OPERATING SEGMENTS

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2021

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

OPERATING SEGMENTS

    The Company has two operating segments: the Flight Support Group (“FSG”), consisting of HEICO Aerospace and HFSC and their collective subsidiaries; and the Electronic Technologies Group (“ETG”), consisting of HEICO Electronic and its subsidiaries. The Company's operating segment reporting structure is consistent with how management reviews the business, makes investing and resource decisions and assesses operating performance. Additionally, characteristics such as similarity of products, customers, economic characteristics and various other factors are considered when identifying the Company's operating segments.

    The FSG designs and manufactures jet engine and aircraft component replacement parts, which are approved by the FAA. In addition, the FSG repairs, overhauls and distributes jet engine and aircraft components, avionics and instruments for domestic and foreign commercial air carriers and aircraft repair companies as well as military and business aircraft operators. The FSG also manufactures and sells specialty parts as a subcontractor for aerospace and industrial original equipment manufacturers and the U.S government. Additionally, the FSG is a leading supplier, distributor, and integrator of military aircraft parts and support services primarily to foreign military organizations allied with the U.S. and a leading manufacturer of advanced niche components and complex composite assemblies for commercial aviation, defense and space applications. Further, the FSG engineers, designs and manufactures thermal insulation blankets and parts as well as removable/reusable insulation systems for aerospace, defense, commercial and industrial applications; manufactures expanded foil mesh for lightning strike protection in

fixed and rotary wing aircraft; distributes aviation electrical interconnect products and electromechanical parts; overhauls industrial pumps, motors, and other hydraulic units with a focus on the support of legacy systems for the U.S. Navy; and performs tight-tolerance machining, brazing, fabricating and welding services for aerospace, defense and other industrial applications.

    The ETG collectively designs, manufactures and sells various types of electronic, data and microwave, and electro-optical products, including infrared simulation and test equipment, laser rangefinder receivers, electrical power supplies, back-up power supplies, power conversion products, underwater locator beacons, emergency locator transmission beacons, flight deck annunciators, panels and indicators, electromagnetic and radio frequency interference shielding and filters, high power capacitor charging power supplies, amplifiers, traveling wave tube amplifiers, photodetectors, amplifier modules, microwave power modules, flash lamp drivers, laser diode drivers, arc lamp power supplies, custom power supply designs, cable assemblies, high voltage power supplies, high voltage interconnection devices and wire, high voltage energy generators, high frequency power delivery systems; memory products, including three-dimensional microelectronic and stacked memory, static random-access memory (SRAM) and electronically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM); harsh environment electronic connectors and other interconnect products, RF and microwave amplifiers, transmitters, and receivers and integrated assemblies, sub-assemblies and components; RF sources, detectors and controllers, wireless cabin control systems, solid state power distribution and management systems, crashworthy and ballistically self-sealing auxiliary fuel systems, nuclear radiation detectors, communications and electronic intercept receivers and tuners, fuel level sensing systems, high-speed interface products that link devices, high performance active antenna systems for commercial aircraft, precision guided munitions, other defense applications and commercial uses; silicone material for a variety of demanding applications; precision power analog monolithic, hybrid and open frame components; high-reliability ceramic-to-metal feedthroughs and connectors, technical surveillance countermeasures (TSCM) equipment to detect devices used for espionage and information theft; and rugged small-form factor embedded computing solutions.

    The Company’s reportable operating segments offer distinctive products and services that are marketed through different channels. They are managed separately because of their unique technology and service requirements.

Segment Profit or Loss

    The accounting policies of the Company’s operating segments are the same as those described in Note 1, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies. Management evaluates segment performance based on segment operating income.

    Information on the Company’s two operating segments, the FSG and the ETG, for each of the last three fiscal years ended October 31 is as follows (in thousands):

	Segment		Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment (1)	Consolidated Totals
	FSG	ETG
Year ended October 31, 2021:
Net sales	$927,089	$959,170	($20,577)	$1,865,682
Depreciation	13,992	12,839	973	27,804
Amortization	20,648	43,431	1,136	65,215
Operating income	151,930	277,306	(36,336)	392,900
Capital expenditures	8,915	26,496	772	36,183
Year ended October 31, 2020:
Net sales	$924,812	$874,987	($12,790)	$1,787,009
Depreciation	14,339	11,722	1,006	27,067
Amortization	19,957	40,553	984	61,494
Operating income	143,051	258,814	(25,217)	376,648
Capital expenditures	10,843	12,025	72	22,940
Year ended October 31, 2019:
Net sales	$1,240,183	$834,522	($19,058)	$2,055,647
Depreciation	13,793	10,957	1,008	25,758
Amortization	19,624	37,131	984	57,739
Operating income	242,029	245,743	(30,675)	457,097
Capital expenditures	17,036	11,826	76	28,938

(1) Intersegment activity principally consists of net sales from the ETG to the FSG.

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

			Other, Primarily Corporate	Consolidated Totals
	Segment
As of October 31,	FSG	ETG
2021	$1,274,462	$1,952,413	$271,532	3,498,407
2020	1,127,666	1,896,671	523,374	3,547,711

Major Customer and Geographic Information

    The Company markets its products and services in approximately 115 countries. The following table summarizes the Company’s net sales to customers located in the United States and to those in other countries for each of the last three fiscal years ended October 31 (in thousands). Net sales are attributed to countries based on the location of the customer. Net sales

to any one customer or originating from any one foreign country did not account for 10% or more of the Company’s consolidated net sales during any of the last three fiscal years. The following table also summarizes the Company’s long-lived assets held within and outside of the United States as of October 31 for each of the last three fiscal years (in thousands). Long-lived assets consist of net property, plant and equipment.

	2021	2020	2019
Net sales:
United States of America	$1,194,869	$1,193,497	$1,308,943
Other countries	670,813	593,512	746,704
Total net sales	$1,865,682	$1,787,009	$2,055,647
Long-lived assets:
United States of America	$155,537	$139,197	$143,350
Other countries	38,101	29,651	29,995
Total long-lived assets	$193,638	$168,848	$173,345