Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2026

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Before Income Taxes

Earnings before income taxes consisted of the following:

(In thousands)	2026		2025		2024
United States	$	83,038	$	111,029	$	133,185
International	(5,582)		1,545		(3,932)
Earnings before income taxes	$	77,456	$	112,574	$	129,253

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

The components of income tax expense (benefit) for each of the last three fiscal years are as follows:

(In thousands)	2026		2025		2024
Current
Federal	$	5,966	$	19,979	$	32,900
State and local	752		3,546		6,172
International	1,550		(586)		286
Total current	8,268		22,939		39,358
Deferred
Federal	13,611		3,190		(8,361)
State and local	3,224		691		(1,387)
International	(1,352)		(45)		—
Total deferred	15,483		3,836		(9,748)
Total non-current tax expense	(426)		747		30
Total income tax expense	$	23,325	$	27,522	$	29,640

Schedule of Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures

	2026
Federal	$	2,000
State and local
New York	352
Texas	349
New York City	279
Other state and local	848
International
Brazil	318
Other international	—
Total	$	4,146

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

In accordance with our prospective adoption of ASU 2023-09, the following presents a reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate to Apogee's worldwide effective income tax rate for fiscal year ended February 28, 2026:

	2026
(In thousands)	Amount		Percent
Federal statutory income tax rate	$	16,266	21.0	%
State and local income taxes, net of federal tax benefit (1)	3,005		3.9
Foreign tax effects (Canada):
Cancellation of debt income	1,135		1.5
Other	235		0.3
Effect of cross border tax laws	(598)		(0.8)
Tax credits	(427)		(0.6)
Changes in valuation allowance	350		0.5
Nontaxable or non-deductible items	885		1.1
Changes in unrecognized tax benefits	(427)		(0.6)
Other adjustments:
Return to provision	2,140		2.8
Other	761		1.0
Consolidated effective tax rate	$	23,325	30.1	%

(1) State and local taxes in Illinois, New York, and New York City made up the majority (greater than 50 percent) of the tax effect in this category.

For the fiscal years ended March 1, 2025, and March 2, 2024, a reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to Apogee's worldwide effective income tax rate is provided below:

	2025		2024
Federal statutory income tax rate	21.0	%	21.0	%
State and local income taxes, net of federal tax benefit	2.9		2.4
Foreign tax rate differential	(0.8)		(0.2)
Valuation allowance	(0.3)		1.0
Deduction for foreign derived intangible income	(0.4)		(0.3)
Research & development tax credit	(1.5)		(1.3)
§162(m) Executive Compensation Limitation	3.4		0.8
Tax benefit of share based awards	(1.0)		(0.6)
Other, net	1.1		0.1
Consolidated effective income tax rate	24.4	%	22.9	%

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets And Deferred Tax Liabilities

Deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities at February 28, 2026 and March 1, 2025 were:

(In thousands)	2026		2025
Deferred tax assets
Accrued expenses	$	4,316	$	3,743
Deferred compensation	5,629		9,794
Section 174 capitalized costs	—		15,675
Operating lease liabilities	11,356		14,898
Net operating losses and tax credits	6,470		11,679
Other	12,712		10,443

(In thousands)	2026		2025
Total deferred tax assets	40,483		66,232
Less: valuation allowance	(9,115)		(9,582)
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance	31,368		56,650
Deferred tax liabilities
Depreciation	25,033		22,401
Operating lease, right-of-use assets	10,289		13,605
Other	10,487		13,405
Total deferred tax liabilities	45,809		49,411
Net deferred tax (liabilities) assets	$	(14,441)	$	7,239

Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits

The following table provides a reconciliation of the total amounts of gross unrecognized tax benefits:

(In thousands)	2026		2025		2024
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at beginning of year	$	5,967	$	5,053	$	5,312
Gross increases in tax positions for prior years	4		347		91
Gross decreases in tax positions for prior years	(260)		(11)		(65)
Gross increases based on tax positions related to the current year	212		886		579
Settlements	—		—		(354)
Statute of limitations expiration	(1,844)		(308)		(510)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at end of year	$	4,079	$	5,967	$	5,053