Company

ESSENDANT INC (0000355999)

Standardized SEC financial data for ESSENDANT INC — income statement, balance sheet, cash flow and 40+ ratios, available as a clean JSON API. CIK 0000355999 · Wholesale-Paper & Paper Products.

Gross margin

14.0%

Operating margin

-4.8%

Net margin

1.3%

Revenue growth (YoY)

-6.2%

Return on equity

12.9%

ROIC

-19.7%

Free cash flow

$147.0M

Debt / equity

1.03×

Ratios for fiscal year 2017, standardized from SEC filings.

Income statement

USD	FY2016	FY2017
Revenue	$5.37B	$5.04B
Cost of revenue	$4.61B	$4.33B
Gross profit	$759.9M	$706.1M
SG&A expense	$629.8M	$664.3M
Operating income	$117.5M	-$243.4M
EBITDA	$150.8M	-$210.9M
Interest expense

Balance sheet

USD	FY2016	FY2017
Cash & equivalents	$21.3M	$28.8M
Inventory	$876.8M	$821.7M
Total current assets	$1.61B	$1.51B
Property, plant & equipment	$128.3M	$132.8M
Goodwill	$297.9M	$13.2M
Total assets	$2.16B	$1.77B
Total current liabilities

Cash flow

USD	FY2016	FY2017
Operating cash flow	$130.9M	$185.5M
Capital expenditures	$37.7M	$38.6M
Free cash flow	$93.2M	$147.0M
Investing cash flow	-$3.8M	-$38.5M
Financing cash flow	-$136.0M	-$140.0M
Dividends paid	$20.5M	$20.7M
Share repurchases

Get 0000355999 data via API

# JSON
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  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

# CSV export (income / balance / cash-flow)
curl "https://sec-financial-api-production.up.railway.app/v1/company/0000355999/income-statement?format=csv" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

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