Business Segments
Teledyne’s businesses are aligned in four reportable segments: Digital Imaging, Instrumentation, Aerospace and Defense Electronics, and Engineered Systems. The Company manages, evaluates and aggregates its operating segments for segment reporting purposes primarily on the basis of product and service type, production process, distribution methods, type of customer, management organization, sales growth potential and long-term profitability. The Company’s Executive Chairman, who has been identified as the Chief Operating Decision Maker, uses operating income (loss) as the measure of profit or loss to assess the performance of each segment by comparing actual results to the budget and prior year, and to allocate resources.
The Digital Imaging segment includes high-performance sensors, cameras and systems, within the visible, infrared and X-ray spectra for use in industrial, government and medical applications, as well as MEMS and high-performance, high-reliability semiconductors including analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters. The Instrumentation segment provides monitoring and control instruments for marine, environmental, industrial and other applications, electronic test and measurement equipment and harsh environment interconnect products. The Aerospace and Defense Electronics segment provides sophisticated electronic components and subsystems and communications products, including defense electronics, harsh environment interconnects, data acquisition and communications equipment for aircraft and components, and subsystems for wireless and satellite communications, as well as general aviation batteries. The Engineered Systems segment provides innovative systems engineering and integration, advanced technology application, software development and manufacturing solutions for defense, space, environmental and energy applications.
Business segment results include net sales and operating income by segment but excludes corporate office expenses. Corporate expense primarily includes various administrative expenses relating to the corporate office not allocated to the segments and is included within SG&A expense.
Information for the Company’s business segments was as follows (in millions):
Fiscal Year Ended December 28, 2025
Digital Imaging
Instrumentation
Aerospace and Defense Electronics
Engineered Systems
Total
Net sales (a)
$3,163.9 $1,457.1 $1,058.7 $435.7 $6,115.4 
Costs and expenses
Cost of sales1,771.4 742.5 624.6 362.1 3,500.6 
Selling, general and administrative491.5 201.9 123.8 26.4 843.6 
Research and development187.5 99.4 29.8 0.6 317.3 
Acquired intangible asset amortization185.3 12.9 18.4  216.6 
Segment Operating income (loss)
$528.2 $400.4 $262.1 $46.6 $1,237.3 
Reconciliation to Income (loss) before income taxes
Corporate expense
(87.5)
Interest and debt expense, net(59.6)
Non-service retirement benefit income10.9 
Gain (loss) on debt extinguishment15.0 
Other income (expense), net(21.6)
Income (loss) before income taxes
$1,094.5 
(a) Net sales exclude inter-segment sales of $23.3 million for the fiscal year ended 2025.
Fiscal Year Ended December 29, 2024
Digital Imaging
Instrumentation
Aerospace and Defense Electronics
Engineered Systems
Total
Net sales (a)
$3,070.8 $1,382.6 $776.8 $439.8 $5,670.0 
Costs and expenses
Cost of sales1,708.0 706.4 441.3 379.5 3,235.2 
Selling, general and administrative510.7 196.4 91.2 26.5 824.8 
Research and development177.3 92.6 21.8 0.9 292.6 
Acquired intangible asset amortization183.3 13.9 0.8 — 198.0 
Impairment of acquired intangible assets49.5 3.0 — — 52.5 
Segment Operating income (loss)
$442.0 $370.3 $221.7 $32.9 $1,066.9 
Reconciliation to Income (loss) before income taxes
Corporate expense
(77.8)
Interest and debt expense, net(57.9)
Non-service retirement benefit income10.8 
Other income (expense), net(4.1)
Income (loss) before income taxes
$937.9 
(a) Net sales exclude inter-segment sales of $24.6 million for the fiscal year ended 2024.
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023
Digital Imaging
Instrumentation
Aerospace and Defense Electronics
Engineered Systems
Total
Net sales (a)$3,144.1 $1,326.2 $726.5 $438.7 $5,635.5 
Costs and expenses
Cost of sales1,711.4 692.6 424.6 367.5 3,196.1 
Selling, general and administrative489.6 188.2 83.7 24.9 786.4 
Research and development244.0 92.9 17.8 1.6 356.3 
Acquired intangible asset amortization181.7 14.2 0.8 — 196.7 
Segment Operating income (loss)
$517.4 $338.3 $199.6 $44.7 $1,100.0 
Reconciliation to Income (loss) before income taxes
Corporate expense
(65.6)
Interest and debt expense, net(77.3)
Non-service retirement benefit income12.4 
Gain (loss) on debt extinguishment1.6 
Other income (expense), net(12.2)
Income (loss) before income taxes
$958.9 
(a) Net sales exclude inter-segment sales of $29.4 million for the fiscal year ended 2023.
Depreciation and amortization for the Company’s business segments was as follows (in millions):
202520242023
Digital Imaging$262.5 $261.2 $268.9 
Instrumentation27.7 29.2 27.7 
Aerospace and Defense Electronics35.9 10.5 11.5 
Engineered Systems4.6 4.6 4.4 
Total segment depreciation and amortization
330.7 305.5 312.5 
Corporate5.6 4.4 3.9 
Total Teledyne depreciation and amortization
$336.3 $309.9 $316.4 
Capital expenditures for the Company’s business segments was as follows (in millions):
202520242023
Digital Imaging$67.7 $54.7 $78.2 
Instrumentation15.1 15.0 14.0 
Aerospace and Defense Electronics19.4 7.2 10.9 
Engineered Systems4.7 2.4 3.4 
Total segment capital expenditures
106.9 79.3 106.5 
Corporate10.4 4.4 8.4 
Total Teledyne capital expenditures
$117.3 $83.7 $114.9 
Identifiable assets are those assets used in the operations of the segments. Corporate assets primarily consist of cash and cash equivalents, deferred taxes, pension assets and other assets.
Identifiable assets for the Company’s business segments was as follows (in millions):
202520242023
Digital Imaging$11,303.3 $10,942.4 $11,382.2 
Instrumentation1,794.3 1,750.9 1,692.3 
Aerospace and Defense Electronics1,498.2 576.2 569.1 
Engineered Systems184.1 180.3 184.8 
Total segment identifiable assets
14,779.9 13,449.8 13,828.4 
Corporate505.4 750.7 699.5 
Total Teledyne identifiable assets
$15,285.3 $14,200.5 $14,527.9 
Long-lived assets consist of property, plant and equipment. The all other countries category primarily consists of Teledyne’s other operations in Europe, primarily in Sweden, Estonia, Spain and the Netherlands.
Long-lived assets for the Company’s business segments was as follows (in millions):
202520242023
United States$527.3 $492.4 $503.4 
United Kingdom
121.5 84.3 86.0 
Canada83.9 74.2 86.2 
Sweden
27.6 25.5 29.8 
France25.1 22.4 27.2 
All other countries53.7 46.4 44.4 
Total long-lived assets$839.1 $745.2 $777.0 
Product Lines
The Instrumentation segment includes three product lines: Marine Instrumentation, Environmental Instrumentation and Test and Measurement Instrumentation. All other segments each contain one product line.
The tables below provide a summary of the net sales by product line for the Instrumentation segment (in millions):
202520242023
Marine Instrumentation$680.1 $631.5 $529.7 
Environmental Instrumentation466.6 447.4 458.1 
Test and Measurement Instrumentation310.4 303.7 338.4 
Total$1,457.1 $1,382.6 $1,326.2 
Severance and Facility Consolidation Costs
As part of a continuing effort to reduce costs and improve operating performance, the Company may take and has taken actions to consolidate and relocate certain facilities and reduce headcount across various businesses, reducing its exposure to weaker end markets. For 2025, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded costs of $18.6 million, $15.6 million and $12.0 million, respectively, related to these actions, with the majority of the costs included within SG&A expense and within the Digital Imaging segment. At December 28, 2025, $2.7 million remains to be paid related to actions taken in 2025.

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025Feb 20, 2026Showing above
2024Feb 21, 2025
2023Feb 23, 2024
2022Feb 25, 2022
2021Feb 26, 2021
2019Feb 24, 2020
2018Feb 25, 2019
2017Feb 27, 2018
2016Mar 1, 2016

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.