Stockholders' Equity | Note 8: Stockholders’ Equity Share repurchase program Our Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program, under which the Company may repurchase shares on the open market, through privately negotiated transactions, and through trading plans. The share repurchase program may be modified, suspended or discontinued at any time. On July 12, 2019 the Company increased its share repurchase authorization to $800,000. The share repurchase authorization expires at the end of fiscal 2020, and as of the end of fiscal 2019, there was approximately $172,820 of share repurchase authorization remaining. The Company considers several factors in determining when to execute share repurchases, including among other things, current cash needs, capacity for leverage, cost of borrowings, its results of operations and the market price of its common stock. The following table provides, on a settlement date basis, the number of shares repurchased, average price paid per share and total amount paid for share repurchases for fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017: Fiscal 2019 Fiscal 2018 Fiscal 2017 Total number of shares repurchased 7,116,585 3,080,419 2,636,616 Average price paid per share $ 41.78 $ 48.41 $ 57.62 To t $ 297,317 $ 149,125 $ 151,913 The Company treats shares withheld for tax purposes on behalf of our employees in connection with the vesting of performance restricted stock units as common stock repurchases because they reduce the number of shares that would have been issued upon vesting. These withheld shares of common stock are not considered common stock repurchases under our authorized common stock repurchase plan and are not included in the table above. During the fiscal year ended 2019 and fiscal year ended 2018 and 16,251 and $673 , respectively Cash Dividends During the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2019, our Board of Directors authorized and declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.16 per share of common stock. The fourth quarter dividend was paid subsequent to the end of fiscal 2019. During the first and second quarters of fiscal 2019 and the last two quarters of fiscal 2018, our Board of Directors authorized and declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per share of common stock. Share-based compensation The Company maintains an equity incentive plan under which it may grant awards denominated in the Company’s common stock or units of the Company’s common stock, as well as cash variable compensation awards. The Company’s long-term incentive compensation provides awards to executive and management personnel as well as directors. Prior to October 2014, we issued share-based awards under our 2010 Stock Incentive Plan , and all o plan were as of end of fiscal 2018. three-year Options granted under both plans terminate on the ten-year Each share granted subject to a stock option award or time-based RSU award reduces the number of shares available under our stock incentive plans by one share. Each share granted subject to a performance RSU award reduces the number of shares available under our stock incentive plans by a range of one share if the target performance is achieved, up to a maximum of two shares for performance above target and a minimum of no shares if performance is below a minimum threshold target. Compensation expense associated with share-based equity awards granted has been calculated as required by current accounting standards related to stock compensation. The valuation of our stock option awards has been determined using the Black-Scholes option valuation model. The Black-Scholes option valuation model uses assumptions of expected volatility, the expected dividend yield of our stock, the expected term of the awards and the risk-free interest rate, as well as an estimated fair value of our common stock. Fair value valuation analyses were prepared by an independent third-party valuation firm, utilizing the market-determined share price. Since our stock had not been publicly traded prior to our IPO, the expected volatility was based on an average of the historical volatility of certain of our competitors’ stocks over the expected term of the share-based awards with the calculation placing more weight on company-specific volatilities each year thereafter. The dividend yield assumption was based on our history. The simplified method was used to estimate the expected term of share-based awards. This method was used because the Company does not have enough historical option activity to derive an expected life. The risk-free interest rate was based on the implied yield on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon term The significant assumptions used in determining the underlying fair value of the weighted-average options granted in fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017 were as follows: Fiscal 2019 Fiscal 2018 Fiscal 2017 Volatility 34.2 % 32.7 % 32.9 % Risk free interest rate 2.34 % 2.73 % 2.00 % Expected dividend yield 1.15 % 0.00 % 0.00 % Expected term – in years 6.0 6.0 6.0 Weighted average grant-date fair value $ 16.93 $ 15.36 $ 20.54 Compensation expense related to stock options with only service conditions (time-based) is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for each separately vesting portion of the award or to the date on which retirement eligibility is achieved, if shorter. Compensation expense related to stock option plans was $3,010, $3,185, and $4,875 during the fiscal years ended February 2, 2020, February 3, 2019, and February 4, 2018, respectively. Compensation expense for RSU’s and restricted shares is based on the market price of the shares underlying the awards on the grant date. Compensation expense for RSU’s based on performance reflects the estimated probability that performance conditions at target or above will be met, and time-based RSU’s and restricted shares are expensed ratably over the service period. We recorded compensation expense related to our RSU’s and restricted shares awards of $3,847, $4,237, and $4,041 during the fiscal years ended February 2, 2020, February 3, 2019, and February 4, 2018, respectively. Forfeitures are estimated at the time of grant and adjusted, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. The forfeiture rate is based on historical experience. Transactions related to stock option awards during fiscal 2019 were as follows: 2014 Stock Incentive Plan 2010 Stock Incentive Plan Number Weighted Number Weighted Outstanding at February 3, 2019 1,134,218 $ 34.22 359,984 $ 6.48 Granted 222,266 52.04 — — Exercised (13,887 ) 36.87 (93,084 ) 5.79 Forfeited (19,102 ) 49.43 — — Outstanding at February 2, 2020 1,323,495 36.97 266,900 6.72 Exercisable at February 2, 2020 922,734 $ 31.49 266,900 $ 6.72 The total intrinsic value of options exercised during fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017 was $3,968, $19,524, and $30,844, respectively. The unrecognized expense related to our stock option plan totaled approximately $2,300 as of February 2, 2020 and will be expensed over a weighted average of 1.9 years. For options outstanding at February 2, 2020, the weighted average remaining contractual life was 5.9 years and the aggregate intrinsic value was $23,600. For options exercisable at February 2, 2020, the weighted average remaining contractual life was 4.9 years and the aggregate intrinsic value was $23,300. Transactions related to time-based and performance-based RSU’s during fiscal 2019 were as follows: Shares Weighted Avg Outstanding at February 3, 2019 220,830 $ 47.79 Granted 76,602 51.44 Change in units based on performance 27,372 39.10 Vested (102,405 ) 40.08 Forfeited (5,584 ) 49.53 Outstanding at February 2, 2020 216,815 $ 51.58 Fair value of our time-based and performance-based RSU’s and restricted stock is based on our closing stock price on the date of grant. The total fair value of shares vested during fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017 was approximately $5,259, $4,812 and $426, respectively. The unrecognized expense related to our time-based and performance-based RSU’s was approximately $4,800 as of February 2, 2020 and will be expensed over a weighted average of The Company satisfies stock option exercises and vesting of RSU’s with newly issued shares. |