Accounts Receivable, Contract Assets, and Contract Liabilities (Tables)
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6 Months Ended |
Jul. 26, 2025 |
Receivables [Abstract] |
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Accounts Receivable |
Accounts receivable, net, classified as current, consisted of the following (dollars in thousands): | | | | | | | | | | | | | July 26, 2025 | | January 25, 2025 | Trade accounts receivable | $ | 585,264 | | | $ | 538,475 | | Unbilled accounts receivable | 976,584 | | | 801,423 | | Retainage | 28,708 | | | 34,934 | | Total | 1,590,556 | | | 1,374,832 | | Less: allowance for credit losses | (2,595) | | | (1,094) | | Accounts receivable, net | $ | 1,587,961 | | | $ | 1,373,738 | |
The allowance for credit losses changed as follows (dollars in thousands): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For the Three Months Ended | | For the Six Months Ended | | July 26, 2025 | | July 27, 2024 | | July 26, 2025 | | July 27, 2024 | Allowance for credit losses at beginning of period | $ | 825 | | | $ | 1,539 | | | $ | 1,094 | | | $ | 2,776 | | Provision for (recovery of) bad debt | 1,770 | | | 147 | | | 1,600 | | | (1,090) | | Amounts charged against the allowance | — | | | (16) | | | (99) | | | (16) | | Allowance for credit losses at end of period | $ | 2,595 | | | $ | 1,670 | | | $ | 2,595 | | | $ | 1,670 | |
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Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities |
Net contract assets (liabilities) consisted of the following (dollars in thousands): | | | | | | | | | | | | | July 26, 2025 | | January 25, 2025 | Contract assets | $ | 119,655 | | | $ | 63,375 | | Contract liabilities | 69,897 | | | 73,548 | | Contract assets (liabilities), net | $ | 49,758 | | | $ | (10,173) | |
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Customer Credit Concentration |
Customers whose combined amounts of accounts receivable and contract assets, net, exceeded 10% of total combined accounts receivable and contract assets, net as of July 26, 2025 or January 25, 2025 were as follows (dollars in millions):
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | July 26, 2025 | | January 25, 2025 | | Amount | | % of Total | | Amount | | % of Total | AT&T Inc. | $ | 201.0 | | | 12.3% | | $ | 127.7 | | | 9.4% | Charter Communications | $ | 234.0 | | | 14.3% | | $ | 158.9 | | | 11.7% | Lumen Technologies | $ | 255.4 | | | 15.6% | | $ | 287.1 | | | 21.1% |
Our customer base is highly concentrated. Customers whose contract revenues exceeded 10% of total contract revenues during the three and six months ended July 26, 2025 or July 27, 2024, as well as total contract revenues from all other customers combined, were as follows (dollars in millions): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For the Three Months Ended | | For the Six Months Ended | | July 26, 2025 | | July 27, 2024 | | July 26, 2025 | | July 27, 2024 | | Amount | | % of Total | | Amount | | % of Total | | Amount | | % of Total | | Amount | | % of Total | AT&T Inc. | $ | 373.0 | | | 27.1% | | $ | 210.2 | | | 17.5% | | $ | 698.1 | | | 26.5% | | $ | 425.7 | | | 18.2% | Lumen Technologies | 155.4 | | | 11.3 | | 163.7 | | | 13.6 | | 280.6 | | | 10.6 | | 320.5 | | | 13.7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total other customers combined | 849.5 | | | 61.6 | | 829.2 | | 68.9 | | 1,657.9 | | | 62.9 | | 1,599.3 | | | 68.1 | Total contract revenues | $ | 1,377.9 | | | 100.0% | | $ | 1,203.1 | | | 100.0% | | $ | 2,636.6 | | | 100.0% | | $ | 2,345.5 | | | 100.0% |
Total contract revenues by customer type during the three and six months ended July 26, 2025 and July 27, 2024 were as follows (dollars in millions): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For the Three Months Ended | | For the Six Months Ended | | July 26, 2025 | | July 27, 2024 | | July 26, 2025 | | July 27, 2024 | | Amount | | % of Total | | Amount | | % of Total | | Amount | | % of Total | | Amount | | % of Total | Telecommunications | $ | 1,269.1 | | | 92.1% | | $ | 1,086.2 | | | 90.3% | | $ | 2,418.0 | | | 91.7% | | $ | 2,113.0 | | | 90.0% | Underground facility locating | 84.1 | | | 6.1 | | 82.1 | | | 6.8 | | 166.4 | | | 6.3 | | 163.1 | | | 7.0 | Electrical and gas utilities and other | 24.7 | | | 1.8 | | 34.8 | | | 2.9 | | 52.2 | | | 2.0 | | 69.4 | | | 3.0 | Total contract revenues | $ | 1,377.9 | | | 100.0% | | $ | 1,203.1 | | | 100.0% | | $ | 2,636.6 | | | 100.0% | | $ | 2,345.5 | | | 100.0% |
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