WOLFSPEED, INC. PP&E Disclosure
| Buildings and building improvements | 5 to 40 years | ||||
| Machinery and equipment | 3 to 10 years | ||||
| Furniture and fixtures | 5 years | ||||
| Vehicles | 5 years | ||||
| Computer hardware/software | 3 to 10 years | ||||
| Leasehold improvements | Shorter of estimated useful life or lease term | ||||
| (in millions of U.S. Dollars) | June 29, 2025 | June 30, 2024 | |||||||||
| Machinery and equipment | $1,614.8 | $1,500.9 | |||||||||
| Land and buildings | 1,080.5 | 997.3 | |||||||||
| Computer hardware/software | 75.4 | 67.8 | |||||||||
| Furniture and fixtures | 8.7 | 8.3 | |||||||||
| Leasehold improvements and other | 139.1 | 148.9 | |||||||||
| Vehicles | 0.5 | 0.7 | |||||||||
| Finance lease assets | 8.3 | 9.1 | |||||||||
| Construction in progress | 2,268.0 | 2,092.1 | |||||||||
| Property and equipment, gross | 5,195.3 | 4,825.1 | |||||||||
| Accumulated depreciation | (1,278.8) | (1,172.8) | |||||||||
| Property and equipment, net | $3,916.5 | $3,652.3 | |||||||||
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Aug 26, 2025 | Showing above |
| 2020 | Aug 19, 2020 | |
About PP&E Disclosures
The PP&E disclosure details a company's physical asset base — land, buildings, machinery, and equipment — along with the depreciation methods and useful life assumptions that determine how these costs flow through the income statement. Capitalization policy thresholds reveal management's judgment on the boundary between expense and asset, directly affecting both reported earnings and asset values.
Key signals: changes in estimated useful lives or depreciation methods can materially shift reported earnings without any operational change. Compare capital expenditures against depreciation expense — when capex consistently trails depreciation, the asset base may be aging and underinvested. Watch for large asset impairments or write-downs that signal overvalued carrying amounts. Asset retirement obligations reveal future environmental or decommissioning costs that are often underappreciated. Compare PP&E intensity (PP&E-to-revenue) against industry peers to assess capital efficiency and competitive positioning.