Segment and Geographic Data

6 Months Ended

Oct. 26, 2019

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment and Geographic Data

Segment and Geographic Data

We present three reportable segments: Dental, Animal Health and Corporate. Dental and Animal Health are strategic business units that offer similar products and services to different customer bases. Dental provides a virtually complete range of consumable dental products, equipment and software, turnkey digital solutions and value-added services to

dentists, dental laboratories, institutions, and other healthcare professionals throughout North America. Animal Health is a leading, full-line distributor in North America and the U.K. of animal health products, services and technologies to both the production-animal and companion-pet markets. Our Corporate segment is comprised of general and administrative expenses, including home office support costs in areas such as information technology, finance, legal, human resources and facilities. In addition, customer financing and other miscellaneous sales are reported within Corporate results. Corporate assets consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, property and equipment and long-term receivables. We evaluate segment performance based on operating income. The costs to operate the fulfillment centers are allocated to the operating units based on the through-put of the unit.

The following tables present information about our reportable segments:

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	October 26, 2019		October 27, 2018		October 26, 2019		October 27, 2018
Consolidated net sales
United States	$	1,183,047	$	1,173,623	$	2,273,762	$	2,270,087
United Kingdom	153,404		150,452		302,818		304,357
Canada	82,293		80,677		170,815		166,628
Total	$	1,418,744	$	1,404,752	$	2,747,395	$	2,741,072
Dental net sales
United States	$	513,141	$	495,457	$	957,783	$	949,030
Canada	51,462		47,059		107,956		99,550
Total	$	564,603	$	542,516	$	1,065,739	$	1,048,580
Animal Health net sales
United States	$	663,953	$	671,338	$	1,300,050	$	1,309,187
United Kingdom	153,404		150,452		302,818		304,357
Canada	30,831		33,618		62,859		67,078
Total	$	848,188	$	855,408	$	1,665,727	$	1,680,622
Corporate net sales
United States	$	5,953	$	6,828	$	15,929	$	11,870
Total	$	5,953	$	6,828	$	15,929	$	11,870

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	October 26, 2019		October 27, 2018		October 26, 2019		October 27, 2018
Consolidated net sales
Consumable	$	1,128,171	$	1,138,251	$	2,224,188	$	2,247,648
Equipment and software	202,605		182,120		341,842		329,018
Value-added services and other	87,968		84,381		181,365		164,406
Total	$	1,418,744	$	1,404,752	$	2,747,395	$	2,741,072
Dental net sales
Consumable	$	303,123	$	303,806	$	605,134	$	608,045
Equipment and software	188,192		167,686		313,876		302,643
Value-added services and other	73,288		71,024		146,729		137,892
Total	$	564,603	$	542,516	$	1,065,739	$	1,048,580
Animal Health net sales
Consumable	$	825,048	$	834,445	$	1,619,054	$	1,639,603
Equipment and software	14,413		14,434		27,966		26,375
Value-added services and other	8,727		6,529		18,707		14,644
Total	$	848,188	$	855,408	$	1,665,727	$	1,680,622
Corporate net sales
Value-added services and other	$	5,953	$	6,828	$	15,929	$	11,870
Total	$	5,953	$	6,828	$	15,929	$	11,870

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	October 26, 2019			October 27, 2018			October 26, 2019			October 27, 2018
Operating income (loss)
Dental	$	52,632		$	41,594		$	86,636		$	77,467
Animal Health	18,174			22,031			37,798			41,063
Corporate	(88,952		)	(22,409		)	(125,906		)	(72,800		)
Consolidated operating income	$	(18,146	)	$	41,216		$	(1,472	)	$	45,730

	October 26, 2019		April 27, 2019
Total assets
Dental	$	714,914	$	641,721
Animal Health	2,255,741		2,156,723
Corporate	464,802		470,825
Total assets	$	3,435,457	$	3,269,269