OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2024

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 three months ended January 31, 2024 and 2023 is as follows (in thousands):

			Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment (1)	Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG	ETG
Three months ended January 31, 2024:
Net sales	$618,716	$285,942	($8,295)	$896,363
Depreciation	6,487	5,539	304	12,330
Amortization	17,857	12,926	392	31,175
Operating income	136,091	55,328	(11,209)	180,210
Capital expenditures	6,732	6,174	471	13,377
Three months ended January 31, 2023:
Net sales	$371,278	$255,059	($5,422)	$620,915
Depreciation	4,178	3,938	270	8,386
Amortization	6,731	11,669	274	18,674
Operating income	83,609	56,537	(10,712)	129,434
Capital expenditures	6,653	4,089	104	10,846

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

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 January 31, 2024	$4,093,956	$2,889,878	$352,235	$7,336,069
Total assets as of October 31, 2023	4,006,748	2,915,300	273,015	7,195,063