REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2019

Temporary Equity Disclosure [Abstract]

Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Table Text Block]

Management's estimate of the aggregate Redemption Amount of all Put Rights that the Company could be required to pay is as follows (in thousands):

	As of October 31,
	2019		2018
Redeemable at fair value		$136,611		$83,524
Redeemable based on a multiple of future earnings	51,653		48,522
Redeemable noncontrolling interests		$188,264		$132,046

Schedule of Put Rights [Table Text Block]

A summary of the Put Rights associated with the redeemable noncontrolling interests in certain of the Company’s subsidiaries as of October 31, 2019 is as follows:

Subsidiary Acquisition Year	Operating Segment	Company Ownership Interest	Earliest Put Right Year	Purchase Period (Years)
2005	ETG	95.9%	2020 (1)	4 (2)
2006	FSG	80.1%	2020 (1)	4
2008	FSG	82.3%	2020 (1)	5
2009	ETG	82.5%	2020 (1)	1
2012	ETG	78.0%	2020 (1)	2
2012	FSG	84.0%	2020 (1)	4
2012	FSG	80.1%	2020 (1)	4
2015	FSG	80.0%	2020 (1)	4
2015	FSG	80.1%	2020	4
2015	ETG	80.1%	2020	2
2015	FSG	80.1%	2022	4
2017	FSG	80.1%	2022	2 (3)
2018	ETG	85.0%	2021	1
2019	ETG	92.7%	2023	4
2019	ETG	85.0%	2024	4
2019	FSG	80.1%	2026	4
2019	ETG	75.0%	2024	4
(1) Currently puttable
(2) A portion is to be purchased in a lump sum
(3)  The second purchase is to be made two years after the first Put Right Year