NCI's quarterly net PPE
declined
from Dec. 2016 ($6.3 Mil) to Mar. 2017 ($5.6 Mil) and
declined
from Mar. 2017 ($5.6 Mil) to Jun. 2017 ($4.8 Mil).
NCI's annual net PPE
declined
from Dec. 2014 ($7.4 Mil) to Dec. 2015 ($6.7 Mil) and
declined
from Dec. 2015 ($6.7 Mil) to Dec. 2016 ($6.3 Mil).
NCI Property, Plant and Equipment Historical Data
The historical data trend for NCI's Property, Plant and Equipment 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.
Property, Plant and Equipment (PPE) are the fixed assets of the companyFixed 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.
NCI (NAS:NCIT) 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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NCI Inc is a Delaware corporation incorporated in July 2005. The Company provides enterprise services and solutions to Defense, Intelligence, Healthcare, and Civilian Government agencies. The Company provides services in areas including cybersecurity and information assurance; engineering and logistics support; enterprise information management and advanced analytics; cloud computing and information technology (IT) infrastructure optimization; health IT and medical support; IT service management; and modeling, simulation and training. The Company uses an integrated, tailorable engineering and operations methodology for governing how it provides cloud computing and IT infrastructure optimization services that fulfill its customer's important mission needs. It supports Department of Defense (DoD) weapon systems lifecycle support efforts in diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages (DMSMS) analysis and engineering solutions in support of modernization and technology insertion. It supports rapid and relevant discovery, anticipatory intelligence, focused analysis, and persistent surveillance across multiple customer domains and operational disciplines as well as enriches the intelligence-to-operations lifecycle by applying scalable technologies and advanced algorithms to help interpret data. The Company provides a broad spectrum of health IT services experience, including cybersecurity/IA, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) and Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) compliance, data analysis/management. The Company designs, installs, and manages complex mission-critical enterprise systems for its customers, increasing the reliability, security, and efficiency of their IT operations while meeting stringent guidelines and requirements. The Company often competes against or team with divisions of Defense and IT services contractors, including Lockheed Martin Corporation, Northrop Grumman Corporation, General Dynamics Corporation, Computer Sciences Corporation, Raytheon, Harris, BAE Systems, Booz Allen Hamilton, Leidos, and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). It also competes against or team with mid-tier Federal contractors, such as CACI International and ManTech International that have specialized capabilities, as well as numerous non-public companies within the sector. The Company is subject to various laws and regulations that may affect its business. U.S. Federal Government contracts are subject to a number of Federal laws and regulations, including the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).
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