OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2022

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 nine and three months ended July 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):

			Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment (1)	Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG	ETG
Nine months ended July 31, 2022:
Net sales	$909,253	$703,932	($14,501)	$1,598,684
Depreciation	11,493	10,153	743	22,389
Amortization	17,543	29,750	844	48,137
Operating income	189,329	189,605	(28,588)	350,346
Capital expenditures	12,084	11,874	399	24,357
Nine months ended July 31, 2021:
Net sales	$666,732	$706,182	($16,654)	$1,356,260
Depreciation	10,159	9,457	728	20,344
Amortization	15,036	32,588	848	48,472
Operating income	103,357	200,419	(25,905)	277,871
Capital expenditures	5,885	23,749	490	30,124
Three months ended July 31, 2022:
Net sales	$330,259	$244,203	($4,934)	$569,528
Depreciation	4,082	3,361	250	7,693
Amortization	6,281	9,571	274	16,126
Operating income	70,756	68,029	(10,038)	128,747
Capital expenditures	3,971	3,879	296	8,146
Three months ended July 31, 2021:
Net sales	$237,118	$239,543	($4,954)	$471,707
Depreciation	3,330	3,238	242	6,810
Amortization	4,929	10,871	287	16,087
Operating income	42,059	68,997	(10,218)	100,838
Capital expenditures	1,792	5,921	473	8,186

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 July 31, 2022	$1,595,356	$1,938,593	$253,402	$3,787,351
Total assets as of October 31, 2021	1,274,462	1,952,413	271,532	3,498,407