What is Cameron International Gross Property, Plant and Equipment?
Cameron International's quarterly gross PPE
declined
from Jun. 2015 ($3,523 Mil) to Sep. 2015 ($3,478 Mil) and
declined
from Sep. 2015 ($3,478 Mil) to Dec. 2015 ($3,461 Mil).
Cameron International's annual gross PPE
stayed the same
from Dec. 2013 ($3,670 Mil) to Dec. 2014 ($3,580 Mil) but then
declined
from Dec. 2014 ($3,580 Mil) to Dec. 2015 ($3,461 Mil).
Cameron International Gross Property, Plant and Equipment Historical Data
The historical data trend for Cameron International's Gross Property, Plant and Equipment can be seen below:
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Cameron International Gross Property, Plant and Equipment Chart
Cameron International Gross Property, Plant and Equipment Calculation
Property, Plant and Equipment (PPE) are the fixed assets of the company. Fixed assets are also known as non-current assets.
Property, plant, and equipment includes assets that will - in the normal course of business - neither be used up in the next year nor will become a part of any product sold to customers.
Some of the most common parts of property, plant, and equipment are:
Companies with lots of property, plant, and equipment often have special categories. For example, railroad property includes:
Track
Ties
Ballast
Bridges
Tunnels
Signals
Locomotives
Freight Cars
There is often a note in the financial statements - found in a company's 10-K - that will explain the different categories of property a company owns.
The market value of property, plant, and equipment can differ tremendously from the book value of property, plant, and equipment.
For example, when Berkshire Hathaway liquidated its textile mills, it had to pay the buyers of the company's manufacturing equipment to haul the equipment away. That property, plant, and equipment was literally worth less than zero. On the other hand, some companies own thousands of acres of land.
All property, plant, and equipment other than land is depreciated. Land is never depreciated. However, land is not marked up to market value either. Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), land is shown on the balance sheet at cost.
The property, plant, and equipment line shown on the balance sheet is usually net property, plant, and equipment. This means it is the cost of the property, plant, and equipment less accumulated depreciation.
Cameron International (NYSE:CAM) Gross Property, Plant and Equipment Explanation
A company with durable competitive advantage doesn't need to constantly upgrade its equipment to stay competitive. The company replaces when it wears out. On the other hand, a company without any advantages must replace to keep pace.
Difference between a company with a moat and one without is that the company with the competitive advantage finances new equipment through internal cash flows, whereas the no advantage company requires debt to finance.
Producing a consistent product that doesn't change equates to consistent profits. There is no need to upgrade plants which frees up cash for other ventures. Think Coca Cola, Johnson & Johnson etc.
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Cameron International (Cameron International) Business Description
Cameron International Corp, a Delaware corporation, was incorporated on November 10, 1994. The Company is a provider of flow equipment products, systems and services to oil, gas and process industries. Cooper Cameron is also a manufacturer of centrifugal air compressors, integral and separable gas compressors and turbochargers. The Company's operations are organized into three business segments: Drilling & Production Systems 'DPS', Valves & Measurement 'V&M' and Compression Systems 'CS'. DPS is a provider of systems and equipment used to control pressures, direct flows of oil and gas wells and separate oil and gas from impurities. DPS's products include surface and subsea production systems, blowout preventers, drilling and production control systems, oil and gas separation equipment, gas conditioning units, membrane separation systems, water processing systems, block valves, gate valves, actuators, chokes, wellheads, drilling riser and aftermarket parts and services. DPS's customers include oil and gas majors, national oil companies, independent producers, engineering and construction companies, drilling contractors, rental companies and geothermal energy producers. V&M is a provider of valves and also supplies measurement systems mainly used to control, direct and measure the flow of oil and gas as it moved from individual wellheads through flow lines, gathering lines and transmission systems to refineries, petrochemical plants and industrial centers for processing. V&M's products include gate valves, ball valves, butterfly valves, Orbit(r) valves, double block & bleed valves, plug valves, globe valves, check valves, actuators, chokes and aftermarket parts and services. Measurement products include totalizers, turbine meters, flow computers, chart recorders, ultrasonic flow meters and sampling systems. V&M's main customers include oil and gas majors, independent producers, engineering and construction companies, pipeline operators, drilling contractors and chemical, petrochemical and refining companies. CS is a provider of compression equipment and aftermarket parts and services for the oil, gas and process industries. Integrally geared centrifugal compressors are used by customers around the world in a variety of industries, including air separation, petrochemical and chemical. CS's products include integral engine-compressors, separable compressors, turbochargers, integrally geared centrifugal compressors, compressor systems and controls. Cameron has manufacturing facilities worldwide that conduct a broad variety of processes, including machining, fabrication, assembly and testing, using a variety of forged and cast alloyed steels and stainless steel as the main raw materials. Cameron competes in all areas of its operations with a number of other companies, some of which have financial and other resources comparable to or greater than those of Cameron. Cameron considers the following trade names to be material to its business
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