Common-Size Income Statement
Quarterly Data
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-09-30).
The financial performance from September 30, 2016, through December 31, 2022, is characterized by a consistent expansion of gross margins, offset by intermittent volatility in operating expenses and non-operating items.
- Gross Profitability and Cost Management
- A sustained improvement in gross profit margins is observed over the analyzed period. Cost of sales as a percentage of net sales decreased from 76.77% in September 2016 to 69.24% by December 2022. This efficiency gain resulted in gross profit margins rising from 23.23% to a peak of 33.96% in September 2022, indicating improved production efficiency or pricing power.
- Operating Margin Trends
- Operating income margins exhibited a general upward trajectory for the majority of the period, climbing from 11.45% in late 2016 to a peak of 18.65% in June 2022. This growth was supported by a relatively stable selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) expense ratio, which typically fluctuated between 10% and 12%. However, a sharp reversal occurred in the second half of 2022, where SG&A expenses spiked to 19.75% in September and 17.43% in December, compressing the operating margin to 13.33% by the end of the period.
- Non-Operating Impact and Pre-Tax Income
- The income before income taxes was significantly impacted by volatile non-operating items. While interest expenses remained relatively contained between 1.2% and 2.4% for most of the period, they rose to 3.14% by December 2022. A notable anomaly occurred in June 2022, where "Other income (expense), net" recorded a substantial loss of 14.12% of net sales, which severely depressed the pre-tax income to 2.82% for that quarter despite strong operating performance.
- Net Income Volatility
- Net income attributable to common shareholders generally trended upward, moving from 7.66% in September 2016 to peaks exceeding 13% in late 2020. The bottom line remained sensitive to both tax fluctuations—such as the spike to 9.02% in December 2017—and the aforementioned non-operating losses in mid-2022, which caused net income to drop to 3.08% in June 2022 before recovering to 8.45% by December 2022.
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