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Leases
12 Months Ended
Apr. 24, 2026
Leases [Abstract]  
Leases Leases
The Company leases office, manufacturing, and research facilities and warehouses, as well as transportation, data processing, and other equipment. The Company determines whether a contract is a lease or contains a lease at inception date. Upon commencement, the Company recognizes a right-of-use asset and lease liability. Right-of-use assets represent the Company's right to use the underlying asset for the lease term. Lease liabilities are the Company's obligation to make the lease payments arising from a lease. As the Company’s leases typically do not provide an implicit rate, the Company’s lease liabilities are measured on a discounted basis using the Company's incremental borrowing rate. Lease terms used in the recognition of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities include only options to extend the leases that are reasonably certain to be exercised. Additionally, lease terms underlying the right-of-use assets and lease liabilities consider terminations that are reasonably certain to be executed.
The Company's lease agreements include leases that have both lease and associated nonlease components. The Company has elected to account for lease components and the associated nonlease components as a single lease component. The consolidated balance sheets do not include recognized assets or liabilities for leases that, at the commencement date, have a term of twelve months or less and do not include an option to purchase the underlying asset that is reasonably certain to be exercised. The Company recognizes such leases in the consolidated statements of income on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Additionally, the Company recognizes variable lease payments not included in its lease liabilities in the period in which the obligation for those payments is incurred. Variable lease payments for fiscal years 2026, 2025, and 2024 were not material.
The Company's lease agreements include leases accounted for as operating leases and those accounted for as finance leases. The right-of-use assets, lease liabilities, lease costs, cash flows, and lease maturities associated with the Company's finance leases were not material to the consolidated financial statements at April 24, 2026 or April 25, 2025 or for fiscal years 2026, 2025 and 2024. Finance lease right-of-use
assets are included in property, plant, and equipment, net, and finance lease liabilities are included in current debt obligations and long-term debt on the consolidated balance sheets.
The following table summarizes the balance sheet classification of the Company's operating leases and amounts of the right-of-use assets and lease liabilities at April 24, 2026 and April 25, 2025:
(in millions)Balance Sheet ClassificationApril 24, 2026April 25, 2025
Right-of-use assetsOther assets$1,197 $1,100 
Current liabilityOther accrued expenses198 192 
Non-current liabilityOther liabilities989 918 
The following table summarizes the weighted-average remaining lease term and weighted-average discount rate for the Company's operating leases at April 24, 2026 and April 25, 2025:
April 24, 2026April 25, 2025
Weighted-average remaining lease term8.9 Years8.7 Years
Weighted-average discount rate4.0%4.0%
The following table summarizes the components of total operating lease cost for fiscal years 2026, 2025, and 2024:
Fiscal Year
(in millions)202620252024
Operating lease cost$251 $232 $232 
Short-term lease cost52 66 41 
Total operating lease cost$303 $298 $273 
The following table summarizes the cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities and right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities for fiscal years 2026, 2025, and 2024:
Fiscal Year
(in millions)202620252024
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities$270 $233 $232 
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities290 281 220 
The following table summarizes the maturities of the Company's operating leases at April 24, 2026:
(in millions)
Fiscal Year
Operating Leases
2027$223 
2028196 
2029160 
2030133 
2031111 
Thereafter552 
Total expected lease payments1,376 
Less: Imputed interest(188)
Total lease liability$1,188 
The Company makes certain products available to customers under lease arrangements, including arrangements whereby equipment is placed with customers who then purchase consumable products to accompany the use of the equipment. Income arising from arrangements where the Company is the lessor is recognized within net sales in the consolidated statements of income and the Company's net investments in sales-type leases are included in other current assets and other assets in the consolidated balance sheets. Lessor income for fiscal years
2026, 2025, and 2024 and the related assets and lease maturities at April 24, 2026 and April 25, 2025 were not material to the consolidated financial statements.