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Revenue Recognition
3 Months Ended
Apr. 03, 2026
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]  
Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition
Net sales consist primarily of revenue from the sale of precious and non-precious specialty metals, beryllium and copper-based alloys, beryllium composites, and other products into numerous end markets. The Company requires an agreement with a customer that creates enforceable rights and performance obligations. The Company generally recognizes revenue in an amount that reflects the consideration to which it expects to be entitled upon satisfaction of a performance obligation by transferring control over a product to the customer. Control over a product is generally transferred to the customer when the Company has a present right to payment, the customer has legal title, the customer has physical possession, the customer has the significant risks and rewards of ownership, and/or the customer has accepted the product.
Transaction Price Allocated to Future Performance Obligations: Accounting Standards Codification 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, requires that the Company disclose the aggregate amount of transaction price that is allocated to performance obligations that have not yet been satisfied at April 3, 2026. Remaining performance obligations include non-cancelable purchase orders and customer contracts. The guidance provides certain practical expedients that limit this requirement. As such, the Company does not disclose the value of unsatisfied performance obligations for contracts with an original expected length of one year or less.

After considering the practical expedient at April 3, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations was approximately $14.0 million and $21.9 million, respectively.

Contract Balances: The timing of revenue recognition, billings, and cash collections resulted in the following contract assets and contract liabilities:
(Thousands)April 3, 2026December 31, 2025$ change% change
Accounts receivable, trade
$267,764 $223,763 $44,001 20 %
Unbilled receivables
47,461 46,548 913 %
Unearned revenue
11,929 12,685 (756)(6)%

Accounts receivable, trade represents payments due from customers relating to the transfer of the Company’s products and services. The Company believes that its receivables are collectible and appropriate allowances for doubtful accounts have been recorded. Impairment losses (bad debt) incurred related to our receivables were immaterial during the first three months of 2026 and 2025.

During 2024, the Company entered into a factoring agreement to sell certain receivables to a third-party financial institution. The transfer of the receivables constitute purchases and sales of receivables resulting in a reduction of trade receivables on the consolidated balance sheets and the proceeds are included in the cash flows from operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows. The Company sold $8.1 million of receivables in the first quarter of 2026 and recorded a loss on sale of $0.1 million. The Company did not sell any receivables in the fourth quarter of 2025. Total receivables sold under this program amount to $116.4 million.

Unbilled receivables represent expenditures on contracts, plus applicable profit margin, not yet billed. Unbilled receivables are generally billed and collected within one year. Billings made on contracts are recorded as a reduction of unbilled receivables. Unbilled receivables are included within the prepaid and other current assets line item on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

Unearned revenue is recorded for consideration received from customers in advance of satisfaction of the related performance obligations. The Company recognized approximately $5.4 million of the December 31, 2025 unearned amounts as revenue during the first three months of 2026.

As a practical expedient, the Company does not adjust the promised amount of consideration for the effects of a significant financing component because the period between the transfer of a product or service to a customer and when the customer pays for that product or service will be one year or less. The Company does not include extended payment terms in its contracts with customers.