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Stock Repurchase and Dividends
6 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2026
Stock Repurchase And Dividends [Abstract]  
Stock Repurchase and Dividends Stock Repurchase and Dividends
On May 5, 2025, our Board of Directors authorized an additional $500 million stock repurchase program in addition to the previous $400 million stock repurchase program authorized on October 5, 2021. In the first half of fiscal 2026, we repurchased and settled 2,894,539 shares with an average price of $34.55 per share for a total cost of $100.0 million in the open market. We repurchased and settled 5,165,715 shares with an average price of $33.87 per share for a total cost of $175.0 million in the open market in the first half of fiscal 2025. In the first half of fiscal 2026, we also paid $2.0 million of excise tax on stock
repurchases imposed by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. At March 29, 2026, we had a remaining balance of $497.8 million under our stock repurchase programs.
The following table presents dividends declared and paid in the first halves of fiscal 2026 and 2025:
Declare DateDividend Paid Per ShareRecord DatePayment DateDividend Paid
(in thousands)
November 10, 2025$0.065 December 1, 2025December 12, 2025$16,937 
January 26, 20260.065 February 12, 2026February 27, 202616,915 
Total dividend paid as of March 29, 2026
$33,852 
November 11, 2024$0.058 November 27, 2024December 13, 2024$15,549 
January 27, 20250.058 February 12, 2025February 26, 202515,351 
Total dividend paid as of March 30, 2025
$30,900 
Subsequent Event. On April 27, 2026, our Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.072 per share payable on June 2, 2026 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 14, 2026.