XML 23 R13.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.8.0.1
NOTE G - SEGMENT INFORMATION
6 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2017
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]
NOTE G – SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company operates under two reportable segments based on the geographic locations of its subsidiaries:

(1)
FEI-NY – operates out of New York and its operations consist principally of precision time and frequency control products used in three principal markets- communication satellites (both commercial and U.S. Government-funded); terrestrial cellular telephone or other ground-based telecommunication stations and other components and systems for the U.S. military.

(2)
FEI-Zyfer – operates out of California and its products incorporate Global Positioning System (GPS) technologies into systems and subsystems for secure communications, both government and commercial, and other locator applications.  This segment also provides sales and support for the Company’s wireline telecommunications family of products, including US5G, which are sold in the United States market.

The FEI-NY segment also includes the operations of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, FEI-Elcom and FEI-Asia.  FEI-Asia functions as a manufacturing facility for the FEI-NY segment with historically minimal sales to outside customers.  Beginning in late fiscal year 2014, FEI-Asia began shipping higher volumes of product to third parties as a contract manufacturer.  FEI-Elcom, in addition to its own product line, provides design and technical support for the FEI-NY segment’s satellite business.

The Company’s Chief Executive Officer measures segment performance based on total revenues and profits generated by each geographic location rather than on the specific types of customers or end-users.  Consequently, the Company determined that the segments indicated above most appropriately reflect the way the Company’s management views the business.

The tables below present information about reported segments with reconciliation of segment amounts to consolidated amounts as reported in the statement of income or the balance sheet for each of the periods (in thousands):

 
 
Six months
   
Three months
 
 
 
Periods ended October 31,
 
 
 
2017
   
2016
   
2017
   
2016
 
Revenues:
                       
FEI-NY
 
$
15,740
   
$
17,715
   
$
6,579
   
$
7,733
 
FEI-Zyfer
   
7,865
     
6,596
     
3,593
     
4,249
 
less intersegment revenues
   
(2,245
)
   
(1,283
)
   
(835
)
   
(516
)
Consolidated revenues
 
$
21,360
   
$
23,028
   
$
9,337
   
$
11,466
 

Operating loss:
                       
FEI-NY
 
$
(2,758
)
 
$
(1,887
)
 
$
(2,358
)
 
$
(1,714
)
FEI-Zyfer
   
1,275
     
463
     
584
     
648
 
Corporate
   
(203
)
   
(166
)
   
(92
)
   
(116
)
Consolidated operating loss
 
$
(1,686
)
 
$
(1,590
)
 
$
(1,866
)
 
$
(1,182
)

 
 
October 31, 2017
   
April 30, 2017
 
Identifiable assets:
           
FEI-NY (approximately $1.6 million in China)
 
$
62,242
   
$
64,828
 
FEI-Zyfer
   
10,663
     
10,427
 
less intersegment balances
   
(12,797
)
   
(11,992
)
Corporate
   
52,594
     
50,056
 
Consolidated identifiable assets
 
$
112,702
   
$
113,319