly during quarters with high impairment charges, such as December 2018 (-131.97%). Net income figures were highly erratic due to the influence of discontinued operations, which provided massive positive offsets in September 2015 (150.59%) and September 2016 (430.73%). Excluding these anomalous gains, the net income attributable to shareholders remained largely negative, reflecting the impact of high amortization and asset write-downs.
- Financial Costs and Tax Effects
- Interest expenses remained relatively stable, gradually declining from 6.71% of net revenues in March 2015 to approximately 5.12% by March 2020. The provision or benefit for income taxes fluctuated wildly, often providing significant tax benefits during quarters of heavy operating losses, such as the 90.57% benefit recorded in December 2017 and the 51.79% benefit in March 2020.
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