BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Company operates under three reportable segments designed to create deep customer focus and relevance in markets around the world. Intercompany sales between segments are immaterial.
The Company's Americas segment innovates for customers in North America and Latin America. The Americas segment encompasses commercial heating, cooling and ventilation systems, building controls and solutions, and energy services and solutions; residential heating and cooling; and transport refrigeration systems and solutions.
The Company's EMEA segment innovates for customers in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. The EMEA segment encompasses heating, cooling and ventilation systems, services and solutions for commercial buildings, and transport refrigeration systems and solutions.
The Company's Asia Pacific segment innovates for customers throughout the Asia Pacific region. The Asia Pacific segment encompasses heating, cooling and ventilation systems, services and solutions for commercial buildings, and transport refrigeration systems and solutions.
The Company's chief operating decision maker (CODM), the Chief Executive Officer, uses two profitability measures, Segment Adjusted EBITDA and Segment Adjusted Operating Income, in assessing segment performance and deciding how to allocate resources:
Segment Adjusted EBITDA represents net earnings excluding interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, restructuring, non-cash adjustments for contingent consideration, merger and acquisition-related costs, unallocated corporate expenses, discontinued operations and other non-recurring transactions. Segment Adjusted EBITDA also provides a useful tool for assessing the operating performance and comparability between periods and our ability to generate cash because it excludes the impact of certain non-cash or non-recurring items that can vary significantly from period to period. Segment Adjusted EBITDA is used in the development of annual operating plans, including capital expenditure and operational budgets, and in measuring performance against targets for purposes of incentive compensation.
Segment Adjusted Operating Income represents operating income adjusted to exclude restructuring costs, merger and acquisition-related costs, non-cash adjustments for contingent consideration and other non-recurring items. Segment Adjusted Operating Income, and ratios based on it, are used to provide a comprehensive view of segment profitability and evaluate efficient returns on assets.
Segment Adjusted EBITDA and Segment Adjusted Operating Income are not defined under GAAP and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies and should not be considered a substitute for net earnings or other results reported in accordance with GAAP. Measures of total assets by reportable segment are not provided to the CODM. Therefore, asset information by segment is not disclosed.
A summary of results by reportable segment for the years ended December 31 were as follows:
In millions202420232022
Americas
Segment revenues$15,903.2 $13,832.0 $12,640.8 
Segment cost of goods sold(10,249.9)(9,262.4)(8,714.1)
Segment selling and administrative expenses(2,614.2)(2,123.7)(1,857.7)
Segment Adjusted Operating Income$3,039.1 $2,445.9 $2,069.0 
Segment depreciation and amortization299.8 258.8 256.8 
Segment other income/(expense), net(20.6)(35.1)0.5 
Segment Adjusted EBITDA$3,318.3 $2,669.6 $2,326.3 
EMEA
Segment revenues$2,556.7 $2,401.2 $2,034.5 
Segment cost of goods sold(1,641.8)(1,584.4)(1,408.7)
Segment selling and administrative expenses(442.1)(392.3)(315.5)
Segment Adjusted Operating Income$472.8 $424.5 $310.3 
Segment depreciation and amortization43.5 40.5 28.8 
Segment other income/(expense), net(11.2)(0.3)(1.0)
Segment Adjusted EBITDA$505.1 $464.7 $338.1 
Asia Pacific
Segment revenues$1,378.3 $1,444.4 $1,316.4 
Segment cost of goods sold(843.2)(935.2)(886.9)
Segment selling and administrative expenses(226.3)(208.4)(197.8)
Segment Adjusted Operating Income$308.8 $300.8 $231.7 
Segment depreciation and amortization17.9 18.3 17.2 
Segment other income/(expense), net2.6 2.2 (0.6)
Segment Adjusted EBITDA$329.3 $321.3 $248.3 
In millions202420232022
Reconciliation of Segment Adjusted EBITDA and Segment Adjusted Operating Income to earnings before income taxes
Total Segment Adjusted EBITDA$4,152.7 $3,455.6 $2,912.7 
Total Segment depreciation and amortization(361.2)(317.6)(302.9)
Total Segment other income/(expense), net29.1 33.2 1.2 
Total Segment Adjusted Operating Income3,820.6 3,171.2 2,611.0 
Restructuring costs(5.0)(15.1)(20.7)
Non-cash adjustments for contingent consideration25.0 49.3 46.9 
Insurance settlements on property claims— 10.0 25.0 
Acquisition inventory step-up and backlog amortization— (18.5)(1.2)
Unallocated corporate expenses(340.5)(302.9)(242.1)
Interest expense(238.4)(234.5)(223.5)
Other income/(expense), net(19.9)(92.2)(23.3)
Earnings before income taxes$3,241.8 $2,567.3 $2,172.1 
Capital Expenditures
Americas$244.7 $217.2 $230.5 
EMEA36.6 31.9 25.9 
Asia Pacific16.1 14.3 11.2 
Capital expenditures from reportable segments$297.4 $263.4 $267.6 
Corporate capital expenditures73.2 37.3 24.2 
Total capital expenditures$370.6 $300.7 $291.8 
At December 31, a summary of long-lived assets by geographic area were as follows:
In millions20242023
United States$1,936.0 $1,618.6 
Non-U.S.691.1 666.7 
Total$2,627.1 $2,285.3 

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2024Feb 6, 2025Showing above
2023Feb 8, 2024
2022Feb 10, 2023
2021Feb 7, 2022
2020Feb 9, 2021
2019Feb 18, 2020
2018Feb 12, 2019
2017Feb 12, 2018
2016Feb 13, 2017
2015Feb 12, 2016

About Segments Disclosures

Segment disclosures break a company into its reportable operating units, revealing revenue, profit, and asset allocation that consolidated financial statements obscure. Under ASC 280, segments must match how the chief operating decision maker views the business, providing a window into internal management structure and resource allocation priorities.

Key signals: compare segment margins to identify which units drive profitability and which destroy value. Watch for changes in the number of reportable segments — segment aggregation or disaggregation often coincides with strategic shifts or attempts to obscure declining performance. Intersegment elimination patterns reveal internal pricing practices. The reconciliation between segment totals and consolidated figures exposes corporate overhead allocation and unallocated items. Geographic revenue concentration highlights regulatory and currency exposure. Compare segment-level capital expenditure against segment revenue to assess where management is investing for future growth versus harvesting existing assets.