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B Communications (B Communications) Operating Income : $494 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is B Communications Operating Income?

B Communications's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $117 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $494 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. B Communications's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $117 Mil. B Communications's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $583 Mil. Therefore, B Communications's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 20.08%.

Good Sign:

B Communications Ltd operating margin is expanding. Margin expansion is usually a good sign.

B Communications's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was 6.70% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. B Communications's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 8.68%. B Communications's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 18.05%.


B Communications Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for B Communications's Operating Income can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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B Communications Operating Income Chart

B Communications Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Operating Income
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B Communications Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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B Communications Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $494 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


B Communications  (OTCPK:BCOMF) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

B Communications's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

ROC % (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=NOPAT/Average Invested Capital
=Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )/( (Invested Capital (Q: Sep. 2023 ) + Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2023 ))/ count )
=468.144 * ( 1 - 27.49% )/( (3823.772 + 3993.577)/ 2 )
=339.4512144/3908.6745
=8.68 %

where

Invested Capital(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - Excess Cash
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities - max(0, Total Current Liabilities - Total Current Assets+Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities))
=4521.544 - 564.54 - ( 718.672 - max(0, 1076.832 - 1210.064+718.672))
=3823.772

Invested Capital(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - Excess Cash
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities - max(0, Total Current Liabilities - Total Current Assets+Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities))
=4272.06 - 302.255 - ( 492.96 - max(0, 968.678 - 944.906+492.96))
=3993.577

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

B Communications's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=EBIT/Average of (Net fixed Assets + Net Working Capital)
=EBIT/Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment+Net Working Capital)
     Q: Sep. 2023  Q: Dec. 2023
=EBIT/( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) + (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )/ count )
=409.624/( ( (2265.997 + max(-180.518, 0)) + (2272.267 + max(-123.043, 0)) )/ 2 )
=409.624/( ( 2265.997 + 2272.267 )/ 2 )
=409.624/2269.132
=18.05 %

where Working Capital is:

Working Capital(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(402.049 + 24.557 + 64.786) - (564.54 + 0 + 107.37)
=-180.518

Working Capital(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(385.852 + 21.422 + 44.672) - (302.255 + 0 + 272.734)
=-123.043

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

B Communications's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=117.036/582.827
=20.08 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

4. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Operating Income growth rate using Operating Income per share data.


Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important screening filter for GuruFocus. GuruFocus's Buffett-Munger screener requires that the profit margin is either consistent or expanding. The Model Portfolio of the Buffett-Munger screener has outperformed the market every year since inception in 2009.


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B Communications (B Communications) Business Description

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Address
144 Menachem Begin Road, Tel Aviv, ISR, 6492102
B Communications Ltd is a holding company with a single asset, a controlling interest in Bezeq, an Israeli triple play telecommunications company. Bezeq generates revenue through the provision of mobile, broadband, and data. It operates through four business segments: Bezeq, Pelephone Communications Ltd, Bezeq International Ltd, and DBS Satellite Services. The Bezeq segment generates revenue from fixed line communications. Bezeq's other division, Pelephone, derives revenue from the provision of mobile services. The last two segments, Bezeq International and DBS Satellite Services, produce revenue from the provision of Internet services and satellite TV services, respectively. Bezeq is an owner of telecommunications infrastructure, such as fibre networks.