Business Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Information

Segment information:

Periods Ended July 31,	Three Months						Nine Months
(In thousands)	2015			2014			2015			2014
CooperVision net sales by category:
Toric lens	$	114,227		$	112,330		$	329,784		$	318,290
Multifocal lens	42,620			38,393			122,985			107,627
Single-use sphere lens	93,730			73,834			263,037			214,310
Non single-use sphere and other	134,893			125,343			398,599			367,058
Total CooperVision net sales	385,470			349,900			1,114,405			1,007,285
CooperSurgical net sales	76,208			82,582			227,119			242,494
Total net sales	$	461,678		$	432,482		$	1,341,524		$	1,249,779
Operating income (loss):
CooperVision	$	46,359		$	88,386		$	187,233		$	255,150
CooperSurgical	15,043			18,419			42,451			50,673
Corporate	(11,091		)	(10,240		)	(35,266		)	(38,712		)
Total operating income	50,311			96,565			194,418			267,111
Interest expense	4,690			1,499			13,323			4,713
Other expense, net	1,020			683			2,037			739
Income before income taxes	$	44,601		$	94,383		$	179,058		$	261,659

Schedule of Identifiable Assets by Segment

(In thousands)	July 31, 2015		October 31, 2014
Identifiable assets:
CooperVision	$	3,735,893	$	3,699,614
CooperSurgical	628,800		646,200
Corporate	57,989		112,526
Total	$	4,422,682	$	4,458,340

Schedule of Net Sales to External Customers by Country of Domicile

Geographic information:

Periods Ended July 31,	Three Months				Nine Months
(In thousands)	2015		2014		2015		2014
Net sales to external customers by country of domicile:
United States	$	203,019	$	196,032	$	604,281	$	573,282
Europe	173,829		145,543		487,579		406,007
Rest of world	84,830		90,907		249,664		270,490
Total	$	461,678	$	432,482	$	1,341,524	$	1,249,779

Schedule of Long-Lived Assets by Country of Domicile

(In thousands)	July 31, 2015		October 31, 2014
Long-lived assets by country of domicile:
United States	$	497,050	$	499,195
Europe	418,700		406,433
Rest of world	59,126		31,697
Total	$	974,876	$	937,325