Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Segment Information

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Segment Information
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Information
Segment Information
The table below provides certain financial information for each of our business segments.
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Nine Months Ended June 30,
(dollars in thousands)
 
2017
 
% (1)
 
2016
 
% (1)
 
2017
 
% (1)
 
2016
 
% (1)
Revenue:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Health Services
 
$
335,090

 
100
%
 
$
333,699

 
100
%
 
$
1,024,813

 
100
%
 
$
956,169

 
100
%
U.S. Federal Services
 
131,589

 
100
%
 
149,601

 
100
%
 
418,257

 
100
%
 
445,077

 
100
%
Human Services
 
133,768

 
100
%
 
133,794

 
100
%
 
386,988

 
100
%
 
379,023

 
100
%
Total
 
$
600,447

 
100
%
 
$
617,094

 
100
%
 
$
1,830,058

 
100
%
 
$
1,780,269

 
100
%
Gross profit:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Health Services
 
$
83,269

 
24.8
%
 
$
76,775

 
23.0
%
 
$
247,957

 
24.2
%
 
$
211,464

 
22.1
%
U.S. Federal Services
 
33,627

 
25.6
%
 
38,980

 
26.1
%
 
107,774

 
25.8
%
 
100,639

 
22.6
%
Human Services
 
35,293

 
26.4
%
 
35,624

 
26.6
%
 
93,593

 
24.2
%
 
97,158

 
25.6
%
Total
 
$
152,189

 
25.3
%
 
$
151,379

 
24.5
%
 
$
449,324

 
24.6
%
 
$
409,261

 
23.0
%
Selling, general and administrative 
expense:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Health Services
 
$
31,716

 
9.5
%
 
$
26,345

 
7.9
%
 
$
89,737

 
8.8
%
 
$
77,312

 
8.1
%
U.S. Federal Services
 
17,757

 
13.5
%
 
19,861

 
13.3
%
 
56,379

 
13.5
%
 
55,821

 
12.5
%
Human Services
 
18,925

 
14.1
%
 
21,373

 
16.0
%
 
55,827

 
14.4
%
 
64,006

 
16.9
%
Other (4)
 
(90
)
 
NM

 
2,127

 
NM

 
359

 
NM

 
2,777

 
NM

Total
 
$
68,308

 
11.4
%
 
$
69,706

 
11.3
%
 
$
202,302

 
11.1
%
 
$
199,916

 
11.2
%
Operating income:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Health Services
 
$
51,553

 
15.4
%
 
$
50,430

 
15.1
%
 
$
158,220

 
15.4
%
 
$
134,152

 
14.0
%
U.S. Federal Services
 
15,870

 
12.1
%
 
19,119

 
12.8
%
 
51,395

 
12.3
%
 
44,818

 
10.1
%
Human Services
 
16,368

 
12.2
%
 
14,251

 
10.7
%
 
37,766

 
9.8
%
 
33,152

 
8.7
%
Amortization of intangible assets
 
(2,720
)
 
NM

 
(3,517
)
 
NM

 
(9,508
)
 
NM

 
(9,928
)
 
NM

Restructuring costs (2)
 

 
NM

 

 
NM

 
(2,242
)
 
NM

 

 
NM

Acquisition-related expenses (3)
 

 
NM

 

 
NM

 

 
NM

 
(575
)
 
NM

Gain on sale of a business
 
650

 
NM

 
6,453

 
NM

 
650

 
NM

 
6,453

 
NM

Other (4)
 
90

 
NM

 
(2,127
)
 
NM

 
(359
)
 
NM

 
(2,777
)
 
NM

Total
 
$
81,811

 
13.6
%
 
$
84,609

 
13.7
%
 
$
235,922

 
12.9
%
 
$
205,295

 
11.5
%
(1)    Percentage of respective segment revenue. Percentages not considered meaningful are marked “NM.”
(2)
During the current fiscal year, we incurred costs in restructuring our United Kingdom Human Services business. See "Note 6. Supplemental disclosures" for more information.
(3)
Acquisition-related expenses relate to the acquisitions of Assessments Australia and Ascend in December 2015 and February 2016, respectively.
(4) 
Other costs and credits relate to SG&A balances that do not relate directly to segment business activities. During the three and nine months ended June 30, 2016, we incurred $2.1 million and $2.8 million, respectively, of legal costs related to a matter that occurred in fiscal year 2014. This matter was settled in the third quarter of fiscal 2017.