Segment Information

Operating segments are components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available and is regularly evaluated by management, namely the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) of an organization, in order to determine operating and resource allocation decisions. By this definition, the Company has identified its CEO as the CODM and operates and reports in two segments: Connected Home, and SMB:


•	Connected Home: Focused on consumers and consists of high-performance, dependable and easy-to-use WiFi internet networking solutions, 4G/5G mobile products, and smart devices such as Orbi Voice smart speakers and Meural digital canvasses; and


•	SMB: Focused on small and medium-sized businesses and consists of business networking, storage, wireless LAN and security solutions that bring enterprise-class functionality to small and medium-sized businesses at an affordable price.

The Company believes that this structure reflects its current operational and financial management, and provides the best structure for the Company to focus on growth opportunities while maintaining financial discipline. The leadership team of each segment is focused on product development efforts, both from a product marketing and engineering standpoint, to service the unique needs of their customers.

The results of the reportable segments are derived directly from the Company’s management reporting system. The results are based on the Company’s method of internal reporting and are not necessarily in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Management measures the performance of each segment based on several metrics, including contribution income. Segment contribution income includes all product line segment revenues less the related cost of sales, research and development and sales and marketing costs. Contribution income is used, in part, to evaluate the performance of, and allocate resources to, each of the segments. Certain operating expenses are not allocated to segments because they are separately managed at the corporate level. These unallocated indirect costs include corporate costs, such as corporate research and development, corporate marketing expense and general and administrative costs, amortization of intangibles, stock-based compensation expense, separation expense, restructuring and other charges, interest income and other income (expense), net. The CODM does not evaluate operating segments using discrete asset information.

Financial information for each reportable segment and a reconciliation of segment contribution income to income before income taxes is as follows:



	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2019			April 1, 2018
	(In thousands, except percentage data)
Net revenue:
Connected Home	$	169,365		$	174,315
SMB	79,717			70,886
Total net revenue	$	249,082		$	245,201
Contribution income:
Connected Home	$	19,119		$	16,212
Contribution margin	11.3		%	9.3		%
SMB	$	22,685		$	16,522
Contribution margin	28.5		%	23.3		%
Total segment contribution income	$	41,804		$	32,734
Corporate and unallocated costs	(19,132		)	(22,298		)
Amortization of intangibles ⁽¹⁾	(2,010		)	(2,079		)
Stock-based compensation expense	(6,458		)	(6,864		)
Separation expense	(264		)	—
Restructuring and other charges	68			9
Interest income	701			748
Other income (expense), net	341			(1,318		)
Income before income taxes	$	15,050		$	932

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⁽¹⁾	Amount excludes amortization expense related to patents within purchased intangibles in cost of revenue.

Operations by Geographic Region

The Company conducts business across three geographic regions: Americas, EMEA, and APAC. Net revenue consists of gross product shipments and service revenue, less allowances for estimated sales returns, price protection, end-user customer rebates and other channel sales incentives deemed to be a reduction of net revenue per the authoritative guidance for revenue recognition, and net changes in deferred revenue. For reporting purposes, revenue is generally attributed to each geographic region based on the location of the customer.

The following table shows net revenue by geography for the periods indicated:



	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2019		April 1, 2018
	(In thousands)
United States (U.S.)	$	145,791	$	157,146
Americas (excluding U.S.)	2,238		2,866
EMEA	56,963		47,434
APAC	44,090		37,755
Total net revenue	$	249,082	$	245,201

Long-lived assets by Geographic Region

Long-lived assets include purchased intangibles, goodwill and property and equipment. The Company's property and equipment are located in the following geographic locations:



	As of
	March 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
	(In thousands)
United States	$	5,757	$	4,993
Canada	3,882		4,359
EMEA	148		95
China	7,748		7,652
APAC (excluding China)	3,110		3,078
Total property and equipment, net	$	20,645	$	20,177