Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

The Company reports interim financial information for 13-week periods, except for the first quarter, which always begins on April 1, and the fourth quarter, which always ends on March 31. The four quarters in fiscal 2018 ended on July 2, 2017, October 1, 2017, December 31, 2017, and March 31, 2018, respectively. The four quarters in fiscal 2017 ended on July 3, 2016, October 2, 2016, January 1, 2017, and March 31, 2017, respectively.



	1st Quarter		2nd Quarter		3rd Quarter			4th Quarter		Fiscal Year
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2018
Net sales	$	622,625	$	617,289	$	658,935		$	683,042	$	2,581,891
Gross profit	163,097		159,874		166,965			167,004		656,940
Operating earnings⁽¹⁾⁽³⁾	69,611		63,990		68,440			67,341		269,382
Net earnings (loss)⁽⁸⁾	48,322		43,151		(25,779		)	54,139		119,833
Net earnings (loss) attributable to EnerSys stockholders	48,201		43,222		(25,847		)	54,018		119,594
Net earnings (loss) per common share attributable to EnerSys stockholders—basic	$	1.11	$	1.01	$	(0.61	)	$	1.29	$	2.81
Net earnings (loss) per common share attributable to EnerSys stockholders—diluted	$	1.09	$	1.00	$	(0.61	)	$	1.27	$	2.77
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2017
Net sales	$	600,603	$	576,048	$	563,697		$	626,801	$	2,367,149
Gross profit	166,334		161,295		155,884			167,112		650,625
Operating earnings^{(2)(4)(5)(6)(7)}	66,032		62,909		55,023			51,897		235,861
Net earnings	44,619		42,793		37,095			33,716		158,223
Net earnings attributable to EnerSys stockholders	44,573		45,636		36,235			33,770		160,214
Net earnings per common share attributable to EnerSys stockholders—basic	$	1.03	$	1.05	$	0.83		$	0.78	$	3.69
Net earnings per common share attributable to EnerSys stockholders—diluted	$	1.02	$	1.04	$	0.82		$	0.76	$	3.64


(1)	Included in Operating earnings were inventory adjustment relating to exit activities of $3,457 in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018.


(2)	Included in Operating earnings were inventory adjustment relating to exit activities of $2,659 and $(502) in the second and third quarters of fiscal 2017, respectively.


(3)	Included in Operating earnings were restructuring and other exit charges of $833, $1,776, $1,808 and $1,064 for the first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2018, respectively.


(4)	Included in Operating earnings were restructuring and other exit charges of $1,297, $4,893, $(1,153) and $2,123 for the first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2017, respectively.


(5)	Included in Operating earnings for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 was a charge relating to the impairment of goodwill for $12,216.


(6)	Included in Operating earnings for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 was a charge relating to the impairment of indefinite-lived intangibles for $1,800.


(7)	Included in Operating earnings were legal proceedings charge of $17,000 and $6,725 for the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2017, respectively.

(8)

Included in net earnings (loss) was tax expense of $77,347 and $4,106 for the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2018, respectively, on account of the Tax Act.