Segment Information
We organize and manage our business by the following three segments, which meet the definition of reportable segments under ASC 280-10, Segment Reporting: Water Treatment, Industrial and Health and Nutrition. These segments are defined primarily by product and type of customer.
Our chief operating decision-maker (CODM), who is our President and Chief Executive Officer, regularly reviews the consolidated financial statements in their entirety and financial information at the reportable segment level. The CODM uses operating income and considers budget-to-actual variances on a quarterly basis when making decisions about the allocation of operating and capital resources to each segment. The CODM also uses segment operating income for evaluating pricing strategy, to assess the performance of each segment by comparing the results of each segment with one another, and in determining the compensation of certain employees. The CODM has ultimate responsibility for enterprise decisions and making resource allocation decisions for the company and the segments.
Our Water Treatment segment specializes in providing chemicals, products, equipment, services and solutions for potable water, municipal and industrial wastewater, industrial process water, non-residential swimming pool water and agricultural water. This segment has the resources and flexibility to treat systems ranging in size from a single small well to a multi-million-gallon-per-day facility.
Our Industrial segment specializes in providing industrial chemicals, products and services to industries such as agriculture, chemical processing, electronics, energy, food, pharmaceutical and plating. This segment's principal products are acids, alkalis and food-grade and pharmaceutical salts and ingredients.
Our Health and Nutrition segment specializes in providing ingredient distribution, processing and formulation solutions to manufacturers of nutraceutical, functional food and beverage, personal care, dietary supplement and other nutritional food, health and wellness products. This segment offers a diverse product portfolio including minerals, vitamins and amino acids, excipients, joint products, botanicals and herbs, sweeteners and enzymes.
The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies. Product costs and expenses for each segment are based on actual costs incurred along with cost allocations of shared and centralized functions.
Segments are responsible for the sales, marketing and development of their products and services. Other than our Health and Nutrition segment, the segments do not have separate customer service or purchasing functions. There are no intersegment sales, and no operating segments have been aggregated.
In fiscal 2025, 2024 and 2023, none of our customers accounted for 10% or more of our total sales.
Summarized financial information for the Company’s reportable segments is presented and reconciled to consolidated financial information in the following tables:
Reportable SegmentsWater
Treatment
IndustrialHealth and NutritionTotal
(In thousands)   
Fiscal Year Ended March 30, 2025:
Sales$446,489 $382,487 $145,455 $974,431 
Cost of sales - materials 259,721 285,295 106,524 651,540 
Cost of sales - operational overhead 65,159 24,591 7,603 97,353 
Gross profit121,609 72,601 31,328 225,538 
Selling, general, and administrative expenses61,993 27,540 16,831 106,364 
Operating income$59,616 $45,061 $14,497 $119,174 
Identifiable assets*$358,860 $241,776 $138,936 $739,572 
Capital expenditures$20,166 $20,530 $400 $41,096 
Depreciation and amortization$18,893 $15,814 $5,241 $39,948 
Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2024:
Sales$363,289 $409,465 $146,408 $919,162 
Cost of sales - materials 214,020 310,074 111,460 635,554 
Cost of sales - operational overhead 50,771 31,846 7,355 89,972 
Gross profit98,498 67,545 27,593 193,636 
Selling, general, and administrative expenses45,286 28,316 15,998 89,600 
Operating income$53,212 $39,229 $11,595 $104,036 
Identifiable assets*$255,188 $239,586 $134,915 $629,689 
Capital expenditures$15,739 $24,280 $132 $40,151 
Depreciation and amortization$12,360 $14,155 $5,288 $31,803 
Fiscal Year Ended April 2, 2023:
Sales$304,925 $470,760 $159,413 $935,098 
Cost of sales - materials 197,010 383,670 120,827 701,507 
Cost of sales - operational overhead 40,707 18,975 8,790 68,472 
Gross profit67,208 68,115 29,796 165,119 
Selling, general, and administrative expenses35,734 25,703 15,532 76,969 
Operating income$31,474 $42,412 $14,264 $88,150 
Identifiable assets*$155,430 $253,436 $155,626 $564,492 
Capital expenditures$16,311 $31,635 $375 $48,321 
Depreciation and amortization$9,261 $12,881 $5,298 $27,440 
* Unallocated assets not included, consisting primarily of cash and cash equivalents, prepaid expenses, and non-qualified deferred compensation plan assets of $27.4 million at March 30, 2025, $28.2 million at March 31, 2024 and $26.0 million at April 2, 2023

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025May 14, 2025Showing above
2024May 15, 2024
2023May 17, 2023
2022May 18, 2022

About Segments Disclosures

Segment disclosures break a company into its reportable operating units, revealing revenue, profit, and asset allocation that consolidated financial statements obscure. Under ASC 280, segments must match how the chief operating decision maker views the business, providing a window into internal management structure and resource allocation priorities.

Key signals: compare segment margins to identify which units drive profitability and which destroy value. Watch for changes in the number of reportable segments — segment aggregation or disaggregation often coincides with strategic shifts or attempts to obscure declining performance. Intersegment elimination patterns reveal internal pricing practices. The reconciliation between segment totals and consolidated figures exposes corporate overhead allocation and unallocated items. Geographic revenue concentration highlights regulatory and currency exposure. Compare segment-level capital expenditure against segment revenue to assess where management is investing for future growth versus harvesting existing assets.