Business Segment Information

12 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Business Segment Information

26. Business Segment Information

UNIFI defines operating segments as components of the organization for which discrete financial information is available and operating results are evaluated on a regular basis by UNIFI’s principal executive officer, who is the chief operating decision maker (the “CODM”), in order to assess performance and allocate resources. Characteristics of UNIFI which were relied upon in making the determination of reportable segments include the nature of the products sold, the internal organizational structure, the trade policies in the geographic regions in which UNIFI operates, and the information that is regularly reviewed by the CODM for the purpose of assessing performance and allocating resources.

UNIFI has four reportable segments.

• The operations within the Polyester Segment exhibit similar long-term economic characteristics and primarily sell into an economic trading zone covered by the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Dominican Republic—Central America Free Trade Agreement (collectively, the regions comprising these economic trading zones are referred to as “NACA”) to similar customers utilizing similar methods of distribution. These operations derive revenues primarily from polyester-based products with sales primarily to other yarn manufacturers and knitters and weavers that produce yarn and/or fabric for the apparel, hosiery, automotive, home furnishings, automotive, industrial and other end-use markets. The Polyester Segment consists of sales and manufacturing operations in the U.S. and El Salvador.

• The operations within the Nylon Segment exhibit similar long-term economic characteristics and primarily sell into the NACA region to similar customers utilizing similar methods of distribution. These operations derive revenues primarily from nylon-based products with sales to knitters and weavers that produce fabric primarily for the apparel and hosiery markets.  The Nylon Segment includes an immaterial operating segment in Colombia that sells similar nylon-based textile products to similar customers in Colombia and Mexico utilizing similar methods of distribution.  The Nylon Segment consists of sales and manufacturing operations in the U.S. and Colombia.

• The Brazil Segment primarily sells polyester-based products to knitters and weavers that produce fabric for the apparel, automotive, home furnishings, industrial and other end-use markets principally in South America.  The Brazil Segment includes a manufacturing location and sales offices in Brazil.

• The operations within the Asia Segment exhibit similar long-term economic characteristics and sell to similar customers utilizing similar methods of distribution primarily in Asia and Europe, which are outside of the NACA region. The Asia Segment primarily sells polyester-based products to knitters and weavers that produce fabric for the apparel, automotive, home furnishings, automotive, industrial and other end-use markets principally in Asia.  The Asia Segment includes sales offices in China and Sri Lanka.

In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019, UNIFI increased from three to four reportable segments based on a change in the economic characteristics of the Asia Segment, which precludes aggregation with the Brazil Segment, based on expectations of differing annual sales growth rates and gross margins. The transition of UNIFI’s reportable segments has been applied retrospectively to fiscal 2018 and 2017.

In connection with an intercompany agreement established in fiscal 2019 and consistent with an increased focus on a global, innovative supply chain, UNIFI’s operations within the Polyester Segment granted rights to the use of certain manufacturing know-how, processes and product technical information and design (“technologies”) to UNIFI’s operations in the Asia Segment. The technologies provide benefit to the Asia Segment by supporting its production and sale of differentiated products. Accordingly, the intercompany charge related to the agreement has been included in the calculation of segment profitability for fiscal 2019 and 2018 to align with the assessments and evaluations performed by, and information provided to, the CODM, in consideration of the impacts from intersegment technologies.

Retrospective disclosure of the change in segment profitability has been applied beginning in the third quarter of fiscal 2018 such that cost of sales for the Polyester Segment includes an intersegment technologies credit, while cost of sales for the Asia Segment includes a corresponding intersegment technologies expense. Each such technologies credit or expense is recorded to the respective segment by fiscal year and fiscal quarter, following the methodology prescribed by the intercompany agreement in place. Such intersegment technologies amounts are integral to evaluating the underlying performance and trends of each segment, and such amounts eliminate in consolidation. The technologies credit (expense) reflected in the respective segments was $5,209 and $2,103 in fiscal 2019 and 2018, respectively. Per the applicable intercompany agreement, the intersegment technologies amounts were effective beginning January 1, 2018. Therefore, no intersegment technologies amounts are reflected in segment results for either the first half of fiscal 2018 or all of fiscal 2017.

In addition to UNIFI’s reportable segments, an All Other category is included in the tables below. All Other consists primarily of for-hire transportation services and Renewables (up through December 23, 2016, the date of the sale by UNIFI of its 60% equity ownership interest in Renewables). For-hire transportation services revenue is derived from performing common carrier services utilizing UNIFI’s fleet of transportation equipment. Revenue for Renewables was primarily derived from (i) facilitating the use of miscanthus grass as bio-fuel through service agreements and (ii) delivering harvested miscanthus grass to poultry producers for animal bedding.

The operations within All Other (i) are not subject to review by the CODM at a level consistent with UNIFI’s other operations, (ii) are not regularly evaluated using the same metrics applied to UNIFI’s other operations and (iii) do not qualify for aggregation with an existing reportable segment. Therefore, such operations are excluded from reportable segments.

UNIFI evaluates the operating performance of its segments based upon Segment Profit, which represents segment gross profit (loss) plus segment depreciation expense.  This measurement of segment profit or loss best aligns segment reporting with the current assessments and evaluations performed by, and information provided to, the CODM.

The accounting policies for the segments are consistent with UNIFI’s accounting policies.  Intersegment sales are omitted from segment disclosures, as they are (i) insignificant to UNIFI’s segments and eliminated from consolidated reporting and (ii) excluded from segment evaluations performed by the CODM.

Selected financial information is presented below:

	For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2019
	Polyester		Nylon		Brazil		Asia		All Other		Total
Net sales	$	370,770	$	98,127	$	102,877	$	132,866	$	4,164	$	708,804
Cost of sales		346,951		90,231		84,298		117,166		3,850		642,496
Gross profit		23,819		7,896		18,579		15,700		314		66,308
Segment depreciation expense		16,068		2,083		1,537		—		229		19,917
Segment Profit	$	39,887	$	9,979	$	20,116	$	15,700	$	543	$	86,225

	For the Fiscal Year Ended June 24, 2018
	Polyester		Nylon		Brazil		Asia		All Other		Total
Net sales	$	364,169	$	102,639	$	110,587	$	97,297	$	4,220	$	678,912
Cost of sales		330,975		92,155		84,726		80,677		3,951		592,484
Gross profit		33,194		10,484		25,861		16,620		269		86,428
Segment depreciation expense		15,893		2,197		1,648		—		256		19,994
Segment Profit	$	49,087	$	12,681	$	27,509	$	16,620	$	525	$	106,422

	For the Fiscal Year Ended June 25, 2017
	Polyester		Nylon		Brazil		Asia		All Other			Total
Net sales	$	355,740	$	112,704	$	109,079	$	64,607	$	5,140		$	647,270
Cost of sales		315,655		100,633		82,463		48,624		5,731			553,106
Gross profit (loss)		40,085		12,071		26,616		15,983		(591	)		94,164
Segment depreciation expense		13,921		2,125		1,119		—		638			17,803
Segment Profit	$	54,006	$	14,196	$	27,735	$	15,983	$	47		$	111,967

The reconciliations of segment gross profit (loss) to consolidated income before income taxes are as follows:

	For the Fiscal Year Ended
	June 30, 2019			June 24, 2018			June 25, 2017
Polyester	$	23,819		$	33,194		$	40,085
Nylon		7,896			10,484			12,071
Brazil		18,579			25,861			26,616
Asia		15,700			16,620			15,983
All Other		314			269			(591	)
Segment gross profit		66,308			86,428			94,164
SG&A expenses		52,690			56,077			50,829
Provision (benefit) for bad debts		308			(38	)		(123	)
Other operating expense (income), net		2,350			1,590			(310	)
Operating income		10,960			28,799			43,768
Interest income		(628	)		(560	)		(517	)
Interest expense		5,414			4,935			3,578
Loss on extinguishment of debt		131			—			—
Loss on sale of business		—			—			1,662
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates		(3,968	)		(5,787	)		(4,230	)
Income before income taxes	$	10,011		$	30,211		$	43,275

The reconciliations of segment depreciation and amortization expense to consolidated depreciation and amortization expense are as follows:

	For the Fiscal Year Ended
	June 30, 2019		June 24, 2018		June 25, 2017
Polyester	$	16,068	$	15,893	$	13,921
Nylon		2,083		2,197		2,125
Brazil		1,537		1,648		1,119
Asia		—		—		—
All Other		229		256		638
Segment depreciation expense		19,917		19,994		17,803
Other depreciation and amortization expense		3,086		2,591		2,565
Depreciation and amortization expense	$	23,003	$	22,585	$	20,368

The reconciliations of segment capital expenditures to consolidated capital expenditures are as follows:

	For the Fiscal Year Ended
	June 30, 2019		June 24, 2018		June 25, 2017
Polyester	$	17,291	$	16,605	$	25,442
Nylon		624		1,366		1,247
Brazil		2,574		3,063		4,540
Asia		32		36		194
Segment capital expenditures		20,521		21,070		31,423
Other capital expenditures		4,350		3,959		1,767
Capital expenditures	$	24,871	$	25,029	$	33,190

The reconciliations of segment total assets to consolidated total assets are as follows:

	June 30, 2019		June 24, 2018
Polyester	$	287,608	$	284,261
Nylon		57,055		57,378
Brazil		67,490		59,657
Asia		35,219		35,349
Segment total assets		447,372		436,645
Other current assets		10,327		30,945
Other PP&E		18,664		17,373
Other non-current assets		1,468		4,205
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates		114,320		112,639
Total assets	$	592,151	$	601,807

Product sales (excluding the All Other category) are as follows. Polyester product sales are calculated by aggregating the sales of the Polyester, Brazil and Asia Segments.  Nylon product sales represent sales for the Nylon Segment.

	For the Fiscal Year Ended
	June 30, 2019		June 24, 2018		June 25, 2017
Polyester	$	606,513	$	572,053	$	529,426
Nylon		98,127		102,639		112,704
Total	$	704,640	$	674,692	$	642,130

Geographic Data

Geographic information is set forth below, beginning with net sales.

	For the Fiscal Year Ended
	June 30, 2019		June 24, 2018		June 25, 2017
U.S.	$	426,725	$	420,920	$	424,490
Brazil		102,877		110,587		109,079
China		125,667		90,998		63,075
Remaining Foreign Countries		53,535		56,407		50,626
Total	$	708,804	$	678,912	$	647,270
Export sales from UNIFI’s U.S. operations to external customers	$	84,707	$	94,205	$	104,229

The net sales amounts are based on the operating locations from where the items were produced or distributed.

Geographic information for long-lived assets is as follows:

	June 30, 2019		June 24, 2018		June 25, 2017
U.S.	$	305,483	$	305,229	$	304,696
Brazil		13,218		12,679		12,616
China		78		92		94
Remaining Foreign Countries		5,169		6,225		8,266
Total	$	323,948	$	324,225	$	325,672

Long-lived assets are comprised of PP&E, net; intangible assets, net; investments in unconsolidated affiliates; and other non-current assets.

Geographic information for total assets is as follows:

	June 30, 2019		June 24, 2018		June 25, 2017
U.S.	$	457,571	$	455,963	$	445,947
Brazil		67,490		59,657		58,598
China		30,982		32,703		20,641
Remaining Foreign Countries		36,108		53,484		46,317
Total	$	592,151	$	601,807	$	571,503