Segment and Geographic Data

12 Months Ended

Apr. 29, 2017

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 table presents information about our reportable segments:

	Fiscal Year Ended
	April 29, 2017			April 30, 2016			April 25, 2015
Net sales
Dental	$	2,390,219		$	2,476,234		$	2,415,003
Animal Health	3,159,826			2,862,249			1,456,570
Corporate	43,082			48,220			39,292
Consolidated net sales	$	5,593,127		$	5,386,703		$	3,910,865
Operating income (loss)
Dental	$	263,671		$	312,176		$	300,357
Animal Health	88,132			94,318			56,670
Corporate	(63,875		)	(58,781		)	(52,441		)
Consolidated operating income	$	287,928		$	347,713		$	304,586
Depreciation and amortization
Dental	$	11,840		$	18,903		$	18,568
Animal Health	50,144			44,243			8,861
Corporate	21,834			19,237			17,094
Consolidated depreciation and amortization	$	83,818		$	82,383		$	44,523
	April 29, 2017			April 30, 2016
Total assets
Dental	$	863,970		$	994,113
Animal Health	2,119,512			2,064,302
Corporate	524,431			462,389
Total assets	$	3,507,913		$	3,520,804

The following table presents sales information by product for all of our reportable segments:

	Fiscal Year Ended
	April 29, 2017		April 30, 2016		April 25, 2015
Consolidated
Consumable	$	4,400,888	$	4,153,921	$	2,697,581
Equipment and software	834,526		857,001		865,013
Other	357,713		375,781		348,271
Total	$	5,593,127	$	5,386,703	$	3,910,865
Dental
Consumable	$	1,321,764	$	1,378,886	$	1,319,407
Equipment and software	780,868		806,993		818,342
Other	287,587		290,355		277,254
Total	$	2,390,219	$	2,476,234	$	2,415,003
Animal Health
Consumable	$	3,079,124	$	2,775,035	$	1,378,174
Equipment and software	53,658		50,008		46,671
Other	27,044		37,206		31,725
Total	$	3,159,826	$	2,862,249	$	1,456,570
Corporate
Other	43,082		48,220		39,292
Total	$	43,082	$	48,220	$	39,292

The following table presents information by geographic area. There were no material sales between geographic areas.

	Fiscal Year Ended
	April 29, 2017		April 30, 2016		April 25, 2015
Net sales
United States	$	4,725,322	$	4,457,254	$	3,029,541
United Kingdom	547,968		626,603		649,541
Canada	319,837		302,846		231,783
Total	$	5,593,127	$	5,386,703	$	3,910,865
	April 29, 2017		April 30, 2016
Property and equipment, net
United States	$	286,178	$	278,667
United Kingdom	1,947		2,459
Canada	10,327		12,189
Total	$	298,452	$	293,315