XML 43 R31.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.19.2
Accounts Receivable (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jul. 27, 2019
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]  
Schedule of Accounts Receivable
The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses on uncollected balances. Approximately $16.8 million of the allowance for doubtful accounts as of January 26, 2019 was classified as non-current. The allowance for doubtful accounts changed as follows (dollars in thousands):
 
For the Three Months Ended
 
For the Six Months Ended
 
July 27, 2019
 
July 28, 2018
 
July 27, 2019
 
July 28, 2018
Allowance for doubtful accounts at beginning of period
$
1,372

 
$
976

 
$
17,702

 
$
998

Provision for bad debt (recovery)
(202
)
 
(14
)
 
(10,514
)
 
(38
)
Amounts (charged) recovered against the allowance
(246
)
 
(14
)
 
(6,264
)
 
(12
)
Allowance for doubtful accounts at end of period
$
924

 
$
948

 
$
924

 
$
948



Accounts receivable, net classified as current consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):
 
July 27, 2019
 
January 26, 2019
Trade accounts receivable
$
310,934

 
$
331,903

Unbilled accounts receivable
476,682

 
283,463

Retainage
10,216

 
10,831

Total
797,832

 
626,197

Less: allowance for doubtful accounts
(924
)
 
(939
)
Accounts receivable, net
$
796,908

 
$
625,258


Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability
Net contract assets consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):
 
July 27, 2019
 
January 26, 2019
Contract assets
$
357,615

 
$
215,849

Contract liabilities
13,272

 
15,125

Contract assets, net
$
344,343

 
$
200,724


Accounts Receivable Risk
Customers whose combined amounts of accounts receivable and contract assets, net exceeded 10% of total combined accounts receivable and contract assets, net as of July 27, 2019 or January 26, 2019 were as follows (dollars in millions):
 
July 27, 2019
 
January 26, 2019
 
Amount
 
% of Total
 
Amount
 
% of Total
Verizon Communications Inc.
$
481.8

 
42.3%
 
$
298.4

 
36.2%
CenturyLink, Inc.
$
171.4

 
15.0%
 
$
147.2

 
17.9%
Comcast Corporation
$
142.9

 
12.5%
 
$
127.2

 
15.4%
AT&T Inc.
$
112.3

 
9.8%
 
$
90.6

 
11.0%


Total contract revenues by customer type during the three and six months ended July 27, 2019 and July 28, 2018 were as follows (dollars in millions):
 
For the Three Months Ended
 
For the Six Months Ended
 
July 27, 2019
 
July 28, 2018
 
July 27, 2019
 
July 28, 2018
 
Amount
 
% of Total
 
Amount
 
% of Total
 
Amount
 
% of Total
 
Amount
 
% of Total
Telecommunications
$
804.4

 
91.0%
 
$
726.7

 
90.9%
 
$
1,565.8

 
91.2%
 
$
1,393.9

 
91.1%
Underground facility locating
53.8

 
6.1
 
49.0

 
6.1
 
102.0

 
5.9
 
94.1

 
6.1
Electrical and gas utilities and other
26.0

 
2.9
 
23.8

 
3.0
 
50.2

 
2.9
 
42.8

 
2.8
Total contract revenues
$
884.2

 
100.0%
 
$
799.5

 
100.0%
 
$
1,718.0

 
100.0%
 
$
1,530.8

 
100.0%

Customers whose contract revenues exceeded 10% of total contract revenues during the three or six months ended July 27, 2019 or July 28, 2018, as well as total contract revenues from all other customers combined, were as follows (dollars in millions):
 
For the Three Months Ended
 
For the Six Months Ended
 
July 27, 2019
 
July 28, 2018
 
July 27, 2019
 
July 28, 2018
 
Amount
 
% of Total
 
Amount
 
% of Total
 
Amount
 
% of Total
 
Amount
 
% of Total
Verizon Communications Inc.
$
205.0

 
23.2%
 
$
147.3

 
18.4%
 
$
384.8

 
22.4%
 
$
269.5

 
17.6%
AT&T Inc.
183.3

 
20.7
 
165.2

 
20.7
 
392.5

 
22.8
 
342.2

 
22.4
CenturyLink, Inc.
138.7

 
15.7
 
107.6

 
13.5
 
248.5

 
14.5
 
197.2

 
12.9
Comcast Corporation
133.2

 
15.1
 
171.2

 
21.4
 
270.3

 
15.7
 
330.3

 
21.6
Total other customers combined
224.0

 
25.3
 
208.2

 
26.0
 
421.9

 
24.6
 
391.6

 
25.5
Total contract revenues
$
884.2

 
100.0%
 
$
799.5

 
100.0%
 
$
1,718.0

 
100.0%
 
$
1,530.8

 
100.0%