Fair Value Measurements | . Fair Value Measurements Fair value measurements enable the reader of the financial statements to assess the inputs used to develop those measurements by establishing a hierarchy for ranking the quality and reliability of the information used to determine fair values. The Company classifies and discloses assets and liabilities carried at fair value in one of the following three categories: Level 1: Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2: Observable market-based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market data. Level 3: Unobservable inputs that are not corroborated by market data. Fair Value of Cash Equivalents and Investments The fair values of the Company’s cash equivalents and investments in marketable securities are based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets. The fair value of the Company’s Level 3 investment is not readily determinable. The fair value represents its cost with adjustments for observable changes in prices resulting from orderly transactions for the identical or a similar investment of the same issuer or impairments. The following tables summarize the carrying amounts and fair values of certain assets at March 26, 2023 and January 1, 2023: At March 26, 2023 Fair Value Estimated Using Carrying Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Amount Inputs Inputs Inputs Cash equivalents $ 112,975 $ 112,975 $ — $ — Restricted cash equivalents 122,896 122,896 — — Investments in marketable securities 14,622 14,622 — — Advertising fund cash equivalents, restricted 100,768 100,768 — — Investments 125,840 — — 125,840 At January 1, 2023 Fair Value Estimated Using Carrying Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Amount Inputs Inputs Inputs Cash equivalents $ 23,779 $ 23,779 $ — $ — Restricted cash equivalents 117,212 117,212 — — Investments in marketable securities 13,395 13,395 — — Advertising fund cash equivalents, restricted 124,496 124,496 — — Investments 125,840 — — 125,840 The Company holds a non-controlling interest in DPC Dash Ltd (“DPC Dash”), the Company’s master franchisee in China that owns and operates Domino’s Pizza stores in that market. The Company’s investment in DPC Dash’s senior ordinary shares, which are not in-substance common stock, represents an equity investment without a readily determinable fair value and is recorded at cost with adjustments for observable changes in prices resulting from orderly transactions for the identical or a similar investment of the same issuer or impairments. The Company did not record any adjustments to the carrying amount of its investment in DPC Dash of $ 125.8 million in the first quarter of 2023 or 2022. Subsequent to the end of the first quarter of 2023, on March 28, 2023, DPC Dash completed its initial public offering on the Hong Kong Exchange (HK: 1405) at a price of HK$ 46.00 per share, at which point the Company’s 18,101,019 senior ordinary shares automatically converted to ordinary shares pursuant to the terms of the investment. The Company is required to hold the ordinary shares for at least 360 days from the date of the initial public offering. Beginning in the second quarter of 2023, the Company will account for its investment as a trading security and will record it at fair value at the end of each reporting period, with gains and losses recorded in other income or expense in its condensed consolidated statements of income. Fair Value of Debt The estimated fair values of the Company’s fixed rate notes are classified as Level 2 measurements, as the Company estimates the fair value amount by using available market information. The Company obtained quotes from two separate brokerage firms that are knowledgeable about the Company’s fixed rate notes and, at times, trade these notes. The Company also performed its own internal analysis based on the information gathered from public markets, including information on notes that are similar to those of the Company. However, considerable judgment is required to interpret market data to estimate fair value. Accordingly, the fair value estimates presented are not necessarily indicative of the amount that the Company or the debtholders could realize in a current market exchange. The use of different assumptions and/or estimation methodologies may have a material effect on the estimated fair values stated below. Management estimated the approximate fair values of the Company's 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021 notes as follows: March 26, 2023 January 1, 2023 Principal Amount Fair Value Principal Amount Fair Value 2015 Ten-Year Notes $ 750,000 $ 730,500 $ 752,000 $ 717,408 2017 Ten-Year Notes 950,000 900,600 952,500 875,348 2018 7.5-Year Notes 406,938 393,102 408,000 385,968 2018 9.25-Year Notes 383,000 366,531 384,000 355,584 2019 Ten-Year Notes 654,750 588,620 656,438 564,536 2021 7.5-Year Notes 835,125 725,724 837,250 695,755 2021 Ten-Year Notes 982,500 828,248 985,000 792,925 The Company did not have any outstanding borrowings under its variable funding notes at March 26, 2023 or January 1, 2023 . |