OPERATING SEGMENTS

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2011

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

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12.      OPERATING SEGMENTS

Information on the Company’s two operating segments, the Flight Support Group (“FSG”), consisting of HEICO Aerospace Holdings Corp. and its subsidiaries, and the Electronic Technologies Group (“ETG”), consisting of HEICO Electronic Technologies Corp. and its subsidiaries, for the six months and three months ended April 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, is as follows:

					Other,
					Primarily
	Segment				Corporate and			Consolidated
	FSG		ETG		Intersegment			Totals
Six months ended April 30, 2011:
Net sales	$	254,445,000	$	105,311,000	$	(1,051,000	)	$	358,705,000
Depreciation and amortization		5,014,000		3,687,000		190,000			8,891,000
Operating income		43,834,000		29,183,000		(7,732,000	)		65,285,000
Capital expenditures		2,963,000		878,000		4,000			3,845,000
Six months ended April 30, 2010:
Net sales	$	196,822,000	$	93,124,000	$	(566,000	)	$	289,380,000
Depreciation and amortization		4,974,000		3,706,000		198,000			8,878,000
Operating income		32,775,000		24,763,000		(7,037,000	)		50,501,000
Capital expenditures		3,817,000		780,000		3,000			4,600,000
Three months ended April 30, 2011:
Net sales	$	133,804,000	$	51,372,000	$	(690,000	)	$	184,486,000
Depreciation and amortization		2,636,000		1,853,000		95,000			4,584,000
Operating income		23,405,000		13,645,000		(4,137,000	)		32,913,000
Capital expenditures		1,678,000		527,000		3,000			2,208,000
Three months ended April 30, 2010:
Net sales	$	103,043,000	$	51,066,000	$	(264,000	)	$	153,845,000
Depreciation and amortization		2,510,000		2,018,000		99,000			4,627,000
Operating income		16,055,000		13,593,000		(3,691,000	)		25,957,000
Capital expenditures		1,868,000		574,000		—			2,442,000

Total assets by operating segment as of April 30, 2011 and October 31, 2010 are as follows:

					Other,
	Segment				Primarily		Consolidated
	FSG		ETG		Corporate		Totals
Total assets as of April 30, 2011	$	456,136,000	$	327,834,000	$	50,937,000	$	834,907,000
Total assets as of October 31, 2010		410,666,000		328,577,000		42,400,000		781,643,000