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Cavco Industries Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 12/30/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 2/2/24, at 2:30pm ET   ·   For:  12/30/23   ·   Accession #:  278166-24-7   ·   File #:  0-08822

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 2/02/24  Cavco Industries Inc.             10-Q       12/30/23  106:9.5M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.43M 
 2: EX-3.1      Articles of Incorporation/Organization or Bylaws    HTML    147K 
 3: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML     90K 
 4: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 5: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 6: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
12: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     78K 
13: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    165K 
14: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML    145K 
15: R4          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    139K 
16: R5          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     35K 
17: R6          Revenue from Contracts with Customers               HTML     50K 
18: R7          Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash       HTML     36K 
19: R8          Investments                                         HTML     71K 
20: R9          Inventories                                         HTML     34K 
21: R10         Consumer Loans Receivable                           HTML    100K 
22: R11         Commercial Loans Receivable                         HTML     60K 
23: R12         Property, Plant and Equipment, net                  HTML     39K 
24: R13         Leases                                              HTML     98K 
25: R14         Goodwill and Other Intangibles, net                 HTML     65K 
26: R15         Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities      HTML     39K 
27: R16         Warranties                                          HTML     42K 
28: R17         Other Liabilities                                   HTML     36K 
29: R18         Debt                                                HTML     32K 
30: R19         Reinsurance and Insurance Loss Reserves             HTML     67K 
31: R20         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     43K 
32: R21         Stockholders' Equity and Redeemable Noncontrolling  HTML    217K 
                Interest                                                         
33: R22         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     49K 
34: R23         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     53K 
35: R24         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     32K 
36: R25         Acquisitions                                        HTML     57K 
37: R26         Business Segment Information                        HTML     57K 
38: R27         Pay vs Performance Disclosure                       HTML     39K 
39: R28         Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     29K 
40: R29         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     38K 
41: R30         Commitments and Contingencies (Policies)            HTML     36K 
42: R31         Fair Value Measurements (Policies)                  HTML     32K 
43: R32         Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Tables)      HTML     47K 
44: R33         Investments (Tables)                                HTML     74K 
45: R34         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     35K 
46: R35         Consumer Loans Receivable (Tables)                  HTML     96K 
47: R36         Commercial Loans Receivable (Tables)                HTML     60K 
48: R37         Property, Plant and Equipment, net (Tables)         HTML     37K 
49: R38         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     64K 
50: R39         Goodwill and Other Intangibles, net (Tables)        HTML     63K 
51: R40         Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities      HTML     39K 
                (Tables)                                                         
52: R41         Warranties (Tables)                                 HTML     41K 
53: R42         Other Liabilities (Tables)                          HTML     36K 
54: R43         Reinsurance and Insurance Loss Reserves (Tables)    HTML     68K 
55: R44         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     34K 
56: R45         Stockholders' Equity and Redeemable Noncontrolling  HTML    213K 
                Interest (Tables)                                                
57: R46         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     49K 
58: R47         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     53K 
59: R48         Acquisitions (Tables)                               HTML     59K 
60: R49         Business Segment Information (Tables)               HTML     54K 
61: R50         Basis of Presentation (Principles of                HTML     38K 
                Consolidation) (Details)                                         
62: R51         Revenue from Contracts with Customers               HTML     51K 
                (Disaggregation of Revenue) (Details)                            
63: R52         Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash       HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
64: R53         Investments (Details)                               HTML     41K 
65: R54         Investments (Amortized cost and fair value)         HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
66: R55         Investments (Contractual Maturities) (Details)      HTML     59K 
67: R56         Investments (Recognized Gains and Losses)           HTML     35K 
                (Details)                                                        
68: R57         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     34K 
69: R58         Consumer Loans Receivable (Summary of Consumer      HTML     48K 
                Loans Receivable) (Details)                                      
70: R59         Consumer Loans Receivable (Loans Held for           HTML     31K 
                investment) (Details)                                            
71: R60         Delinquency status of consumer loans (Details)      HTML     37K 
72: R61         Consumer Loans Receivable (Consumer Loan            HTML     89K 
                Receivables by Credit Quality Indicator and Year                 
                of Origination) (Details)                                        
73: R62         Consumer Loans Receivable (Narrative) (Details)     HTML     36K 
74: R63         Commercial Loans Receivable (Commercial Loans       HTML     48K 
                Receivable, Net) (Details)                                       
75: R64         Commercial Loans Receivable (Commercial Loans       HTML     68K 
                Receivable by Credit Quality Indicator and Year of               
                Origination) (Details)                                           
76: R65         Commercial Loans Receivable (Concentrations of      HTML     38K 
                Commercial Loans Receivables) (Details)                          
77: R66         Commercial Loans Receivable (Narrative) (Details)   HTML     30K 
78: R67         Property, Plant and Equipment, net (Details)        HTML     43K 
79: R68         Property, Plant and Equipment, net (Narrative)      HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
80: R69         Leases (ROU Asset and Liability) (Details)          HTML     44K 
81: R70         Leases (Lease Payments) (Details)                   HTML     86K 
82: R71         Goodwill and Other Intangibles, net (Summary of     HTML     59K 
                Goodwill and Other Intangibles) (Details)                        
83: R72         Goodwill and Other Intangibles, net (Amortization)  HTML     59K 
                (Details)                                                        
84: R73         Goodwill and Other Intangibles, net (Changes to     HTML     41K 
                Goodwill) (Details)                                              
85: R74         Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities      HTML     44K 
                (Details)                                                        
86: R75         Warranties (Activity for Estimated Warranty         HTML     34K 
                Liability) (Details)                                             
87: R76         Other Liabilities (Details)                         HTML     41K 
88: R77         Debt (Details)                                      HTML     36K 
89: R78         Reinsurance and Insurance Loss Reserves (Details)   HTML     47K 
90: R79         Reinsurance and Insurance Loss Reserves (Details    HTML     35K 
                Textual)                                                         
91: R80         Reinsurance and Insurance Loss Reserves (Loss       HTML     34K 
                Reserve Rollforward) (Details)                                   
92: R81         Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textual)     HTML     51K 
93: R82         Commitments and Contingencies (Loan Contracts with  HTML     32K 
                Off-Balance Sheet Commitments) (Details)                         
94: R83         Stockholders' Equity and Redeemable Noncontrolling  HTML    123K 
                Interest (Details)                                               
95: R84         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     72K 
96: R85         Summary of the Fair Value and Carrying Value of     HTML     50K 
                Financial Instruments (Details)                                  
97: R86         Fair Value Measurements (Assumptions for Mortgage   HTML     38K 
                Servicing Rights) (Details)                                      
98: R87         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     33K 
99: R88         Acquisitions (Schedule of Acquisitions) (Details)   HTML     87K 
100: R89         Acquisition (Pro-forma) (Details)                   HTML     35K  
101: R90         Business Segment Information (Details)              HTML     58K  
103: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    196K  
106: XML         XBRL Instance -- cvco-20231230_htm                   XML   2.53M  
102: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Report Info              XLSX    157K  
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10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- cvco-20231230_lab                     XML   1.99M 
11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- cvco-20231230_pre              XML   1.10M 
 7: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- cvco-20231230                         XSD    202K 
104: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              588±   847K  
105: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000278166-24-000007-xbrl      Zip    382K

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