Equity Unit

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equity units issued

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Preferred Stock Conversion Rate Number Of Common Stock Shares

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Exercise or strike price stated in the contract for options indexed to the issuer's equity shares.

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Total number of nonredeemable preferred shares (or preferred stock redeemable solely at the option of the issuer) issued to shareholders (includes related preferred shares that were issued, repurchased, and remain in the treasury). May be all or portion of the number of preferred shares authorized. Excludes preferred shares that are classified as debt.

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EARNINGS PER SHARE - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2019	May 31, 2017	Mar. 28, 2020	Jul. 01, 2017	Dec. 28, 2019
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Equity units issued (in shares)	7,500,000
Notional value of equity	$ 750.0
Shares of convertible preferred stock (in shares)	750,000		8,500,000		8,500,000
Preferred stock conversion rate number of common stock shares (in shares)	$ 5.2263		$ 5.2263
Option indexed to issuer's equity, strike price (in dollars per share)	$ 191.34		191.34
2017 Equity Units and Capped call Transactions
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Equity units issued (in shares)		7,500,000
Notional value of equity		$ 750.0		$ 750.0
Shares of convertible preferred stock (in shares)		750,000		750,000
Preferred stock conversion rate number of common stock shares (in shares)		$ 6.1627	6.2001	$ 6.1627
Option indexed to issuer's equity, strike price (in dollars per share)		$ 162.27	$ 161.29