Source document: plexus-corp_2019

Question: How does the company define ROIC?
Facts: as tax-effected operating income before restructuring and other special items divided by average invested capital over a rolling five-quarter period for the fiscal year.
Answer: as tax-effected operating income before restructuring and other special items divided by average invested capital over a rolling five-quarter period for the fiscal year.

Question: How often does the company review their internal calculation of WACC?
Facts: annually
Answer: annually

Question: What was the average invested capital in 2018?
Facts: 735.6
Answer: 735.6 million

Question: What was the change in the Adjusted operating income (tax effected) between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 118.6; 120.7
Derivation: 120.7-118.6
Answer: 2.1 million

Question: What was the percentage change in the WACC between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 9.0; 9.5
Derivation: 9.0-9.5
Answer: -0.5 percent

Question: What was the percentage change in the Average invested capital between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 735.6; 923.1
Derivation: (923.1-735.6)/735.6
Answer: 25.49 percent

Question: Which years does the table provide information for net sales?
Facts: 2017; 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018; 2017

Question: What was the net sales from Malaysia in 2017?
Facts: 940,045
Answer: 940,045 thousand

Question: What was the net sales from Romania in 2019?
Facts: 195,837
Answer: 195,837 thousand

Question: Which years did net sales from United States exceed $1,000,000 thousand?
Facts: 2018; 2019
Derivation: (2019:1,197,665),(2018:1,000,680)
Answer: 2019; 2018

Question: What was the change in the net sales from the United Kingdom between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 91,426; 99,825
Derivation: 99,825-91,426
Answer: 8399 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in the net sales from Germany between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 12,953; 14,271
Derivation: (14,271-12,953)/12,953
Answer: 10.18 percent

Question: What does debt obligations include?
Facts: $150.0 million in principal amount of 2018 Notes as well as interest
Answer: $150.0 million in principal amount of 2018 Notes as well as interest

Question: What did capital lease obligations consist of as of September 28, 2019?
Facts: capital lease payments and interest as well as the non-cash financing obligation related to the failed sale-leasebacks in Guadalajara, Mexico
Answer: capital lease payments and interest as well as the non-cash financing obligation related to the failed sale-leasebacks in Guadalajara, Mexico

Question: What were the total Operating Lease Obligations?
Facts: 40.8
Answer: 40.8 million

Question: What were the total debt obligations as a percentage of total contractual obligations?
Facts: 1,206.6; 288.3
Derivation: 288.3/1,206.6
Answer: 23.89 percent

Question: What was the difference in the total between Other Liabilities on and not on the Balance Sheet?
Facts: 15.0; 8.6
Derivation: 15.0-8.6
Answer: 6.4 million

Question: What was the difference in the total between  Repatriation Tax on Undistributed Foreign Earnings and Purchase Obligations?
Facts: 620.0; 65.1
Derivation: 620.0-65.1
Answer: 554.9 million

Question: How was Free Cash Flow defined by the company?
Facts: as cash flow provided by operations less capital expenditures
Answer: as cash flow provided by operations less capital expenditures

Question: What was the free cash flow in 2018?
Facts: 4.0
Answer: 4.0 million

Question: Which years does the table provide information for the company's free cash flows?
Facts: 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018

Question: How many years did cash flows provided by operating activities exceed $100 million?
Facts: 2019
Derivation: 2019
Answer: 1

Question: What was the change in Payments for property, plant and equipment between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 62.8; 90.6
Derivation: -90.6-(-62.8)
Answer: -27.8 million

Question: What was the percentage change in the free cash flow between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 24.7; 4.0
Derivation: (24.7-4.0)/4.0
Answer: 517.5 percent

Question: What was the change in the company's valuation allowance during Fiscal 2019?
Facts: 0.8
Answer: 0.8 million

Question: What was the amount of inventories in 2018?
Facts: 6,459
Answer: 6,459 thousand

Question: What was the amount of Accrued benefits in 2019?
Facts: 15,834
Answer: 15,834 thousand

Question: How many years did the Loss/credit carryforwards exceed $25,000 thousand?
Facts: 2018; 2019
Derivation: 2019##2018
Answer: 2

Question: What was the change in the inventories between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 16,809; 6,459
Derivation: 16,809-6,459
Answer: 10350 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in the Property, plant and equipment between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 12,530; 15,621
Derivation: (15,621-12,530)/12,530
Answer: 24.67 percent

Question: What was the company's addition to its valuation allowance during Fiscal 2017?
Facts: 14.9
Answer: 14.9 million

Question: What was the foreign tax rate differences in 2017?
Facts: (39.9)
Answer: (39.9) percent

Question: What was the Federal statutory income tax rate in 2019?
Facts: 21.0
Answer: 21.0 percent

Question: How many years did the Federal statutory income tax rate exceed 30.0%?
Facts: 2017
Derivation: 2017
Answer: 1

Question: Which years did the increase resulting from Non-deductible compensation exceed 1%?
Facts: 2019
Derivation: (2019:1.5)
Answer: 2019

Question: What was the change in the increase resulting from permanent differences between 2017 and 2018?
Facts: 0.8; 3.0
Derivation: 0.8-3.0
Answer: -2.2 percent

Question: What was the net sales from AMER in 2017?
Facts: 1,166,346
Answer: 1,166,346 thousand

Question: What was the total net sales in 2019?
Facts: 3,164,434
Answer: 3,164,434 thousand

Question: Which years does the table provide information for its reportable segments?
Facts: 2017; 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018; 2017

Question: How many years did the net sales from EMEA exceed $300,000 thousand?
Facts: 2019
Derivation: 2019
Answer: 1

Question: What was the change in the net sales from APAC between 2017 and 2018?
Facts: 1,279,261; 1,498,010
Derivation: 1,498,010-1,279,261
Answer: 218749 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in the total net sales between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 2,873,508; 3,164,434
Derivation: (3,164,434-2,873,508)/2,873,508
Answer: 10.12 percent

Question: Which years does the table provide information for the company's long-lived assest?
Facts: 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018

Question: What was the amount of long-lived assets in United States in 2019?
Facts: 106,757
Answer: 106,757 thousand

Question: What was the amount of long-lived assets in Mexico in 2018?
Facts: 43,078
Answer: 43,078 thousand

Question: Which countries had long-lived assets that exceed $100,000 thousand in 2019?
Facts: Malaysia; United States
Derivation: (United States:106,757),(Malaysia:101,636)
Answer: United States; Malaysia

Question: What was the change in the long-lived assets in China between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 21,878; 22,378
Derivation: 22,378-21,878
Answer: 500 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in the total long-lived assets across all countries between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 341,306; 384,224
Derivation: (384,224-341,306)/341,306
Answer: 12.57 percent

Question: Which years does the table provide information for the company's Debt and capital lease obligations?
Facts: 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018

Question: What was the amount of Capital lease and other financing obligations in 2018?
Facts: 39,857
Answer: 39,857 thousand

Question: What was the amount of total obligations in 2019?
Facts: 287,980
Answer: 287,980 thousand

Question: How many years did Capital lease and other financing obligations exceed $40,000 thousand?
Facts: 2019
Derivation: 2019
Answer: 1

Question: What was the change in the Unamortized deferred financing fees between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 1,240; 1,512
Derivation: -1,512-(-1,240)
Answer: -272 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in Total obligations between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 188,617; 287,980
Derivation: (287,980-188,617)/188,617
Answer: 52.68 percent

Question: What was the increase in net sales between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 290.9
Answer: 290.9 million

Question: How was net sales analyzed?
Facts: by management by geographic segment, which reflects the Company's reportable segments, and by market sector.
Answer: by management by geographic segment, which reflects the Company's reportable segments, and by market sector.

Question: What was the cost of sales in 2018?
Facts: 2,615.9
Answer: 2,615.9 thousand

Question: How many years did the operating margin exceed 4%?
Facts: 2018; 2019
Derivation: 2019##2018
Answer: 2

Question: What was the change in the gross profit between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 257.6; 291.8
Derivation: 291.8-257.6
Answer: 34.2 million

Question: What was the percentage change in Income tax expense between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 17.3; 94.6
Derivation: (17.3-94.6)/94.6
Answer: -81.71 percent

Question: What was the Amortization of assets held under capital leases in 2017?
Facts: 3.0
Answer: 3.0 million

Question: What was the amount of capital assets in progress in 2018?
Facts: 7,747
Answer: 7,747 thousand

Question: What was the net Total property, plant and equipment held under capital leases in 2019?
Facts: 39,079
Answer: 39,079 thousand

Question: How many years did the Capital assets in progress exceed $10,000 thousand?
Facts: 2019
Derivation: 2019
Answer: 1

Question: What was the change in the gross Total property, plant and equipment held under capital leases between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 42,459; 47,841
Derivation: 47,841-42,459
Answer: 5382 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in the accumulated amortization between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 6,123; 8,762
Derivation: (-8,762-(-6,123))/-6,123
Answer: 43.1 percent

Question: Which years does the table provide information for inventories?
Facts: 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018

Question: What was the amount of Work-in-process in 2018?
Facts: 102,337
Answer: 102,337 thousand

Question: What was the amount of customer deposits related to inventory and included within current liabilities on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets in 2019?
Facts: 136.5
Answer: 136.5 million

Question: How many years did net total inventories exceed $700,000 thousand?
Facts: 2018; 2019
Derivation: 2019##2018
Answer: 2

Question: What was the change in the amount of Finished goods between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 112,632; 74,078
Derivation: 74,078-112,632
Answer: -38554 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in the work-in-process between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 102,337; 49,315
Derivation: (49,315-102,337)/102,337
Answer: -51.81 percent

Question: What was the amount of special tax expense in accordance with regulations under U.S. Tax Reform during Fiscal 2019?
Facts: 7.0
Answer: 7.0 million

Question: What was the net sales in 2015?
Facts: 2,654,290
Answer: 2,654,290 thousand

Question: Which years does the table provide information for the company's financial highlights?
Facts: 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018; 2017; 2016; 2015

Question: How many years did the gross margin percentage exceed 10%?
Facts: 2017
Derivation: 2017
Answer: 1

Question: What was the change in the gross profit between 2015 and 2016?
Facts: 227,359; 239,550
Derivation: 227,359-239,550
Answer: -12191 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in net income between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 108,616; 13,040
Derivation: (108,616-13,040)/13,040
Answer: 732.94 percent

Question: Which years does the table provide information for the beginning and ending amounts of unrecognized income tax benefits?
Facts: 2017; 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018; 2017

Question: What was the amount of Gross increases for tax positions of prior years in 2019?
Facts: 62
Answer: 62 thousand

Question: What was the Balance at end of fiscal year in 2017?
Facts: 3,115
Answer: 3,115 thousand

Question: How many years did Gross increases for tax positions of the current year exceed $1,000 thousand?
Facts: 2018
Derivation: 2018
Answer: 1

Question: What was the change in the Gross increases for tax positions of prior years between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 21; 62
Derivation: 62-21
Answer: 41

Question: What was the percentage change in the balance at end of fiscal year between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 2,270; 5,841
Derivation: (2,270-5,841)/5,841
Answer: -61.14 percent

Question: Which years does the table provide information for the Income tax expense (benefit)?
Facts: 2017; 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018; 2017

Question: What was the current federal income tax expense  in 2017?
Facts: 78
Answer: 78 thousand

Question: What was the deferred federal income tax expense  in 2018?
Facts: (2,958)
Answer: (2,958) thousand

Question: How many years did the total income tax expense exceed $50,000 thousand?
Facts: 2018
Derivation: 2018
Answer: 1

Question: What was the change in the total current income tax expense between 2017 and 2018?
Facts: 10,127; 74,182
Derivation: 74,182-10,127
Answer: 64055 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in the deferred State income tax expense between 2017 and 2019?
Facts: 38; 827
Derivation: (827-38)/38
Answer: 2076.32 percent

Question: Which years does the table provide information for the amounts utilized in the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share?
Facts: 2017; 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018; 2017

Question: What was the amount of net income in 2017?
Facts: 112,062
Answer: 112,062 thousand

Question: What was the amount of basic earnings per share in 2019?
Facts: 3.59
Answer: 3.59

Question: How many years did net income exceed $100,000 thousand?
Facts: 2017; 2019
Derivation: 2019##2017
Answer: 2

Question: What was the change in the Basic weighted average common shares outstanding between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 30,271; 33,612
Derivation: 30,271-33,612
Answer: -3341 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in the diluted earnings per share between 2017 and 2019?
Facts: 3.24; 3.50
Derivation: (3.50-3.24)/3.24
Answer: 8.02 percent

Question: Which years does the table provide information for diluted earnings per share?
Facts: 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018

Question: What was the diluted earnings per share in 2019?
Facts: 3.50
Answer: 3.50

Question: What was the amount of U.S. Tax Reform in 2019?
Facts: 0.23
Answer: 0.23 million

Question: Which years did Diluted earnings per share, as adjusted (non-GAAP) exceed $3 million?
Facts: 2018; 2019
Derivation: (2019:3.43),(2018:3.23)
Answer: 2019; 2018

Question: What was the change in the amount of U.S Tax Reform between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 0.23; 2.46
Derivation: 0.23-2.46
Answer: -2.23 million

Question: What was the percentage change in diluted earnings per share between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 0.38; 3.50
Derivation: (3.50-0.38)/0.38
Answer: 821.05 percent

Question: Which years does the table provide information for net sales by reportable segment?
Facts: 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018

Question: What was the net sales from AMER in 2018?
Facts: 1,218.9
Answer: 1,218.9 million

Question: What was the net sales from EMEA in 2019?
Facts: 309.9
Answer: 309.9 million

Question: How many years did net sales from APAC exceed $1,500 million?
Facts: 2019
Derivation: 2019
Answer: 1

Question: What was the difference in net sales in 2018 between AMER and EMEA regions?
Facts: 1,218.9; 281.5
Derivation: 1,218.9-281.5
Answer: 937.4 million

Question: What was the percentage change in the Elimination of inter-segment sales between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 124.9; 132.0
Derivation: (-132.0-(-124.9))/-124.9
Answer: 5.68 percent

Question: Which years does the table provide information for Property, plant and equipment?
Facts: 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018

Question: What was the amount of Land, buildings and improvements in 2018?
Facts: 267,809
Answer: 267,809 thousand

Question: What was the amount of Capital assets in progress in 2019?
Facts: 49,599
Answer: 49,599 thousand

Question: Which years did Machinery and equipment exceed $300,000 thousand?
Facts: 2018; 2019
Derivation: (2019:381,656),(2018:364,034)
Answer: 2019; 2018

Question: What was the change in Computer hardware and software between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 130,645; 136,227
Derivation: 136,227-130,645
Answer: 5582 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in the Capital assets in progress between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 38,469; 49,599
Derivation: (49,599-38,469)/38,469
Answer: 28.93 percent

Question: Which years does the table provide information for Income tax expense?
Facts: 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018

Question: What was the amount of U.S. Tax Reform in 2018?
Facts: (85.9)
Answer: (85.9) million

Question: What was the Impact of one-time employee bonus in 2018?
Facts: 0.3
Answer: 0.3 million

Question: How many years did Income tax expense, as reported (GAAP) exceed $50 million?
Facts: 2018
Derivation: 2018
Answer: 1

Question: What was the change in the Impact of other special tax items between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 0.2; 1.1
Derivation: 0.2-(-1.1)
Answer: 1.3 million

Question: What was the percentage change in the Income tax expense, as adjusted (non-GAAP) between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 11.5; 21.0
Derivation: (21.0-11.5)/11.5
Answer: 82.61 percent

Question: What was the amount of Net Sales as reported?
Facts: 3,164,434
Answer: 3,164,434 thousand

Question: What was the cost of sales adjustments due to Topic 606?
Facts: 12,934
Answer: 12,934 thousand

Question: What was the Gross Profit after adjustment?
Facts: 289,892
Answer: 289,892 thousand

Question: How many types of revenues had adjustments that exceeded $10,000 thousand?
Facts: Net sales; cost of sales
Derivation: Net sales##cost of sales
Answer: 2

Question: What was the difference in the amount as reported between Operating income and income before income taxes?
Facts: 125,955; 142,055
Derivation: 142,055-125,955
Answer: 16100 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in the net income before and after adjustments?
Facts: 107,110; 108,616
Derivation: (107,110-108,616)/108,616
Answer: -1.39 percent

Question: How did the company adopt Topic 606 at the beginning of Fiscal 2019?
Facts: using the modified retrospective method
Answer: using the modified retrospective method

Question: What was the balance of contract assets after the adoption of Topic 606?
Facts: 76,417
Answer: 76,417 thousand

Question: What was the balance of Inventories before adoption of Topic 606?
Facts: 794,346
Answer: 794,346 thousand

Question: How many assets and liabilities had an end balance at September 30, 2019 that exceeded $1,000,000 thousand?
Facts: Retained earnings
Derivation: Retained earnings
Answer: 1

Question: What was the difference between the impacts due to adoption of Topic 606 between Contract assets and inventories?
Facts: 68,959; 76,417
Derivation: 76,417-(-68,959)
Answer: 145376 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in other accrued liabilities between before and after the impact of Topic 606?
Facts: 67,806; 68,163
Derivation: (67,806-68,163)/68,163
Answer: -0.52 percent

Question: Which years does the table provide information for the company's net sales by market sector?
Facts: 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018

Question: What was the net sales in the healthcare/life sciences sector in 2019?
Facts: 1,220.0
Answer: 1,220.0 million

Question: What was the net sales in the aerospace/defense sector in 2018?
Facts: 445.1
Answer: 445.1 million

Question: Which years did the net sales from Communications exceed $400 million?
Facts: 2018
Derivation: (2018:445.1)
Answer: 2018

Question: What was the difference in the net sales in 2019 between the industrial/commercial and communications sector?
Facts: 374.6; 981.2
Derivation: 981.2-374.6
Answer: 606.6 million

Question: What was the percentage change in the total net sales between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 2,873.5; 3,164.4
Derivation: (3,164.4-2,873.5)/2,873.5
Answer: 10.12 percent

Question: Which years does the table provide information for cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash?
Facts: 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018

Question: What was the amount of Cash in 2018?
Facts: 99,197
Answer: 99,197 thousand

Question: What was the amount of Restricted Cash in 2019?
Facts: 2,493
Answer: 2,493 thousand

Question: How many years did the Money market funds and other exceed $100,000 thousand?
Facts: 2018; 2019
Derivation: 2019##2018
Answer: 2

Question: What was the change in the Restricted cash between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 2,493; 417
Derivation: 2,493-417
Answer: 2076

Question: What was the percentage change in the Total cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 226,254; 297,686
Derivation: (226,254-297,686)/297,686
Answer: -24 percent

Question: What was the net sales in the first quarter?
Facts: 765,544
Answer: 765,544 thousand

Question: What was the gross profit in the Third quarter?
Facts: 71,030
Answer: 71,030 thousand

Question: What was the total net income?
Facts: 108,616
Answer: 108,616 thousand

Question: How many quarters did net sales exceed $800,000 thousand?
Facts: Fourth Quarter
Derivation: Fourth Quarter
Answer: 1

Question: What was the change in the gross profit between the first and second quarter?
Facts: 70,636; 72,383
Derivation: 70,636-72,383
Answer: -1747 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in the basic earnings per share between the third and fourth quarter?
Facts: 0.83; 1.26
Derivation: (1.26-0.83)/0.83
Answer: 51.81 percent

Question: What was the adjustments due to Topic 606 for Contract Assets?
Facts: 90,841
Answer: 90,841 thousand

Question: What was the balance before the adjustment due to Topic 606 for Retained earnings?
Facts: 1,178,677
Answer: 1,178,677 thousand

Question: What was the balance after the adjustment due to Topic 606 for Inventories?
Facts: 782,833
Answer: 782,833 thousand

Question: How many types of assets and liabilities had adjustments that exceeded $10,000 thousand?
Facts: Contract assets; Inventories
Derivation: Contract assets##Inventories
Answer: 2

Question: What was the difference between the balance before adjustment for Retained earnings and Other accrued liabilities?
Facts: 1,178,677; 106,461
Derivation: 1,178,677-106,461
Answer: 1072216 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in other accrued liabilities due to adjustment from Topic 606?
Facts: 106,461; 106,836
Derivation: (106,836-106,461)/106,461
Answer: 0.35 percent

Question: What was the depreciation from AMER in 2017?
Facts: 19,694
Answer: 19,694 thousand

Question: What was the depreciation from APAC in 2018?
Facts: 15,954
Answer: 15,954 thousand

Question: What was the Corporate depreciation in 2019?
Facts: 5,344
Answer: 5,344 thousand

Question: How many years did depreciation from APAC exceed $15,000 thousand instead?
Facts: 2017; 2018; 2019
Derivation: 2019##2018##2017
Answer: 3

Question: What was the change in Corporate Depreciation between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 4,863; 5,344
Derivation: 5,344-4,863
Answer: 481 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in the total depreciation between 2017 and 2018?
Facts: 45,330; 48,095
Derivation: (48,095-45,330)/45,330
Answer: 6.1 percent