OPERATING SEGMENTS

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2012

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

OPERATING SEGMENTS

Information on the Company’s two operating segments, the FSG, consisting of HEICO Aerospace and its subsidiaries, and the ETG, consisting of HEICO Electronic and its subsidiaries, for the nine and three months endedJuly 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):

					Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment			Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG		ETG
Nine months ended July 31, 2012
Net sales		$420,654		$237,225		($2,941	)		$654,938
Depreciation and amortization	7,604		13,926		645			22,175
Operating income	78,523		52,472		(13,307		)	117,688
Capital expenditures	5,389		6,049		943			12,381
Nine months ended July 31, 2011
Net sales		$395,193		$162,477		($1,698	)		$555,972
Depreciation and amortization	7,683		5,458		285			13,426
Operating income	68,385		44,556		(11,950		)	100,991
Capital expenditures	4,118		1,555		37			5,710
Three months ended July 31, 2012
Net sales		$140,761		$86,482		($1,274	)		$225,969
Depreciation and amortization	2,463		5,079		195			7,737
Operating income	26,382		20,950		(4,877		)	42,455
Capital expenditures	2,171		1,987		75			4,233
Three months ended July 31, 2011
Net sales		$140,748		$57,166		($647	)		$197,267
Depreciation and amortization	2,669		1,771		95			4,535
Operating income	24,551		15,373		(4,218		)	35,706
Capital expenditures	1,155		677		33			1,865

Total assets by operating segment as of July 31, 2012 and October 31, 2011 are as follows (in thousands):

	Segment				Other, Primarily Corporate		Consolidated Totals
	FSG		ETG
Total assets as of July 31, 2012		$461,503		$629,126		$68,570		$1,159,199
Total assets as of October 31, 2011	458,624		429,869		52,576		941,069