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Fortescue (Fortescue) Operating Income : $9,475 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Fortescue Operating Income?

Fortescue's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $4,965 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $9,475 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. Fortescue's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $4,965 Mil. Fortescue's Revenue for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $9,512 Mil. Therefore, Fortescue's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 52.20%.

Good Sign:

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

Fortescue's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was 10.80% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Fortescue's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 28.96%. Fortescue's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 45.92%.


Fortescue Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fortescue'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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Fortescue Operating Income Chart

Fortescue Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Operating Income
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4,710.00 6,841.00 15,094.00 9,024.00 7,916.00

Fortescue Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Operating Income Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4,036.00 4,988.00 3,406.00 4,510.00 4,965.00

Fortescue 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 semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $9,475 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.


Fortescue  (OTCPK:FSUGY) Operating Income Explanation

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

Fortescue'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: Jun. 2023 ) + Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2023 ))/ count )
=9930 * ( 1 - 31.4% )/( (23118 + 23923)/ 2 )
=6811.98/23520.5
=28.96 %

where

Note: The Operating Income data used here is two times the semi-annual (Dec. 2023) data.

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

Fortescue'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: Jun. 2023  Q: Dec. 2023
=EBIT/( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) + (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )/ count )
=9794/( ( (20974 + max(-693, 0)) + (21680 + max(-17, 0)) )/ 2 )
=9794/( ( 20974 + 21680 )/ 2 )
=9794/21327
=45.92 %

where Working Capital is:

Working Capital(Q: Jun. 2023 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(331 + 1189 + 89) - (1482 + 375 + 445)
=-693

Working Capital(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(863 + 1310 + 129) - (1394 + 443 + 482)
=-17

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is two times the semi-annual (Dec. 2023) EBIT data.

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

Fortescue'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 )
=4965/9512
=52.20 %

* 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).

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Fortescue (Fortescue) Business Description

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87 Adelaide Terrace, Level 2, East Perth, Perth, WA, AUS, 6004
Fortescue is an Australia-based iron ore miner. It has grown from obscurity start of 2008 to become the world's fourth-largest producer. Growth was fueled by debt, now repaid. Expansion from 55 million metric tons in fiscal 2012 to about 190 million metric tons in 2023 means Fortescue supplies nearly 10% of global seaborne iron ore. Further expansion above 200 million metric tons is likely once it completes construction of its 22 million metric tons Iron Bridge magnetite mine. However, with longer-term demand likely to decline as China's economy matures, we expect Fortescue's future margins to be below historical averages. More recently, Fortescue diversified into green energy, with ambitions to become a major supplier of green hydrogen and green ammonia. Its efforts are early stage.