SEGMENT REPORTING

3 Months Ended

Jul. 27, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

SEGMENT REPORTING

NOTE 6 SEGMENT REPORTING

Patterson Companies, Inc. is comprised of three reportable segments: dental, veterinary, and rehabilitation supply. Our reportable business segments are strategic business units that offer similar products and services to different customer bases. The dental supply segment provides a virtually complete range of consumable dental products, clinical and laboratory equipment and value-added services to dentists, dental laboratories, institutions and other dental healthcare providers throughout North America. The veterinary supply segment provides consumable supplies, equipment, diagnostic products, biologicals (vaccines) and pharmaceuticals to companion-pet veterinary clinics throughout the United States. The rehabilitation supply segment provides a comprehensive range of distributed and self-manufactured rehabilitation medical supplies and assistive products to acute care hospitals, long-term care facilities, rehabilitation clinics, dealers and schools.

We evaluate segment performance based on operating income. The corporate office general and administrative expenses are included in the dental supply segment and consist of home office support costs in areas such as informational technology, finance, human resources and facilities. If these corporate expenses were allocated to the segments, the results would not be materially different as the dental segment would absorb a significant portion of these expenses. The costs to operate the distribution centers are allocated to the operating units based on the through-put of each unit.

The following table presents information about Patterson’s reportable segments:

	Three Months Ended
	July 27,		July 28,
	2013		2012
Net sales
Dental supply	$	554,233	$	567,392
Veterinary supply		199,683		191,090
Rehabilitation supply		126,209		130,743
Consolidated net sales	$	880,125	$	889,225
Operating income
Dental supply	$	55,490	$	55,872
Veterinary supply		9,047		10,219
Rehabilitation supply		16,744		16,501
Consolidated operating income	$	81,281	$	82,592

The following table presents sales information by product for all of Patterson’s reportable segments:

	Three Months Ended
	July 27,		July 28,
	2013		2012
Net sales
Consumable and printed products	$	602,210	$	587,558
Equipment and software		203,882		227,042
Other		74,033		74,625
Total	$	880,125	$	889,225