Equity and Earnings Per Share Equity and Earnings Per Share (Policies)

12 Months Ended

Apr. 27, 2019

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Share Repurchase [Policy Text Block]

Share Repurchases

On December 14, 2015, our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program of up to $50,000, in the aggregate, of our outstanding common stock. The stock repurchase program is carried out at the direction of management (which includes a plan under Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). The stock repurchase program may be suspended, terminated, or modified at any time. Any repurchased shares will be held as treasury stock and will be available for general corporate purposes.

Dividend [Policy Text Block]

Dividends

We paid no dividends to common stockholders during Fiscal 2019, Fiscal 2018 and Fiscal 2017. We do not intend to pay dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.

Earnings Per Share, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Earnings Per Common Share

Basic earnings per share represent net earnings to common stockholders divided by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share reflect, in periods in which they have a dilutive effect, the impact of our stock based compensation. See Part II - Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data - Note 7. Equity and Earnings Per Share for further information regarding the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per common share.

Earnings Per Share

Basic EPS is computed based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the year. Diluted EPS is computed based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the year plus the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents using the treasury stock method and the average market price of our common stock for the year. We include participating securities (unvested share-based payment awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents) in the computation of EPS pursuant to the two-class method. Our participating securities consist solely of unvested restricted stock awards, which have contractual participation rights equivalent to those of stockholders of unrestricted common stock. The two-class method of computing earnings per share is an allocation method that calculates earnings per share for common stock and participating securities. During periods of net loss, no effect is given to the participating securities because they do not share in the losses of the Company. During the Fiscal 2019, Fiscal 2018 and Fiscal 2017, average shares of 2,939,089, 2,494,799 and 375,457 were excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation using the two-class method as their inclusion would have been antidilutive, respectively.