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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 27, 2025

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Income Tax Expense

Income tax expense for the fiscal years 2025, 2024, and 2023 consisted of the following (in thousands):

			Fiscal Year
			December 27, 2025						December 28, 2024						December 30, 2023
Income (losses) before taxes
U.S.			$	134,071					$	153,831					$	97,182
Foreign			103,118						(6,641)						(2,872)
Total income before taxes			$	237,189					$	147,190					$	94,310
Current expense
Federal			$	21,292					$	32,597					$	19,398
State			4,647						6,389						4,586
Foreign			1,120						1,296						610
Deferred expense (benefit)
Federal			31,751						(1,533)						(314)
State			3,115						(276)						(145)
Foreign			997						—						—
Income tax expense			$	62,922					$	38,473					$	24,135

Schedule of US Federal Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

The following table presents required disclosure pursuant to ASU 2023-09 and reconciles the U.S. federal statutory tax amount and rate to our actual global effective amount and rate for the year ended December 27, 2025 (in thousands):

						December 27, 2025
U.S. federal statutory tax rate						$	49,809					21.00		%
State and local taxes, net of federal income tax effect (a)						6,655						2.81
Foreign tax effects						2,117						0.89
Effects of cross-border tax laws
Subpart F income						7,042						2.97
Basis difference in foreign investments						15,690						6.61
Other						(1,233)						(0.52)
Tax credits						(2,030)						(0.85)
Nontaxable or nondeductible items
Excess tax benefits from equity compensation						(4,035)						(1.70)
Officer compensation disallowance						8,560						3.61
Reversal of GAAP gain on sale of business interest						(20,420)						(8.61)
Other						(995)						(0.42)
Changes in unrecognized tax benefits						3,114						1.31
Other adjustments						(1,352)						(0.57)
Effective tax rate						62,922						26.53		%

(a) State taxes in California and Texas made up the majority (greater than 50 percent) of the tax effect in this category.

The following table presents the required disclosures prior to adoption of ASU 2023-09 and reconciles the income tax at the U.S. federal statutory tax rate to the global effective income tax rate for fiscal years 2024 and 2023 in dollars (in thousands):

						December 28, 2024						December 30, 2023
Expected income tax expense at statutory rate						$	30,910					$	19,777
Excess tax benefits from equity compensation						(2,404)						(1,275)
Non-deductible expenses						5,954						3,106
State tax expense, net of federal benefit						4,771						3,164
Foreign tax expense						1,296						610
Foreign tax and other tax credits						(2,708)						(1,760)
Increase in unrecognized tax benefit						672						398
Other						(18)						115
Income tax expense						$	38,473					$	24,135

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets (Liabilities)

The components of deferred tax assets (liabilities) were as follows (in thousands):

			December 27, 2025						December 28, 2024
Deferred tax assets:
Deferred revenue			$	8,911					$	6,671
Accrued incentive compensation			1,171						2,096
Stock based compensation			1,753						1,766
Lease liabilities			14,277						13,601
Intangible assets			483						294
Other			1,778						1,112
Net operating loss carry-forwards and credits			538						538
Valuation allowance			(577)						(577)
			28,334						25,501
Deferred tax liabilities:
Intangible assets			(14,800)						(10,275)
Research and development expenses			(15,657)						(733)
Right of use assets			(11,326)						(11,227)
Property and equipment			(1,298)						(4,351)
Basis difference in foreign investments			(18,395)						—
			(61,476)						(26,586)
Net deferred tax liability			$	(33,142)					$	(1,085)

Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in thousands):

Balance as of December 26, 2022			$	1,298
Additions for tax positions of prior years			—
Subtractions for tax positions of prior years			(65)
Additions for tax positions of current year			468
Subtractions for tax positions of current year			—
Balance as of December 30, 2023			1,701
Additions for tax positions of prior years			—
Subtractions for tax positions of prior years			(118)
Additions for tax positions of current year			740
Subtractions for tax positions of current year			—
Balance as of December 28, 2024			2,323
Additions for tax positions of prior years			—
Subtractions for tax positions of prior years			(76)
Additions for tax positions of current year			3,061
Subtractions for tax positions of current year			—
Balance as of December 27, 2025			$	5,308

Schedule of Components of Income Taxes Paid Net of Refunds

The components of income taxes paid were as follows (in thousands):

									December 27, 2025
Net income taxes paid - federal									$	21,394
Net income taxes paid - state
California									2,417
Other states									2,301
Net income taxes paid - foreign									1,288
Income taxes paid									$	27,400

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