OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2021

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule Of Segment Reporting Information By Segment [Table Text Block]

Information on the Company’s two operating segments, the FSG and the ETG, for the six and three months ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):

			Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment (1)	Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG	ETG
Six months ended April 30, 2021:
Net sales	$429,614	$466,639	($11,700)	$884,553
Depreciation	6,829	6,219	486	13,534
Amortization	10,107	21,717	561	32,385
Operating income	61,298	131,422	(15,687)	177,033
Capital expenditures	4,093	17,828	17	21,938
Six months ended April 30, 2020:
Net sales	$553,031	$427,366	($5,976)	$974,421
Depreciation	7,245	5,809	511	13,565
Amortization	9,611	19,608	492	29,711
Operating income	109,576	123,017	(13,442)	219,151
Capital expenditures	6,765	5,665	5	12,435
Three months ended April 30, 2021:
Net sales	$230,280	$243,089	($6,718)	$466,651
Depreciation	3,379	3,160	240	6,779
Amortization	4,971	10,879	287	16,137
Operating income	35,476	71,294	(10,022)	96,748
Capital expenditures	2,105	4,307	17	6,429
Three months ended April 30, 2020:
Net sales	$251,964	$218,955	($2,773)	$468,146
Depreciation	3,628	2,881	256	6,765
Amortization	4,752	9,930	246	14,928
Operating income	47,531	65,526	(4,896)	108,161
Capital expenditures	2,647	2,938	—	5,585

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

Total assets by operating segment are as follows (in thousands):

			Other, Primarily Corporate	Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG	ETG
Total assets as of April 30, 2021	$1,128,912	$1,906,686	$559,570	$3,595,168
Total assets as of October 31, 2020	1,127,666	1,896,671	523,374	3,547,711